School field trips are remembered fondly by students, who get a break from the classroom to learn about the real world. There haven’t been many field trips in the last few years, so when Lincoln Elementary teachers Ann Riley and Christy Moorman took their third-grade classes to Gold Creek Pond off Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass on June 6, it was the first trip since kindergarten for many of their students.

“They (students) just loved it,” Moorman said. “They were happy to be out on field trips again, they were engaged to learn about animals and they brought up what they learned in the classrooms.”