Pipestone
The 5th grade class, along with the 5th grade advisory teachers and support staff, will be heading to Pipestone, MN. Students will be visiting the Pipestone National Monument to learn more about Native American significance and religious beliefs of the region, their cultures and traditions, as well as the different types of rocks that can be found there and their purpose/use for the Native Americans. Students will get to tour the grounds as well as the video and museum inside the tourist center. Lunch and an annual advisory photoshoot will take place at the historic Three Maiden’s. A spot that consists of three very large rocks with significance to the Native American’s that live/lived in the area. Students will also get the opportunity to travel to the Pipestone County Museum where they will learn more about what it would have been like to live in Southwestern Minnesota during the early parts of our country and state’s establishment. They’ll get to see what a house would have looked like on the prairie, ways of living, as well as how they both evolved over the years. The final stop on the trip will be to Fort Pipestone where students will be greeted by staff and a story of the history of the fort and why it was built. Every year the staff and students look forward to this trip and the information and memories that are made on it.
Please be on the look-out for a lunch questionnaire/permission form to be returned to your child's advisor.
