Fifth graders Kasen Hardy and Griffin Osetek pull their covered wagons through a field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders pull their covered wagons along a trail during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders pull their covered wagons along a trail (with Ryan McCracken at front left) during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth grader Ava Dennery shakes a jar of ingredients to make butter while walking with her pioneering classmates during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth grader Bordy Coffey waves while walking with his pioneering classmates during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders Tait Williams (center left), Bristol Shaw (right) and their classmates (and teacher Kate Duval at center) pull their covered wagons through a field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders (with Mae Morin and Avery Schoen at front left) square dance for a western hoedown during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders (with Mae Morin and Avery Schoen at center, Hannah Fecteau at back right) square dance for a western hoedown during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders (from left) Cowan Campbell, Mae Morin, Avery Schoen, Henry DeVito and Amina-Mae Memia carefully pull their covered wagon down a hill during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Physical Education Teacher Steve Cooney leads a group of fifth graders and their covered wagons onto the field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders gather around their covered wagons for a hoedown to kick off their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders gather around their covered wagons for a hoedown in "Missouri" to kick off their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Music Teacher Jennifer Bradeen (center) leads students singing "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" and "Old Joe Clark" during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders pull their covered wagons through a field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Fifth graders Kasen Hardy and Griffin Osetek pull their covered wagons through a field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders pull their covered wagons along a trail during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders pull their covered wagons along a trail (with Ryan McCracken at front left) during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth grader Ava Dennery shakes a jar of ingredients to make butter while walking with her pioneering classmates during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth grader Bordy Coffey waves while walking with his pioneering classmates during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders Tait Williams (center left), Bristol Shaw (right) and their classmates (and teacher Kate Duval at center) pull their covered wagons through a field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders (with Mae Morin and Avery Schoen at front left) square dance for a western hoedown during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders (with Mae Morin and Avery Schoen at center, Hannah Fecteau at back right) square dance for a western hoedown during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders (from left) Cowan Campbell, Mae Morin, Avery Schoen, Henry DeVito and Amina-Mae Memia carefully pull their covered wagon down a hill during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Physical Education Teacher Steve Cooney leads a group of fifth graders and their covered wagons onto the field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders gather around their covered wagons for a hoedown to kick off their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders gather around their covered wagons for a hoedown in "Missouri" to kick off their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Music Teacher Jennifer Bradeen (center) leads students singing "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" and "Old Joe Clark" during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fifth graders pull their covered wagons through a field during their interactive "Oregon Trail" expedition as part of their new social studies unit called "Westward Expansion" at Conway Intermediate School on Oct. 16. After a hoedown of traditional tunes and dances in the field behind the middle school, the pioneering students, staff and some volunteer parents began their trek "westward"—in this case all around the Albany Town Forest trails—complete with covered wagons, food supplies like homemade butter and biscuits, and challenges like cholera outbreaks to bring the lessons to life. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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