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AncL What! Pat ricia Gauate-Baez spreads
notklng but smiles and laugkter amongst kec
classmates by making funny faces at tkeivu

From January 21 to the 23, the 8th grade class took time off from school to experience their
long-awaited trip to Pathfinder. One of the girls said, "When we got there we started with activities that
helped us come closer together by thinking and working as a team, which was what all the activities
helped us accomplish. All of the challenges taught us that we have to think and work together in order
to get past many obstacles. We also had to work together to pull off "no food waste" which was our goal
for the end of the trip. On the first day we had a lot of fun learning how to square-dance. The second
day we went on our canoe trip which was somewhat scary, but really exciting. At night we were able to go
through our own "underground railroad" in which we all got into groups and acted as run away slaves
trying to reach the safe land. Along the way, teachers and counselors would stop us and the "officers"
of the group would come up with an excuse to be walking around at night while the "slaves" would stay
still as if hiding. The third day was "Mission Impossible" in which we put everything we learned to a test;
we had to build a fire, compose First Aid, and build a shelter. By the end of the trip we learned a lot
about outdoor survival skills and working together as a team."

Waddup! Isabella Lauria, Pamela Villa, Katky WolfstkaL, and
Megkan Hannakan strike a funny pose wkile waiting for tke next
activity.

Dancing Fever! Camila Bravo and Daniela
de la Fe skow off tkeir mooes togetker at
one of tke Patkflndec events.

Take Five! Elisa Murai, Laurel Bowers, Mariana Hollifield, Clara
Kann, Audrey Cken, and Sarak Ingersoll take a relaxing break
from one of tke many Patkfinder activities.

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