Four Royalton Students Travel

To Washington, DC & Europe

Daniel Bingham, Callan George, Tasia Toulis, and Linda Werner, students at the South Royalton School, have been accepted into the People to People Student Ambassador Program, an educational travel program founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Bingham and Toulis will explore Washington, DC for seven days this coming spring and Werner and George will tour England, France and Belgium as members of the Vermont/New Hampshire delegation this March. To help raise funds for their trips, these students will be holding a bake sale before and during Town meeting on March 6.

By participating in the trips, students can earn academic credit while getting to know the people, culture and history of the places visited.

President Eisenhower founded People to People during his presidency in 1956 with citizen leaders including entertainer Bob Hope, Olympic champion Jesse Owens, amusement entrepreneur Walt Disney and Hallmark Cards founder Joyce Hall. Having served as a military commander, Eisenhower believed that ordinary citizens of different nations could make a difference where governments could not.

The People to People Student Ambassador Program is based in Spokane, Washington, and has been coordinating educational travel for nearly 50 years.

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