The eighth-grade class at Licking Heights Middle School is currently accepting donations of any amount for their annual Washington, D.C. trip. The trip is scheduled for April 25-28 and costs $813.00 per student.
In an eighth-grade class of about 340 students, usually only 180 can afford the trip. This year, trip coordinator and middle school art teacher Amber Dorsey says her goal is to get as many students on the trip as possible, regardless of financial abilities.
Dorsey has been the district’s Washington, D.C. trip coordinator since 2005.
“Our goal is to strengthen students' knowledge, respect, pride and honor for our country. We are building our next generation of citizens and trying to prepare them for the workforce,” she says. “This trip provides an incredible opportunity for our eighth graders as they will be able to immerse themselves in the history they’ve only ever read about.”
Trip costs cover:
- Gettysburg Battlefield tour and Civil War Museum
- Smithsonian Institutions
- George Washington's Mount Vernon
- Laying a wreath at the tomb of President and Mrs. Washington
- Group photo on Capitol steps
- Illuminated memorial tour
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Flight 93 Memorial
- Washington Monument
- National Archives
- Professional baseball game
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Iwo Jima
- White House photo stop
- Meals, hotel and travel coach fare
- T-shirts and string bag for traveling
All donors will receive a personal thank you letter from a student. Businesses that choose to make donations will be recognized in the following ways:
Platinum Donation Level: $10,000.00 or more
- Business name and recognition on all DC touring t-shirts
- Business name and recognition on all social media platforms
- Business name recognition at monthly school board meeting
- Group picture at the Capitol Building
- Personal thank you letter
Gold Donation Level: $5,000.00
- Business name and recognition on all social media platforms
- Business name recognition at monthly school board meeting
- Group picture at the Capitol Building
- Personal thank you letter
Silver Donation Level: $1,000.00
- Business name recognition at monthly school board meeting
- Group picture at the Capitol Building
- Personal thank you letter
Bronze Donation Level: Under $1,000.00
- Business recognition at monthly school board meeting
- Personal thank you letter
All donations can be made payable to:
Licking Heights Middle School
Attn: Amber Dorsey
4000 Mink St.
Pataskala, Ohio 43062
Donors should use the district’s Tax-Exempt number, 45-025686, for their records. For more information, please contact Amber Dorsey at [email protected].