Child Care takes a Field Trip

By Tricia Petersen, OHS torch reporter

            A few weeks ago Mrs. Goff’s child care class took off for a field trip to the YWCA, Hammit School, and Little Jewels Learning Center in Bloomington IL.

Students learned a lot about what different schools and grade levels are taught.

            “ We learned about how the Hammit school system works,” said Senior Justin Slager.

            In Child care class they are learning about different career choices in the child care field and how to take care of someone that relies on you. This trip helped them see the different careers all in one day.

“I think we took this trip to show us the different sides of education and the different backgrounds people come from,” said Justin.

“We took this trip to give students the opportunity to see careers in child care and health professions, to tour a real college campus and compare local child care facilities,” said Mrs. Goff.

Usually this trip consists of a visit to the hospital in the baby ward, but the last two times this trip was taken that has not been an option. After talking to Mrs. Goff, it sounds like that decision was the best.

“Due to the mumps and flu, the hospitals are limiting the number of visitors, so we toured Hammit school and learned about the impact of state funding cuts in the social service field,” said Mrs. Goff.

Even with the inability to go to the hospital, students learned a lot more about the child care and teaching field and they had fun while doing it.