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European Trip Offered for High School Students
SHELBYVILLE, IL. —
High school students and interested adults have an opportunity to visit Spain and France next summer.
Noel and Mary Bolinger are organizing a trip through ACIS, an educational travel company that specializes in trips for middle school and high school students and teachers.
Lila Bolinger has organized such trips in past years. This year Noel and Mary are organizing the trip. Mary is a teacher at Moulton Middle School.
The trip will highlight time in Madrid and Barcelona, Spain, and Provence and Paris, France. Guided tours are planned to key architectural features and historic sites in the cities.
“We encourage high school students to go,” said Mary Bollinger. “We’ll take as many who want to go.”
Early registration and $195 deposit can be made online through September 15 at www.acis.com.
An information table will be set up during Shelbyville school registration August 4 and 5. An informational meeting will be held July 26 at 7 p.m. at Moulton Middle School Room 214. Contact Mary Bolinger at 774-4631 or mab_64@hotmail.com for more information.
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