Cedar Point physics outing lauded

Physics students will take trip to Cedar Point trip despite trustee's concern.

Saturday, 26 April 2008

A Cedar Point field trip for physics students from Windsor's Holy Names High School will take place despite the reservations of a school board trustee.

"It is very difficult to show physics in a class," said Frank Mancina, a teacher at Holy Names high school. Bringing students to an amusement park will allow them to observe physics in everyday settings, he said.

Though the concerned trustee, Joan Courtney, voted in favor of the field trip, she has asked to see the work that is related to the trip once it has been completed by the students.

The school board looks at every field trip individually and evaluates the connection between the curriculum and the activities on the field trip, said Linda Staudt, superintendent of the Essex-Windsor Catholic District School Board. "In this case there is a connection," she said.

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