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2020 WASHINGTON, D.C., 8TH GRADE CLASS TRIP...we’re ready to register!

The Trip Advisors: Stacy Blaskowski: stacy.blaskowski@oxfordschools.orgCasie McNeill: cassandra.mcneill@oxfordschools.org

Purpose of the Trip

Enhance the Curriculum •Provide a Team Bonding Experience •Demonstrate and Practice our Wildcat Values

Planning Process⬜ Brightspark Travel – Insured tour operator with

over 40 years experience, focused on youth travel, with SAFETY & SECURITY in mind

⬜ We have a working relationship with Brightspark, as they have coordinatedother OCS trips

⬜ 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

What is Included?◼ Round-trip motor coach with air-conditioning

◼ Clean and safe hotel rooms – Quadruple

Occupancy for students

◼ Breakfast, lunch and dinner daily

◼ 24 Hour Brightspark Staff tour director &

Emergency Hotline

◼ Sightseeing tours led by licensed expert

guides

◼ Student drawstring backpack, lanyards and travel ID badge

◼ Bus driver, tour director gratuities & all taxes

Preview of the Group Photo

Departure & Return Dates

⬜ Depart from OMS:

⬜ Tuesday, November 3rd , 2020 at 8:30pm

⬜ Return to OMS:

⬜ Saturday, November

7th, 2020 at 7:30am

Tour HighlightsOur custom itinerary includes the following: ⬜ 2-Hour Battlefield Tour in Gettysburg

⬜ Gettysburg Visitor Center

⬜ Smithsonian Museums

⬜ U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum & Time with

a Holocaust Survivor (new!)

⬜ Guided Tour Of The Memorials

⬜ U.S. Supreme Court

⬜ Group Photo at the Capitol & Capitol Building Tour

⬜ George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens - Film, Mansion, Grounds and Museum

⬜ Guided Tour Of Arlington Cemetery - Wreath Laying Ceremony

⬜ U.S National Archives

Important DetailsSafety

⬜ Brightspark to provide hotel security each

night for our students and staff

Supervision⬜ A student to chaperone

ratio is 1:10

Chaperone InformationTen OMS Chaperones, including:

Mrs. Beazley, Principal

Mrs. Blaskowski, 8th grade ELA teacher

Ms. McNeill, 7th grade geography teacher

Mr. Hincks, 8th grade science teacher

Mr. Clark, 8th grade history teacher

Mr. McDonald, 6th grade science teacher/Athletic Trainer

Twenty OMS Parent Chaperones, based on the

Chaperone Lottery. Parent cost is $799.

● Better Every Year● High Expectations● Safety First● Brightspark Partnership (part of Worldstrides Travel)

Your Children are in Great Hands!

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 LOTTERYIf you’d like to be one of the 20 chaperones,

apply to the DC chaperone lottery by 4/30/20.

Hotel Accommodations⬜ Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

Roommate Requests

⬜ Students will select groups of 4 for their rooms.

⬜ 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.

⬜ ALL roommate requests will be made during the first 2

weeks of the 2020 school year.

⬜ Room assignments are due to Brightspark by September 4th

and cannot be changed once submitted.

Fundraising

⬜ 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.

On Hold Until Summer/Fall

Payment Plan - $639.00 (this price will not change)

⬜ Tour Web Code: TH7TCHZ

⬜ $100 Deposit is required upon ONLINE

REGISTRATION

⬜ Adult Tour Price: $799.00 + RGP (Refund Guarantee

Program) – Double

occupancy

• https://portal.brightsparktravel.com/

NEXT STEPS…❑ Register your student online ($100 is due with the

registration) at this link https://portal.brightsparktravel.com/

❑ Registration goes quickly! Reserve your student’s seat – the 2018 and the 2019 trips filled up...

❑ Fundraise now: Family Delights (sent home with students on March 12, 2020)

❑ If interested in being a parent chaperone, apply to the D.C. Chaperone Lottery (by April 30, 2020):LOTTERY LINK

On Hold Until Summer/Fall