On this page, you’ll find important updates, upcoming events, and resources to help both students and families stay connected throughout the school year.
On this page, you’ll find important updates, upcoming events, and resources to help both students and families stay connected throughout the school year.
We are excited to announce that we have a date for the ropes course challenge that LACES 6th graders have participated in for the past several years. This is a time honored tradition that the parents have been making happen for our new middle schoolers! We have moved the date from the spring to the fall so that our kids have a chance to bond sooner!
This is a completely parent-run field trip (no affiliation with the school). This is a drop off event for our kids, but we would love to have parents mingle at the picnic tables from 9am - 10 am. We are also on this journey for the next several years!
We will need everyone to drive themselves or carpool to the location.
The purpose of the field trip is to build camaraderie by using team building activities and games. Each group will have the opportunity to play, think creatively, and be physically and mentally challenged. The students will be able to climb two high ropes elements and join other team building activities. Climbing isn’t mandatory for anyone who is afraid of heights. Non-climbers can participate in the “low course” elements.
We would like to stress how important teamwork is to our kids who will be together at LACES for the next 7 years!
The whole group does the climb together, with one or two people climbing at a time, while the rest of the group is on the ground cheering the climbers on and holding the ropes to keep them secure. The program facilitators will prioritize choice and empowerment, emphasizing that everyone present will have different physical abilities, mental states, and interests. Students will be encouraged to choose the level of challenge that feels right for them. For some people that might mean trying to climb a few steps up the structure and come back down. For others it might mean putting on a harness and taking a group picture, but not actually climbing. And for others, they might see the first few people do the climb and decide that they’d like to try it. Whatever their choice, it is the rest of the group’s job to support them. There can be so much value in sharing this climbing experience as a team, whether they choose to be on the ground, climbing, or both.
