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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nViews from the Pequot Museum in Connecticut <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: Rebecca Flisser<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Shaan Daly (Form IV) emphasized the trip\u2019s focus on \u201cmaking connections between the city and the stuff we studied in English and History.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe visited The Old Manse house,\u201d explained Daly. \u201cIt basically housed a lot of writers who we were learning about in English, so to see the place where those writers actually lived and then reading about those writers in English was quite fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Students visited places they learned about in their History, English and Humanities classes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources: Left, Rebecca Flisser. Right, Abigail Kaufman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The trip also included time absorbing nature and reflecting in a Thoreuvian manner. Monica Nikolova (Form IV) described Walden Pond: \u201cIt was gorgeous, and we really were able to live out Thoreau’s ideas and\u2026see how his surrounding environment affected his thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n Views from Walden Pond in Concord, MA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sources: Left, Jenna Rose Right, Rebecca Flisser<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n To cap off the day, the Form IV students stopped in Concord, Massachusetts to explore the town and grab dinner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n When the buses arrived at 5:30 pm in Concord, most of the town\u2019s shops had already closed. Students quickly populated the Concord streets and rushed to secure tables at the handful of restaurants within walking distance. It was nearly impossible to avoid seeing fellow Fieldston students, and in some cases, teachers, while wandering around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One group of Form IV students had a particularly educational encounter. After 10 minutes of tireless phone calls and Google Maps searches, they decided to eat at the Liberty at the Colonial Inn. As the students approached the hostesses\u2019 desk, they looked to their right and saw their teacher chaperones eating in the Thoreau Room. The students sat down at their table and decided, hoping to thank their teachers for a wonderful trip, to send a single extra large slice of cheesecake to the table (it was all they could afford). <\/p>\n\n\n\n To this day, it is unknown whether the teachers received the cheesecake or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After dinner, teachers handed students room keys and corralled them into the community room for a \u201cgame night.\u201d The school provided entertainment in the form of snacks, candy, card games and coloring books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The next day, the sophomores awoke promptly at 6:30 and readied themselves for history presentations. According to Matthew Burke (IV), the most difficult part of the day was not performing presentations but \u201cwaking up.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Before the trip, students crafted history-based presentations about sites along the Freedom or Black Heritage Trail. The range of sites was expansive; locations included the Old State House, the Boston Commons and Underground Railroad stops like the Lewis and Harriet Hayden House. <\/p>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n