Top of the Morning, May 3, 2025

Yahoo

03-05-2025

May 3—Year 70 of ALAH High School's senior trip to the East Coast involves a new twist.
Some 54 high school students and five adults will leave Arthur at 5 a.m. today so they can make it to Pittsburgh in time to catch the Pirates and the Padres at PNC Park. Afterward, they'll zip over to nearby Duquesne Incline, spend the night at a hotel and travel to the Flight 93 Memorial on Sunday morning. They'll reach their destination — Washington, D.C. — around lunchtime.
"Any time we can get our students to a new city and a new experience, it's awesome," ALAH Principal Steffanie Seegmiller said.
The annual trip is a big deal for the students, who have been fundraising since junior high and benefit from "phenomenal community support," Steegmiller said. They'll be in D.C. through Wednesday, visiting everything from the U.S. Capitol to the Holocaust Memorial Museum to the Supreme Court. "Some day when a big decision comes down, they'll be able to say 'I was there. I know what it looks like,' " Seegmiller said.
Another highlight: Each senior writes a letter to a veteran whose name is on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. "We drop those off when we visit the memorial," Seegmiller said. "Many of the students sketch their soldier's name to take it back with them. To be honest, it is pretty emotional."