SECTION: PROGRAMS TITLE: FIELD TRIPS

1. Purpose The Board recognizes that field trips, when used as a device for teaching and learning integral to the curriculum, are an educationally sound and important ingredient in the instructional program of the schools. Properly planned and executed field trips can: 1. Supplement and enrich classroom procedures by providing learning experiences in an environment outside the schools. 2. Arouse new interests among students. 3. Help students relate school experiences to the reality of the world outside of school. 4. Bring all resources of the community natural, artistic, industrial, commercial, governmental, and educational within the ambit of a student's learning experience. 5. Afford students the opportunity to study real things and real processes in their actual environment. 2. Definitions For purposes of this policy, a field trip shall be defined as a group of students leaving a school campus under the sponsorship of the school and under supervision of school employee(s) to extend educational experiences consistent with the general goals and objectives of the instructional programs. For the purposes of clarity and general understanding, the following words and/or terms, when referred to in this policy shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: 1. Extracurricular trip shall mean trips which contribute to the fulfillment of the objectives of an identified organization or group. These may be identified as bands, sports teams, clubs, etc