Interim 2013

4 Years of Opportunities• Class Trip to Chicago• Career Explorations• Community Service • Trips

Trips 2013

Money and paperwork should be turned in to Mrs. Santos. Priority will be given to Seniors through September 14, 2012.Spots will not be held if the paperwork is incomplete.

ChicagoFine Arts Trip for all Freshmen students

“It is hard to choose just one, but I think the Chicago trip was definitely a highlight of my time at Randolph because it served as a unifying trip for the whole class. In all honesty, as a freshmen you are only thinking about having fun on a trip like that, and the Chicago experience did not disappoint in the fun category. It was so great that I came back as a senior to help the freshmen have an equally thrilling experience. “

Recent Alumni Survey Result: What was your most meaningful interim experience? Why was it meaningful?

Notes for Parent MeetingI. Introduction

A. Who is going?TeachersInternsParent chaperones

B. What do we do?Blue ManMuseumsSymphonyMusicalsFood, fun, shopping

C. When are we going?March 17 (Sunday)Return March 21 ( Thursday evening )

II. Trip Overview A. Safety FIRST

Teacher groupsRooming situations

Packing B. All types of weather

Dress-up eventsLetter before the trip

Let’s talk money

First payment is due October 5Second payment is due Dec. 7

What do you need to do?If you would like to be a chaperone…..e-mail

gsantos@randolphschool.net

Pick up the forms, turn in one completed with the first payment, and keep a copy for your records

Read the code of conduct with your child. Sign it and turn it in.

• Blue Man Group• Art Institute• Frank Lloyd Wright Home• Second City• Broadway Show

SpamalotSymphony

• Food Life (If you don’t know what it is, ask an Upperclassman)

• Flat Top Grill• Ed Debevics

There is so much more!!!!!

Intern applications are due by September 18, 2012. We will interview swiftly in order to be able to purchase plane tickets for those students. The cost for interns is $1000.Freshmen who are unable to go on this trip are not eligible to go on another trip or plan a career exploration. You may choose to do a local option

Washington D.C. Trip Interns

The 8th grade trip needs up to eight interns to help on the DC trip. You will work with the teachers to help make the trip run smoothly. This is a great opportunity to work on your leadership skills.

Juniors and Seniors are eligible to apply.

The deadline is September 18, 2012.

The cost is $500.

4 Days of School at the Viking Cooking School in Nashville

Nashville Cooking Trip

• Touring Cheekwood Gardens• Touring an art museum• Pottery Classes at night• Rock Climbing

•Cost: $1000•Limited to 12 students

Outdoors Trip to Alabama State Park

• 4 days of camping in one or two Alabama state parks

• There is a community service part to this trip

• Students will participate in clean-up activities during the day

• Cost: $650• Limited to 12 students

• Bouldering• Spelunking• Hiking• Extra spring

trip to the Ocoee River

Habitat Trip AThis trip flies to a destination

A Habitat for Humanity Interim trip may be the Interim trip you will ever have. Not only do you help people in need – it's also fun! You'll have the chance to improve your carpentry skills, connect with new people in a new place and make a real difference in Habitat for Humanity's work of eliminating substandard housing.

  •  You must be 16 years

old to participate in this trip.

• Location will be announced in October

• Last year the cost of this trip was $975. We will try to keep the price of this trip close to that price, depending upon air travel costs.

Habitat Trip BThis trip drives to Maryville, TNThe cost is $500.

You must be 16 years old for this trip.

Puerto Rico: Cultural Immersion

Sunday, March 17 to Friday, March 23, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgg-iblMQW8

Day 1: Our immersion journey starts “en español”• Salsa Lessons• Authentic Cuisine

Day 2: Banana Boating• Iguana feeding, bird watching, and starfish "catching“• Local Fisherman's Show: close encounters with sea creatures

Day 3: • Tour colonial city of Ponce by

day• Visit the largest Spanish fort in

the Western Hemisphere• Old San Juan night walking tour

*Cost: $1900 per person * No Passport Required

Day 4 • • Arrive at El Yunque, the U.S.’s only tropical rainforest • Private eco-guided tour and walk of El Yunque • Hiking and swimming underneath waterfalls

Day 5 • Old San Juan day visit

Florida Outdoors Trip: Everglades and KeysDAY ONE

• Arrive in Florida-Lunch• Sawgrass Recreation Park- AirboatRide and gator/wildlife show• Depart for Naples-Meet guides toprepare for the 10,000 Islands• Dinner• Check in to hotel

DAY TWO• Breakfast• Depart for Launch Site• Get introduced to your Canoesand Kayaks and load gear• Paddle out toward first camp

DAY THREE andFOURThese three days will be spentpaddling thru mangroves, exploringbarrier islands, hiking and swimmingin the wilderness that joins theEverglades to the Gulf of MexicoAll gear will be provided, just bringyour sense of adventure and lots ofsunscreen! We will arrive back inNaples the evening of day Four

Cost: $2600

DAY FIVE• Breakfast• Hotel Breakfast• Visit a local Herb Farm• Motor to Key Largo with a stop atShark Valley in Everglades NationalPark• Dinner• Check in to hotel •Snorkel the amazing

Florida Keys•Lunch•Visit the Turtle Hospital tolearn about the effort tosave these amazing creatures•Depart for FLL for flighthome

New York TripMarch 16-21, 2013

$2550

• Guided tour of the city

• CBS Early Show taping and tour

• NBC Today Show• Statue of Liberty• Food• Time Square

On Broadway…..

• We will see 3 Broadway shows• Backstage experiences• 2 theater workshops• 1 Off Broadway

show

France TripMarch 17-25, 2013

– Rouen– Visit Place du Marche and

cathedral– Cabourg, walk on beach and

dinner– Benouville– Visit Pegasus Bridge Memorial– Drive along coast– Visit American cemetary– Visit Tapestry of Bayeaux– Chartres Cathedral

• Mont-St-Michel• Visit Mont and Abbey• Tours• Walk around town and castle• Amboise• Visit castle• Visit castle at Chenonceaux

• Three days in Paris• Museums and monuments• Lots of visits• Lots of walking

Cost: $3200 You must have a passport

Community Opportunities

A Local Tour of World Religions

Sunday – ThursdayCost: $100Up to 12 students

It’s one thing to study a religion in class; it’s another to see it alive and in action --- through visiting houses of worship, listening to sacred music, looking at religious art, eating ritual food, making museum visits, and enjoying guest lectures. As a final project, students will formulate personal creedal statements articulating their own spiritual views.

• Attend Northeast Alabama Kosen Rufu Gongyo in Huntsville

• Visit The Hindu Cultural Center in Harvest, AL 

• Lunch at Sitar Indian Restaurant on Jordan Lane

• Tour the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville Observe Divine Office

• (Daytime Prayer) -Nuns chant

• Observe Chaplet of Saint Michael

• Tour Ave Maria Grotto in Cullman

• Much more…..

Huntsville Community Service Opportunity

This program will give students exposure to current social,political, cultural and economic challenges in the greaterHuntsville community. Through a significant volunteerexperience, academically focused readings, speakers, anddiscussions that relate to the volunteer experience, and acycle of action and reflection, students will undergo acomprehensive and potentially transformative experiencethat will foster a greater and more significant engagementin the world around them.

Details• Cost is $100 for gas, food, and

activities• This program starts on Monday,

March 18 and ends on Friday, March 22

• This a great opportunity to serve your community

Career Explorations• We have started a group of alumni who

would be willing to host students. Ask Mrs. Santos for details.

• We also have a Randolph parent who is willing to help you make contact with Supervisors

• Pay close attention to deadlines• There is ALWAYS a written assignment• Be creative!!!!35 Hours Required

You may not work for a family memberYou may not be paid for your work

Two Ways to Find A Career Explorations

1. Find your own career explorationa. You may not work with a family memberb. Ask friends. Use your own network.

2. Sign up with Mrs. Scully-Clemmons to receive help finding a career exploration.a. Fill out a Career Exploration Applicationb. Meet with Mrs. Scully-Clemmons on Nov. 1,

2012 c. Write a cover letter and contact the supervisor

All Sophomores who would like to have a career exploration MUST sign up for an interview with Mrs. Santos before November 1, 2012.

Closing CommentsMore Alumni Comments

“Interim is a time at Randolph when students and teachers come together and bond over something that is not directly classroom related. While interim needs to remain a learning experience, it allows for students and teachers who might not normally spend time together to forge new relationships.”

“They were some of the best experiences that I had that were completely unique to Randolph School”

“I really regret my lack of interest in the career exploration options, surely it would have been very helpful.”

“I liked that the school gave you time for courses outside of the normal academic classes. It gave the teachers a chance to share their other talents and it gave a dedicated time period for class trips. I always thought interim was a great idea. “