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Home > Blogs > Springfield Schools News and Issues > Archives > 2008 > October > 21 > Entry

Students tour downtown Springfield

By Megan Gildow | Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 12:14 PM

I joined Lagonda Elementary third graders today for a walking tour of downtown Springfield.

Covenant Presbyterian Church each year provides a walking tour for the district’s third graders, even going so far as to pay for busing. In small groups of 7 or so, the kids join tour guides - church members- to walk down Limestone learning about the city’s history, architecture and functions of downtown buildings.

As a newcomer to Springfield, I found the tour interesting. It’s a bit chilly out today but the kids seemed very excited.

And the teacher I spoke to, Thor Bisher, raved about the tour. And there’s a good reason.

The volunteers who lead this tour have gone so far as to align the trip with Ohio’s third grade standards for local government and history content.

A lot of the big field trip destinations - museums, for example - do this now; align their field trip programs to the content.

But for a local operation, this extra step is a nice addition. The kids will meet Mayor Warren Copeland later this afternoon and local attorney Jim Lagos lets them go up in his office to look over the city square from his balcony view, learned about A.B. Graham and 4-H and other county and local government operations lining Limestone - including the News-Sun.

Look for more on this trip in tomorrow’s paper. Read more on education at our education blog.

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