by Leah Bowness
Staff Writer

On Friday October 22, 2010 ten students and two teachers took a field trip to New York City for a day. Despite the fun the students and teachers had there, this trip almost didn’t happen.

In order to make this trip a success photography teacher, Lisa Bolotte, had to open the trip up to more students. This event is usually only open to photography students taking Photography II or higher.

This year, however, students from all levels were invited to sign up in order to make the necessary ten student minimum count for the van to New York City.

Teachers, Bolotte and Brandon Eang chaperoned the trip, keeping students organized but still giving them enough freedom to really explore and take pictures.

The students started the trip arriving at the school for 6 am preparing for a full day in the Big Apple. Upon arrival in the city, the students got a chance to explore the International Center of Photography with the two exhibits, The Mexican Suitcase and Cuba in Revolution.

After spending an hour or so the students made their way to Times Square to take their own pictures of the city. The students took pictures of the sights and found familiarity in the somewhat foreign city atmosphere

“Look, that’s where the ball is dropped,” said senior AP photography student Randi Medley.

The 2010 lettering sits where the New Year’s Eve Ball dropped up in Time Square and it was a sight worth seeing.

Returning to the van to go get lunch at a pizza shop, The Two Bros, was in no way uneventful. Soon after getting off the van the students had a celebrity sighting of award winning actress Kate Hudson with her child.

After lunch generously provided by Bolotte, students had some more free time to explore, shop and take pictures. The students appreciated all of this free time and almost all of them enjoyed a frozen yogurt from the popular frozen yogurt shop Pinkberry.

“This is so good!” exclaimed Phoebe Taffel, while eating her chocolate froyo.

The last event of the day was to spend a few hours in the Museum of Modern Art [MoMA]. Six floors of art to look at certainly kept the students busy.

At MoMA a handful of students found a screaming exhibit to be a lot of fun. In the center of the museum there is an exhibit where a microphone is set up and people are encouraged to scream, as a piece of art on the wall encouraged them to do.

“That was way to much fun,” exclaimed Medley after taking her turn at the mic.

Unfortunately all great days must come to an end and the students left New York City at six o’ clock piling into the van from a long day in the Big Apple. Although the two museums plus the transportation to and from New York cost each student $110 this year, it was worth every penny.