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8 th Grade Capstone Trip

8 th Grade Capstone Trip. Beacon Preparatory School Mission Statement Engage students in a rigorous, content-rich curriculum with an emphasis on Classical, liberal arts education, designed to prepare each individual student for life-long learning and citizenship. Fundraising.

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8 th Grade Capstone Trip

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  1. 8th Grade Capstone Trip Beacon Preparatory School Mission StatementEngage students in a rigorous, content-rich curriculum with an emphasis on Classical, liberal arts education, designed to prepare each individual student for life-long learning and citizenship.

  2. Fundraising • $22,050 estimated amount needed • $6,150 from $250-chaperon, $150-student fee • $930 outstanding • $15,900 to be fundraised: • $1,388 – Garage Sale • $1,050 – Talent Show • $1,970 – GivetotheMax • $1,002 – Seven Hills Concert • $1,021 – Poinsettias • $415 – Non-Uniform Day • $1,756 – Papa Murphy’s • $875 – Winter Play • $3,068 – Read-a-thon • $335 – Pizza Pick-up • $2,049 – Rummage Sale • Total Fundraised: $14,930 • Cash Available: $20,465 • Amount Needed: $655 • Remaining Fundraisers: • Seven Hills Concert • Meat Sale

  3. Transportation & Chaperons • Richfield Bus Co. • Two licensed drivers for overnight travel to and from Minnesota • One licensed driver w/ Washington, D.C., travel experience • Limited wireless access, movie options and emergency bathroom • 4 Staff and 6 Parent Chaperones • 1:4 student-adult ratio

  4. Route to Washington, D.C.: • I-94 through Wisconsin • I-80/90 to Youngstown, Ohio • I-76/70 through Pittsburg to Washington, D.C. • 1-hour tops will be taken roughly every 4 hours at transit centers for refueling, restroom use, and eating • Route from Gettysburg, PA: • I-76/70 to Pittsburg • I-80/90 to Youngstown, Ohio • I-94 through Wisconsin

  5. Housing • 4H Student Center • Students will bunk in groups of three or four • Chaperons’ rooms are distributed throughout the allotment of rooms for Beacon students • Secure, dorm-like setting w/ recreation areas for down-time • Buffett meals

  6. Mall Area Dining • While touring Washington, D.C., students will eat at three places around The Mall with meal vouchers: • Eat at National Place • Ronald Reagan Building • Union Station

  7. Days One & Two • Morning: • Arrive at Arlington National Cemetery • Iwo Jima Memorial • Afternoon: • American History Museum • Washington Monument, WWII Memorial & Korean War Memorial • Evening: • Check into 4H Student Center

  8. Day Three • Morning: • Library of Congress, Supreme Court Building, Capital Building • Afternoon: • American Indian Museum • Air & Space Museum • Evening • Night time viewing?

  9. Day Four • Morning: • Lafayette Square & White House • Einstein Monument, State Department, Vietnam Memorial & Lincoln Memorial • Afternoon: • National Gallery of Art & National Archives • Evening: • Natural History Museum

  10. Day Five • Morning: • MLK Memorial, FDR Memorial & Jefferson Memorial • Remainder of the day: • Holocaust Museum • Smithsonian Castle • TBD

  11. Day Six • Morning: • Mount Vernon • Afternoon: • Travel to Gettysburg, PA • Evening: • Tour Gettysburg Battlefield • Return home

  12. Day 7 • Arrive at Beacon Prep between 5-7 pm • The school will be notified with estimated time of arrival when we are on the return trip

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