U.S. HERITAGE TOUR

The U.S. Heritage Tour is designed for our Grace Christian Middle School 8th grade students to have an opportunity to travel to the East Coast to learn about our country’s history, culture, and government firsthand. Educators know that the effectiveness of students’ learning increases with the number of senses which they can incorporate into an experience. This trip allows 8th graders to use their senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

“If you think you know American History, you’re WRONG until you go on the DC trip! Amazing experiences with friends, learning about the incredible people and happenings that shaped this country are only part of it. The DC Trip was the best “bonding time” for my grade in all of the years we’ve been together…and some of us have been here since pre-kindergarten!” – Wyatt C., 2012

The tour is ten days in length and takes them from our country’s beginning at the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 to the workings of our government today. Stops are made to include Williamsburg in 1770, The Battle of Yorktown in 1781, and the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Cultural life of the 1800s can be observed through a visit to the Amish in Lancaster County.

Trip of a lifetime for an 8th grader! How exciting!
~ Bev Harris (Facebook)

The tour takes place in the month of November and will include such sites as these:

Maryland

Baltimore – Fort McHenry
Pennsylvania

Gettysburg

Lancaster Amish Country

Philadelphia – Independence Hall
Virginia

Arlington National Cemetery

Iwo Jima Memorial

Mount Vernon

Jamestown

Williamsburg

Yorktown

Monticello
Washington DC

Air and Space Museum

Museum of American History

Museum of Natural History

US Capitol

Senate

House of Representatives

Holocaust Museum / Daniel’s Story

Ford’s Theater / Peterson House

White House

National Archives

National Gallery of Art

Postal Museum

Embassy Row

Washington National Cathedral

Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam Memorial

Korean War Memorial

Jefferson Memorial

Roosevelt Memorial

World War II Memorial

Washington Monument

Union Station

Dear Grace Christian Family and Kathy Rouse (Heritage tour coordinator), It was wonderful to see all of you and share my experience at the Naval Academy with such a bright group of (8th grade) students... Thank you for the guiding light you all have been and the moral foundation you instilled in me at a young age...You all are amazing and without wonderful role models and teachers like you the world would be a much darker place. Keep shining for the Lord!

-AMY K., Former Student

-AMY K., Former Student2

As we passed an ambulance on our way to school this morning I found out that when the kids hear one going by the school they stop class to say a prayer for the person in need. Just one more thing that I LOVE about our school.

-Christie S. via Facebook

Thank you for the work you do at Grace Christian...also for the good years of school your provided for our granddaughter...

-GCS grandparent

(Our daughter) enjoyed her visit very much...the atmosphere is much more laid back and friendly than (her other) high school. The Honors English teacher made a lovely impression on her and so did the cafe lunch...One of the other things that made a big impression on her was the fact that students were openly talking about church and which ones they attend.

-prospective mom after her daughter shadowed for a day

The Lord has a path for everybody...what better place to start (your) walk then at Grace�Just amazing!!!

-Kasy P. via Facebook

Cascade has built who I am today. My life can be divided into pre-Cascade and post-Cascade periods. Cascade is where you can find your true spiritual identity with the Lord.

-Sangyoon L. via Facebook

I want to say thank you for the well ran wrestling tournament today! Our group of kids had fun. We look forward to coming back next year!

-Kyla S. via Facebook

I am deeply thankful to have grown up at Grace Christian School. Looking back, I realize more and more how blessed I am to have attended. Now 28 years old, I am teaching English in (the Middle East). So many projects and activities, the impressions my fruitful and faithful teachers had on me, continue to inspire me today. Thank you Grace! Praise the Lord :)!

-Steven V. via Facebook

-DeAnna S. via Facebook

Best Christian school in Jackson and Josephine counties! Son has been going to Grace from Pre K through 5th grade. Amazing teachers and great administrators!

-Brent D. via Facebook

Love the way they include the grandparents, I so enjoyed Grandparents Day 3/9/2016, Thank you.

-eanie B. via Facebook

The new (middle school) facility is amazing! Cant wait for students to experience their new classrooms.

-Debbi A. via Facebook