Excursion Fee - 2025 Term One
For this first term, we’ve restructured our excursions to focus on free outings and experiences, with a few low-cost options included. This way, families only cover the admission costs for the paid excursions they attend, rather than the cost of the whole term. To support our staff’s time and planning, we ask for a $55 service fee if you plan to join us on any of the excursions.
Learn more about our 2025 Term One Excursions below:
David Orr writes in Ecological Literacy: Educating our Children for a Sustainable World that the place to start with any ecological education is with clean water. He also writes, “The plain fact is that the planet does not need more successful people. But it does desperately need more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers, and lovers of every kind. It needs people who live well in their places. It needs people of moral courage willing to join the fight to make the world habitable and humane. And these qualities have little to do with success as we have defined it.” Our excursions this term pivot around the idea of water and our relationship with it. Come join us when you can!
Date | Excursion | Details |
August 29, 2025 | Kingman/Heritage Island Trail | Meet at 10. Park at the RFK Stadium Lot 6 575 Oklahoma Ave NE 20002 |
September 5, 2025 | MLK Library/Portrait Gallery and American Museum of Art | Meet at Takoma Park Redline at 9:30. See Mary Cassatt at American Museum, visit Library for roof top picnic, return to Portrait Gallery by 1 for studio time. Return via Redline around 2. |
September 12, 2025 | Glen Echo Aquarium | $10 per person entrance fee. Meet at 10. Picnic on the Grounds See Clara Barton House in afternoon. |
September 19, 2025 | National Postal Museum | Let’s take the Metro and meet at 9:30. Story time at the Postal Museum at 10:30. Bring $$ for lunch at Union Station if desired! |
September 26, 2025 | Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens | Meet at 10 at Nature Center, Walk to marsh and also the Anacostia River. |
October 3, 2025 | Franciscan Monastery Garden and Fort Bunker Hill Park | Meet at 10. Visit the grounds as a group and hear the story of St. Francis and the Wolf. Then picnic at Fort Bunker Hill Park. Children are welcome to go indoors at the monastery with a parent, but we will not plan to do this as a group. Drive to Turkey Thicket Playground if the children are begging for more! |
October 10, 2025 | Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center | In Chantilly, VA – I have 6 free spaces for 10 AM - reserve your own online. |
October 17, 2025 | Phillips Gallery | Meet at 9:30 at the front entrance. “Art and Storytelling” program at 9:45, see Mary Cassatt and Berthe Morisot afterwards; Picnic on the grounds |
October 24, 2025 | Potomac Water Taxi Georgetown to Alexandria | More details to follow! |
October 31, 2025 | Rock Creek Park Nature Center, a short hike, and Pierce Mill | Meet at 9:30. Drive to Pierce Mill for picnic and play by waterside. |
November 7, 2025 | Mount Rainier Nature Center – About Watersheds | $4 or $6 per person depending on county |
November 14, 2025 | C and O Canal/Farm Day | Take a morning walk on the canal, Outdoor Classroom at nearby farm! |
November 21, 2025 | Calvert Marine Museum 14200 Solomons Island Road S, Solomons, MD 20688 ( an 1 ½ hour drive – a commitment!) | $12 per person admission. A self-guided day to explore this museum and lighthouse. We are considering a return trip in the spring to enjoy the narrated cruise on the historic Wm. B. Tennison boat! |