Trip
Washington, DC Civic Journey, Wednesday, April 14 to Sunday, April 18, 2027
Group
30 eighth-grade students and six chaperones, one adult for every five students
Program
Fourteen sites over three days: the National Archives, the U.S. Capitol, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, two Smithsonian museums, four memorials at dusk, Arlington, the Portrait Gallery, Lafayette Square, and the White House
Travel
Charter bus, 372 miles each way, with a rested second driver team for the overnight ride home
Lodging
Three nights in College Park, Maryland
School
Horizon Ridge School of Cleveland

The documents

Approving the trip

Telling families

Preparing the leader and chaperones

Connecting the trip to learning

Improving next year's trip

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