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Field Trip

Field Trip Blog post

Credit to DA teacher

I got to school on time on the 27th of January. Mr.Lovett was at a band concert for his students. We waited for a while until going to Ms.Richardson’s room for the advisory period. We had advisory period and went to Mr.Lovett’s room for a slideshow about our field trip. The slideshow was about an hour long and got boring in some parts. At about 9:30 am, we headed to the buses.

There were two big buses, Bus 1 and Bus 2. The sixth grade was split into half. One half went to Bus 1 and the others went into Bus 2. I was on Bus 2. I was only able to read about 30 pages and 30 minutes (that is really slow).

When we got to the museum, we had to wait a few minutes for everyone to get organized. We went inside, and went up 4 escalators to the top floor with the RACE exhibit, the cafe, and the bugs exhibit. Mr. Harris and Dr. Moore gave us worksheets for the RACE exhibit. We spent about 15-20 minutes in the RACE exhibit. Then, we went to the bugs exhibit. It was very fun looking through the bug’s eyes. It made me a little dizzy. 

The third floor was definitely the best part. It had all kinds of space things and 3D printing devices. I loved the huge dinosaur models. The dinosaurs were definitely very cool.

This is one of the best field trips I’ve been on the whole year.

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How the Stock Market Works

How the Stock Market Works

Hello, I’m Benigno. I’m going to teach you how the stock market works.  If you own a stock of a company, that means that you own a little party of that company. If people buy a stock, it will go up as people think that the stock is undervalued. You can make a lot of money from stocks. The greatest investor in the world, Warren Buffet made 100 billion from stocks. If you are interested , you can either open a bank account, or use a simulator. Personally, I use both. My best stock achievement was when I earn 400% off Ford Motor during the pandemic. Thank you for reading!

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Camp Hanes

    At Camp Hanes, the Durham Academy 6th grade had a great experience. We pulled into Camp Hanes on a lukewarm day at 11:30 AM on a charter bus. We first went into the gym building and got to meet the instructors. After that, we played a few games including Combat Master and Four Corners. Afterwards, we were assigned cabins by gender and advisory. Our cabins were full of bunk beds. We unpacked our stuff and headed to lunch.

    We had great food for lunch including salad, and chicken tenders. After that, we were split into 6 groups and assigned different activities. My group/ Group 5 first did archery. During archery, we had to be split into 3 groups, everyone got to go and shoot at least twice. It was very challenging but it made me want to get a bow. Our second activity was canoeing. Personally, Canoeing is my favorite activity. I like canoeing because it’s like swimming but you don’t get wet. The Hike had an amazing view, I thought that it was my imagination but I actually saw Winston-Salem from way up in the mountains. 

    Overall, this field trip was great. I am grateful to the donors and the staff at Camp Hanes. If it were not for the donors, many people at DA and at many other schools might not have been able to connect with one another. 

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