JCIS 5th Grade Fieldtrip with Friends of the Rappahannock at Westmoreland State Park

April 8, 2024

The 5th grade science classes consisting of around 75 students from JCIS in Essex took a fieldtrip to Westmoreland State Park on Tuesday, March 12th. The field trip was hosted by Friends of the Rappahannock and Three Rivers SWCD participated in a station along with Westmoreland State Park. There were four stations total, consisting of a water quality testing station at Fossil Beach, an erosion station at the WSP Discovery Center, a nature walk, and a reduce, reuse, recycle station near the visitor’s center. The students had a great time learning more about how to keep the beautiful places that surround their county clean and looking for sharks teeth on Fossil Beach!

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