Day Four started with a flight from Atlanta to Washington, D.C., where the students participated in a scavenger hunt that took them through several Smithsonian Museums. After dinner at Carmine’s Restaurant, for which Superintendent Michael A. Grego and School Board Chairwoman Peggy O’Shea attended. The students  visited the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and made a night visit to the National Pentagon 911 Memorial.

The Clearwater High Civil Rights Tour is a project-based personalized learning opportunity where 37 select students researched and created an experience that encompasses real-world occurrences that connect them to the Civil Rights movement in the United States.

The culmination of this endeavor includes an in-depth tour of historical civil rights movement sites. The students will visit Atlanta, Ga., Montgomery and Selma, Al., and conclude with a tour in the nation’s capital, Washington D.C. The trip will be held March 17-22, 2016.

On their return from the tour, the student participants, also known as CHS Freedom Ambassadors, will drive and lead a project based learning experience for the entire student body.

The students are currently “owning” the learning and becoming experts in the field. During the trip, Clearwater High students will meet individuals who were actually key stakeholders, active participants or spectators of these important events. No professional tour guides will be utilized on this tour, and all learning is authentic and student-driven.

On their return from the tour, the student participants, also known as CHS Freedom Ambassadors, will drive and lead a project based learning experience for the entire student body.