Saturday School

By Madison Berg

 On Saturday, October 2, 2010, our school had our first Saturday of the school year. For this Saturday school, instead of having it at our school, we had it at Whitewater State Park. Once families arrived at Riverway, they had the choice of riding the bus, or driving their own vehicles to Whitewater. Then in a big line of cars and one bus we made our way to Whitewater State Park.
  
     Once we'd made it to Whitewater, the morning consisted of three different hikes. Everyone chose one of the three hikes to go on. The three hikes were, "The Prairie Walk", "The Hawk Walk" (a.k.a, Chimney Rock), and "The Coyote Walk."  Once everyone got back to the pavilion we had lunch. Lunch consisted of Lasagna that Fred and Dave made, and a pot luck that everyone else contributed too.

     When everyone finished lunch the afternoon sessions got started. Most of the group went on the fossil hunt. They listened to a short presentation on fossils and then went to a fossil site down the road to look for fossils. A small part of the group participated in a service learning project near the pavilion. That group walked around and picked up garbage around a large portion of the park. Overall I think everyone had a great time at this Saturday School!