Trips away from campus that build upon or illuminate academic work in the classroom are an important part of our academic program, and fall into the category of Field Studies. We take 2 to 4 trips off-campus each month. These trips are designed to augment our academic program in all of our courses. As a small school, we have the advantage of being able to schedule visits and participate in events that larger schools cannot.

Field Studies trips:

• Italy (Spring 2011)
• New York City
• West Wing of the White House to meet the Press Secretary
• Harpers Ferry, WV, and Antietam, MD
• Solar Decathlon on the National Mall
• Washington Post production facilities, Springfield, VA
  
• National Institutes of Health
  
• Library of Congress and National Archives
  
• Georgetown University Law Center
• Russell Senate Office Building
• U.S. Capitol
• Mirant Dickerson, MD, Power Plant
• National Portrait Gallery and American Museum of Art
• The Kennedy Center for San Francisco Ballet
• National Museum of the American Indian
• George C. Marshall Conference at the U.S. State Dept.
• Evening Astronomy Lecture at Air & Space Museum
• Arabesque Festival at the Kennedy Center
• Shakespeare Theater for various performances
  
• U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument
• U.S. Science and Engineering Festival
• Richmond, VA, Civil War Sites
• Gettysburg
  
• National Building Museum

Where will your high school take you?