grade DC trip April 28-May 3rd

 It was a miracle I even got to go on this trip as I almost didn't come back after Christmas break.  Long story short, admin. decided to put my job back on the market in hopes they found someone who had a social studies degree.  Makes sense, right?  They have no managerial or communication skills, just throwing weight around.  That's the short story.  Needless to say, no one applied so I stayed, but I did have my resignation letter ready (written by David and edited by me) for the first day back in January.  I couldn't find peace in that decision, so I went back.  

I love our 8th graders and was thankful to be able to go!  We left at 2am on Monday and got home about 9pm on Friday, and it was GO every day and every minute in between.











9/11 memorial by the pentagon

It's pretty amazing how it's all designed











the Natural history museum

Martin Luther King memorial


Thomas Jefferson memorial

Hailey Teem (chaperone) and me



the White house



waiting for lunch

the capitol building



waiting to go into the Kennedy center

museum of art

Gettysburg

Korean war memorial

Lincoln memorial

nurse memorial

Arlington cemetery

wreath laying ceremony



changing of the guard


world war ll memorial






Vietnam memorial- Principle Tony's relative


We finished our trip with the Arlington cemetery and the wreath laying ceremony and then we got lunch and went to the airport






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