It might have been called something else—eighth grade field trip, maybe—but each year, toward the end of the school year, the entire eighth grade class at Buckeye Elementary school got to take a day off from classes and go to Phoenix for a day of fun and frolicking at Encanto Park. I think it was a reward for the students for having made it through the first eight grades of their education. Although, there were rumors the teachers all chipped in to get us out of town so they could celebrate finally being rid of us. Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged Eighth grade ditch day
Ditch Day Disaster!
September 21, 2011 at 8:15 am · Filed under Bad Stuff, Crazy stuff, fun stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, Eighth grade ditch day, encanto park, story, we were thriteen, writer
Ditch Day Disaster!
June 29, 2011 at 11:00 am · Filed under Bad Stuff, Crazy stuff, fun stuff, Mostly true, Stories, the good old days ·Tagged author, Charles L. Mashburn, Eighth grade ditch day, encanto park, story, we were thriteen, writer
It might have been called something else—eighth grade field trip, maybe—but each year, toward the end of the school year, the entire eighth grade class at Buckeye Elementary school got to take a day off from classes and go to Phoenix for a day of fun and frolicking at Encanto Park. I think it was a reward for the students for having made it through the first eight grades of their education. Although, there were rumors the teachers all chipped in to get us out of town so they could celebrate finally being rid of us. Read the rest of this entry »
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