About the DC Trip!!
A, D, and a bunch of their other friends get to go on this ah-mazing trip to Washington DC in February During President's Week!!! How great is that?? 48 people got chosen out of 55, and we were 2 of them!! We go through the school and a program called Smithsonian Student Travel. At our school, this is a hee-uge thing! Everyone is super excited about it! We dont only get to go to Washington, though. Look at our itinerary!!
Our itinerary!!
Day 1 : Boston
Take a walking tour of the Boston
Optional: Duck boat tour of the city
Visit Quincy Market
Day 2 : Boston
Take a guided tour of Boston and Cambridge
Take a guided tour of Lexington and Concord
Visit the Prudential Center Skywalk
Optional: Theater performance
Day 3 : New York City
Travel to New York City
Take a guided tour of New York
Visit the Empire State Building by night
Day 4 : New York City
Visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Explore Times Square
Attend a Broadway show
Day 5 : Philadelphia
Travel to Philadelphia
Take a guided tour of Philadelphia
Travel to Washington, D.C.
Day 6 : Washington, D.C.
Take a guided tour of Washington, D.C.
Visit Mount Vernon
Enjoy an evening activity
Day 7 : Washington, D.C.
See the U.S. Capitol*, the U.S. Surpreme Court and Library of Congress*
Visit the National Archives
See Ford's Theater and Petersen House
Optional: International Spy Museum
Take a night tour of Washington
*Please note: You must make your own arrangements for visiting inside these buildings.
Day 8 : Washington, D.C.
Visit your choice of Smithsonian's museums
Depart for home
The Broadway Show!!
D's got word on the Broadway Show that we're gonna see!!
D, here!! Mrs. Charrone, the teacher involve of the DC trip is also my ASB (Associated Student Body) teacher and SSR (Sustained Silent Reading or Sit down Shut up and Read) teacher. She told our SSR class that she got to choose the Broadway show that we wanted to see. She told us that there were 4 to choose from (Legally Blonde: The Musical, Mary Poppins, Hairspray), but she couldnt remember the 4th. Everyone that wanted to go on the trip said that they wanted to see Legally Blonde. That's what A and D want to see too!! We cant wait! And D will keep you posted on What the other play mite be!
You have a say in this too!! Do you think we should see Legally Blonde, Mary Poppins, Hairspray, or Something Else??? What do you think the other play is?? Let your voice be heard!! Email us @ midchix@gmail.com and let us know!! Your answer could end up here!!