The trip of a lifetime...

Who can believe that the HMS middle school class will be on a plane heading to our nation's capital in less than six hours??

This year has truly flown by and the annual middle school trip is upon us. Today we will leave Washington State and arrive in Washington D.C. ready to explore, discover, and become awash in our country's history.

We plan on touring the major landmarks such as the Lincoln, WWII, Korean, and Vietnam Memorials, the White House, the Library of Congress, the U.S. Capitol, Gettysburg, the National Museum of Natural History, the Air & Space Museum, and the National Gallery of Art.

In true Montessori fashion, students will be putting their practical life skills to work by keeping a personal budget, helping to decide our itinerary, learning how to pay a restaurant bill, navigating public transit, and keeping themselves organized and prepared for our daily adventures.

Additionally, (and this is the really fun part!), students will be blogging about these new experiences every evening right here. That means parents who are pining for those in-depth details will actually be receiving them! No more simple sentence responses of "today was fine." :)

Furthermore, students will be uploading pictures of the historical sights we will be visiting, but will not be posting any pictures of our students themselves for privacy reasons. Those pictures will be shared with family and friends once we return from our trip.

Please feel free to comment on our blog (all comments will be approved by me first before being published); we'd love to hear from you!

We look forward to keeping the HMS community informed about this spectacular trip over the next week!

Here we go... !!!
Ms. B & the Middle School Class