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Episcopal High School’s unique Washington Program provides students with exciting educational opportunities outside of the traditional classroom.
The program encourages learning through individual projects and tour trips including the National Gallery of Art, the National Air and Space Museum, the Islamic Center, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Folger Shakespeare Library, and many other local points of interest. These cultural and educational excursions off campus enhance their knowledge of architecture, media, diplomacy, government, religion, art, music, theater, and public service.
The program's Senior Seminar offers an opportunity for seniors in good standing to participate in various types of work and service projects in the local area. During the final three to four weeks of their senior year, participating students are excused from regular classes to work daily in the local area, in a field of particular interest to them.
Students who participate in the Senior Seminar must maintain an extensive log of their daily activities, which becomes the basis of a final paper, and a substantial interview and oral examination that is presented to a committee of faculty members at the conclusion of the program.
Recent Washington Program Tours
Art
American Film Festival
American History Museum
Corcoran Gallery
Dumbarton Oaks
Ford's Theater
Freer Museum
Huntley Meadows
Kennedy Center
National Building Museum
National Cathedral
National Gallery of Art
National Symphony
National Theater
Newseum
Old Town Alexandria,
Virginia Historical Church Tour
Phillips Collection
Sakler Museum
Signature Theatre
English
Arena Stage
Claude Moore Colonial Farm
Custis-Lee House
F. Scott Fitzgerald's Grave
Folger Shakespeare Library Theatre
Fort Ward
Fort Williams
Frederick Douglas Home
National Gallery of Art
Old Town Alexandria Historical Sites
Shakespeare Theatre at the Lansburgh
Shenandoah Shakespeare Express
Virginia Theological Seminary
History and Government
African Art Museum
American History Museum
Arlington National Cemetery
C & O Canal
Campaign Headquarters
Department of Defense
Embassy of Norway
Family Research Council
Ford's Theater
Gunston Hall
Holocaust Museum
Islamic Mosque
Library of Congress
Lincoln Memorial
Lobbying Organizations
Media Research Center
Mount Vernon
National Association of Securities Dealers
Washington National Cathedral
National Gallery of Art
National Geographic
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Native American Museum
Newsweek Magazine Headquarters
Sakler Museum
Spy Museum
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
United States Supreme Court (Meeting with a Justice)
United States Congress
United States Federal Courthouse
United States Government Officials
Vietnam Memorial
Washington Masonic Temple
World War II Memorial
Languages
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany
Embassy of the Republic of Austria
GALA Theater
German Gourmet
Goethe Institut
Museum of Natural History
Warner Theater
Math
National Sculpture Garden
Science
Air and Space Museum
Alexandria Animal Hospital
Alexandria/Arlington Resource Recovery Facility
American History Museum
Arlington County Planetarium
Botanical Gardens
Capitol City Microbrewery
Chesapeake Bay
CSI Virginia
Dominion/Virginia Power
Environmental Protection Agency
Ernie's Crab House
Fairfax County Water Authority
Four Mile Run
George Washington School of Medicine
Huntley Meadows Park
Koshland Museum
National Arboretum
National Institutes of Health
National Museum of Natural History
National Zoo
Naval Research Laboratories
NIH Medical Library
Norman M. Cole, Jr. Pollution Control Plant
Potomac River
Quest International
TC Williams Planetarium
United States Department of Agriculture
Walter Reed Medical Museum
Theology
Alexandria Hospital Ethicist
Freer Museum
Islamic Mosque
Jewish Synagogue
Washington National Cathedral
Old Town Alexandria, Va.
Historical Church Tour
Sakler Museum
Virginia Theological Seminary
Contact Us
It is our goal to get the entirety of the EHS community involved in the Washington Program in a variety of
different ways. For example, parents and alumni may know someone
interested in interacting with our students on some level or hosting an EHS
Senior Seminar intern during May. Alumni in particular might also reflect back
on their own Washington experiences at EHS and provide ideas for academic tours
or new avenues of cultural outreach. Please do not hesitate to contact us
with this sort of input, questions or requests for additional information.