Live from Washington, D.C.! A Day at the Newseum

Our Year 7 students had a great time in Washington, D.C. last week. They explored national parks and monuments, Smithsonian museums and more!

But one of the highlights of the trip for many of the students was their trip to the Newseum, a museum dedicated to the history of journalism and media.

The students tried their hand at some reporting, learned about the evolution of freedom of the press and learned more about how technology has changed the media throughout the years.

Some students even found themselves on camera- using a teleprompter to read out news about talks in Congress regarding the national debt ceiling.

Check out their great work in the video below!

Update from the Washington, D.C. Trip

Students have been very busy since landing in the nation’s capitol Monday morning! They’ve already toured various Smithsonian museums, visited the U.S. Capitol building and Mount Vernon, George Washington’s Alexandria home, and even went on a “ghosts of Alexandria” tour!

They’ve been sharing a lot of great pictures on Twitter, so make sure to follow @BSB_School and @thereseandrews to get live updates on their adventures!

Interested in what students have been learning so far this trip? Then check out BSB’s You Tube channel for some short videos from our students on the lessons they’ve learned!

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BSB Students Take Their Learning Abroad

While there is plenty of learning still going on in British School of Boston classrooms this week, many of our students have taken their lessons overseas– joining together with other international schools for some week-long cultural experiences.

Students in Years 10 & 12 are visiting Madrid, Spain this week, staying with host families and learning alongside students from our Nord Anglia Education sister school, International College Spain.

Students from the Spanish school visited Boston earlier this spring, and will now be showing our students around Spain’s capital city.

On Monday, BSB teacher Ms. Rosales reported that students had settled in to their host homes and were busy sharing Boston culture with the Spanish school (and vice versa!).

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BSB also has a group of Year 9 students visiting a school in Arles, France this week. Like the Spanish exchange, the French students came to Boston earlier this year and will now be hosting our students.

The group left Boston Saturday and are now enjoying a day with their host families. On Tuesday, students will visit the French school and begin learning about the culture of Provence.

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Many of our middle school students are also on trips this week. Year 7 students are visiting Washington, D.C. and our sister school there, and Year 8 students are visiting a school in Montreal.

Stay tuned this week as we continue to share updates and photos from the trips!