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Upcoming SGO Bake Sales: Monday, February 11
The Student Geography Organization (SGO) provides an avenue for all students interested in geography to interact and participate in group activities and field trips while expanding their geographic knowledge and building friendships with fellow students. Each year, afternoon field trips are planned during the fall semester, such as visiting an industrial operation, a lock and dam on the Mississippi, and regional landforms. A longer weekend trip is planned for the end of spring semester. In recent years, SGO has visited The Badlands and Black Hills of South Dakota, landforms of the Wisconsin Dells and Devil's Lake State Park area, the prairie grasslands and pipestone quarries of southwest Minnesota, and Milwaukee and Old World Wisconsin. These trips are funded by money raised from bake and book sales throughout the year. SGO also undertakes a community service project annually. In recent years, this has involved painting large playground maps of the United States and the world at local elementary schools. these playground maps help educate students and raise interest in geography. It also provides teachers with a useful learning tool and adds color to the school surroundings. Projects have been done at St. croix Elementary School in Roberts, WI; Houlton elementary School in Houlton, WI; E.P. Rock Elementary School in Hudson, WI; and most recently at St. Bridget's School in River Falls, WI. John Heppen serves as faculty advisor to SGO. Click here to see photos of SGO Map-painting projects
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