A Walk to Remember
The Sophomore class visited Alabama and Georgia to learn more about the locations, events, and people of the Civil Rights Movement. Anna Nash was impacted by the reality for African Americans in the Civil Rights Era. She says, "Going on the bridge in Selma where they marched 54 miles to Montgomery in order to vote really put it into perspective for me. They were beaten and threatened by police fighting for their freedoms."
While this trip was a sobering experience, the Sophomores also found time to come together and have fun. On the first day of the trip, they stopped at Dave & Busters after a ten-hour bus ride. After competing in air hockey and experiencing a roller coaster simulation, both the students and chaperones were ready to take on the rest of the trip!
Landin Wilkins and Delaney Crockett (10) look at an interactive walk through in the Lowndes Interpretive Center
All of the 10th grade girls crammed into an elevator with Mrs Reynolds and stopped for a group picture on their way down
Eva Elder, Mara Chamberlin, Julia Brooks (10) take a fun picture at Lowndes County Interpretive Center
Easton Frier, Clayton Hazelwood, and Scotty Hayashi (10) play a competitive game of air hockey at Dave & Busters
Birmingham -> Selma -> White Hall -> Montgomery -> Tuskegee -> Atlanta
Lawson Lozier, Angel Noack, Kena Terry, and Josh Mercado (10) prepare to sing "This Little Light Of Mine" in the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church The Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church is a very important to the Civil Rights movement It was used as a backbone for the Montgomery bus boycott Students visited the church and got the opportunity to sing many songs Most students say they were most impacted by the singing of "This Little Light Of Mine"
Civil Rights Trip
"The most meaningful thing on the tenth grade field trip was going to the museums, hearing the people's voices that were in the incidents. It was just amazing to walk in footsteps that have so many historical meanings. We explored statues and got to walk around some buildings and it was just amazing to see back then what it meant to them to get their rights."
- Caitlin Hoag (10)
Lily Bower, Kena Terry, Abby Langhoff, and Geiliany DelValle (10) take a quick cute picture in the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church
Lorelei Forbes and Sara Gomez (10) pose for a fun quick picture on an elephant statue at the Atlanta History Center
The students snap a quick picture in front of the Alabama State Capitol
Abbey Langhoff, Enzo Larifla, Lily Bower, Kena Terry, Cameron Kotch, Liam Olinger, Luca Gasulla, Brayden Matson, Chris Cherry, Bradley Reuter, and Jacob Fulmer (10) take a group photo in front of the Swan House at the Atlanta History Center