The students at Parkmont think of field trips as part of their weekly academic regimen. Some field trips for Main Lessons this week have included a Jewish temple and an Islamic mosque for World Religions, The Martin Luther King Library for research projects in Spanish, Arena Stage for Theater, and Dulles Airport for Structures class.
Trips reach much farther afield than the Washington area, though.
For the past five years the Latin American History and Culture Class has gone to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The Natural History Class travelled through the Smokey Mountains in North and South Carolina last spring. The Upper School has gone as a group on a ski trip, on a white water rafting trip and on a variety of optional bike and hiking trips. Middle Schoolers have done a ropes course, have skied together for 4 days, have hiked and camped at Old Rag in the Shenandoahs, and have camped at Assateaugue National Seashore.