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GRADE 8’s COMMUNITY SERVICE A
s you all have heard, the 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade classes go on a long-awaited Week Without Walls overnight field trip for 5 whole days every year during the last week of November. However, this year the class of 2019 was the first class to go on a separate Week Without Walls just for the grade 8’s Community Service Project. On November 24-28, the eighth graders traveled to Petchburi with “Community Service” as their theme of action. The first day of our adventure started off by touring the wonderful environment of Petchburi’s national park and learng many things about wildlife and how to survive in the woods. We were separated into teams and learnt how to cook our own dinner, sleep in tents, and practice teamwork in many different activities such as interviewing market vendors about their careers. On the second day of our trip we trekked through the wilderness at Ban Grang Camp and the national park staff taught us how to cook our own food if we were lost in the woods, how to bird/butterfly watch, and how to make a simulation of salt licks where wild animals come to get their nutrients. Even though everyone was tired and worn out after the first two days of our journey, it was one of our best lifetime experiences. On the third day of our Week Without Walls, we cleaned our campsite and packed away those gigantic tents. We left for the Chang Hua Mun Royal Initiative Project which shows how His Majesty the King created an organization that involves farming and stabilizing
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local farmers’ incomes. We toured the farmland after the staff gave a detailed presentation about the origin of their project. Later, we finally departed for our next destination: Nana Resort. Time flies by like a rocket, and it was already the fourth day of our trip! Most of us eighth graders liked the fourth day the most since we spent the entire morning helping out at a local school called Ban Khao Gling. This was one of the greatest experiences for most of us because of the beaming smiles of the children which made us feel like we had known them forever. It was difficult for some of us to say our farewells to the kids, but we promised we’d meet again someday. During the evening we had one of the best events ever held: the Talent Show. The talent show was spectacular; everyone took their time to carefully plan out their performances and we all succeeded in giving our best. The night ended with laughter, shouting, and tears as many of us had a great time partying and reflecting on the past week. Last but not least, the fifth day was the day we toured the Kraeng Krachan Dam and power plant. Although, it might sound tiring or uninteresting, no one regretted they went on this Week Without Walls trip because we won’t soon forget the time we spent together there.
by: Li G8JL
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