Historical February–March 2019 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The St. Roch Class of 2019 is headed to Washington DC in March.
In a first ever trip for the school, St. Roch’s 8th grade class is going to be in DC for a very busy three days. Included in their itinerary will be tours of many museums including the US Holocaust Museum, Smithsonian Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Museum of American History, and the Smithsonian Museum of African American History.
They also plan to visit Arlington Cemetery, the Washington Monument, Lincoln & Jefferson Memorials, the MLK Memorial, and the Vietnam Memorial. And thanks to some assistance from 28th Ward Alderman Heather Navarro, the students will also be taking a tour of the Capitol and will be meeting with Congressman Lacey Clay after their tour.
In order to make the trip affordable and possible for every student, the class and their parents have been raising funds in a variety of ways. Included in these efforts so far were the annual St. Roch Breakfast with Santa, an 8th grade booth at Wintermarkt in which many of the students made and sold various crafts, and Dine Out nights at both Zza on Skinker and Three Kings in The Loop. Students have also been doing odd jobs and working other St. Roch events like the Progressive Dinner.
They are all very excited to attend this trip together, many of them going to Washington DC for the very first time. What an incredible opportunity for these students.
If you would like to help support the trip, there is also a Go Fund Me page set up.
The link for the page is https://www.gofundme.com/st-roch-to-washington-dc.
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St. Roch Class of twenty nineteen; individual students not named in source photograph.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February–March 2019.
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