Students Hit the Slopes
Green Brook Township Public Schools
This winter, students at Green Brook Middle School got the chance to enjoy two great ski trips. These trips were organized by the Green Brook Education and Athletic Foundation (GBEAF) to bring together students of all skiing and snowboarding proficiency levels.
The GBEAF is a local non-profit that works with the Green Brook schools and community at large. Both trips took GBMS students to Shawnee Mountain. The first trip included 23 students from GBMS, many of whom had never skied before. The success of the first trip prompted the second trip. This time 40 students participated! Again, we had a dynamic combination of students who were either skiing for the first time or had years of experience. It was an awesome evening skiing/snowboarding trip with perfect weather.
The skiing trips to Shawnee Mountain this school year are a continuation of a relatively new activity for Green Brook Middle School students. Back in September 2018 a group of Eighth Grade students at GBMS approached the GBEAF to sponsor and organize a ski trip for the students. The idea was met with some skepticism, since it had never been done before in the history of Green Brook Middle School. However, the decision was made to plan the trips just to see what the level of interest was in this new activity. Eventually, the trips that first year in the winter of 2019 turned out to be hugely popular. More skiing/snowboarding trips took place in the winter of 2020, but no trips were planned in 2021 due to COVID-19.
Despite the ongoing concerns with COVID, two safe and enjoyable trips to Shawnee Mountain took place this school year to the delight of students and grownups alike.
Of course, skiing is a fast-paced sport, so the trips in 2022 were not without their share of bumps, bruises, and falls. War stories included, the trips are fast becoming an annual tradition to which many students look forward, and, we hope, can be enjoyed for years to come.
Photo by Green Brook Education & Athletic Foundation
