 Many teachers will often pay for needed supplies for classroom materials or out of there just started out of their own pocket. For our fourth grade teacher at Bemidji's J. W. Smith Elementary School, a field trip was in the plans but fundraising for it was going to be tough. That is until one teacher got a big surprise. Last week the Bemidji J. C. surprised fourth grade teacher Teresa Struchel with a check for $500 to help pay for the classes field trip. Last October as part of the adopted classroom project, teachers from around the area wrote essays as to how they would use $500. For Struchel, it's a surprise and an honor to be the recipient. But we're always looking for money last year. We didn't quite have enough and our PTO had to help cover the cost of our class trip to deep portage. So I thought it would be a just something to give a give it a shot and see if we could get a little extra money. The J. W. Smith fourth graders will take their overnight field trip to deep portage in May. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.