Rocky Boy students visit Washington, D.C.

Thirteen Rocky Boy High School students got a chance to visit the nation’s capital for a week and take a more hands-on approach to learning about the government and history.

Kendall Griggs, a Rocky Boy High School art teacher and the Close Up program adviser, said the kids had a great trip to Washington, D.C.

The 13 students in the Rocky Boy Close Up program were broken up into groups upon their arrival in D.C. to share rooms with kids from other states, Griggs said.

“They got exposure to other ways of life … that experience of seeing how other people live,” Griggs said.

The students spent som...