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The East Coast Expedition has a track record of over twenty years of successful trips. World Expeditions is Muirlands Middle School's partner in arranging the week-long expedition and its owner, Steve Ewalt, has helped make the trip possible for many years. The trip is open on a space available basis to all eighth grade students who meet the academic and citizenship requirements and fulfill all pre-departure obligations. We have been proud to offer a successful scholarship program while at the same time holding the cost of the trip to a reasonable level. This is an academic expedition with a strong emphasis on the integration of the United States history curriculum. Students visit many of the sites that they have studied in their history and English classes and will be taught by Muirlands teachers and experienced guides along the way. Accommodations, transportation, entrance fees, and most meals are included in the tour. The Expedition is considered by most students to be the highlight of their eighth grade year, if not their entire experience at Muirlands Middle School.

Dates:  March 27 - April 4

Educational Goals: To learn about the...

Students will participate in three hikes in and around Yosemite Valley and another day of hiking outside the valley in the forest area know as Crane Flat, which will take them to a grove of Giant Sequoias. All students will hike between four to eleven miles a day, depending on their destination, so one requirement for the trip is that the student be in good physical condition. All hikes take place no matter what the weather is. Some hikes will be on the valley floor while others will have an elevation gain between one thousand and three thousand two hundred feet.

Our students spend four nights in Yosemite Valley at Curry Village and one night at Crane Flat. Breakfast and dinner are served in the cafeteria at the campsite. Lunch is eaten on the trail.  All students stay in a vinyl-covered and wood-framed tent cabins during their stay in Curry Village and in a large dorm at Crane Flat. 

 

What to Bring: Packing list of all items that should be brought to Yosemite

 

Dates: Leave Muirlands May 10 at 6:15 am and return on Friday May 15 in the evening.

 

Cost: approximately $750