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Why Educators Need Professionals to Organize Their Class Trips!
I get this question from more and more teachers each year that goes by on class trips, teacher symposiums, or at various social gatherings….Why do I need to hire a professional agency to organize our class trips?!? Now, we’re not … Continue reading
In Abraham Lincoln’s Footsteps……Washington DC!
All through the year, we will be celebrating 150 years of our nation’s 16th President, his life, and his legacy. Here are some sights in and around our nation’s capital relating to Abraham Lincoln. The Soldier’s Home, 140 Rock Creek … Continue reading
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Look At These Great Microfundraising Ideas!!!
Each year teachers, administrators, and school boards plan and approve class trips from Miami, to LA, to DC. Each year the question of how we pay for this gets a little tougher to answer. Usually, students who cannot go on … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston, Class Trip, Fundraising, Krispy Kreme, McDonald's, Social Studies, Washington DC
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The Most Important Man in the American Civil War……And You’ve Never Heard of Him!!!
No, this isn’t Abner Doubleday of baseball fame, or a previously unknown field commander fighting for the South, this is of all people, a grocer. His name is Wilmer McLean, and on the eve of hostilities 1861, he was perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged Appomattox, Civil War, Class Trip, Gettysburg, Social Studies, Washington
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Enjoy Washington DC……On A Budget!!!
There are always a handful of questions in front of families and groups visiting DC, whether they are going for the first time, or they are seasoned veterans. Those questions are what do we do, where do we stay, where … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Class Trip, History, Smithsonian, Social Studies, Spring Break, Travel, United States Capitol, Washington DC
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NPS Rolls Out New Programs at Gettysburg
Gettysburg National Military Park, situated only 90 minutes north of the capital, has long been on the decline as a stop for class trippers heading to Washington or New York. However, there are several new additions to the NPS Park … Continue reading
Top 10 Can’t Miss Sights in Washington
Hello again Teachers! As the class trip season is fast approaching, I thought it best to fill you in on ten places you and your students should be seeing while in Washington DC this spring. Here are ten can’t miss … Continue reading
Why Does A Teacher Take Their Students to Washington DC?
There must be some sort of a purpose to rounding up 50 some odd early teenagers and trucking them half way across the country to a city very few, if any of them have ever been before. This year the … Continue reading
Posted in Charleston, Class Trips, Education, Social Studies, Student Travel, US History, Washington DC
Tagged Education, Social Studies, Student Travel, US History, Washington DC
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