2015Novi Middle School

Washington D.C. Trip

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Clothing• D.C. Shirts/Sweatshirts (label them)• Novi Spirit Wear• Comfortable shoes (not flip-flops!)

– 2 pairs?

• School Dress Code– No hats

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

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.

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!

$ Spending Money $

• What you send will likely be spent.

• Discuss for whom souvenirs should be bought.

Money for…

• Snacks

• Souvenirs

• Forgotten necessities

Bus• Chartered buses

• Licensed drivers

• Seating for kids by gender

• Appropriate bus behavior

• Please go easy on the Halloween candy!

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

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

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

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

School Work

•Students are responsible for missed work

•as determined by their teachers

•Please have kids in school on Monday!!!

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