- Dates
- 1985-05-03 – 1985-05
- Kind
- Education
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Community School
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationcommunitytransportationcommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Beaver Island students reported a May 1985 educational exchange trip that included Lansing, Dearborn, Greenfield Village, the Henry Ford Museum, and Washington Island, with host-family stays, tours, and sports.
Evidence limits
This is a student-written account and does not establish the complete roster, school authorization, itinerary, or transportation records.
Sources
- Reports students' May trip by air and boat connections to Lansing, Dearborn, Greenfield Village, the Henry Ford Museum, and Washington Island, where they stayed with host families, attended a dance, toured the island, and played softball and basketball. It is a student account, not a school travel authorization, attendance record, or transportation log. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
- The held nineteen-page June issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the student account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1985-06_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island students report a Washington Island exchange trip, 1985”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-washington-island-school-exchange-1985/, accessed [date], citing “A Trip into the Past” and “From One Rock to Another,” Beaver Beacon, June 1985. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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