History+of+the+Trip


 * === During the summer of 1979, KFE made its first trip to the western part of the United States. Between 1979 and 2002, the trip ran nearly every year, becoming a staple of Bainbridge Township and the Kenston Community. ===

|| || === In the last four years, the trip has changed hands. The original leaders of the trip, Mr. Bill Berger and Mr. Donald Torma, passed the leadership of the trip on to Mr. Brian Turk (a current Physical Science teacher at Kenston High School) and Mrs. Kathy Torma. Other leaders on the trip include Ms. Mary Beth Hearnes, math teacher at Kenston High School, Mr. Alex Cook, Event Coordinator for the Dayton Metroparks, and Ms. Maggie Haberny, Earth Science and Biology teacher at South Lenoir High School in Deep Run, NC. === ==== The trip makes three main tours of the West. The Northwest Tour takes the students through Montana to Glacier National Park up to the Pacific Northwest to see the Cascade Range and Olympic National Park. The tour may also include a stop in Canada to see Dinosaur Provincial Park and Banff National Park. The tour ends with a stop in Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. The Middle Tour takes the students from as far north as Glacier National Park to as far south as the Rocky Mountains, including a stop in Wyoming to dig fossils at an excavation site in the Green River Formation. The Southwest Tour includes stops in Utah to see Arches National Park and Arizona to see the Grand Staircase, and may include a stop at the Grand Canyon. ==== ==== The students are expected to be in good enough phyisical condition to withstand moderate to challenging hikes, be in good academic standing (especially in science courses), and be able to handle the rigors of camp life while also completing assignments and writing journal entries daily. ==== ==== The trip is aligned with Ohio Standards for Earth and Space Sciences, and nearly every indicator can be observed throughout the trip in a real - life setting. For more on the indicators, consult the Education tab at the left side of the page. ====

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