trip coordinator: nate kaufman nkaufman@valpo.k12.in.us thomas jefferson middle school benjamin...

Trip Coordinator: Nate Kaufmannkaufman@valpo.k12.in.us

Thomas Jefferson Middle SchoolBenjamin Franklin Middle SchoolHebron Middle School

Mr. Kaufman Goes To WashingtonAnd You can too!

Proposed ScheduleFriday Morning: Starting Off!

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011

2:00 AM MOTORCOACHES ARRIVE AT THOMAS JEFFERSON M.S.1600 ROOSEVELT ROAD - NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING)

2:15 ALL STUDENTS MEET AT THOMAS JEFFERSON M.S.1600 ROOSEVELT ROAD - NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING)

2:30 DEPART FOR O’HARE AIRPORT,  4:00 ARRIVE - UNITED AIRLINES, TERMINAL 1  6:00 DEPART – UNITED #4  8:51 ARRIVE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON AIRPORT  NOTE: PROCEED TO BAGGAGE CLAIM IF ET REP IS

NOT ATGATE – ET REP WILL MEET GROUP UPON ARRIVAL

AT BAGGAGE CLAIM

  9:30 DEPART FOR WASHINGTON, DC 

Proposed Itinerary Friday: In DC 9:30 DEPART FOR WASHINGTON, DC JEFFERSON & FDR MEMORIALS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL

12:00 PM WASHINGTON MONUMENT – CONF. #4-1061687/4-1061734

LUNCH – OLD POST OFFICE PAVILION – MEAL MONEY

2:15 ARRIVE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM

2:30 TOUR PERMANENT EXHIBIT – CONF. #30646

LINCOLN, VIETNAM AND KOREAN MEMORIALS

WHITE HOUSE – PICTURE STOP

Proposed ItineraryFriday Evening: Dinner and Sleep 6:15 DINNER – UNO CHICAGO GRILL, 202/842-

0438 LOCATED IN UNION STATION, 2ND

FLOOR, MAIN HALL 7:30 ARRIVE KENNEDY CENTER 8:00 PERFORMANCE – “SHEAR MADNESS”

10:30 PM CHECK IN TO EMBASSY SUITES-TYSON’S CORNER, 703/883-0707

8517 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA

Proposed ItinerarySaturday: and We’re Off! 5:30 AM WAKEUP 6:15 BREAKFAST – HOTEL 7:00 DEPART FOR SIGHTSEEING 7:45 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 8:00 BOARD TOURMOBILE KENNEDY GRAVESITES 9:00 GUARD CHANGE - TOMB OF THE

UNKNOWNS 9:15 WREATH LAYING CEREMONY –

PENDING CONFIRMATION CHALLENGER MEMORIAL 11:00 ARRIVE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL 11:15 HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - ET HAS REQUESTED EMBASSY ROW LUNCH – UNION STATION - MEAL MONEY

Proposed Itinerary Saturday: Still Going 2:00 PM GROUP PICTURE – CENTRAL PHOTO –

GRANT MEMORIAL COLOR PHOTO INCLUDED 2:30 ARRIVE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 3:20 CAPITOL BUILDING TOUR –

PENDING CONFIRMATION 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 3590 S. JEFFERSON STREET, FALLS

CHURCH, VA 9:00 PM RETURN TO HOTEL

Proposed ItinerarySunday: and we’re off…again! 5:15 AM WAKEUP 6:15 BREAKFAST – HOTEL LOAD LUGGAGE ON BUS 7:15 DEPART FOR SIGHTSEEING 8:00 MOUNT VERNON (TICKETS VALID THIS DAY ONLY) ORIENTATION CENTER – FILM MANSION AND GROUNDS MUSEUM – FILMS AND EXHIBITS LUNCH – PENTAGON CITY MALL – MEAL MONEY 12:45 PM FORD’S THEATRE (PICK UP TICKETS AT BOX OFFICE,

BRING CONFIRMATION) 1:00 MUSEUM & THEATRE WALK-THROUGH; NO PROGRAM NATIONAL ARCHIVES IWO JIMA MARINE MEMORIAL

Schedule from 2010Sunday: Winding down 3:00 DEPART FOR AIRPORT ARRIVE – AIRLINES MEAL MONEY GIVEN FOR DINNER DEPART – ARRIVE AIRPORT NOTE: PROCEED TO BAGGAGE CLAIM IF

ET REP IS NOT AT GATE – ET REP WILL MEET GROUP UPON

ARRIVAL AT BAGGAGE CLAIM 9:00 PM APPROXIMATE ARRIVAL AT JEFFERSON

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Food and RoomFOOD:

All food stops have food for all appetites/allergies

No additional money is necessary for food

ROOM:All room prices are four person occupancySecurity on the floor throughout the eveningPayphones 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 studentsat the Thomas Jefferson Memorial

Hanging out at the Einstein Statue

Cost:Cost of trip (40-50 students/bus)

$999.00 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 costNo additional money necessary for a great tripAll buses are coach; same coach and driver

throughout Washington, DC35-39 students $1,02930-34 students $1,07925-29 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

packetIf needing additional information, phone number

and website will be listed for our specific trip.

FINAL MEETING: January 25, 20127pm/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: 531-3140Or email: nkaufman@valpo.k12.in.us