GPS students on their Downtown Adventure Day
With a mission to earn as many points as possible, the GPS seventh graders and their advisors engaged in the annual Downtown Adventure Day on Friday. Teams earned one point for each location visited around downtown Chattanooga, locations they had to determine based on puzzle questions. The experience was similar to a scavenger hunt of their hometown.
The girls took photos of themselves at the locations, completed the mandatory tasks assigned, and used the free Downtown Shuttle to visit the locations in whatever order their advisory determined. The free Downtown Shuttle was filled with GPS Bruisers as they hurried from place to place.
Among the places visited were the Hamilton County Courthouse and nearby statues, the second floor of the Bicentennial Library for fun activities, the Doubletree Hotel for the hotel’s signature chocolate-chip cookies, and the new Passageway Alley Installations (notice the blocks forming GPS in the photo). At the Bluff View Art District, one advisory had their photo taken with GPS alum Angie Culpepper Supan ’92 who manages the River Gallery.
A clue to the Hot Chocolatier said, “This Chattanooga business infuses Spanish and French history. It sells a product that was introduced to Europe by Spain in the 16th century following conquests in the Americas. This delicacy - which was primarily consumed as a drink - was then later presented to Anne of Austria as a gift from her 14-year old husband-to-be, King Louis XIII of France in the year 1615.”
Another task asked that the students interview three people on the street and get permission to video their responses to the question, “What do you think are the two most pressing issues in the community?”
It was a full day of GPS teams using creative thinking, teamwork and cameras to document their scavenger hunt on Downtown Adventure Day.