STEM club returns to Mount St. Helens

Over Memorial Day weekend, the LRHS Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) club took a trip across the state to explore Mount St. Helens and make connections between classroom concepts and the real world.

Similarly to prior years, the trip consisted of interpretive hikes and visitations to Clear Lake Falls Vista, Woods Creek Natural Area, Iron Creek, Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument Main Visitor Center, Weyerhaeuser Forestry Center, Johnston Ridge Observatory, Coldwater Lake, Mount St. Helens Hummocks, and Aldrich Berry Farm and Nursery. A side trip was also taken to the...