1. What happens here can change your world!
CLOSE UP WASHINGTON, DC
What happens here can change your world!

2. Close Up: History and Mission
Non-profit and non-partisan civic education organization founded in 1971.
Mission is to inform, inspire, and empower students to become more active citizens.
Over 800,000 student and teacher alums.
We welcome 16,000 students and teachers to DC each year.

3. The Basics Sunday, March 3, 2019 – Friday March 8, 2019
7 days/6 nights in Washington, DC
Focus on current issues, government, and active citizenship
Meet students from around the country

4. Schedule Walkthrough Example
Monday, January 16th
Fly from MOB to Washington, DC
Our staff will be at the airport to meet the group at baggage claim.
Check-in at hotel
Meet your PI and introductory workshop
Domestic Issues Debate
Hear from a liberal and conservative DC insider
Room check
*Nighttime security/supervision

5. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Tuesday, January 17th
Hotel Breakfast
Jefferson, FDR, MLK Memorial Study Visits
Size and scope of Government
Smithsonian American History Lunch and Study Visit
National Politics Seminar
Hear from a lobbyist, journalist, or policy maker
Marine Corps and Airforce Memorial Study Visit
Mock Congress

6. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Wednesday, January 18th
Hotel Breakfast
Capitol Hill Day
Meet with your members of congress or staff
Library of Congress
Supreme Court
Committee Hearings
War Memorial Study Visit
Vietnam, WWII, & Korean
Lincoln Memorial
Current Issues Workshop
Hot Topic Seminar

7. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Thursday, January 19th
Hotel Breakfast
Newseum Study Visit
Explore news and history from around the world
Neighborhood Study Visit
Arlington National Cemetery
Changing of the Guard
National Portrait Gallery Study Visit
Night Monument Tour

8. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Friday, January 20th
Boxed breakfast
Metro into DC
Attend Inauguration Events with your school
Swearing in of the 45th President of the United States
Inaugural Address
Inaugural Parade
Hotel Dinner
Inaugural Ball
Celebrate the Inauguration

9. Schedule Walkthrough (cont.)
Saturday, January 21st
Hotel Breakfast
Free day with your school
Explore sites that were not on our schedule
Final workshop
Farewell Banquet and Social Activity
Sunday, January 22nd
Depart for home.

10. Safety and Security
All students are accounted for at all times via roll calls at all Close Up-led activities from breakfast through nightly room check 7:00 a.m. through 10:00 p.m., upon arrival through departure. Close Up participants and staff wear their Close Up name tags at all times. The Close Up emergency number is listed on the back of each nametag and on all student and teacher daily schedules.
All Close Up staff, comprised of both male and female instructors, is professionally trained to respond quickly and effectively in the event an emergency situation arises. All our staff master evacuation procedures and routes from all Close Up activity locations.
Close Up staff will be stationed along the National Mall during the day of Inauguration.

11. Price and What’s Included
Total student price is $ , which includes…
Airfare from MOB (excluding baggage fees)
Academic materials and instruction
Hotel accommodations
Three meals per day starting with dinner on Monday, ending with breakfast (or lunch) on Sunday.
All in-town transportation
24-hour supervision including night monitors
All admission fees
Tips/Gratuities
Secondary medical coverage and access to Georgetown University Medical Center
Travel insurance is optional but STRONGLY encouraged

12. Pricing and Deadlines Total student price is $1902.00
Payment Deadlines:
$ due 11/1/2018 (Non – refundable)
Final Payment due by 1/17/2019
Cancellations after January 17th, result in a 100% cancellation penalty.
You will need to get your participant ID and password from your school’s Close Up Sponsor to enroll at CloseUp.org.
Close Up is a 501(c)(3) organization…donations can be tax- deductible.

13. Why Close Up?
Learn about current issues, politics, and American government
‘Civics shop class’
Hang out with friends from school and make new friends from around the country
Experience all that DC has to offer
Experience a historic, life changing event!

14. Lauren Rumski | lrumski@closeup.org
800-CLOSE UP x3413 |