James Weldon Johnson College Preparatory Middle School

• January 24th - 29th (2012)

Cost:          

• $860 per student, $950 per parent
• $200 deposit due by September 23, 2011
• Final payment due Dec. 1, 2011
  

Highlights:

Naval Academy, Holocaust Museum, Mt. Vernon, the Capitol Bldg., the Library of Congress, the National Archives, various Smithsonian Museums, multiple Washington DC Memorials including the new MLK, Jr. Memorial, a tour of the White House, the Newseum, the Battlefields of Gettysburg and the Arlington National Cemetery.  

Price Includes:   

• Roundtrip motorcoach transportation between Jacksonville, Washington DC and Gettysburg, PA.

• 3 nights accommodations (students are 4 to a room)

• Holiday Inn in Alexandria (10 minutes from DC)

• 12 meals (4 breakfasts, 4 lunches, and 4 dinners)

• Tour Guides in Gettysburg and DC.

• Museum and Attraction admissions

• Night security at the hotel

• Taxes and Gratituties

 This tour and trip is booked through Bailey Tours.

Please email Mollie Browning

with any questions: browningm1@duvalschools.org

 Itinerary.

Our Hotel:  Holiday Inn in Alexandria, VA.

Tuesday, January 24^th

5PM            Meet with your group and check in with your chaperones in the  JWJ cafeteria.

6PM            Depart Jacksonville via chartered motor coach to Washington DC. 

Wednesday, January 25th

7AM            Arrive in Washington DC and eat breakfast.This morning you will travel to Annapolis, MD where you will tour the NAVAL ACADEMY and its gift shop.

Lunch

Afternoon   You will visit Arlington National Cemetery where you will see President Kennedy’s gravesite and view the Changing of the Guard  at the top of the Unknown Soldier. We will then visit the National Archives Building to see the Declaration of Independence and the Magna Carta.        

6PM            Dinner and games at Chuck E Cheese, then check into our hotel.

 Thursday, January 26^h

7:00 AM     Breakfast. This morning you will visit the White House (subject to appointment) and Ford's Theater and the Petersen House to see where Lincoln spent his last hours. We will then visit the Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum. Lunch will be at the Pentagon Mall.

Afternoon   We will visit Mt. Vernon, the home of George and Martha Washington. We will also visit the interactive mueseum. Dinner will be a Phillips' Flagship overlooking the Washington Channel on the Southwest Waterfront. This evening we will tour DC at night, including the Lincoln, Vietnam, Korean and WWII Memorials.

Friday, January 27^th

7AM            Breakfast at the hotel: This morning you will visit NEWSEUM, DC's most interactive museum. We will eat lunch and then travel to Gettysburg, PA where we will tour the battlefield making stops at the Virginia Memorial and Little Round Top. We will eat dinner at the Farnsworth House in Gettysburg. This is an original house in Gettysburg which housed soldiers during the battle. Dinner is usually served by servers in period costumes by candlelight for authenticity's sake.

 Saturday, January 28th

7AM            Breakfast and Check-out

                   We will visit and have a docent-led tour of the nation's Capitol Building and the Library of Congress. Lunch at Union Station      

                   This afternoon you will visit the Natural History Museum, and the Holocaust Museum.  Dinner at The Hard Rock Cafe, and then visit the FDR, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jefferson Memorials before beginning your trip home.

Sunday, January 29^th

8AM            Arrive back to Jacksonville, FL. Pick up at JWJ.

 Payments and Policies.

A $200.00 deposit is due September 23, 2011 in order to secure a spot on the trip.

Checks and/or money orders should be made out to James Weldon Johnson. Cash is also accepted.

All payments should be given to Mollie Browning (Trip Coordinator, ELA Dept. Chair, 8th grade ELA teacher).

Final Payment is due December 1st.

If you should cancel your reservation, the following penalties apply:

30-21 days prior to departure:  $150

20-8   days prior to departure: $300

7 days prior to departure: $400

Is the trip specific to JWJ, or will it include students from throughout the county?

-It is a trip ONLY for JWJ students. We will have private tour guides, charter busses, etc. We have been using the same tour company for the past 14 years and it is a specifically designed trip just for us. :)

The flyer lists the dates of the trip as 1/24/12 - 1/29/12 which is six days, but indicates 3 nights in the Holiday Inn. Are the remaining nights spent aboard the bus?

-The night of the 25th and 29th will be spent on the bus as it travels to and from the DC area.

As an attending parent, would I be acting as chaperone? What responsibilities would this entail? I assume I would need to submit to a new background check since my DCPS volunteer ID expired in May.

-All parents who volunteer will go on a list (first come, first serve). However, this does not lock-in your spot as a chaperone because the amount of chaperones needed will be determined by the amount of students attending.

Responsibilities would entail helping corral and account for a group of ten students as we move from one place to another (at the museums, bus loadings, etc.) Parents would also help in the mornings at the hotel during the wake-up calls and during evening lock-ups.

All chaperones would fill out the DCPS Volunteer application for clearance.

The student accommodations are listed as 4/room. What are the parent accommodations?

-The parent accomodations are double-occupancy, thus the higher price.