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Trip Coordinator: Nate Kaufman nkaufman@valpo.k12.in.us Thomas Jefferson Middle School Benjamin Franklin Middle School Hebron Middle School Mr. Kaufman Goes To Washington And You can too!
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Proposed Schedule Friday Morning: Starting Off! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 2:00 AMMOTORCOACHES ARRIVE AT THOMAS JEFFERSON M.S. 1600 ROOSEVELT ROAD - NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING) 2:15ALL STUDENTS MEET AT THOMAS JEFFERSON M.S. 1600 ROOSEVELT ROAD - NORTH SIDE OF BUILDING) 2:30DEPART FOR O’HARE AIRPORT, 4:00ARRIVE - UNITED AIRLINES, TERMINAL 1 6:00DEPART – UNITED #4 8:51ARRIVE BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON AIRPORT NOTE: PROCEED TO BAGGAGE CLAIM IF ET REP IS NOT AT GATE – ET REP WILL MEET GROUP UPON ARRIVAL AT BAGGAGE CLAIM 9:30DEPART FOR WASHINGTON, DC
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Proposed Itinerary Friday: In DC 9:30DEPART FOR WASHINGTON, DC JEFFERSON & FDR MEMORIALS WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL 12:00 PMWASHINGTON MONUMENT – CONF. #4-1061687/4- 1061734 LUNCH – OLD POST OFFICE PAVILION – MEAL MONEY 2:15ARRIVE UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 2:30TOUR PERMANENT EXHIBIT – CONF. #30646 LINCOLN, VIETNAM AND KOREAN MEMORIALS WHITE HOUSE – PICTURE STOP
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Proposed Itinerary Friday Evening: Dinner and Sleep 6:15DINNER – UNO CHICAGO GRILL, 202/842-0438 LOCATED IN UNION STATION, 2ND FLOOR, MAIN HALL 7:30ARRIVE KENNEDY CENTER 8:00PERFORMANCE – “SHEAR MADNESS” 10:30 PMCHECK IN TO EMBASSY SUITES-TYSON’S CORNER, 703/883-0707 8517 LEESBURG PIKE, VIENNA, VA
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Proposed Itinerary Saturday: and We’re Off! 5:30 AMWAKEUP 6:15BREAKFAST – HOTEL 7:00DEPART FOR SIGHTSEEING 7:45ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY 8:00BOARD TOURMOBILE KENNEDY GRAVESITES 9:00GUARD CHANGE - TOMB OF THE UNKNOWNS 9:15WREATH LAYING CEREMONY – PENDING CONFIRMATION CHALLENGER MEMORIAL 11:00ARRIVE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL 11:15HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - ET HAS REQUESTED EMBASSY ROW LUNCH – UNION STATION - MEAL MONEY
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Proposed Itinerary Saturday: Still Going 2:00 PMGROUP PICTURE – CENTRAL PHOTO – GRANT MEMORIAL COLOR PHOTO INCLUDED 2:30ARRIVE CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 3:20CAPITOL 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 7:45DINNER - Fuddruckers 3590 S. JEFFERSON STREET, FALLS CHURCH, VA 9:00 PMRETURN TO HOTEL
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Proposed Itinerary Sunday: and we’re off…again! 5:15 AMWAKEUP 6:15BREAKFAST – HOTEL LOAD LUGGAGE ON BUS 7:15DEPART FOR SIGHTSEEING 8:00MOUNT VERNON (TICKETS VALID THIS DAY ONLY) ORIENTATION CENTER – FILM MANSION AND GROUNDS MUSEUM – FILMS AND EXHIBITS LUNCH – PENTAGON CITY MALL – MEAL MONEY 12:45 PMFORD’S THEATRE (PICK UP TICKETS AT BOX OFFICE, BRING CONFIRMATION) 1:00MUSEUM & THEATRE WALK-THROUGH; NO PROGRAM NATIONAL ARCHIVES IWO JIMA MARINE MEMORIAL
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Schedule from 2010 Sunday: Winding down 3:00DEPART 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 PMAPPROXIMATE ARRIVAL AT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL
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Food and Room FOOD: All food stops have food for all appetites/allergies No additional money is necessary for food ROOM: All room prices are four person occupancy Security on the floor throughout the evening Payphones are available if needed (no use of room phones)
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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
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Washington Monument
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Thomas Jefferson students on the roof of the Kennedy Center
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2010 Students in front of the White House
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Mount Vernon 2010
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Thomas Jefferson students at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial
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Hanging out at the Einstein Statue
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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 cost No additional money necessary for a great trip All buses are coach; same coach and driver throughout Washington, DC 35-39 students $1,029 30-34 students $1,079 25-29 students $1,129
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Register for Trip/Final Trip Mtg. Students must see Mr. Kaufman to receive a registration packet. Directions on how to register are included in packet If needing additional information, phone number and website will be listed for our specific trip. FINAL MEETING: January 25, 2012 7pm/TJ Auditorium
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Smithsonian Air & Space Museum
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Wright Brothers Plane
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One of the Apollo Missions
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Another Plane of the Wright Brothers
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WW II Warhawk
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WWII Mustang
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Washington Monument
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Side of Pentagon that was struck by plane on 9/11
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The Magna Carta
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Constitution
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The Bill of Rights
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Washington Monument as seen from The Korean Wall Memorial
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Lincoln Memorial
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Washington Monument as seen from the Lincoln Memorial.
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Lincoln’s Second Inauguration Speech
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Iwo Jima Memorial
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The White House
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The Supreme Court Building
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The Capitol Building
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Ceiling of the rotunda inside the Capitol “Apotheosis of Washington”
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Ceiling of the rotunda inside the Capitol “Apotheosis of Washington”
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Walls of the Rotunda inside the Capitol
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial
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Portion of The Declaration of Independence inside the Jefferson Memorial
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Looking North from the Top of the Washington Monument
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Looking West from the top of the Washington Monument
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Looking South from the top of the Washington Monument
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Looking East from the top of the Washington Monument
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Archie Bunker’s Chair
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The National Cathedral
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Presidential Box at Ford’s Theater where Lincoln was assassinated.
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Ford’s Theater
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Questions? Any questions about basics of trip? Think of more questions later: Call Nate Kaufman at TJ: 531-3140 Or email: nkaufman@valpo.k12.in.us
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