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Submitted by CreightonCommunity School A light rain on the night of Friday, June 8, saw the return of 31 restless but thrilled Grade 6 students, bringing a close to the 30th annual Creighton Community School Southern Exposure Trip. Hitting the road bright and early the previous Monday, the students, along with three teachers and their bus driver, made their way south to their host community of Lumsden, Saskatchewan. Along the way, the bus made a stop at the Batoche National Historic Site where the students were given a tour of the site of the Northwest Rebellion. This was followed by supper at Bonanza in Saskatoon. On Tuesday everyone hopped on the bus and rode into Regina for a tour of the Legislative Building and the RCMP Heritage Museum. The following day had them making a trip to Moose Jaw, where they took in the Western Development Museum and were given history lessons underground at the tunnels of Moose Jaw. Quite busy Thursday proved to be quite busy as the crew went back to Regina to visit The MacKenzie Art Gallery, The Saskatchewan Science Centre, and the IMAX theatre, where they watched a 3D documentary on tornadoes. Then it was off to Saskatoon for a night at the Travelodge, where they had pizza delivered to their rooms and spent the remainder of the evening on the water slides. On the final day of the trip, the grade sixes visited a Hutterite colony outside Saskatoon. Then it was off to the Midtown Plaza in Saskatoon for the ever-popular two-hour shopping spree, and back on the bus to Creighton. Each day of the trip featured a quiz that tested the students' knowledge on what they had learned about that day. By the end, there was a tie for the highest test average. Carter Watt and Linden Moore, who each scored an amazing 105 per cent, were rewarded with their own pizza party. 'It was a fun week,' says Kevin Imrie, an educational assistant at the school, who had been on the trip himself when he was a student. 'It's a great day for these kids to experience a part of Saskatchewan's history.'
