VPMS Trip to Washington DC

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VPMS Trip to Washington DC

• February 12 16, 2009

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Thursday, February 12

• Students should bring luggage to school Ill be
  in the office in the morning to collect it.
• Students will stay after school with Mrs.
  Steinkampparents going with us will need to be
  at school no later than 345pmwe leave at
  400pm!
• Movies for trip?
• Dress comfortably!

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Thursday, February 12

• Stop around 6pm for dinner (need money)
• Bus rules and regulations handout
• Try and sleep on ride out there! It will be a
  busy day on Friday.
• Rest stops at our discretion bus driver will be
  changing during the trip

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Friday, February 13

• Breakfast and freshen up at rest stop (need
  money)
• Meet our tour guide at the Old Post Office
  Pavilion We will have lunch here too
• Visit Supreme Court Library of Congress
  Capitol Building White House National Archives
  US Holocaust Museum
• Group Photo We should be in our shirts!

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Friday, February 13

• Dinner will be at Harriets Restaurant
• Alexandria Ghost Tour
• Check into Comfort Inn everyone should be in
  bed and asleep by 11pm!

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Saturday, February 14

• 615am wake up make sure to set alarms in
  rooms!
• Breakfast at hotel
• Meet guide at Pentagon City Mall Iwo Jima Marine
  Memorial
• Arlington National Cemetery
• Lunch at Pentagon City Mall
• Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

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Saturday, February 14

• International Spy Museum
• Washington Monument World War II Memorial
• Dinner at Hard Rock Café
• Lincoln, Vietnam and Korean Memorials
• Swimming and activities at Spring Hill Rec Center
• Bed by 11pm!

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Sunday, February 15

• 630am Wake up
• 715am Breakfast and leave for tour
• Mount Vernon
• Newseum
• Lunch at Union Station
• Smithsonian American and Natural History Museum

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Sunday, February 15

• Dinner at Fuddruckers
• Leave for home around 630pm
• Rest stops at our discretion
• Breakfast on way home (need money)

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Monday, February 16

• Home around 1130am
• Have phone tree activated to let parents know
  when to pick up students.

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Additional Information

• Make sure that students have money for the meals
  that are not covered in DC or any souvenirs
  they may want to purchase
• Students may bring phones, iPods, camerasbut
  they are responsible for their own belongings!
• Photo sharing when we get back

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Additional Information

• Students will be required to wear IDs at all
  times.
• Behavior should be exemplarywe should make a
  positive impression on everyone we meet make us
  proud!
• Mrs. Steinkamps cell phone [phone]