Fall 2024
: (September 09, 2024
- November 13, 2024)
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Mary Baldwin University
Mary Baldwin University has always challenged the status quo to expand access and opportunity for everyone.
Standing on that foundation, we’re rebuilding what a college education can be—one where liberal arts combined with professional programs inspire personal, social, and intellectual growth for a diverse population. Today, we’re recognized as the top college in Virginia for delivering social mobility for low-income students.
MBU offers programs of study supported by traditional classroom teaching, online, and work experience. We emphasize the development of critical, creative, reflective reasoning and experiential learning as the bedrock for fulfilling and meaningful lives in the fast-changing new economy.
Registration closes: 2024-09-17
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Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024
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101 E Frederick Street, Staunton, VA 24401
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Living Energy Farm
Living Energy Farms seeks to answer the question of how eight billion people might live sustainably. At our farm, we grow most of our food and we earn our living. Our home is comfortable year round, and we have modern conveniences. We do this without grid power, a generator, or any support from nuclear, natural gas, coal, or industrial “renewable” energy. Come see how we do it.
Registration closes: 2024-09-20
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Friday, Sep 27, 2024
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1022 Bibb Store Rd Louisa, VA 23093
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia, is one of the largest comprehensive art museums in the United States. VMFA, which opened in 1936, is a state agency and privately endowed educational institution. Its purpose is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret art, and to encourage the study of the arts. VMFA’s permanent holdings encompass nearly 40,000 artworks, including the largest public collection of Fabergé outside of Russia, the finest collection of Art Nouveau outside of Paris, and one of the nation’s finest collections of American art.
Notes: Meet at & enter through the School Group Entrance.
Bring: Bring credit card or coins for parking in the VFMA lot or on the street. You may bring lunch or buy lunch at VFMA's Best Cafe. NO photography, pens, markers, or colored pencils in the museum. You may bring a non-colored pencil and sketchbook (no larger than 18"x24").
Registration closes: 2024-09-27
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Friday, Oct 04, 2024
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200 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220
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Fall Camping Trip--Pocahontas State Park
Just 20 miles from Richmond, Pocahontas offers boating, picnicking, camping, camping cabins, 90-plus miles of trails, and nature and history programs.
Registration closes: 2024-10-08
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Monday, Oct 14, 2024
- Thursday, Oct 17, 2024
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10301 State Park Road, Chesterfield, VA
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Group Camping
Group campsite at Pocahontas State Park. There are three 20'x20' tent pads, which can be shared amongst the group. Bring your own equipment, food, etc. Please let Jocelyn know the type of camping equipment you will bring.
Notes: Fee is for site rental/vehicle pass. For those who do not wish to camp, the chosen Buddy Site (3) is near the yurts and some camping cabins. Families may choose to book those at their own expense. Camping cabins are basically small bunk rooms. Yurts and camping cabins don't have restrooms nor indoor cooking facilities. They may not have electrical lighting--check the website.
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Mon, Oct 14,
04:00PM -
Thu, Oct 17,
01:00PM
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Ages: 0-100
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Participant:
$23.00
Chaperone: $23.00
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6/18
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Ranger Program at Pocahontas State Park
Ranger program, details TBD. Current options being floated: netting in the lake, reptile critter encounter, CCC museum. We will likely do a little bit of everything!
Notes: If attending the ranger program and *not* camping, the $7/vehicle entry fee may apply. Homeschoolers do have free entry into parks that charge parking fees, but this is sometimes misunderstood by gate staff. https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/parking-fees
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Wed, Oct 16,
10:00AM -
Wed, Oct 16,
12:00PM
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Ages: 0-100
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Participant:
$5.00
Chaperone: $0.00
Sibling
under 3 is free. Only choose sibling for under 3, please.
$0.00
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6/100
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Botanical Plant Based Fare
Join us for a field trip to Botanical Plant Based Fare, a vegan restaurant where sustainability meets deliciousness. We will get a behind the scenes tour of the restaurant and hear from owner and chef, Ryan Becklund, on what it takes to run a restaurant, why she chose plant based fare, how she came up with her business plan, what it is like to be in the hospitality business as well as what she looks for in employees. Botanical is so popular that they opened a second location in Crozet. Come be inspired how you can put your values and beliefs into creating your own business. October 22nd, 3 PM - 4 PM, location; Botanical Fare (downtown mall) 421 E Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902.
Notes: Participants will need to pay for parking. Parking is street or parking ramp, Botanical is located near the Market Street Garage Ramp. Siblings are welcome if they can handle sitting still and listening when the speaker is talking.
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03:00PM -
04:00PM
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Ages: 7-18
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Participant:
$2.00
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17/20
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Blackfriars Playhouse
Located in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, Virginia’s premiere classical theatre is at once intimate in scale and epic in imagination—creating vital, sophisticated, and accessible seasons built around a company of versatile actors performing in repertory all year round. We are a center for shared discovery by audiences, scholars, and artists of Shakespeare, his contemporaries, and classics old and new.
Registration closes: 2024-10-01
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Wednesday, Oct 30, 2024
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10 S. Market Street Staunton, VA 24401
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Are field trips drop off?
No, not unless explicitly stated. Parents should plan to attend field trips with their student(s) or to send them with another parent/caregiver. CHEC will have a field trip coordinator attending the field trip to answer parent questions and coordinate with staff at the location, but the coordinator is not responsible for monitoring students.
Do my students need to take classes at CHEC to enroll in field trips?
You do not need to be enrolled in classes at CHEC to take field trips. They are open to everyone. You will need an account on the CHEC website and payment will be managed through that account.
I want to enroll my student in a field trip that they aren't the correct age group for. What should I do?
Our age recommendations are generally guidelines, however some
field trip venues have strict age guidelines. Please enroll based on the
age ranges noted. If you have an older or younger child you would like to
enroll, please reach out to fieldtrips@cvillechec.org and we will let you
know if there is wiggle room for that particular trip and how to proceed
with enrollment.
There are several programs for different age groups associated with a field trip. I want to enroll my children in different programs, but they are at the same time and I can't chaperone both. How is this handled?
You do not need to register as a chaperone twice. You should only pay one fee. Typically, you would register to accompany your younger child(ren). Upon arrival, make sure the coordinator realizes that you are accompanying your younger student.
My family can't make the field trip anymore. Can we get a refund?
CHEC field trips are generally non-refundable. CHEC is run by
volunteers and refund requests create additional work for multiple people.
In addition, many field trips and/or group rates require us to meet certain
minimums and we often have to notify our host of our headcount commitment
well in advance of trips. Occasionally we are able to make exceptions to
our refund policy for field trip totals over $50. If you would like to see
if a refund is possible for a trip where your total was more than $50 or if
you would like refund consideration for financial hardship, please contact
fieldtrips@cvillechec.org. Consideration will depend on variables such as
how far in advance we receive the request and our payment and headcount
commitments for the particular venue.
