Tuesday, July 14, was the first day of the summer field school at the Dutch Reformed Church, where students from the Newburgh Free Academy will embark on one of the most challenging summers of their young lives. Work starts at 8:00 a.m. and the usual baseball caps will be traded in for hardhats. The students' task involves restoring elements of the church, an 1830s Greek Revival structure. The primary focus will be repairing the stage, which was damaged by a fire in August 2008.