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Extreme Journey High School Camp
Tentative Itinerary
In Partnership with the UVA Summer Enrichment Program. June
22 – July 3, 2008
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Sunday
- Welcome
- Dinner on UVA Grounds
- Evening orientation with
the University of Virginia SEP staff
Monday
- James Monroe interpreter introduces students to Ashlawn-Highland and the
accomplishments of this Virginia statesman.
- Afternoon session at Monticello to include tour and contemporary application
of the Declaration of Independence
- Breakfast and lunch off UVA Grounds
- Return to UVA by 5:30pm for dinner an evening session with SEP
Tuesday
- Computer lab day for vodcast production
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner on UVA Grounds
- Evening session with SEP
Wednesday
- Biking and morning program at Gettysburg Battlefield
- Breakfast, lunch and
dinner off UVA Grounds
- Dinner at The Cozy restaurant in Thurmont, MD
- Return after evening session
with SEP
Thursday
- Morning program at Montpelier to focus on contributions of James Madison
as well as freed slave, George Gilmore
- Afternoon Vodcast production
- Breakfast and lunch off UVA Grounds
- Dinner on Grounds and evening session with SEP
Friday
- Morning interactive program at
Harpers Ferry to include an historical scavenger hunt through the village
and John Brown simulation.
- Afternoon bike tour of Antietam with an
introduction to the contributions of Clara Barton
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
off UVA Grounds
- Return after evening session with SEP
Saturday
- Planned by UVA Summer Enrichment Program
- 2:00 – 5:00pm Vodcast production
(Optional)
Sunday
- Planned by UVA Summer Enrichment Program
- 9am – 4:30pm Vodcast production (Optional)
- Evening session with SEP
Monday
- Canoeing on the Potomac to the Battle of Ball’s Bluff with a guided
tour by Professor John Phillips
- Evening dinner and session at Dodona Manor to examine the contributions
of General George C. Marshall
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner off UVA Grounds
- Return after evening session with SEP
Tuesday
- Vodcast production
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner on UVA Grounds
- Evening session with SEP
Wednesday
- Vodcast production
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner on UVA Grounds
- Evening session with SEP
Thursday
- Present final vodcasts followed by closing remarks from contemporary leader.
The Extreme Journey High School
Camp scholarship contest is sponsored by the
Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership with the generous support of Jacqueline
Mars.
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