Survey on the Washington DC Trip 2019

This is your chance to give us feedback on the trip that will help us schedule activities for next year's students. Please rank order your preferred activities and you will have a chance at the end to give us written feedback on anything you would like to comment on.

When you evaluate activities/tours, you are using an A to F grading scale (kind of like school). You can give each activity an independent rating. In other words, you aren't rank ordering the museums and monuments from best to worst, just stating how valuable and interesting it was to you!

Thanks for your feedback!

The 8th grade teachers
Name: 


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. I was on the following bus in 2019:*
    Red bus (Mrs. Moloy bus leader)
    Yellow bus (Mr. Kellett bus leader)
    Blue bus (Mrs. Bedigan bus leader)
    Green bus (Ms. Phelan bus leader)


  1. The tour guide on my bus was:
    (Please only mark the grid for YOUR specific guide and leave the others blank)*

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Red - Anita Excellent  Poor  
      Yellow - Garrett Excellent  Poor  
      Blue - Cathleen Excellent  Poor  
      Green - Lindsey Excellent  Poor  


  1. Please share any comments about your tour guide or bus driver (indicate bus color). Positive comments are always welcome!*


  1. I would rate MOUNT VERNON (home, museum and grounds) as:
    This was George Washington's home in VA along the Potomac River that we saw on Wednesday. Some groups saw the gravesite, others the farm, all toured the mansion and some saw the Museum and visitor center with movies. We took the National Treasure Tour there.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our visit to the CAPITOL as:
    (Not all buses did this).*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the NIGHT time tour of the MONUMENTS as:
    These varied by bus but usually are Vietnam Wall, Lincoln, and Korea. We saw these on the first night.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the NEWSEUM as:
    This was the museum with the 9/11, 1st amendment, Berlin Wall, Pulitzer Gallery, FBI exhibits that we saw on Friday morning after our group picture.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the HOLOCAUST Museum as:
    This was the story of the Holocaust that we saw on Friday afternoon. Some of you saw Daniel's Story there.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the DAY tours of the MONUMENTS as:
    These again varied by bus but usually include World War II (the big white marble area with fountains and gold stars), FDR (fountains and statues), Jefferson Memorial and MLK. This varied by bus due to weather.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our Thursday tour of ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY and Iwo Jima as:
    This is where we saw the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier, and visited the Eternal flame at the Kennedy gravesites.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our visit to the AFRICAN AMERICAN museum as:
    This was the last museum we visited on Friday afternoon with the history exhibit on the lower levels and the art/music/entertainment sections upstairs.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our tour of the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS as:
    Usually students visit several of the following (Portrait Gallery, Air and Space, American Indian, Natural History, American History). These were on various days for shorter blocks of time this year on Wed, Thursday and Friday.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would have liked to have more time at:
    Check all that apply!*
    Holocaust Museum
    Newseum
    Mount Vernon
    Day tour of the monuments
    Night tour of the monuments
    Choice of museum visits (Air and Space, American History, Natural History or Native American)
    Arlington and Iwo Jima
    Capitol Visitor Center (only red bus saw this)
    National Museum of African American History and Culture


  1. I had too much time at the following:
    Check all that apply!*
    Holocaust Museum
    Newseum
    Mount Vernon
    Day tour of the monuments
    Night tour of the monuments
    Choice of museum visits (Air and Space, American History, Natural History or Native American)
    Arlington and Iwo Jima
    Capitol Visitor Center (only red bus saw this)
    National Museum of African American History and Culture


  1. Please check the comments that reflect your feelings about the boat trip on the Potomac*
    I loved it - very fun
    It was OK
    I liked sharing the boat with other students
    I would have liked it if we didn't share the boat
    I was uncomfortable
    I hated it


  1. Do you have any comments or suggestions about museum visits? *


  1. I LIKED the following meals:
    Check all that apply!*
    Dinner at San Antonio Grill (Mexican) on the first night
    Meal vouchers for food court (2 days)
    Box lunch the first day
    Chicken/taco dinner on the boat cruise
    Breakfast at the hotel every day


  1. I DISLIKED the following meals:
    Check all that apply!*
    Dinner at San Antonio Grill (Mexican) on the first night
    Meal vouchers for food court (2 days)
    Box lunch the first day
    Chicken/taco dinner on the boat cruise
    Breakfast at the hotel every day


  1. Should the DSMS Band and Chorus perform in DC during the DC Trip?
    Yes
    No


  1. Why or why not? (We recognize that we were unable to perform as planned due to weather).


  1. Our early or late flights made it hard for me to focus/concentrate because I was too tired.*
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Is there anything else you wish you had known BEFORE we went on the DC trip that would have helped you prepare?


  1. What was your favorite part of the trip?*


  1. What was your least favorite part of the trip?*


  1. What could we do next year to improve the trip?


  1. Please comment on anything else you would like to share with us about your trip experience.





Kim Phelan
US History Teacher/Curriculum Leader
Dover Sherborn Middle School
Dover, MA