Depart: Students should be at Swiss Point between 6:00am and 6:30am - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Dates: Sunday, January 5th – Friday, January 10th
• Depart: Students should be at Swiss Point

between 6:00am and 6:30am on Sunday. The bus will leave promptly at 7am.

• Arrive: Parents should be at Publix on 210 Friday

morning at approximately 7:30am. Any student without a ride home will be taken back to SPMS.

• Wear comfortable clothes for bus ride up. Warm

layers are recommended.

• Medication will be checked in with Nurse

Kelly

• Medication must be in original packaging

and in a Ziploc bag with child’s name on the

• utside.
• Appropriate forms must be completed and

are located on the SPMS clinic page.

• What you will need:

– 2 bags (All bags will be checked by the drug dog.) –One large piece of luggage that will be stored under the bus containing warm clothing for Monday – Friday. –One small carry-on bag that will be kept on the bus containing warm clothing, medication, toiletries for Sunday. Bring a bag lunch – Wallet/purse for money. If needed, a draw string bag to keep souvenirs, medication, personal items.

• Included in cost of the trip:

– All meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) while in D.C.

• Not included in cost of the trip:

– Any snacks during the trip – Extra lunch money if student will spend more than $10 at the food court.

• Depends on each child.

$100 is appropriate. DC sweatshirts are $25.

• Keep it safe!

– Wallet in front pocket/purse close to body – Visa gift cards or check cards work well – Do not keep all of your cash in one place – Don’t flash your cash around

Bus Trip

• Bus Ride:

– The trip will take approximately 13 hrs (each way) – Stops will be made every 2 – 3 hours, and all students MUST get off the bus at each stop, so layers are recommend – All busses will load, boys in the front, girls in the back (or vice versa) for both 13 hour trips.

Bus Trip

• Food & Drink:

– Screw top beverages only – Snacks are allowed unless there is a mess – There is NO gum on the bus - $500 fine from company! – Keep the bus clean or snack privilege will be LOST – PLEASE do not pack an excessive amount of

• candy. No energy drinks can

be brought on the bus or purchased while on the trip.

Bus Trip

• Entertainment:

– PG-13, PG, and G rated movies will be played throughout the trip. If you bring personal movies

• r music, you must use headphones. No R or

Mature rated movies are allowed.

Bus Lists

• Bus Lists:

– Posted in your science class today. – Must remember your bus number, that is where you will check in on January 5.

Hotel

Hyatt Centric Arlington 1325 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22209 Tel: (703) 525-1234

Hotel

• There will only be one opportunity to get

snacks/ice when we are at the hotel.

• Students will be taped in their hotel room 30

minutes after we arrive at the hotel each day.

• Security will be posted on each floor.
• Students MUST be able to carry all of their

belongings to their room in 1 trip.

Hotel Expectations

• We are not the only guests at the hotel.

Students must be courteous to staff and the

• ther guests.
• Students will be required to replace any

damaged or broken items at the hotel.

• Students are only to use the elevators or the
• pen stair cases, NO STAIR WELLS.
• Students are never allowed to leave the hotel.
• Once students are taped in, they will be asked

to use the chain lock, and the hotel door must remain closed until the morning.

– Hotel doors may only be opened for chaperones.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1 Sunday, January 5

• 6am: Arrive at SPMS bus loop
• 6:30am: Load Buses
• 7am: Depart
• Dinner @ Golden Corral, Colonial Heights, VA
• Arrive at hotel (Hyatt Centric, Arlington, VA)

Tour Itinerary

Day 2: Monday, January 6

• 7:30am: Breakfast
• Walking tour of Monuments (Lincoln, WWII,

Korean, Vietnam)

• White House photo
• Drive Embassy Row
• Lunch @ USDA Food Court
• Smithsonian Museum of American History
• National Archives
• Dinner @ Medieval Times

Tour Itinerary

Day 3: Tuesday, January 7

• 7am: Breakfast
• House or Senate Gallery tour
• Tour of US Capital Building
• Lunch @ Capital Building
• US Holocaust Memorial Museum
• FDR, MLK & Jefferson Memorial Tour
• Souvenir shopping
• Dinner @ Buca di Beppo
• Night tour of Pentagon Memorial

Tour Itinerary

Day 4: Wednesday, January 8

• 6:30am: Breakfast
• Gettysburg visitor center and cyclorama
• Lunch @ Dobbin House Tavern **
• Battlefields tour
• Depart from Gettysburg
• Arrive back at hotel (refresh for evening)
• Dinner cruise with DJ on Potomac River

Tour Itinerary

Day 4: Thursday, January 9

• 7am: Breakfast
• Room check/load buses
• Depart
• Arlington Cemetery
• Lunch @ Pentagon City Mall
• Mt. Vernon
• Dinner @ Mt. Vernon Inn
• 6:30pm: Depart for Jax

Tour Itinerary

Day 5: Friday, January 10

7:30am: Arrive at 210 Publix

Tour Expectations

Students will be expected to:

• Listen to bus driver’s instructions
• Pay attention when the tour guide is talking

(no talking or headphones).

• Follow directions. If a sign says, or if a

chaperone says, “Don’t..,” then DON’T!

• Remain in groups of 3 or larger at all times,

even when going to the restroom.

Tour Expectations

Students will be expected to:

• Understand that sometimes cell phones will

not be allowed.

• Respect others, especially at memorials.
• Try to learn something new at each place.

Updates through Remind

• Text message updates
• Text message updates

– Open a text message in ‘To’ type: 81010

• In the message box type: @ 769f4e7
• Email updates

– Send an email ‘To’ 769f4e7@mail.remind.com

Use the following hashtag: #spmsdc20

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