Twenty students from Akiva and the Jewish Middle School spent three days in March visiting the nation’s capital, exploring the vibrant landmarks, monuments, and museums of Washington, D.C. During their trip students toured both the White House and Capitol, visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, took an underground tour of the labs at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and enjoyed a night tour of the National Monuments and Memorials. Adding to the inherent charm of D.C., the trip also landed right in the middle of the famed cherry blossom season, and students had the opportunity to take in the myriad of pink blossoms enveloping the Tidal Basin and National Monuments.
Akiva’s biannual trip to Washington has been an invaluable component to students’ education for many years. This year, for the first time, Akiva partnered with the Jewish Middle School to maximize the educational opportunities and cultivate partnerships between the students.
The trip was generously subsidized with an Innovation Grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Nashville, supporting both schools’ efforts to deepen students’ understanding of civic responsibility and our shared history.
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