A group of Wrangell High School students spent a week in both New York City and Washington D.C. as part of the Close Up program. From left: Tyler Eagle, Matthew Covalt, an unnamed member of the U.S. Capitol Police, McKenna Harding, Calleigh Miller, Luke Gunderson, Erica Smith and Kristin Galla.
The Wrangell High School Close Up group returned from a student government trip to Washington D.C. and New York City on Monday, April 8 with seven students and one adult.
Close Up is a non-profit organization that exists to educate and inspire young people to participate in our democracy.
The students spent five days in Washington D.C. and two and a half days in New York City. In D.C. they participated in workshops and heard from speakers like Jonathan Allen, POLITICO’s senior Washington correspondent, as well as visiting many memorials and monuments. In New York City the kids had a tour of th...
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