STUDENT HIGHLIGHT
BUSINESS TRIP Business Seminar field trip takes on Washington D.C. & New York City
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n early March, twenty-eight students and three faculty embarked on a ten-day Business Seminar Field Trip to Washington, D.C. and New York City. Since 1995 this trip has alternated between the East and West Coasts each year, providing the opportunity to tour, meet with, see, and experience firsthand a wide range of different companies and business professionals. This opportunity invites students to use what they learn as they go on to plan and pursue their future career and life goals. The students began their trip in Washington, D.C., led by Assistant Head of School Mark Siegel, Dean Jordan Siegel, and Athletics Director Brandon Lidgard. In D.C., they explored organizations such as Joby Aviation, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Non-Public Education, and the Carlyle Group. They met with individuals, such as Tom Wheeler and Julius Genachowski (former heads of the FCC), the Department of Non-Public Education’s Maureen Dowling, and Delphian alumna Tara Kloss, all of whom shared their professional life and career experiences. While in D.C., the students visited the National Mall and Memorial Parks, where they visited the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the International Spy Museum, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and the National Archives, where they saw the original Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. They also toured the US Capitol and met with Oregon Congresswoman Salinas’ staff. The students traveled to New York City and visited Joanna Vargas Salon, film production company Watch This Ready, Etsy, Good Morning America, Covington & Burling, and many more businesses. They met with inspiring individuals such as Joanna and Cesar Vargas, Greg Makowski of
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