Trip Journal 2025
Explorica Information
Number of students: 44
Number of chaperones: 5
Original trip journal (link coming soon)
General information about 8th grade class trips
2025 Scholarship Winners
- Namkha Drolma (full scholarship)
- Christopher Gurdal (full scholarship)
- Harshada Doddi (partial scholarship)
- Aanya Khattar (partial scholarship)
Day 1: Boston (April 12, 2025)
Agenda: Freedom Trail walking tour; Old North Church; Paul Revere's House; Old Granary Burial Ground; Boston Common; King's Chapel; Old State House; Faneuil Hall for dinner
Waiting in the airport:
The Old State House:
Day 2: Boston (April 13, 2025)
Agenda: Breakfast; Fenway Park tour; Museum of Fine Arts; lunch; USS Constitution "Old Ironsides"; Boston Duck Boat guided sightseeing tour; dinner
Fenway Park:
The USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"):
Day 3: Boston and New York (April 14, 2025)
Agenda: Breakfast; Harvard Museum of Natural History; Harvard Museum of Natural History; Harvard Square walking tour; lunch; travel to New York; dinner; Empire State Building & Observatory
MLK Jr. sculpture:
Other group photos:
Day 4: New York (April 15, 2025)
Agenda: Breakfast; Ellis Island; Statue of Liberty; lunch; Lower Manhattan; Trinity Church; Wall Street; Chinatown; Little Italy; 9/11 Memorial; subway ride; Apollo Theater; dinner; Broadway show
Vessel:
Statue of Liberty:
Day 5: Philadelphia (April 16, 2025)
Agenda: Breakfast in New York; travel to Philadelphia; lunch; Independence Hall; Liberty Bell Center; Ben Franklin's grave; Elfreth's Alley; Friendship Meeting House; National Constitution Center; travel to Washington, D.C.; dinner
Day 6: Washington, D.C. (April 17, 2025)
Agenda: Breakfast; Mount Vernon; lunch; National Museum of African American History and Culture; dinner; World War II Memorial; Lincoln Memorial; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Korean War Memorial; National Mall; Tidal Basin; Washington Monument; White House
Mount Vernon:
Lincoln Memorial:
Day 7: Washington, D.C. (April 18, 2025)
Agenda: Breakfast; Arlington National Cemetery; Marine Corps Iwo Jima War Memorial; lunch; Ford's Theatre; travel home
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier:
On our way home: