The Jurassic Coast...

After a long bus journey, the Year 12 Geography classes arrived in Dorset, England, a very scenic area known as the Jurassic Coast.

Ashlynn felt very spoiled to spend four nights at a five-star golf resort. The house she shared with five other girls was bigger than our home. 

They spent one day recording data on dune succession. 

Ashlynn and her partner Stas recorded data on vegetation alongside the dunes. 

Ashlynn enjoyed meeting Rebecca and some other new IB students that she normally doesn’t encounter at school.

For the other two work days, they traveled to nearby villages to collect data on tourism and coastal defenses.

The quality is poor, but here’s a photo of the whole group. It was Ashlynn’s most relaxing school trip since the teachers were really “chill.”

More Fun on the Water...

Georgia, Ashlynn and Sophie pose in their lovely foul weather gear.

While they did go kayaking one day, most of the week was spent learning how to sail. Ashlynn exaggerated her abilities, figuring the fact that she’d been on a boat before counted towards having some skill at sailing. Lucky for her, the intermediate class still covered the basics and she felt pretty good about her ability by the end of the week.  

Deep Sea Fishing...

Ashlynn enjoyed catching and releasing three small sharks like this one that Matt’s holding. She actually caught the most on their boat, but doesn’t take any credit for effort.

Trip to Poole...

After a long drive, Year 9 (8th Grade) arrived in Poole in Southern England for a week of water sports. Ashlynn was very excited that she got to stay in a caravan with five of her friends. These girls seriously know how to pig out on junk food!

Ashlynn, Liv, Sophie and Marina--what a classy bunch!

During the day, they did water sports and during the evening they went bowling, deep sea fishing and to a water slide park; the final night there was a disco.