Minnesota- a land of more than lakes;

Ice hockey, farmland, even roller skates;

Nice people only abide in this land

Northern Minnesota has trees and the 

Entrance of the Mississippi;

South you’ll see MSP

Over the river to 

The south; Rochester

And the breadbasket together.

–Isaiah Brands

Minnesota how lovely you are. 

In the winter and in the fall. 

Now the seasons are changing.

Neither spring nor summer. 

Evenings by the fire place. 

Sunny warm days are coming to an end. 

O how beautiful Minnesota is. 

Today and tomorrow, 

And forever more. 

-Anna Gunnink

Field Trip

For our field trip we went to Curry. In Curry we went to End O Line Park, and we biked to Lake Shetek.

First we got to school and loaded up the bikes. On our way to Curry, we saw lots of windmills. We even saw a crane building a windmill.

Then, when we got to Curry, we went to End O Line Park, a park with trains, a caboose, a town, a turntable, and a train depot. We saw a train that was run in Peru. In the train depot there was two waiting rooms, one for men and one for women and children. After that we looked at the town. In the town there was a school, a house, a general store, and a grain elevator.

Then we had lunch. After lunch we went on our bike ride to Lake Shetek. On our bike ride we saw a monument and a cabin. When we got to Lake Shetek, we played on the playground and loaded up the bikes. 

The parts of the field trip that I liked best at End O Line Park was going around on the turntable and on the bike trail was biking down the big hills.

When we got back to school, we unloaded the bikes and went home.

-Brandon Boverhof

End of the Line Park

We left school on Friday, September 16, 2022, to go to Currie and  End of the Line Park. This park was a place where the train tracks end. That is why the park is called End of the Line Park. But there is a turntable on which the engines can turn around. We got there and walked around. We had a tour of the park. We started out on a turntable.  A turntable is the place were they turned around engines on. So they spun us around on the turntable. After that we went inside a caboose and saw a lot of emergency equipment there. We went inside a big shed where the park put train cars and many interesting things. We saw some hobo language. Hobos are homeless people. Inside we saw a train made in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, which went to Peru.  After we saw all of the interesting things, we went over to the place where people wait to get on trains and get tickets. Then we went over to another room where there was asmall train track of the park with an electric train going around the park. We went over to an old school house where we talked about what was different about ours. We walked over to an old manager’s house. We saw old things, and the guide told us that the old house was called a big house back then. So the tour was over, and then we went biking to Lake Sheteck.

-Quinton Brands

Field Trip

First we had to bike to a corner which was straight north. When we got to the corner, we had to turn west. We actually saw a lot of soybeans. Then we got to a bench and map. We caught our breath and moved on and got to a monument where fifteen people were buried. We got to Koch’s cabin, and finally got to one of the Lake Shetek playgrounds where we collected a bunch of acorns. Mrs. Fennema  took a picture of us sitting on a wall with the waters behind us. I liked the downhill parts because if you keep the speed you go up hills so easy.

-Josiah Fennema

Lake Shetek Bike Ride

We started going straight without any hills. Anna had trouble with her gears. Constance had flat tires. After a few minutes we were going up and down hills. At the end of the hills there was a bike fixing place where we pumped up our bikes’ tires. We went to see a tall monument for fifteen people who were killed during a war. We stopped at the Koch Cabin that had two small rooms and an attic we couldn’t get into. The two rooms had a kitchen, bed, stove, table, dishes, and a rocking chair. We stopped at a park. We played on the playground, rolling down a small but not steep hill, and we had a cookie for a snack. We took a picture with Lake Shetek as the background. The bike riding part was fun, but it was tiring going up the hills.

–Alice Meulenberg

The End of the Line Park

On September 16, we all went to the End of the Line Park. When we got there, we all ran around and got to go play at a park. At the park was a wooden train and a wooden  water tower. After playing on the park, we got to go on this thing called a turntable. The turntable is for turning the engine around. After that we went on a caboose. Then we got to go in some buildings. The engineer buildings was a cool one. It had a big train in it and it taught us about a hobos. Next we went in the school. In the school was a big wood stove and a globe that was hanging from the roof. We sat in the desks. After that we ate lunch. For lunch we had hamburgers, chips, juice boxes, and bars. Then we played at the park more. After playing at the park, we unloaded the bikes. That was fun, and I hope we do it again. 

-Arie Verhey