I appeared in the first-grade classroom with plans to catch the third-grade hike, feeling overcommitted and frantic.
I CLIMBED slowly behind my husband, up the steady grade, my hiking boots crunching gravel, small twigs and dried leaves.
The third-grade classroom had scheduled a hike, which my oldest daughter begged me to attend.
- 10th grade Passaic High School student after a hiking excursion to the Delaware Water Gap.
In kindergarten, they were reading "Sheep Take a Hike," while in first grade, students wrote about a small moment that happened to them.
I got up, politely told both children I would see them later, and walked to the third-grade classroom, only to find that the hike had headed out as I was walking into the building.
Maybe from Putney Student Travel, that summer trip in tenth grade when I biked through Amsterdam and hiked the Lake District and fell in love with that tall, short-haired girl, what was her name again?
From kindergarten through fifth grade, Girl Scouts can "earn badges, join a troop, hike and camp and participate in the cookie program".
The listings include 20 hiking trips, graded for three levels of difficulty.
FLAT ROCK BROOK NATURE CENTER Spring hike, for children in first and second grade.
There are two climbs in the hike, including a 100-foot section with about a 40percentt grade, but it's otherwise fairly level and offers extraordinary views of wildflowers almost all year long.
