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Ft. Ross Classroom Experience

Please sign up for two times when you will come in and work with your role group (or the whole class, in the case of the clerks or artisans, perhaps). Your role group packet should give you ideas...

This is our biggest trip of the year, not to be missed. You will be in charge of a small group of militiamen, artisans, tradespeople, cooks, or hunters/fishers as they simulate a day and a night at...

Tidepooling at Duxbury Reef: Tuesday, December 8

We will depart at 8:45 and drive to Bolinas for low tide at the Duxbury Reef. We will identify, draw, and photograph tidepool critters, then return by 3:15. A piece of wisdom from past experiences:...

Island of the Blue Dolphins Simulation

Wednesday, November 13, Cerrito will head to Pt. Reyes National Seashore for a full day of foraging, building shelter, mapping out fresh water sources, weaving baskets, and other primitive living...

Cerrito Feast: Thursday, November 7

Cerrito students, teachers, and parent volunteers will cook a gourmet lunch for their families. We will need shoppers, choppers, and sous chefs to help out that morning and the day before.

Oakland Museum: Thursday, November 7

Cerrito will depart TBS at 10:45 am to walk to North Berkeley BART. We will take the Fremont line to Lake Merritt station. We'll walk to the Oakland Museum and participate in a docent-led tour,...

China Town!

Lead a small group of camera-wielding Cerrito students on a photo scavenger extravaganza. We'll take the BART to Powell at 9 am, walk to Chinatown, search for miscellaneous miscellany to photograph...

Sacramento Train Museum

We will take a 7:56 Amtrak from Berkeley station and arrive in Sac by 10. We'll tour the amazing train museum and have a sack lunch in Old Sacramento. We'll return to Berkeley station at 3:45. I...

Lewis and Clark Simulation. Tuesday, December 4th

Parents will drive students to Pt Reyes as students simulate the journey of Lewis and Clark. They will be naming species, foraging, route-finding, interacting with the native environment, and...

UC Botanical Garden, Wednesday, December 5th

Parents will drive students up to the gardens, departing at 9:30 for a 10:00 tour. We will lunch in the garden after our tour, then students will roam the garden with a chaperone on a...

Cerrito Creek Feast, November 16th, 12 pm

All parents are invited to attend our noon feast on Friday, November 16th. Students will provide a delicious array of vegetarian foods from field and forest for our extended community. I could use...

Cartoon Art Museum, October 10

We will take BART, walking from TBS at 8:45, arriving in SF at 10 am. We will tour the museum and take a 2-hour cartooning class. We will return by 3.