From June 1 to June 7, 2024, 17 Yorktown students, parents, a grandparent and a teacher were part of an educational tour of Washington, DC, along with a group from Cuero Junior High. The group was led by Sean Douglas, a teacher in Cuero, and Coach Val Acree, a teacher and coach in Yorktown. This is the third straight year that students from Yorktown have attended this trip through WorldStrides.
On June 1, the group boarded a charter bus in Cuero which took them to San Antonio. Then, they flew out of San Antonio International Airport and landed in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Thurgood Marshall International Airport. The group’s first stop was the Washington Monument, where they took the elevator up over 500 feet to the observation deck and were able to get an amazing view of Washington, DC.
Yorktown 8th grader Jayce Vasquez said, “I loved going all the way up to the top of the Washington Monument and seeing the whole city from a helicopter view.”
