November 29, 2012

Awesome Field Trip
Mrs. Kehoe, Mrs. Wilson and 21 fourth graders boarded the school bus for our career day field trip.  Our first stop was the Iowa City Post Office.

We were greeted at the door by the postmaster,  Stacy.  She showed us around the inner workings of the post office.  We got to see the nixie clerks, carriers, and postal counter workers.   We all had an Ipad or camera to take pictures.

Stacy with the Washington Township Postmasters

2012-2013 WT Fourth Grade at the Post Office

We finished at the post office about 20 minutes early so we walked across the street to the Johnson County Courthouse.

There was a very nice lady outside the courtrooms that gave us an impromptu tour though an actual courtroom.  She also told us about the jobs that are involved in the judicial system.

There was a beautiful stained glass domed ceiling at the top of the courthouse.

We then took off to Cedar Rapids and the Outback Steakhouse.

After our delicious dinner of bread, chicken strips, fries, and a drink of our choice we were off to the Cedar Rapids Gazette newspaper for our tour and talk with their reporters.

Annette Schulte...our tour guide

Diana...the arts and entertainment reporter

JR Ogden...the sports reporter

Max.....the reporter of the future

We found out many things about being a reporter.  The one thing that surprised us is that you just can't miss a deadline...it just isn't done.

For the most part all of these pictures were taken by the fourth graders.

We had an awesome day and would like to thank the Parent Boosters for helping to make this trip possible.