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2020 WASHINGTON, D.C., 8TH GRADE CLASS TRIP... were ready to register! The Trip Advisors: Stacy Blaskowski: stacy.blaskowski@oxfordschools.org Casie McNeill: cassandra.mcneill@oxfordschools.org Purpose of the Trip Enhance the Curriculum
Stacy Blaskowski: stacy.blaskowski@oxfordschools.org Casie McNeill: cassandra.mcneill@oxfordschools.org
⬜ Brightspark Travel – Insured tour operator with
travel, with SAFETY & SECURITY in mind ⬜ We have a working relationship with Brightspark, as they have coordinated
⬜ OMS has reserved 5 buses and 60 hotel rooms for our group of 315, our 2020 trip maximum ⬜ 5 Seats will be held until the fall for new-to-district students
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Round-trip motor coach with air-conditioning
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Clean and safe hotel rooms – Quadruple Occupancy for students
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Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily
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24 Hour Brightspark Staff tour director & Emergency Hotline
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Sightseeing tours led by licensed expert guides
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Student drawstring backpack, lanyards and travel ID badge
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Bus driver, tour director gratuities & all taxes
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Depart from OMS:
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Tuesday, November 3rd , 2020 at 8:30pm
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Return to OMS:
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Saturday, November 7th, 2020 at 7:30am
Our custom itinerary includes the following:
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2-Hour Battlefield Tour in Gettysburg
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Gettysburg Visitor Center
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Smithsonian Museums
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U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum & Time with a Holocaust Survivor (new!)
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Guided Tour Of The Memorials
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Group Photo at the Capitol & Capitol Building Tour
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George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens - Film, Mansion, Grounds and Museum
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Guided Tour Of Arlington Cemetery - Wreath Laying Ceremony
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U.S National Archives
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Brightspark to provide hotel security each night for our students and staff
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A student to chaperone ratio is 1:10
Ten OMS Chaperones, including:
Twenty OMS Parent Chaperones, based on the Chaperone Lottery. Parent cost is $799.
As Brightspark Travel company is now part of the Worldstrides family, we will have access to the Doctors On Call Program. Doctors on Call Program
LINK TO CHAPERONE LOTTERY If you’d like to be one of the 20 chaperones, apply to the DC chaperone lottery by 4/30/20.
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Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
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Students will select groups of 4 for their rooms.
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If they cannot agree on a group of 4, they will be allowed to choose a group of 2 and will be paired with another group of 2.
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ALL roommate requests will be made during the first 2 weeks of the 2020 school year.
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Room assignments are due to Brightspark by September 4th and cannot be changed once submitted.
⬜ ONE fundraising opportunity will be available for all 7th graders this year! March 12-August 2020-Family Delights and Popcorn (students can sell items online) ⬜ Any fundraising money earned in 7th grade that has not been used for Michigan Adventure will be sent to Brightsparks by the end of June, 2020. ⬜ You must be signed up ONLINE for the Washington D.C. trip before June 1st, 2020. ◼ If registered after June 1st then you will have to pay balance in full. No fundraising money can be used. ◼ Brightsparks will refund parents via a check.
(this price will not change)
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Tour Web Code: TH7TCHZ
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$100 Deposit is required upon ONLINE REGISTRATION
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Adult Tour Price: $799.00 + RGP (Refund Guarantee Program) – Double
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Register your student online ($100 is due with the registration) at this link https://portal.brightsparktravel.com/
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Registration goes quickly! Reserve your student’s seat – the 2018 and the 2019 trips filled up...
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Fundraise now: Family Delights (sent home with students on March 12, 2020)
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If interested in being a parent chaperone, apply to the D.C. Chaperone Lottery (by April 30, 2020):LOTTERY LINK