Transcript Washington DC - Valparaiso Community Schools

Mr. Kaufman Goes To
Washington
And You can too!
Trip Coordinator: Nate Kaufman
[email protected]
Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Benjamin Franklin Middle School
Hebron Middle School
Proposed Schedule
Friday Morning: Starting Off!
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
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2:00 AM
MOTORCOACHES ARRIVE AT THOMAS JEFFERSON M.S.
1600 ROOSEVELT ROAD - NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING)
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2:15
ALL STUDENTS MEET AT THOMAS JEFFERSON M.S.
1600 ROOSEVELT ROAD - NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING)
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2:30
DEPART FOR O’HARE AIRPORT,
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4:00
ARRIVE - UNITED AIRLINES, TERMINAL 1
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6:00
DEPART – UNITED #4
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8:51
ARRIVE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON AIRPORT
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NOTE: PROCEED TO BAGGAGE CLAIM IF ET REP IS NOT AT
GATE – ET REP WILL MEET GROUP UPON ARRIVAL AT
BAGGAGE CLAIM
9:30
DEPART FOR WASHINGTON, DC
Proposed Itinerary
Friday: In DC
 9:30
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DEPART FOR WASHINGTON, DC
JEFFERSON & FDR MEMORIALS
WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL
 12:00 PM
1061734
WASHINGTON MONUMENT – CONF. #4-1061687/4-
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LUNCH – OLD POST OFFICE PAVILION – MEAL MONEY
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2:15
MUSEUM
ARRIVE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL
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2:30
TOUR PERMANENT EXHIBIT – CONF. #30646
LINCOLN, VIETNAM AND KOREAN MEMORIALS
WHITE HOUSE – PICTURE STOP
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Proposed Itinerary
Friday Evening: Dinner and Sleep
 6:15
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7:30
8:00
DINNER – UNO CHICAGO GRILL, 202/842-0438
LOCATED IN UNION STATION, 2ND FLOOR, MAIN HALL
ARRIVE KENNEDY CENTER
PERFORMANCE – “SHEAR MADNESS”
 10:30 PM
703/883-0707
CHECK IN TO EMBASSY SUITES-TYSON’S CORNER,
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8517 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA
Proposed Itinerary
Saturday: and We’re Off!
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5:30 AM
WAKEUP
6:15
7:00
7:45
8:00
BREAKFAST – HOTEL
DEPART FOR SIGHTSEEING
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
BOARD TOURMOBILE
KENNEDY GRAVESITES
GUARD CHANGE - TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS
WREATH LAYING CEREMONY – PENDING
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9:00
 9:15
CONFIRMATION
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 11:00
 11:15
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CHALLENGER MEMORIAL
ARRIVE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - ET HAS REQUESTED
EMBASSY ROW
LUNCH – UNION STATION - MEAL MONEY
Proposed Itinerary
Saturday: Still Going
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2:00 PM
MEMORIAL
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2:30
 3:20
CONFIRMATION
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COLOR PHOTO INCLUDED
ARRIVE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
CAPITOL BUILDING TOUR – PENDING
SUPREME COURT – PICTURE STOP
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS – PICTURE STOP
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION (CHOICE OF MUSEUM)
NATIONAL AIR & SPACE MUSEUM
AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM
PENTAGON MEMORIAL
7:45
DINNER - Fuddruckers
9:00 PM
3590 S. JEFFERSON STREET, FALLS CHURCH, VA
RETURN TO HOTEL
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GROUP PICTURE – CENTRAL PHOTO – GRANT
Proposed Itinerary
Sunday: and we’re off…again!
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5:15 AM
6:15
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7:15
8:00
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 12:45 PM
BRING
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1:00
PROGRAM
WAKEUP
BREAKFAST – HOTEL
LOAD LUGGAGE ON BUS
DEPART FOR SIGHTSEEING
MOUNT VERNON (TICKETS VALID THIS DAY ONLY)
ORIENTATION CENTER – FILM
MANSION AND GROUNDS
MUSEUM – FILMS AND EXHIBITS
LUNCH – PENTAGON CITY MALL – MEAL MONEY
FORD’S THEATRE (PICK UP TICKETS AT BOX OFFICE,
CONFIRMATION)
MUSEUM & THEATRE WALK-THROUGH; NO
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
IWO JIMA MARINE MEMORIAL
Schedule from 2010
Sunday: Winding down
 3:00
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DEPART FOR AIRPORT
ARRIVE – AIRLINES
MEAL MONEY GIVEN FOR DINNER
DEPART –
ARRIVE AIRPORT
NOTE: PROCEED TO BAGGAGE CLAIM IF ET REP IS
NOT AT
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9:00 PM
SCHOOL
GATE – ET REP WILL MEET GROUP UPON ARRIVAL AT
BAGGAGE CLAIM
APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL AT JEFFERSON MIDDLE
Food and Room
 FOOD:
 All food stops have food for all appetites/allergies
 No additional money is necessary for food
 ROOM:
 All room prices are four person occupancy
 Security on the floor throughout the evening
 Payphones are available if needed
(no use of room phones)
Big Moments:
 Holocaust Museum (Friday)
 Arlington Cemetery (Saturday)
 May have a chance to lay a wreath at the
Tomb of the Unknown
 Washington Monument (Friday)
 Performance at the Kennedy Center
 Mount Vernon
Washington
Monument
Thomas Jefferson
students on the
roof of the
Kennedy Center
2010 Students
in front of the
White House
Mount
Vernon
2010
Thomas Jefferson
students
at the
Thomas Jefferson
Memorial
Hanging out
at the
Einstein
Statue
Cost:
 Cost of trip (40-50 students/bus)
 $999.00
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RGP ($105.00): if anything should happen and student must
pull out of trip-all money back except for RGP.
If we should have less than 40 or more than 50 (51-79
students)-may have a surcharge.
 All travel costs, food, and tickets are covered in the cost
 No additional money necessary for a great trip
 All buses are coach; same coach and driver throughout
Washington, DC
 35-39 students $1,029
 30-34 students $1,079
 25-29 students $1,129
Register for Trip/Final Trip Mtg.
 Students must see Mr. Kaufman to receive a
registration packet.
 Directions on how to register are included in packet
 If needing additional information, phone number and
website will be listed for our specific trip.
 FINAL MEETING:
 January 25, 2012
 7pm/TJ Auditorium
Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
Wright Brothers Plane
One of the Apollo Missions
Another Plane of the Wright Brothers
WW II Warhawk
WWII Mustang
Washington
Monument
Side of Pentagon that was struck by plane
on 9/11
The Magna Carta
The Declaration
of Independence
The
Constitution
The
Constitution
The
Constitution
The
Constitution
The Bill of
Rights
Washington
Monument
as seen
from The
Korean Wall
Memorial
Lincoln
Memorial
Washington
Monument
as seen
from the
Lincoln
Memorial.
Lincoln’s Second Inauguration
Speech
Iwo Jima
Memorial
Iwo Jima
Memorial
The White House
The Supreme Court
Building
The Capitol Building
Ceiling of the rotunda inside
the Capitol
“Apotheosis of Washington”
Ceiling of the rotunda inside
the Capitol
“Apotheosis of Washington”
Walls of the Rotunda
inside the Capitol
Walls of the Rotunda
inside the Capitol
Walls of the Rotunda
inside the Capitol
Walls of the Rotunda
inside the Capitol
Walls of the Rotunda
inside the Capitol
Walls of the Rotunda
inside the Capitol
Thomas
Jefferson
Memorial
Portion of The
Declaration of
Independence
inside the
Jefferson
Memorial
Looking North from the
Top of the Washington
Monument
Looking West from the
top of the Washington
Monument
Looking South from
the top of the
Washington
Monument
Looking East from the
top of the Washington
Monument
Archie Bunker’s Chair
The National
Cathedral
Presidential Box at
Ford’s Theater where
Lincoln was
assassinated.
Ford’s Theater
Ford’s Theater
Questions?
 Any questions about basics of trip?
 Think of more questions later:
Call Nate Kaufman at TJ:
531-3140
Or email:
[email protected]