Washington DC

For the past decade, my dear friend and 8th grade social studies teacher extraordinaire has taken any willing and able 8th graders on a trip to Washington DC the week after school gets out. It is a trip that the students begin fundraising for a year in advance, and a trip that the class talks about for years after. It is intentionally a 5 day whirlwind of museums, monuments, tours, shows and whatever other historically significant places there are to see!

Hamp's assessment of the trip has been underwhelming so far - though I am hopeful more stories of any significance might emerge as the summer wears on - but he did say he enjoyed the Smithsonian Air & Space museum and its flight simulator, finding his great uncle's name on the Vietnam Memorial, and the comedy show Shear Madness that the group saw the last night in DC! Oh... and he enjoyed hanging with his friends all week!!!