Colchester School - CARW2018
The cache is not at the posted coordinates, do not enter paste the barricades or fences.
With this years CARW having a ‘Back to Geo-School’ theme, we thought we would school everyone with some actual schools! These caches will give you some history on some of the schools in the Strathcona County / Sherwood Park area. We hope you enjoy being schooled!
Originally built near the Wimbledon School (built in 1898) site in 1958, Colchester was already knee deep in history. Wimbeldon was a one room log school house in the Colchester School District with 47 students. In 1938, Colchester School re-opened in a new two-room school located near Highway 14, where is sits vacant still today.
The decision to close the school for the 2013 - 2014 school year was due to the new 500-kv Heartland Transmission Power Lines, and their close proximity to the school. Although the line builder offered alternative routes around the school, the School Division opted to move the students to Fultonvale Elementary - Junior High School.
Colchester School has been sitting status quo for the last few years, as the School Division is working on turning the building over to Strathcona County, at which time it will be transferred over to Alberta Infrastructure, where its future will be determined.
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This CARW2018 cache will be published prior to the CARW event.
Please remember that caches cannot be hunted until 9am Saturday March 3rd
Should you find this cache prior, it will not count for the event, and FTF points are only valid as of 9am March 3rd.
To find this cache, you must complete the 14 other feeder caches to gain clues for this puzzle. There are six clues in total. You will find all these clues on the host of the caches that have clues, and they will also be verified on the log book.
And what good is a puzzle without some basic schooling required ?
Solve these problems:
In order to find this cache, you must discover the six clues from the feeder (traditional) caches in this series. Replace the letter from your solution to find the actual cache coordinates.
N 53 27.ABC
W 113 20.DEF
Grade 1 problem:
26 - _ = A
Grade 2 problem:
Convert the Letter you found to a number using A=1, B=2, and so on.
_ + 3 = B
Grade 3 problem:
Convert the Letter you found to a number using A=1, B=2, and so on.
Solve the equation:
_ x 3 - 1 = C
Grade 4 problem:
Take the lowest number on the host, and subtract 1.
_ - 1 = D
Grade 5 problem:
Convert the Letter you found to a number using A=1, B=2, and so on.
_ - 10 = E
Grade 6 problem:
Also known as Grade 5 part 2, if you are ScooterRichard:
Jane has _ apples.
ScooterRichard eats one of these apples, leaving Jane with one less.
Papa Crane comes along and give ScooterRichard a black eye for eating one of Jane’s apples. How many apples does Jane now have.
Let this answer be F
Please be careful with the container, it twists to open.