During the Gloucester County School Board’s February meeting Abingdon Elementary School gave a presentation about its fourth-grade field trip to Colonial Williamsburg in November, organized by Gloucester Museum of History Director Robert Kelly. The trip was free of any costs for the students to attend.
Last summer, Kelly approached Abingdon with the idea of taking all of the school’s fourth grade students to Colonial Williamsburg on charter buses.
“It has grown from there,” said Abingdon Community Engagement Coordinator Lauren Ginder. “All of our elementary schools will be participating in this study trip at various times throughout the year.”
“One of the things that we’ve really tried to focus on is educating our students,” said Kelly during the meeting. “And making them appreciate not only our local history, but the importance of all history; the good, the bad and the ugly because that’s the nature of our history.”
The educational committee of the Gloucester250 Committee, which Kelly...