Moffett Elementary's Field Trip to Mission San Juan Capistrano

Thank you for choosing Mission San Juan Capistrano as a favored field trip destination for you and your students. Each year, thousands of 4th grade students visit Mission San Juan Capistrano. We are reaching out to let you know of exciting developments regarding our field trip program.

The Mission’s education program has a new name: “Remembering the Builders: Mission San Juan Capistrano Student Education Program.” This new name reflects our effort to focus on sharing the many facets of history and ensures that we are celebrating the contributions of our builders. We are always proud that our education programs continue to meet, or exceed, the State of California’s curriculum standards for learning about history, social sciences, and some science.

With the new name and effort, we are proud to announce the debut of a brand new self-guided audio tour experience designed just for students. The new tour, entitled, “If These Walls Could Talk” was designed especially for California students working on their Mission studies. The new audio tour takes learners to 23 stops to learn about the varied 246-year-old history of the Mission hearing from the “Grandmotherly Mission Wall” who introduces the listeners to indigenous builders, soldiers, padres, and more. We believe the students will truly enjoy this special learning experience and learn more about the multiple facets of history and the contributions of many.

To further facilitate learning, we are extremely proud to announce Mission San Juan Capistrano will offer free funding for up to 150 students per day in most months of the school year. This funding opportunity has been underwritten by grants and donations from generous donors from all backgrounds. As a result, everyday more students will be able to enjoy our new audio tour and experience our Mission Matters adobe brick making class at no expense. This combined experience is valued at $19 per student.

To remember their field trip, every student will also receive a special commemorative bracelet that reads “Remember the Builders” so they can take home a memento to remember their field trip. Finally, any teacher that books their school or class for a field trip to the Mission also receives access to our FREE bonus video library, an extended classroom learning experience ($150 Value).

With these important and meaningful changes to our education program, we hope we will be welcoming your students back to Mission San Juan Capistrano in 2023-2024 to Remember the Builders and gain greater respect and appreciation for the past. We are grateful to teachers for the outstanding work they do to educate our youth. The Mission team is proud to support your efforts. Thank you for choosing Mission San Juan Capistrano as your field trip destination.

Sincerely,

Mechelle Lawrence Adams, Executive Director

Mission San Juan Capistrano

Mission San Juan Capistrano provides students with the highest quality, standards-based field trip experience. All our learning programs support the California History-Social Science Content Standards and Framework (CA HSS). In addition to this, many of our education programs also align with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). While educational experiences are geared toward 3rd and 4th grades, they can be adjusted for any grade level. We look forward to hosting you and your students here. To learn more about our education-based field trips and special programming, read the Educators' Guide.

The Mission’s education program, now entitled, “Remembering the Builders” reflects our entity’s sincere effort to focus on sharing the many facets of history and ensures that we are celebrating the contributions of the original builders and founders. To ensure more students have an opportunity to visit, we are proud to announce that for the next school year 2023-2024 Mission San Juan Capistrano will offer free funding for up to 150 students each day during designated months of the school year. This special funding opportunity has been underwritten by grants and donations from generous donors. As a result, more students will be able to enjoy our new audio tour “If These Walls Could Talk” and experience our Mission Matters adobe brick making class at no expense to them. This combined experience is valued at $19 per student. 

YOU CAN APPLY FOR FREE FIELD TRIPS! BOOK NOW FOR THE 2023-2024 SCHOOL YEAR!

Note: Adopt-a-Class sponsored field trips take place during September, October, November, December, January, and June (unavailable during the months of February, March, April, and May).

Mission San Juan Capistrano is proud to partner with The Discovery Cube museums and science centers to offer two new science learning experiences this year including "Animal Tracks: Animals and the Acjachemen People" which introduces students to the kind of animals that were important to the Acjachemen people and "Illuminating the Past: Candle Making in the Spanish Missions" which engages students in discussions and hands-on activities to understand light sources during the early years of the Spanish missions.

Join us for a special presentation of Journeys to the Past, a Native American storytelling experience presented by Indigenous storyteller Jacque Tahuka Nunez as she takes students on a journey into the lifestyle of the early Indigenous people of California. Children experience lively music, storytelling, songs, games, and dance with opportunities to participate.

AVAILABLE DATES: April 16, April 17, April 18, April 19 and May 14, May 15, May 16 and May 17

The Mission offers a $150 value video library FREE to all educators for booking their field trip in the 2023-2024 school year. These additional resources support the “pre” and “post” field trip experience, and extend the learning experience. Our library consists of "In Our Voice: Native American Basket Weaving," "In Our Voice: Mission Bell Ringing and Native American Singing" and "In Our Voice: Native American Storytelling."

3 Ways to Book Your Mission Experience:

ONLINE Book Today!

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www.missionsjc.com/book

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EMAIL bookatour@missionsjc.com  

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BY PHONE (949) 234-1306

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