Beyond the 4 Walls: Because it's what our students deserve

It brings me great pleasure when I hear students and staff make reference to moving their classroom beyond the 4 walls. It tells me that we are engaging students in experiences, and not just traditional learning. I experienced this first-hand last week as I was privileged to spend several days in New York City with some incredible 7th and 8th graders and their parents. We explored the city, including guided tours of the United Nations, Radio City Music Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and so much more. I witnessed art students see their first original Van Gogh, theater students participate in a Broadway workshop of School of Rock, which they attended the night before, and students with a keen interest in history and politics experience democracy in action at the U.N. This trip was just one example of how we are moving our classroom beyond the four walls at The Campus.

Middle Schoolers pictured outside of Rockefeller Center in New York City.

You may also have seen on social media some of the following activities taking place across The Campus and beyond in the past week:

-Sixth graders traveled to Orlando and visited Animal Kingdom, Medieval Times, and the Kennedy Space Center.
-CHS Baseball advanced to the final four after trips to South Georgia and Atlanta. They will play at North Hall on Wednesday.
-CMS and CHS students participated in and volunteered at the Gordon County Special Olympics
-Girls and boys track teams traveled to Albany to compete in the State Championships.
-Eight CHS students competed in Calhoun's Dancing with the Stars and helped raise more than one hundred thousand dollars for United Way of Gordon County and The Gem Theatre.
-CHS and CMS put on performances of MacBeth and Little Mermaid respectively.
-CHS students competed at the state level in the field of agriculture with Calhoun's FFA.
-CMS and CHS fishing teams closed out the year with great success!

And these are just some of the ways The Campus is moving beyond the four walls! We have students working daily in the hallways, the courtyard, downtown, in work-based learning and beyond to move their learning beyond the classroom. Thank you to our teachers and our community for making these opportunities possible!