Field Trips
Students must maintain their eligibility for all Extra Privileges! Read below to learn more about our Positive Point reward system and the Eligibility Contract.
Field trips, Assemblies, and other Special activities are all extra privileges. They are not guaranteed to you. During the course of the year our house students will have the opportunity to take part in several Field Trips, Assemblies and Special activities. These are designed for all students that are working hard, applying effort to all that they do, and trying their best to maintain the district's goal to strive for excellence as well as meeting the expectations of our positive behavior program. Therefore all of these opportunities are often looked at as a reward for those students striving for excellence.
Some Possible Field Trips May Include:
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Visit the Flight 93 National Memorial
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Watch amazing science demonstrations at the annual Faraday Lecture
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Take a Tour / History of Pittsburgh at the Heinz History Center
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Attend a Matinee of the Pittsburgh CLO's a Musical Christmas Carol
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Apply your knowledge of the Simple Machines at Kennywood Park.
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And more
Some Possible Special Activities May Include:
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Special Assemblies
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Pep Rallies
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Special Fund raising activities (Volleyball and Dodgeball tournaments)
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Rube Goldberg Competition
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Special House Activities (Door Decorating, Movie break, etc.)
Eligibility Contract
Eligibility Contract
All of the above field trips and extra special activities mentioned above will require each student to maintain his/her eligibility.
Click here for a Printable version of the Eligibility Contract AND to see how points might be deducted.
This contract must by signed and returned to your SCIENCE TEACHER within one week of the student's first day.
For example: The last one will be the annual 8th grade Field Trip to Kennywood Park. Since this is a reward field trip, I offer the students that are eligible to attend a Kennywood themed BONUS opportunity. During this field trip All of my students will have the option to help their overall science grade by completing the optional bonus packet (last year's packet was worth up to 35 bonus points). The bonus packet contains three different sections; Science Review Problems, Photo Scavenger Hunt, and a Creativity section. However, just like all extra opportunities, students must maintain the required number of positive points to be eligible for this field trip.
We will travel far from our comforting walls of Franklin Regional Middle School, and we will not tolerate any irresponsible behavior from any student. We have denied students the right to join us at Kennywood in the past. Please use some common sense and act responsible on all Field Trips. You may take this paragraph as your warning for your behavior on our field trips.