It’s been several years since Reeltown High School students have gone on a trip like this, but planning is in the works for an upcoming trip to the nation’s capital.
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The trip will be open to incoming juniors and seniors to spend four days in Washington D.C. Trip advisor Jarrod Wooten said he is still in the early stages of planning and gauging interest right now. The school hosting an interest meeting this Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. for students who wish to go on the trip. There’s a chance to sign up for students who were not at the meeting. The itinerary for the trip includes spending a full day at the Smithsonian, seeing the famous monuments around the city and touring the capitol building.
Wooten said there are also other trips through this program like Boston and New York that could be possible in the future if students and parents are interested.
“Instead of just seeing something in a textbook or on a YouTube video, we want to let them see this stuff firsthand,” Wooten said. “When you can go to these places and see these things, I think it helps it become a little more important, a little more real. Technology can do a lot of things, you got the virtual field trips and that type of stuff, but to me, it's still a big deal if you can see those things live.”
The Washington D.C. trip is expected to take place in the summer of 2026. For more information, parents and guardians can email Wooten at jarrod.wooten@tallapoosak12.org.