Seminary students visit Washington, D.C.

As part of their studies into the structure, duties and actions of the federal government, 34 Wyoming Seminary students traveled to Washington D.C. for a two-day field trip. The students, all juniors and seniors, are enrolled in the Advanced Placement (AP) Government course. They toured the Newseum, Capitol Hill and the Smithsonian Institutes, visited the National Archives and observed Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking on the Senate floor. They also met two Seminary alumni, Omeed Firouzi ’11, a senior at George Washington University and an intern at the Global Strategy Group, and Christina Brown ’07, a legislative aide for Senator Robert Casey, who focuses on foreign, defense and veterans issues. On the Capitol steps, from left, first row, are Mackenzie Gagliardi, Rowan Sherwood, Charlotte Brecher, Gabrielle Grossman, Jacqueline Meuser, Jabrea Patterson, Courtney McCarthy, Nicole Wert and Brandon Gonzalez. Second row: Nicholas Krawczeniuk, Byoungchan Jang, Richard Hughes, Alexander Grosek, Colton Boedker, Madelyn Charney, Rebecca Weinstock, Mara Stella, Pumsu Park and Jason Schwartz. Third row: Ruzheng Li, Christopher Weiler, Sarah Kwiatek, Garrett Boyd, Qian Yang, Elijah Miller, Gabrielle Volpetti, Emily Gabriel, Marshall Bursis, Jacob Ridilla, Marina Barnak, Patrick Ganter, Anthony Gandolfi, Robert Mericle, Jeffrey Bevacqua, and Christopher Kersey, AP Government teacher.