For one week out of every school year, secondary students leave the classroom setting to experience and learn outside of the traditional school environment. This exciting segment is called Extended Learning Week. Each year a variety of trips are planned that offer unique learning experiences. These activities have been helpful in adding experiences to applications for scholarships and college applications. Parents are needed to help chaperone these trips. Without their help, we are not able to offer these opportunities.
ELW is scheduled for the last week of March, dates depend on the activity selected.
2024-2025 Extended Learning Options
6th Grade: Service to Moses Lake
The 6th grade class spends ELW doing a number of service projects in and around Moses Lake.
7th Grade: Science Enrichment
The 7th grade class will participate in a science-based ELW schedule. They will participate in a variety of science enrichment activities throughout the week including day outings and in-house science experiments.
8th Grade: Pacific Northwest Tour
The 8th grade class will participate in an educational tour of the Pacific Northwest that will reinforce the things they have been learning in their PNW History class.
9th-12th Grades:
Guatemala Missions Trip
The Guatemala Missions Trip is open year to high school students. It is organized through “Mission Discovery”, an organization we have worked with in years past. Participants will work on manual tasks, interacting with locals and also helping with VBS style children’s programs. They will stay in a hotel setting, with 2-4 to a room, each with a separate bed. It is located in Antigua, Guatemala and is known to be an experience that changes world views and deepen faith. Parents and grandparents are welcome to join this trip.
Tennessee Mission Trip
The mission trip to Nashville is an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. Participants will be able to learn more about themselves, grow in their relationship with Christ, and gain a perspective on life that can only be found through serving those in need. Participants may work with local organizations to help with urban renewal projects, serve meals at a homeless shelter, or tutor students at an after-school program.
Backcountry Idaho
Participants in the Backcountry Idaho trip will experience what it is like to live in the backcountry. Students will live for 5 days with a backcountry outfitter without electricity, learning how to do numerous skills, which could include: bait bears, trap beavers, shoe horses and live off the land.
Serve Moses Lake
High schoolers who wish to have a local ELW experience can participate in the Serve Moses Lake Experience. The week will include a variety of activities serving the area community. Students will report each morning ready to participate in indoor or outdoor service activities.
