Dear Families of Harbor Eighth Graders,
The school board has given approval for our 8th grade field trip to Washington, D.C. The dates will be June 1-4, 2010.
Students will be charged $350 and chaperones $150. In addition, students should be sent with $80 for food and spending money, to be spent only if needed. (I anticipate that food will be covered by the $350, but it may not cover everything.) We know the cost of the trip is high and scholarship money is available to any family for whom the full price is a hardship. I will begin to collect payments. The first is a $50 deposit due on December 15th with a monthly installment of $60 due on 15th of January, February, March, April and May.
We will be traveling via Amtrak. We will be staying at the Days Inn Hotel, Washington D.C. rooming in groups of three students and one adult. Each room has two full beds, so there will be some doubling up or sleeping bags.
Students are not required to attend, and those who do will be expected to complete academic tasks connected to the trip.
In order to make this trip work, we need 7 parent chaperones. Please let me know as soon as possible if you are able to chaperone. Parent chaperones will be responsible for three students each. Parents, you will probably enjoy this trip as much or better than your children.
Please email or call me if you expect to send your child. Please email me if you would like to chaperone.
Debra McConnell
