Community Helping Fifth-Graders at Ashley Elementary Take a Trip to Washington

Assistant Principal Alicia Bailey

Fifth-graders at Ashley Elementary School are going to Washington on June 6-7, and people at the school and in the community are raising money to help get them there.“We want to give them the opportunity to go,” said Assistant Principal Alicia Bailey.

It will be the first time that a group from Ashley has made the trip, Bailey said. Students have been studying the foundation of American government and the trip will make it all more real to them. ”It’s a good hands-on experience,” she said.

On the first day, students will visit the Smithsonian, including the National Air and Space Museum. That night, students will take an “illuminated tour” that will include such stops as the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial and Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. Other experiences on the trip will include going to the U.S. Capitol.

The trip will cost $200 per child and people at the school and in the community are working to raise $6,000 to help cover the costs. One of the fundraisers coming up is a bowling tournament on April 9 at Creekside Bowling Lanes.

More information about the tournament and trip is available online at Ashley Elementary. There, you will also find a link to a story that WXII-TV did about the project.

You may also send Bailey an email at abailey@wsfcs.k12.nc.us or give her a call at Ashley at (336) 727-2343.