Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Bessemer high school students cross a bridge behind Neuschwanstein Castle during their recent spring break trip to Europe. Students include, from left: Jaakob Fyle, Lane Kortemeier, Aydan MacLeod, Isaac Ormes, Connor Fingeroos and Tad Rowe.
BESSEMER - Seventeen Bessemer high school students recently spent their spring break touring Germany, Austria, Italy and Switzerland.
The entourage also included two recent graduates, eight parents, an aunt and a grandparent, according to trip leader and German and math teacher Tracy Rowe. She said the 10-day trip had been in the planning stages for 17 months.
Students experienced first-hand the history and culture of central Europe, said Rowe, adding the tour company did a good job of incorporating history lessons along the way.
"Students remember so much more through experience than by readi...
