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2015Novi Middle School
Washington D.C. Trip
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Goals of the Trip
This trip will…• Bring history alive for students, increasing
their appreciation and understanding of the past.
• Develop students’ interpersonal skills as they “live together” for more than three days.
• Enable students to grow individually in assuming responsibility for themselves.
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Trip Behavior
• Our “On the Trip” Behavior Contract will be in effect throughout the trip.
• Any major violations, as determined by the trip coordinator, will result in the student being flown home on the next available flight at the parents’ expense.
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Electronics• Cell phones, iPods, etc. may only be used
at specified times, such as:• On the bus when we are NOT touring
– When we are touring in DC, students will not be texting/tweeting/etc…or they will risk losing their phone for the rest of the trip.
• In the hotel room to call home• As a camera
Exceptions will be made for other emergency situations.
Worldstrides, Novi Schools, and the chaperones are NOT responsible for lost, stolen, or damaged items.
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Hotel Rooms• Doubletree Crystal City in Alexandria,
VA
• Strict curfew/quiet time
• No outside phone line
• No movies
• No room service
• No wake up calls
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Hotel Etiquette
Please discuss hotel etiquette with your children…
• Do NOT leave valuables in the room.
• Quiet time/respect for other hotel guests.
• Security personnel on each floor.
• Leave the room the way you found it.
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Packing List
• Only 1 piece of luggage per student • 1 carry-on (DC backpack--label it!!!) • Prepare for the weather (especially Day 1)• Blanket and/or pillow for the bus?• Spending money• Swimsuit, towel, lock, and plastic bag
• Students do not have to swim.
• Snacks for the bus ride? • Please no peanut products, cans, or glass bottles.• Please avoid foods that are smelly or messy.
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Medication
• If you currently have meds at school…• a 4-day supply will be brought with us and
kept by your child’s chaperone.
• If your child requires meds that are usually given at home…
• you need to fill out a form, get a doctor signature, AND deliver the meds to Mrs. Loeffler-Park (attendance office) before Wednesday, 10/28.
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Medication• Forms requiring a doctor signature
• Light Blue Form = Prescription meds or over–the-counter meds not provided by the school
• Yellow Form (both sides) = Self-possessed meds (inhaler)
TURN IN TONIGHT (both sides)…• Purple Form (front) = Emergency med. release• Purple Form (back) = Non-prescription meds
– Form was passed out as you came in– Ibuprofen, Tylenol, Tums, Benadryl, Dramamine, Claritin– Provided by the school
• After the TripAll meds will be returned to your child when we return Sunday morning, unless they are usually kept at school.
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Clothing• D.C. Shirts/Sweatshirts (label them)• Novi Spirit Wear• Comfortable shoes (not flip-flops!)
– 2 pairs?
• School Dress Code– No hats
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Emergency Numbers
• All contact and hotel information was/will be sent to you.
• Worldstrides• 800-999-4542
• For Emergency Use Only!
• Account Manager: Allie Belgiovine
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Safety
• Kids will remain in chaperoned groups at most sites.
• Wristbands – Worldstrides emergency wristband must be worn at all times.
• Students will wear DC Wear and/or Novi Spirit wear.
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Dangers of Traveling
Please caution your children about the dangers of traveling:
• Homeless people and/or beggars
• Street vendors and performers
• Security at the sites is not a joke!
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$ Spending Money $
• What you send will likely be spent.
• Discuss for whom souvenirs should be bought.
Money for…
• Snacks
• Souvenirs
• Forgotten necessities
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Bus• Chartered buses
• Licensed drivers
• Seating for kids by gender
• Appropriate bus behavior
• Please go easy on the Halloween candy!
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Day 1 - Thursday*• Meet Wednesday, 11/4 @ 7:30 p.m.
--Drive through the night
• Breakfast• Arlington National Cemetery• Iwo Jima Memorial• 9/11 Memorial• Lunch • Newseum• Dinner• Jefferson Memorial• Lincoln Memorial• Korean Memorial• Hotel in D.C.
*Trip itinerary subject to change
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Day 2--Friday
• Breakfast• Tour the Capitol• Supreme Court• Library of Congress• Lunch• National Archives• Ford’s Theater• Petersen House• Dinner• Recreation Center
• swimming, basketball, wallyball
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Day 3 - Saturday
• Breakfast• White House Photo-
Stop• FDR, Vietnam, WWII,
and MLK Memorials • Lunch• Washington
Monument• Smithsonian Complex
including the American History, Natural History, and Air & Space Museums
• Dinner• Drive home through
the night
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Day 4 - Sunday• Return home on 11/8
– Scheduled for 6:30 a.m. return– We will have kids call home when
we are about 30 minutes from Novi
*All meals included*Tax and tips included
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School Work
•Students are responsible for missed work
•as determined by their teachers
•Please have kids in school on Monday!!!
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After Tonight’s Meeting1) Medication Forms
--Please return purple form tonight---BOTH SIDES
--3 types of forms you can complete
--Need to be returned to attendance office w/ meds & doctor signature by 10/28
2) Clothing --lines by size and/or gender
--put your name in them!
--SWAP Friday morning—must be both items!
3)Luggage Tags, Backpacks, & Guide Books
--tags color-coded by bus number