| Field Trips.
Throughout the year, eighth graders participate in several
curriculum-oriented field trips. While they are studying
the U.S. Constitution, the students participate in a mock
trial in a Santa Clara Superior Courtroom. Eighth graders
usually attend one play during the school year as an
extension of their literature or U.S. history studies.
Near the end of the school year, eighth grade students
have the opportunity to tour the
U.S.S.
Potomac, now moored in the Port of Oakland at Jack
London Square. Other trips include an ice skating physical
education trip and a day touring
Mountain View
Academy to help them as they decide which high
school they plan to attend.
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Junior High Ski Trip.
Seventh and eighth graders participate in an annual
three-day ski/snowboarding trip to Leland Snow Park and
Dodge Ridge.
The trip includes one day of tubing and two days skiing or
snowboarding. The trip counts as a physical education
activity so students who choose not to participate must
complete alternative physical education projects.
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| Sourthern
California Trip. In April the eighth
graders at Miramonte take a week-long, curriculum-based
trip to Southern California. The trip begins with a stop
at the
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Buena Park,
California. The experience gives the students an up-close
glimpse of some of the things they learned in seventh
grade history class. The next day the students begin their
three-day science camp adventures on Catalina Island. The
class participates in the
CIMI
science camp at Cherry Cove. The hands-on activities
include environmental education training, day and night
snorkeling, hiking, and ocean kayaking. The trip concludes
with a visit to the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.
The eighth graders participate in a program called
Tools for Tolerance for Teens.
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