Help me give my students the Close Up experience with a trip to DC where students make personal connections with the people and institutions that embody our nation's past.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Deaver's classroom raised $953
This project is fully funded
My Students
In the city of Newark, many westward students live below the poverty line. Some can not even wear clean clothes to school and are targets for bullies. Some students are teased and chastised because they were showing up to school in unkempt manners. Some of these students were becoming chronic absentees—missing three to five days of school per month—out of shame. We are a Title I school.
Last year, students preferred to stay home rather than come to school until I began to engage them outside of the classroom.
l was able to see their attendance improved when I started involving students in positive social change and community service activities and taking them on educational field trips.
My Project
During Close Up, students have the chance to discuss current events with political experts, policymakers, and members of Congress or their staff, This trip explores Capitol Hill, witnesses, a live congressional committee hearing and it engages students in meaningful discussions with peers from around the country to debate the most pressing issues facing our nation in a Mock Congress.
My students will experience the inner workings of their government in action.
During this 4-day/3-night program, students make personal connections with the people, institutions, and iconic sites that embody our nation’s past and Present.
They will be inspired by the famous monuments, world-renowned museums, and hallowed institutions that define our history; and get a glimpse of diplomacy up close by discovering an embassy and meeting an ambassador or diplomat.
More than three‑quarters of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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