DHS Close Up Club in DC
Decatur Metro | April 15, 2013
Chris writes in…
The Decatur High School Close Up Club arrived in Washington DC this afternoon and spent time at Arlington Cemetery, paying respects at the grave of DHS grad Harry Edwards, seeing a wreath ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns, and visiting the gravesite of John F. Kennedy. Mt. Chris Curtis, DHS Social Studies teacher is leading the group in a week long citizenship training program. The students will be meeting Georgia senators and other members or Congress, national policy leaders, and lay a wreath at the WWII memorial on Friday in honor if the thirty five Decatur boys who were killed during that conflict.
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Such a great club!
That’s my daughter, Hannah Boykin, peeping over a shoulder – 4th from the left. She made and sold scarves, baby sat and did whatever she could to raise the funds to cover the cost of the trip. Proud of her and lots of thanks to whoever bought a scarf or helped her out. It was a good lesson for her – sometimes you have to work hard for something you really want.
And that is a lesson she could teach while visiting our capitol.
Citizenship training program?
I guess. It’s a community service club, sponsored by the Civics teacher(s), that takes an annual trip to D.C. to learn about government and visit the key D.C. institutions and memorials. It does a lot of fundraising to make sure that all students who want to attend can do so, regardless of family resources. But a lot of its students are participating in the community service even though they do not need funding support.