Washington DC Trip

WASHINGTON D.C. TRIP

Thanks to everyone that attended the meeting last night. Two important things to remember.

It's an AWESOME trip
If you have ANY questions, don't hesitate to shoot me an e-mail or pick up the phone and call me.

I sent an e-mail to our tour company regarding the question last night on the payment plan dates. As soon as I get a reply, I'll post it on this site. Also....one very important piece of information that I did not mention last night, and this is not meant to be a scare tactic, but we do have limits as to the number of people we can have go. We are limited by the number of seats on our tour buses. Like most things in life, this trip is on a first come (sign up) first serve. For example, if our buses hold 150 people, we can't have 151 people go (which is a bit of a nightmare for me). If we go over the number of seats available, we'll start a waiting list. If we get a workable number on the waiting list, we'll add another bus. In all the years we've been doing this, we've had waiting lists but it's always worked out that we were able to take every student that wanted to go. My fingers are crossed that we'll be able to accommodate everyone, but with that said, please register early.

Here is the info/dates I received regarding the payment plan:

Date Amount Description

2/1 $125 Deposit

3/1 $130 Payment #2

4/1 $130 Payment #3

5/1 $130 Payment #4

6/1 $130 Payment #5

7/1 $125 Payment #6

8/1 $125 Final Payment

Here are some common questions/answers.

For the sixth straight year we will be flying.
It is an awesome trip
The trip is expensive…payment plans are available.
Because of the cost, we will be having two fundraisers to try to help offset the cost. Info on those will follow.
It is not uncommon for a student to save $200-$300 using our fundraisers
In the past we have had close to a 1 to 3 chaperone ratio.
We travel in herds….wandering off is not an option
In the dozen years I’ve been going on these 8^th grade trips, I have never had any behavior or discipline issues….we have great kids.
Did I mention that it was an awesome trip?
We are on the go from sun up to well past sun down. This isn’t a vacation where the kids will have time to swim in the hotel pool or spend time in the arcade.
Students room four to a room. They choose their room mates (mid May we’ll have a sign up). Adult chaperones room two to a room.
As a parent, if you decide to go, you will be chaperoning your child’s group and will be on your child’s bus.
There are two ways to sign up. You can do it online or you can fill out the form and send the form and a check to the SCMS office. We will mail all the forms in to the tour company together. If you choose the SCMS route, we need a form for each person going.
We will be having a meeting in the fall to finalize flight times
This truly is a trip that will create memories that will last a lifetime.

Please, please, please don’t hesitate to call with any questions.