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Close Up: Our Program & Mission • Close Up is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that educates and inspires young people to become informed and engaged citizens. • Since 1971, Close Up has partnered with schools across the country to bring over 750, 000 students on our hands-on, educational programs in Washington, D. C. • Using the nation’s capital as a living classroom, students get a “close up” view of American history, government, and democracy in action. www. closeup. org

Close Up’s Teaching Method • Close Up trains its own staff of full-time teaching fellows to deliver an engaging curriculum that helps students connect what they are seeing in DC to what they have learned about in school. • Students are divided into small workshop groups of 15 -20 students and partnered with a Close Up instructor. • Teaching fellows are all college graduates who receive over 120 hours of middle school training. www. closeup. org

Program Highlights • Jefferson, FDR, and MLK Memorials: Examine and debate the size & scope of government. • War Memorials: Explore the role citizens played during each conflict at the Vietnam, Korean, WWII and Lincoln Memorials. • Smithsonian Museum: Explore the American History, Natural History, Air and Space Museum, or National Gallery of Art. • Mock Congress and Capitol Hill Day: Participate in an in-depth simulation of the legislative process followed by a visit to Capitol Hill and a meeting with legislators. • Arlington National Cemetery: Visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, JFK Memorial, and witness the Changing of the Guards.

Safety and Security Safety is our #1 priority – Close Up provides 24 hour supervision and instruction on program: • Supervision: Students are chaperoned by Close Up staff at all times and accounted for via roll calls at all Close Up-led program activities, 7: 00 a. m. through 10: 00 p. m. • Night Monitors: Close Up’s professional security staff monitors hotel hallways each night from 9: 30 p. m. to 6: 30 a. m. • Medical Care: Close Up partners with Georgetown Children’s Medical Center to ensure students have access to quality health care while on program. www. closeup. org

Close Up & Miles River Middle School Close Up is excited to partner with Miles River to create a program that complements the curriculum and provides a bonding experience for the 8 th grade class. • Dates: June 15 -17, 2016 • Program Cost (all-inclusive): $725 per student • Transportation: Roundtrip bus from Miles River www. closeup. org

What is included in the tuition? • Roundtrip transportation to Washington, DC by coach bus, and transportation while in DC • Hotel accommodations in the DC metro area • Three meals per day beginning upon arrival • Quality small-group instruction by trained educators • All activities and admissions • Registration and trip planning support • Educational materials and resources • 24 -hour adult supervision including night monitors • Secondary Medical Coverage and access to Georgetown Medical Center www. closeup. org

For more information please visit www. closeup. org Andrea Bachmann, Program Coordinator 703 -706 -3344, abachmann@closeup. org www. closeup. org