8th Grade Class Trip
Washington, DC
A Remembrance at Christmas time
2008
Wednesday, May 28 - Friday. May 30th
click on Itinerary
for a listing of things
you will do and places you will visit
The first installment (or payment) for this trip is due
November 16, 2007
For Permission Forms , click on the preceding
blue words.
(the above are a sampling of some of the activities from the 2005 trip)
COST: Approximately $625.00/student. The price will be finalized once we know exactly how many students are going and what the cost of airfare will be.
TRAVEL AGENT: The trip is being organized through Jim Mulvihill Tours of Scranton, PA. They have organized four of our trips and we have been very happy with the quality of the tours.
PAYMENT: Payment will be broken up into four installments making it easier for the parents and students to afford. Mrs. Cestodio, our librarian, will be collecting all of the payments. There is a payment schedule included in this packet.
PARENT MEETING: An evening meeting will be scheduled after we receive School Committee approval to present the trip to parents. Another meeting will be scheduled approximately one month prior to the trip to go over the last minute details. Medical forms for all participants will be filled out at this time.
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: Based on past years, we estimate that approximately 70% of the 8th grade class will elect to participate in this trip. A regular school day will be provided for those students who choose not to participate.
CHAPERONES: The students will be chaperoned at a ration of 8:1 by teachers and other adults. A member of the school administration will be going and we also hope to have a police Officer with us as well. There will also be a nurse on each plane/bus to attend to the students’ medical needs.
SECURITY: The price of the student’s trip includes the hiring of a security guard each evening to patrol the hallway outside the rooms.
WILLIAMSBURG/WASHINGTON, DC TRIP - GRADE 8
1. Reasons for planning the trip include:
a. It will provide a culminating activity to the junior high experience.
b. Most grade 8 students have achieved the maturity needed for this type of trip.
c. The visit will result in an increased appreciation of historical and current events.
d. The trip will give the students the opportunity to be self-sufficient for three days.
2. Expectations of students before the trip include:
a. An opportunity to become familiar with how their government works.
b. Learning how to organize and prioritize their belongings needed for the trip.
c. Having the responsibility for earning money to go on the trip (baby-sitting, yard work, chores, fundraising, etc.)
3. Expectations during the trip include:
a. No use of alcoholic beverages, drugs, or tobacco products will be tolerated. A nurse will handle all medication that a student will need to take.
b. No questionable attire will be allowed.
c. The time schedule must be followed at all times. Tardiness will not be tolerated.
d. Students must travel in assigned buses and remain with designated chaperone.
e. No one will change rooms without permission. A room check will be made every evening. No one will leave their room after “lights out “.
f. No one will be allowed in any other person’s room except when permission is granted.
g. As guests of the hotel, respect for property and other guests is expected.
h. No one will use room telephones.
i. All bus regulations must be followed.
j. Students will be representing Swansea and will be expected to act respectfully and responsibly at all times.
k. Students will be responsible for money for lunch and all spending money.
4. Students will disqualify themselves in the following way:
a. Not meeting deadlines for paperwork and payments.
b. Not meeting selection criteria. (See item #6.)
5. An appeal procedure will occur with the school Principal no later
than 30 days prior to the trip departure date for those students
who have been eliminated because they have not met the
selection criteria.
6. Selection criteria includes:
a. Students must receive parental permission to be considered.
b. Those students who have a disciplinary record for inappropriate behavior will only be considered after a review of the infractions by the Administration. This criteria will take effect upon receipt of trip information by parents and students. (approximately October 15, 2007)
c. Students meeting the criteria but facing financial constraints may be eligible for partial funding if available.
d. Students who are failing two or more subjects for the year will not be considered for participation.
e. Students who have seven or more unexcused absences for the year may not be eligible to participate in the trip
GRADE 8 FIELD TRIP
WILLIAMSBURG/WASHINGTON, DC
MAY 28 – MAY 30, 2008
I, _____________________________, parent/guardian of student, _______________________________, hereby give my permission for my son/daughter to participate in the Williamsburg/Washington, DC field trip scheduled for May 28 – May 30, 2008. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Swansea School Committee, its agents, representatives and employees, from any liability arising by reason of any conduct of my son/daughter, and further agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Swansea School Committee, its agents, representatives and employees from liability for any personal injury suffered by my son/daughter while on this trip.
I further understand that the Swansea Public Schools prohibits the taking of drugs and/or alcohol as well as the use of tobacco during a school authorized event. Failure to follow these regulations will result in expulsion from the trip and the student being sent home at the expense of the parent/ guardian.
I also understand that in the event the trip is canceled due to a national security concern or other material event beyond our control, including an Act of God, I may not receive a full refund. Any student who is eliminated from the trip for disciplinary, attendance or academic reasons or who chooses to withdraw after April 1, 2008, will not be entitled to a full refund.
I have reviewed these policies with my son/daughter and will check my son’s/daughter’s luggage to be certain that no unauthorized substances will be brought.
Signed: ______________________
Home Telephone____________
Date: _______________________Work Telephone_____________
GRADE 8 CLASS TRIP
WILLIAMSBURG/WASHINGTON, DC
The cost of the Grade 8 Williamsburg/Washington, DC class trip is $625.00 per student. In order to make payment as easy as possible, we have broken the cost into four installments. The initial down payment will be $100.00 followed by three payments
of $175.00. Please return your payment with the slips below. CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS ONLY, PLEASE – NO CASH!!! All payments should be turned in to
Mrs. Cestodio in the Media Center.
PAYMENT FOUR
DUE: APRIL 11, 2008
NAME: _____________________________________________________
DATE RECEIVED____________________ AMOUNT_______________
PAYMENT THREE
DUE: MARCH 7, 2008
NAME: _____________________________________________________
DATE RECEIVED____________________ AMOUNT_______________
PAYMENT TWO
DUE: JANUARY 18, 2008
NAME: _____________________________________________________
DATE RECEIVED____________________ AMOUNT_______________
PAYMENT ONE
DUE: NOVEMBER 16, 2007
NAME: _____________________________________________________
DATE RECEIVED____________________ AMOUNT_______________
WILLIAMSBURG/WASHINGTON DC
MAY 28 – MAY 30, 2008
WASHINGTON, DC/WILLIAMSBURG TRIP
MAY 2008
WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
4:15 a.m./5:15 a.m. school buses depart for transportation to T.F. Green
Airport (Warwick, RI)
Board Southwest Airlines flight 3249 (departs 6:35 a.m.) and flight 2727
(departs7:30 a.m.)
Arrive Baltimore, MD 7:55 a.m./8:50 a.m.
Board 3 Montano charter buses for ride into Washington, DC
Visit Capitol Hill ? Tour U.S. Capitol, Library of Congress, U.S. Supreme
Court
Lunch ? Longworth Senate Building cafeteria
Tour War Memorials ? World War II, Vietnam, Korea
Tour Lincoln Memorial
Visit Holocaust Museum ? Daniel?s story
Tour Jefferson Memorial and FDR Memorial
Dinner ? Hard Rock Café
See Ford?s Theater & Peterson House
Evening activity ? Twilight Tattoo on the Ellipse in front of the White
House
Board buses for drive to Williamsburg, VA
Late check-in Springhill Suites
THURSDAY, MAY 29
Full breakfast buffet at hotel
Travel to Busch Gardens ? Spend the day touring the countries: France,
Italy, Canada, Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany
Dinner ? all you can eat buffet at Golden Corral Steak House
Evening activity - Colonial Williamsburg Ghost Tour
Return to hotel
FRIDAY, MAY 30
Full breakfast buffet at hotel
Check out of hotel
Travel to Colonial Williamsburg ? Spend the day touring town with lunch in
Merchant?s Square
Board buses for return trip to airport
Depart Southwest flights 1180 (8:25 p.m.) and 3571 (9:25 p.m.)
Arrival back in Swansea at approximately 10:30 p.m./11:30 p.m.