Backyard Adventures with Harbor Springs Middle School
By responding to a need and desire for Fall “learning in the field” experiences for the entire middle school, the collaboration yielded a positive outdoor learning experience for students. New understanding and connections were made between students and their community due to the TOPOnexus way of learning.
Paddling to the Past Workshop
On September 29, students paddled a small part of the Odawa route to DC, allowing them insight into the risks taken by the delegates in 1835 when they paddled from city beach to negotiate a treaty that they hoped would allow them to stay in their homelands. On November 9, students gathered at the shoreline of Lake Michigan (on Harbor Point) where they were asked to reflect on the meaning of home–their own and that of the Odawas almost two hundred years prior. This learning opportunity gave students a tangible link to the regional and national impacts of a historical event that took place in their own backyard.