The Lima Parks Playground Program took a field trip to Edgewood Skate Arena for an afternoon full of fun.
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The Playground Program, designed to provide safe and enjoyable activities for youth during the summer, will wrap up next week. The final outings include a trip to Edgewood Skate Arena and a visit from representatives of the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum.
“This is an opportunity at these different ages to get them interested in science and hopefully keep that,” said Mark Kleffner, associate dean at OSU Lima and professor of earth sciences. “They’ll see it’s fun, and that’s one of the things I really enjoy so much as a teacher—turning students on to a subject that many people think is not a fun subject when it actually is.”
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The Lima Noon Optimist Safety City, a fixture in the community for almost 50 years, has seen a surge in student participation this year. Officer Eric Mericle of the Lima Police Department said their field trip program has been attracting students from surrounding counties, hitting a milestone of 1,400 student visitors since March.
Over 1,200 8th and 9th-grade students around the area spent the day touring Apollo Career Center for their career connection day. Students got to choose three different programs they were interested in learning about. Instructors gave students a hands-on look at everything from welding and cosmetology to the culinary arts. This field trip gives the students a chance to see fulfilling careers they can pursue here in Lima.
The Smith Jones Family Foundation has been offering an "educational field trip" experience for high school students for the past several years. It's an inside look at four traditionally Black universities with tours given by Lima Area Alumni. They will also be attending an HBCU football game. The foundation hopes this field trip will help build the region's workforce encouraging students to attend college and come back home to start their careers.
Students from Robb Park and Faurot Park participated in a variety of fun activities such as creating playdough from scratch, visiting the Ohio State Design Lab, Buckeye Bingo, and a game of kickball. The afternoon group got their hands dirty with a geology activity in the Science Building. This field trip gives kids a change of scenery than they typically see at the park. This also gives them a glimpse of what college campus life looks like right here in Lima.
Park Program Leader Kelsey Pughsley adds, “This year it will be Games, activities, fieldtrip, pretty much similar to the years in the past. Our bowling and skating field trips are always a big hot. We’re trying to bring in as many people from the community in to do different activities with the kids through out the day just to keep them busy and active.”
The sophomores are part of the Learning in Community class at the university, and throughout the semester the students are using the City of Lima as a real-life lab to look at how residents come together to improve their surroundings. The class was started a couple of years ago, but because of the pandemic, they haven't really been able to take field trips to see the effects of the collaborations firsthand.