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April 27, 2022
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North Miami, Peru students travel to Washington D.C. North Miami students experience special honor during trip
By Michelle Boswell mboswell@thepaperofmiami.com
Students from Peru Junior High School and North Miami Middle School had the chance to visit Washington D.C. recently. Both groups had jam-packed schedules with one school receiving a special honor during their trip. Peru Junior High seventh grade math teacher, Angie Legg, has been organizing trips to Washington for nine years. She serves as a National Junior Honor Society sponsor and is in her twelfth year as a PJHS teacher. There are three other Peru NJHS sponsors; Rachel Clark, Ann Martin, and Autumn Nero. Scott Thompson went this year as the Administrator. Sarah McBride, Band and Choir Director at North Miami served as the group leader for their trip. Her co-leader, Quentin Watson, is a Social Studies teacher for North Miami’s Middle School. This is the first time North Miami sent students to Washington. “We really wanted to give this opportunity to our students as quite a few of North Miami students have never been outside of our county, let alone the state of Indiana. The historical education of the trip was a big part of our reasoning as well. It is one thing to look at pictures of and study the history of our nation in a classroom and a completely different thing to actually experience it. We were first presented this trip at a professional development day at school for teachers. A World Strides Company Representative gave a presentation to the staff. Quentin and I thought it was a great opportunity for our students, so we ended up heading up the planning and organization of the trip,” McBride said.
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North Miami students recently visited Washington D.C. for the first time. They are from left to right, Brylee Edwards, Aaron Jones, Alan Wildermuth and James Ward. The four were
selected to participate in the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Photo provided.
Not only did NM students get to experience Washington for the first time, but they were selected to participate in one of the most meaningful events one can experience in the country The Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
“First of all, it is an amazing opportunity of a lifetime for someone to participate in the Wreath Laying ceremony for the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Not every
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