Field Trips
Harvest Ridge Home Study Field Trips
Looking for some field trip options for your students? Join us on one of our teacher-led excursions and enjoy time with our home school community. Click on the Sign Up Here form below to see costs, contact info, and all the details for each trip. Just a reminder that students may use Home Study Funds for field trips, but parents and non-student siblings must pay on their own.
Petroglyph ceramic lounge
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Date: March 7, 2024
Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Cost: $30.00 per student
Payment Due By: February 29, 2024
Come paint and create at Petroglyph! Students will select one ceramic piece up to $19 to make their own. Groups learn about the making of ceramics, how the kilns work, and the firing process. Please arrive a few minutes before the store opens. We can have a maximum of 20 student painters and 5 chaperones. The first 5 parents who sign up by completing a separate form will be offered a chaperone spot. Chaperones do not have to pay, but will not be participating in the painting due to the studio’s limited space. All other parents will need to drop off their students and return for pick-up at 1:00 PM.
Folsom Zoo Sanctuary
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Date: March 21, 2024
Time: 9:30 - 10:45 am for Tour
Cost: $9.00 per person (children under 2 years old free)
Payment Due By: March 7, 2024
Join us for an hour-long docent lead tour of the Folsom Sanctuary Zoo. With close to 100 animals, there is so much to see! After the tour, parents can choose to ride the train ($3, self-pay), have lunch, and play at Lions Park.
placer nature center
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Date: April 11, 2024
Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 noon
Cost: $10.00 per student
Payment Due By: April 4, 2024
At Placer Nature Center students will get to explore life sciences in a hands-on experience! Students will be grouped by age range. The older students will focus on ecology and the younger students will focus on habitats. In ecology, students will explore the relationships of living things within the biotic world: in soil, among large species, and through a microscope in a drop of pond water. How do we humans fit into this interconnected world? The younger students will explore the components of habitat (food, shelter, water, space) and find how each is essential to the survival of living beings. Come join us as we explore the beauty of nature all around us and below our feet!
Granite arch climbing center
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Date: April 16, 2024
Time: 11:00 - 1:00 pm
Cost: $25.00 per person
Payment Due By: April 9, 2024
This trip is for ages 7+ and has a maximum of 25 climbers.
Parents and chaperones are welcome to stay and watch their student climb. Granite Arch does not provide helmets. If anyone in our group wishes to wear a helmet, they must provide their own.
Waivers are required for all participants. PLEASE NOTE: WAIVER MUST BE SIGNED BY THEIR PARENT OR COURT-APPOINTED LEGAL GUARDIAN. No exceptions! CLICK HERE for the waiver and complete it ahead of time.
wild things Animal Encounter
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Date: May 9, 2024
Time: 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Cost: $15.00 per student
Payment Due By: May 4, 2024
If you enjoy learning about reptiles, bugs, and other soft friendly creatures, come enjoy Conservation Ambassadors https://wildthingsoutreach.org/ present their collection of wild animals. Arrive by 9:15. This will be hosted at the Home Study Playground.
willy wonka
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Date: May 17, 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Cost: $11.00 per person
Payment Due By: May 10, 2024
Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka follows enigmatic candy manufacturer, Willy Wonka, as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his mouth-watering candy bars. Whoever comes up with these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likable young lad named Charlie Bucket, who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka's rules in the factory... or suffer the consequences. This scrumdiddlyumptious musical is guaranteed to delight everyone's sweet tooth!
Space is limited to the first 40 participants!