Photos from April 2011 Trip

Photos from the Vietnam Wall and the Zoo.

2010 DHS Close Up Club

Fourteen students and their sponsor will fly to Washington, D.C. on April 11 to participate in "Close Up 2010". In addition to all Close Up activities, students will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, take a tour of the capital, tour the Gettysburg National Battlefield and many more. Students and their Close Up sponsor will post comments and pictures to the Bulldog Close Up site throughout the trip.

Long time coming, eh? Sorry about that, just beginning to figure out this whole blogging thing. I'm sure you've all heard this a million times, parents, but we couldn't have done this without you. Love you mom and dad! And a million thanks to Mr. Billingsley, Ms. Black, and Mr. Hernden (I hope that's how you spell your name...) because, yes, we couldn't have done this without you. Kudos to all the other students on the trip. Had a great time!

Final Blog pic post

One final pic from day 6. This is students in front of Senate side of capital II.

Final Billingsley Post

Here are the final pics from day six- John Lewis Office, Supreme Court, Mt. Vernon, students blogging

Catherine, Hunter, Anna and Eilis go to Washington

Right now we're missing the second dance to blog about our trip, but it's okay because we miss y'all and owe this too y'all. We've made good friends and are really enjoying ourselves. We've finally warmed up from the freezing cold inauguration day. Anna's feet are still recovering from walking around in heels at Mount Vernon. Hunter, Anna, and Catherine all managed to get a picture with Martha Washington right before our visit came to a close. Our bus driver Al knew everything there was to know about Washington D.C. and kept us informed all the way to Mount Vernon and back. We've really enjoyed everything that we've gotten to do and are very thankful for this AMAZING experience.

Jason, Dylan, Graham, Michael, Parker

On the close up trip we all enjoyed Barack Obama's inauguration on the 20th. We in particularly enjoyed the inauguration because the speech was amazing and we all liked the fact that Barack Obama was president because we all supported him in the electon. We also enjoyed seeing monuments because there was a special history behind each one and each story is very interesting.