 Some Lowell Elementary students travel back in time to the King Arthur Court for their annual field trip. As Mal Meyer explains for this week's Golden Apple, their teachers and community members are lending a hand for their hands-on learning experience. Years ago, the school's media secretary Nancy Waller had the idea to bring the students books to life. Kids love the medieval times so I decided to show them that they could see the hierarchies and everything that was going on. Since Waller's retirement, Sandy Larson has taken over the tradition of bringing the third grade students to the Miller Castle. I took it over because I knew that we just had to do it because it was so much fun and the kids learned so much. They learn various aspects of life in the Middle Ages at ten different stations, rotating to a new one every twenty minutes. Audrey Hastings had fun at the Wizarding Station. Because he did a lot of magic tricks. And Elsie Predmore was looking forward to throwing on chain mail suits. The one I really want to do is downstairs, it's where you put all the armor on. Community members had been looking forward to teaching them new concepts. One of the volunteers helping out today is Dave Vietz, who is teaching the students about the process behind Pottage. We're hoping to teach them what it was like, what food would have been like, how they would have grown it, how they would have caught it, and how they survived. There's a little thing here that looks like maybe perhaps a leg of a lamb. But today also helps build on skills that the kids have been working on with their teachers, skills that they might not have realized would have been helpful during the medieval times. We actually rotate the archery unit amongst elementary schools, and so little kids get it in January and they participate. And then they're able to apply it here at the Miller Castle. Students like Chris Hastings are happy to see their children excited about the experience. It's just a great opportunity for them to get out and see something different outside of the classroom at the same time learn. And the teachers are happy to be able to provide it. I love to make education fun, teaching kids things that are fun. And these kids are going to remember this for the rest of their life. In Niswa Wood, this week's Golden Apple, I'm Mal Meyer, Lakeland News. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.