The following
is an example of a typical Junior High/Middle School Seminar schedule.
SUNDAY
Noon - 5pm
Registration
Check-in, receive room assignments, room keys, and seminar materials
5:30-6:30pm
Dinner
7pm
Orientation
Review coming attractions for the seminar week, cover responsibilities and expectations
for the seminar, introduce the main educational focus of the week
MONDAY
9am-12 noon
Tour/Visit Mount Vernon Ancestral home of George Washington, America’s first president
12:30pm
Visit
and Tour the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (dedicated to the natural world including Hope Diamond and Dinosaur skeletons)
2:50pm
IMAX Smithsonian Educational Film
3:45pm
National Archives Home of the Decleration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights
7:00pm
Night Tour of Washington:
• The New World War II Memorial
• Jefferson Memorial
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
• Iwo Jima Memorial
TUESDAY
9:00am
White House Photo Opportunity
9:30am
Tour of National Monuments:
• The Lincoln Memorial
• Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• Korean Veterans War Memorial
11:00am
Embassy Visit and Lecture Royal Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
12:30pm
Lunch
Union Station, national historic site
2:00pm
Group Photo The Capitol Reflecting Pool, West front, The US Capitol Building. (Students receive their panoramic, commerative photo at the end of the seminar week)
3:30pm
Visit and Tour the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (Dedicated to aviation and space exploration)
5:30-6:30pm
Dinner in fashionable Georgetown Restaurant
7:00pm
Mr. Matthew Felling, CBS News "The Public Eye"
"A Discussion on Modern News and the News Media"
WEDNESDAY
9am-4:30pm
Explore
Capitol Hill Individual school groups meet with members of Congress and Senators,
attend Committee hearings, and observe the House and Senate in session.
5:30-10:00pm
Optional Theater Night Package Schools have dinner at exciting places like Hard Rock Cafe followed by a performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Many groups attend the whodunnit' comedy: Shear Madness
THURSDAY
9:30am
Wreath Laying Ceremony. Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery. Present wreath and witness the changing of the guard.
11:45am
Lunch/Shop Pentagon City Fashion Centre
2:00pm
Holocaust Memorial Museum Dedicated to celebrating the live of victims through testimonial and keen museum presentation
6:00pm
The
Spirit of Washington Students conclude their week with a dinner cruise and dance upon the Potomac River. Prizes and a chaperoned, DJ'd dance highlight this last hurrah!
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