<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-26422 lazyload" src="https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/snowgroup.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400" srcset="https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/snowgroup.jpg 700w, https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/snowgroup-300x171.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />
Twenty-six O’Dowd students, led by American Government teacher Bonnie Sussman, departed for Washington, D.C., on January 18 where they are participating in the Close Up government studies program.
<img class="size-full wp-image-26424 alignleft lazyload" src="https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cathedral.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="300" srcset="https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cathedral.jpg 300w, https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cathedral-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cathedral-45x45.jpg 45w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />This program offers students a unique opportunity to be immersed in the nation’s capital and Washington politics for one week, hearing a variety of viewpoints from both program speakers and other high school students from around the United States.
This week, O’Dowd students have been teamed with students from Michigan, Texas, Florida and Georgia, as well as others from California, and are engaging in debate about major political and social issues.
They have also toured the National Cathedral, laid a wreath on behalf of O’Dowd at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, toured the Newseum, a museum dedicated to the First Amendment, and attended a performance of the Capitol Steps, who put the “MOCK” back in democracy. They will also be touring New York City.
<img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-26423 lazyload" src="https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/snowgirls_website.jpg" alt="" width="700" height="400" srcset="https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/snowgirls_website.jpg 700w, https://www.bishopodowd.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/snowgirls_website-300x171.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" />Did you know that students currently in grades 9, 10 and 11 can fulfill the required senior American Government course with the Close Up Government class? The class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 7:30-8:15 a.m., and includes the nine-day trip to Washington, D.C., and New York City (dates for next year are January 17-28, 2020). You can pick up an information packet and application from any teacher in Room 201 this week. The information packet and application are also available online. You can submit applications next week to Ms. Sussman in 201 in person. Applications are due February 5.
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