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Month: May 2025

Santa Maria Times | Santa Maria High ‘Close Up’ Students Get Taste of US Capitol

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Ashleigh Barber

Eight Santa Maria High School students in the Close Up Washington D.C. Club traveled to the nation’s capitol with teacher and club co-advisor Amy Hennings March 2-7 to participate in the Close Up Civics Program.

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