St. Vincent Fourth Graders Visit Mission San Juan Capistrano
Students, teachers, and parents took the train from San Diego to San Juan Capistrano to visit The Jewel of the Missions.
Fourth graders at St. Vincent de Paul School recently visited the Mission San Juan Capistrano. Students, teachers, and parents took the train from San Diego to San Juan Capistrano to learn first-hand about the mission.
Fourth grade students study California history, including the history of the California Missions, as part of their Social Studies curriculum. This field trip to the Mission San Juan Capistrano proved to be both exciting and enriching for the young learners. They especially enjoyed the knowledgeable docents dressed in historic attire who conducted their tour of the mission. The students were guided through the mission grounds and saw exhibits, museum rooms, gardens, fountains, and more.
Known as “The Jewel of the Missions,” Mission San Juan Capistrano was founded in 1776 by Padre Junipero Serra as the seventh of the twenty-one California missions established by Spain. Following the trip, students began working on their mission projects as a hand-on learning activity. Models of all 21 California missions created by the students are currently on display at the school.
St. Vincent de Paul School is a Catholic, co-educational elementary school, founded in 1948 in the Mission Hills neighborhood of San Diego. Accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, St. Vincent’s services children from Preschool through Eighth Grade. For information about the school, visit www.svscatholic.org or call (619) 296-2222.
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