Tonight’s AGENDA German Exchange 2014 ~ 2015  Welcome and Introductions!  Student & Parent Responsibilities  Important dates TRAVEL DATES  Flight information  PASSPORT now!  PAPERWORK  CIRMA  PAYMENTS for Germany  Q & A! DEADLINES!!!

Congrats & Welcome! All STUDENTS who are going to Germany, come on down! Please introduce yourself; give name/grade PARENTS, please stand and wave to your child after introduction ;-) * * Students, please take important info PACKETS to parents!

Student Responsibilities: MUST ATTEND German Exchange Club meetings: TUESDAYS Before we go…

 MANDATORY for students After school German Exchange meetings  Ends: Tuesday, June 16 th  TUESDAY SEPT 9 TUESDAY SEPT 16 TUESDAY SEPT 23

Parents’ Responsibility for tonight’s meeting: Before you leave tonight, be sure you have:  Signed in for attendance  Reviewed the packet of required forms  Taken notes and asked questions!  Provided phone tree info to volunteers  Have address for: Mr. Perkins and Mrs. Koropatkin

TRAVEL DATES!  Gymnasium Sarstedt, Sarstedt, Germany  GOING Saturday, September 27 th, 2014  RETURNING Saturday, October 18 th, 2014

FLIGHT INFORMATION  FLIGHT DATES AND TIMES  [ In handouts ]  LH 421/27SEP...BOS Frankfurt [10:20 P -- 11:20 A]  LH 502/28SEP…Frankfurt Hannover [1:35 P – 2:25 P]  LH 053/18OCT…Hannover Frankfurt [10: A – 11:00A]  LH 422/18OCT…Frankfurt BOS [12:40 – 2:35 P]

get your PASSPORT NOW! copy due by JUNE 13, 2014

PARENT responsibilities ALL PAPERWORK MUST BE COMPLETED by: MAY 19 TH ~ PACKET ~ Parent/Student agreement Field Trip abroad Medical history/med guidelines Emergency treatment Emergency contact Checklist

Review: MEDICAL INFORMATION: DOCTOR MUST SIGN OFF ON ALL DRUGS (yes ~ motion sickness, aspirin, etc.) and students SELF-ADMINISTER ALL DRUGS Questions for Mrs. Malloy?

CIRMA Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL INSURANCE Among other things, * * * Provides foreign travel and accident insurance * * * Covers emergency medical and sickness expenses, 24-hour travel assistance, legal assistance, and lost passport/lost luggage services.

Money in Germany NOT INCLUDED:  Money for souvenirs  Small treats along the way  Consider how your child will have access to money; ATM info

PAYMENT PLAN  $2, Divided into 3 payments:  $ due _MAY 16 th  $ due _MAY 30 th  $ due _June 13 th

Reminders: Only middle school in CT doing this! RESPONSIBILITY Taking Personal RESPONSIBILITY German culture offers different freedoms: Trains, planes, & bicycles! Pe rsonal safety: wise be a wise traveler Independence Independence requires: Handling money (ATMs) Keeping up with SCHOOL WORK! Keeping up with SCHOOL WORK!

15 AMERICAN ROOM for studying, communicating, and sharing experiences.

1616 We’re off!

17 TRIP TO GERMANY: ACTIVITIES  Overnight trip: HAMBURG  After-school games  Day trip to castle  Day trip to Berlin  Day trip to Bergen- Belsen Concentration Camp

18 OVERNIGHT TRIP HAMBURG & MOLFSEE

1919 Holstentor zu LUEBECK

2020 MOLFSEE

21 SWIMMING IN THE BALTIC SEA

22 BERLIN : old & new

2323 Fredrick the Great’s SANS SOUCI = “Without Worries”

24 BERGEN-BELSEN

2525 Schloss Marienburg

HOME SWEET HOME! And then we return to

Got questions? * * * Got answers!