Complex sentence: An art teacher also took Bennington and other students on a birdwatching trip to Kapiti Island when he was in seventh grade, and the trip left him with a lifelong appreciation for art and nature.
Split into simpler sentences: An art teacher also took Bennington and other students on a birdwatching trip to Kapiti Island when he was in seventh grade. The trip left him with a lifelong appreciation for art and nature.