Spring at Life Christian means baseball, track, and the annual eighth grade trip to our nation's capital. For fourteen years, our eighth graders have spent a week touring Jamestown, Williamsburg, Gettysburg, and allthings in Washington D.C. It is history out of the book. It is history in action.

This year's group leaves bright and early Saturday, April 21. Our first stop will be Virginia where we will explore Jamestown, which is celebrating its 400th anniversary. Then we will spend time checking out Willliamsburg with a tour of the town and the governor's palace. After dinner we board the bus and head to Washington D.C.

For the rest of the week, D.C. is our home base. The tour takes us to memorials, museums, the Capitol and other government buildings. We visit George Washington's home at Mt. Vernon and see the quaint town of Alexandria with the narrowist house! During the week we switch gears a bit and spend the day at Gettysburg where the students get an on the battlefield study of the Civil War and the men who sacrificed all for what they belived was right.

Finally it is Friday, and we pack up our things and get ready to head for home. It is the end of one of the best week's the kids will have experienced in school. It is the beginning of a new appreciation for history and a deeper understanding of what it means to be an American.

All eighth graders at Life Christian study our nation's history from colonization through the Civil War. So this trip makes everything we do in the classroom come alive. We travel with Christian Discoveries which is a subsidiary of one of the largest student tour groups, World Strides. Our tour leaders are informed and work well with kids. The tour company handles many of the details such as our hotels, transportation, meals, and entrance fees. In addition, because the tour leaders our Christians, we get a special perspective on the things we see and do.

Registration for the trip begins in the middle of May and continues until the trip is full. Students need to have an evaluation from teachers regarding their maturity for such a trip as this, and the number of parents going is limited as this trip is primarily for students. Registration materials can be obtained from Mrs. Peasley after May 15.

A parent meeting will be scheduled for around that time as well to answer any questions people may have regarding the trip. An announcement will be mailed home to seventh grade families.

If you would like further information, please e-mail Diane Peasley at diane_peasley@life-christian.org or call 253-472-3882.