Today we visited the Flavian Amphitheatre and the Roman Forum. Our students were literally walking the cobblestones were Roman Emperors trod. The impact of the Colosseum is remarkable. Today, the classroom boundaries were not only expanding by thousands of miles, but also by hundreds of years.
The District 99 Honors Band victoriously enters the Colosseum.
Students trod the paths where the great Roman gladiators journeyed.
District 99 Honors Band students travel the pathway that is considered the birthplace of modern democracy.
Our opening days in Rome were spent intimately connected to our guide through these individualized radio receivers. Guides could be up to 50 feet away, talking softly, and the listener still felt connected to the tour experience.
