5th Grade Washington D.C. Trip

Parent Meeting

September 25th

5:30 - 6:30

Itinerary

Tuesday, March 26th 6:30 am - Depart from school12:00pm - Lunch Picnic (Students provide their own bag lunch)

1:45 pm – Lincoln, Korean War, Vietnam Wall and World War II Memorials4:00 pm – Arlington National Cemetery Iwo Jima Memorial6:00 pm –Dinner at Pentagon City Mall (Food Court)

(Meal Coupon Provided)

7:00 pm – FDR Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial and MLK Memorial9:00 pm- Hotel check in

Wednesday, March 27th 5:30 am- Wake up call for everyone.6:00 am- Breakfast at hotel. (Included)

6:30am - Depart hotel.8:30am- The White House, US Capitol, US Supreme Courthouse and Library of Congress (picture stops)

10:00am - Smithsonian Museums (Meal Coupon Included at Air & Space Museum)

4:00 pm - Embassy Row, The National Cathedral (Guided Tour of Cathedral)

6:00pm- Dinner at Ronald Reagan (Food Court)

(Meal Coupon Included)

8:00pm- Return to hotel

Thursday, March 28th 6:00 am- Breakfast in hotel.6:30 am- Depart hotel with ALL belongings10:30 am- Baltimore Aquarium

(Meal Included- box lunch)

1:30pm- Depart for Charlotte5:00pm - Dinner (Meal Coupon Included) 10:00pm - Approximate arrival back in Charlotte.

HolbrookTours

• 3- 57 passenger motor coaches

• DVD player and restroom

• 1professional tour escort

• For Day 2, 3 Walk-on Tour Guides

• All meals and snacks included

• All admissions to all events or musuems

• All funds are non-refundable within 60 days or less of trip

LodgingBest Western:

Potomac Mills

CostTotal Cost : $300- Chaperones must pay full amount.- No other children allowed on trip.Payment Plan- Payment plan by these dates:- All persons should plan to pay the Initial

– Nov. 2nd: $100 student & chaperone $50– Dec. 7th: $60 student & chaperone $70– Jan. 11th: $70 student & chaperone $90– Feb 8th: (final payment) $70 student &

chaperone $90– Donations for any amount and turned in

any time. – If you wish to pay all at one time, we ask

that you pay on the 1st payment date.

Fundraisers• Fall Festival: Silent Auction Baskets• Love Bug Grams: Valentine’s Day• March Madness: Parent vs. Staff Game

• Great American Opportunities: Nov.5 – 16th **Cookie Dough, Jewelry, Magazines – A percentage of Student’s Individual Sales

goes directly to their $300 cost

D.C. Trip

• It is our goal that every child attend this field trip.• All field trips are subject to cancellation.• All medical insurance will be on file for this trip.• For overnight field trips, only chaperones of the

same gender may stay with child in hotel rooms. An exception to this rule, applies when the chaperone is the parent of a student. In this instance, the child may stay in the room with the parent or chaperone. Permission must be in writing.

Volunteers and Chaperones

VolunteersTo become a volunteer:

Go to www.cms.k12.nc.us

Click the volunteer link.

You must have your full background check before serving as a volunteer for this trip.