Field Trips

2024-25 - to date

List of 52 items.

  • Alice Ferguson Foundation

    6th grade - science (day-long)
  • American University Library

    11th grade - US History
  • Annapolis Marina

    11th grade - civic engagement (full grade)
  • Annapolis Maritime Museum Environmental Park

    11th grade - civic engagement (full grade)
  • Arlington National Cemetery

    11th-12th grade - Public History in the DMV
  • Art Sound Language

    11th-12th grade - US Music Since 1945
  • Baltimore Student Diversity Leadership Conference

    9th-12th graders, chosen by application
  • Billy Goat Trail

    8th grade - community-building trip
  • Birmingham, Montgomery & Selma, AL

    8th grade - civil rights trip
  • Calleva

    10th grade - community-building trip
  • Camp Letts

    9th grade - community-building trip
  • Camp Wabanna

    Middle school - community-building trip
    7th grade - sustainability overnight
  • Capital Area Food Bank

    9th grade - civic engagement (full grade)
  • Capital Jewish Museum

    11th-12th grade - Public History in the DMV
  • CAPS Conference on Progressive Education

  • Chinatown Friendship Archway

    6th grade - Core
  • Cleveland Park Library

    10th grade - Modern World History
  • Fire Station 31

    7th grade - Life Science
  • Frederick Douglass House

    6th grade - Core
  • Georgetown University Lauinger Library

    11th grade - AP US History
  • Hampton University

    High School Day at HU
  • Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

    10th grade - Modern World History
  • Hirshhorn Museum

    11th-12th grade - Advanced Studio Art
  • Japanese American Memorial

    11th grade - US History
  • Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

    6th grade - Core
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Library

    6th grade - Core
  • NAIS People of Color Conference

  • NAIS Student Civic Leadership Conference

    9th-12th grade, selected by application
  • National Gallery of Art

    11th-12th grade - French 4
  • National Mall / Lincoln Memorial

    6th grade - Core
    11th-12th grade - Public History
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture

    10th grade - Modern World History
    9th grade - The Ancient World
    8th grade - Topics in US History
  • National Museum of African Art

    9th grade - Ancient World
  • National Museum of American History

    11th-12th grade - Public History in the DMV
  • National Museum of Asian Art

    10th grade - Modern World History
    9th grade - The Ancient World
  • National Museum of Natural History

    9th-10th grade - Environmental Science
  • National Museum of the American Indian

    11th grade - US History, AP US History
  • National Portrait Gallery

    11th grade - US History
  • National Theatre

    Cast & crew - fall plays
  • New York City

    11th grade - community-building trip
    6th grade - annual overnight
  • O. Orkin Insect Zoo - Smithsonian

    10th grade - Modern World Literature
  • Politics & Prose

    7th grade - Language Arts
  • President Lincoln's Cottage

    6th grade - Core
  • Renwick Gallery

    11th-12th grade - Women in US History
    9th-10th grade - Sculpture
    8th grade - Ceramics
    6th grade - Art Explorations
  • Rock Creek Park

    9th grade - Environmental Science (recurring trips)
    6th grade - Science (recurring trips)
  • Round House Theatre

    "What the Constitution Means to Me" - Feb. 2025
  • Supreme Court of the United States

    11th-12th grade - Constitutional Law
  • The St. James

    6th-7th grade - community-building trip
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    11th grade - US History
  • United States Institute of Peace

    11th-12th grade - Peace & Conflict
  • University of the District of Columbia

    9th grade - leadership retreat (full grade)
    11th grade - civic engagement (full grade)
    High School - jazz concert
  • US Naval Academy

    11th grade - civic engagement (full grade)
  • World War I Memorial

    10th grade - Modern World History

2023-24

List of 41 items.

  • Avalon Theatre

    8th grade - Topics in US History
  • Bartram's Garden

    7th grade - civic engagement overnight (sustainability and preservation)
  • Billy Goat Trail

    8th Grade - full-grade hike
  • Blacks of the Chesapeake Foundation (Annapolis)

    11th grade - civic engagement trip (environmental justice)
  • Blue Ridge Mountains

    12th grade - senior trip
  • Bretton Woods

    6th-8th grade community trip
  • Capital Area Food Bank

    9th grade - civic engagement trip (food justice)
  • Camp Letts

    9th Grade - full-grade overnight
  • Capital Jewish Museum

    11th Grade - US History
  • District of Columbia Court of Appeals

    11th & 12th Grade - Constitutional Law
  • Dumbarton Oaks

    12th Grade - Advanced Art History, High School - Spanish 4
  • Earth Conservation Corps

    11th grade - civic engagement trip (environmental justice)
  • Ellis Island

    6th Grade - three-day civic engagement trip to New York
  • Free Library of Philadelphia

    7th grade - civic engagement overnight (sustainability and preservation)
  • Georgetown University Library

    11th grade - US History (weekend research trip)
  • Harpers Ferry

    10th Grade - full-grade overnight
  • Hershey Park - Music in the Parks

    7/8 Grade Chorus
  • Hillwood Estate & Museum

    6th Grade Core, 10th grade - Modern World History
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

    12th Grade - Advanced Art History
  • Japanese American Memorial

    11th Grade - US History
  • Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens

    6th grade - Science
  • Magic Gardens

    7th grade - civic engagement overnight (sustainability and preservation)
  • Mexican Cultural Institute of Washington DC

    7th Grade - Spanish
  • Mount Rainier Nature Center

    11th grade - civic engagement trip (environmental justice)
  • National Gallery of Art

    12th Grade - Advanced Art History
  • National Museum of African American History & Culture

    8th Grade - Topics in US History; 10th Grade - Modern World History; 11th Grade - US History and AP US History; 11th & 12th Grade - Women in US History
  • National Museum of African Art

    12th Grade - Advanced Art History
  • National Museum of Asian Art

    9th Grade - The Ancient World; 10th Grade - Modern World History; 12th Grade - Advanced Art History
  • National Museum of Natural History

    6th Grade - Core, Earth Science; 10th Grade - Advanced Earth Systems Science
  • National Museum of the American Indian

    11th Grade - US History, AP US History; 6th Grade - Core, Science
  • National Portrait Gallery

    11th Grade - US History
  • New York City

    11th Grade - full-grade overnight; 6th Grade - three-day civic engagement trip
  • Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival

    Touring production of Romeo & Juliet at Burke's theatre
  • Peirce Mill

    7th grade - outdoor science and art 
  • Philadelphia Zoo

    7th grade - civic engagement overnight (sustainability and preservation)
  • Phillips Collection

    12th Grade - Advanced Art History
  • Planet Word

    6th Grade - Core
  • Rock Creek Park

    9th-10th Grade: Earth Systems Science & Advanced ESS; 6th Grade - Science
  • Supreme Court of the United States

    11th & 12th Grade - Constitutional Law
  • The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center

    6th Grade - Earth Science, 8th Grade - Physical Science
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

    10th Grade - Modern World History
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