California Missions Come to Life for 4th Grade Students
Last week, to culminate a unit on the first explorers to set foot on California’s coast and the development of the 21 California missions, the 4th grade students embarked upon their first overnight field trip to Solvang.
Together they explored the Santa Inez and La Purisima missions and the Santa Barbara Presidio. With docents dressed in historical clothing, they experienced the mission’s time period come to life. Favorite moments included watching the docents turn the wool of the sheep into yarn and witnessing the blacksmith make a nail out of heated metal.
Along with the tours, students enjoyed seeing the quaint Danish town of Solvang. This historic town, complete with its many windmills and unique tourist shops, left the group with the sense that they were walking down the streets of Denmark.
Lower School: 11052 Independence Avenue
Middle and Upper School: 20801 Rinaldi Street
Chatsworth, CA 91311 | 818.882.8121
Middle and Upper School: 20801 Rinaldi Street
Chatsworth, CA 91311 | 818.882.8121
Sierra Canyon School is a private, independent, non-sectarian, co-educational, college preparatory school for students in grades Pre-Kindergarten through 12 located in Chatsworth, California. The highly cosmopolitan campus community is reflective of the Greater Los Angeles area and the world at large. Students are empowered to realize their greatest creative, ethical, intellectual and physical promise through small class sizes, a diverse student-teacher culture and a family-like environment.
