The Urban Jungle of NYC

At the top of the canopy, the vastness of the Manhattan jungle is impressive.  Our kiddos are loving the view!

One World Trade Center

As we near the 10th anniversary of 9/11, I wondered how our students would react to visiting Ground Zero. Most on our trip were only 4 years old on that tragic day. They seemed to be most interested in the future and snapp?ed many pictures of the construction of the One World Trade Center.

Gateway to America

I checked for my last name on the Ellis Island's web database with no luck. I'm not sure how my DNA crossed the Atlantic but I have a feeling the emotion and dream was the same as immigrants have felt here. Turns out that the events at Ellis Island were mostly not positive as previously assumed. A lengthy process was endured here that broke dreams for so many.
Security remains tight for access to Liberty and Ellis Islands. Our most iconic symbol of freedom remains in confidence despite threats, war, and terror. -Mr. G

Lexington and Concord

"Let it begin here!" This morning we visited sites of the events on April 15, 1775 that changed the course of American history. A seemingly unintentional battle that intensified throughout this day contains the first casualties in the American Revolution.
After a presentation on the events at the Minuteman Museum, the story and sites visited all came together for us. From the first colonial casualties at the Lexington green and the first two fallen British Regulars to the mass of 4000 colonial militia that brought down an unwelcoming folley on the British retreat along the bay road, the experience here is rich and moving. Even for a teacher, the learning here is more memorable than chapters studied in a textbook.
Pictured are our group at the Lexington green, Minuteman Statue at the green, and our reinactment of the first British casualties at Old North Bridge.

Beantown!

We've arrived! Flights went very well. Our bus checked in to our hotel and we're heading to Quincy Marketplace for dinner. -G

Getting ready to travel to the east side and don't remember if there's restrictions on small stowaways. Leaving at O' dark-thirty tomorrow. East Coast or BUST!