Trip Journal 2026
Explorica Information
Number of students: 44
Number of chaperones: 6
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General information about 8th grade class trips
2026 Scholarship Winners
- Christopher Nicolas Raymundo (full scholarship)
- Daniel Nuñez (full scholarship)
- Lu Lipmen (partial scholarship)
- Reese Manuel (partial scholarship)
Day 1: Boston (March 28, 2026)
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
Ready at the airport:
Faneuil Hall:
Day 2: Boston (March 29, 2026)
Agenda: Breakfast; Fenway Park tour; Museum of Fine Arts; lunch; USS Constitution "Old Ironsides"; Harvard Museum of Natural History; dinner
Fenway Park:
USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides"):
Harvard Museum of Natural History:
Harvard Square:
Day 3: Boston to New York (March 30, 2026)
Agenda: Travel to New York; lunch; Apollo Theater tour; dinner; Empire State Building & Observatory
New York Grand Central Station:
Central Park:
Day 4: New York (March 31, 2026)
Agenda: Ellis Island; Statue of Liberty; lunch; Lower Manhattan; Trinity Church; Wall Street; Chinatown; Little Italy; 9/11 Memorial; dinner; Times Square
Statue of Liberty:
Times Square:
Day 5: New York to Philadelphia to Washington D.C. (April 1, 2026)
Agenda: Travel to Philadelphia; lunch; Independence Hall; Liberty Bell Center; Ben Franklin's grave; Elfreth's Alley; Friendship Meeting House; National Constitution Center; dinner, Travel to Washington, D.C.
Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Museum of Art:
On the bus:
Independence Hall:
Day 6: Washington, D.C. (April 2, 2026)
Agenda: 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:
Cherry trees:
Albert Einstein Memorial:
Lincoln Memorial:
Washington Monument:
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial:
Day 7: Washington, D.C. (April 3, 2026)
Agenda: Arlington National Cemetery; Marine Corps Iwo Jima War Memorial; lunch; Ford's Theatre; travel home