Washington, D.C.:

The Capital TourLed by Meg Kenney & Sean Baldwin

Furnace Brook Middle School

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• Why travel?

• EF Explore America

• Our itinerary

• What’s included on our tour

Overview

• Protection plan

• Your payment options

• Your online account

• How to enroll on our tour

Objective

• To spark an interest in post secondary education and civil

responsibility.

• Goals:

– To visit Washington, DC sites that directly relate to the 8th grade

curriculum

– To have first hand learning with real world experiences

– To participate in a social experience that will create better

communicators, collaborators, and problem solvers

– To provide a safe learning environment

Furnace Brook Middle Numbers

For the past three years, we’ve had successful trips and wanted to share some of the numbers

with you…

2016 Chaperones

28 FBMS staff

21 parents

3 guests

2016: 370 total travelers

2015: 368 total travelers

2014: 373 total travelers

Scholarships

2016: $10,620

2015: $10,937

2014: $8,792

2016: 318 students attended

2015: 309 students attended

2014: 312 students attended

• Tour consultants work with teachers to plan your tour

• For travelers and parents, you’ll have a dedicated Traveler Support

Specialist to help with your account and handle any questions

• Your group’s Tour Director is an expert local guide, helps handle tour

logistics and is with the group 24 hours a day

• We’ve worked with schools in Marshfield in the past

• We have more than 50 years of experience in educational travel

• We are more than 35,000 staff, educators, and Tour Directors worldwide

• EF operates in more than 50 countries worldwide

Meet the EF Explore America team

• Full-time Tour Director

– With our group 24 hours a day, from

arrival to departure

– Trained to handle on-tour emergencies

• Professional overnight security

– Additional security dedicated exclusively

to our group

• Local offices

– Our tour group will have the support of a

network of local offices across America,

including an office in downtown DC

Keeping students safe

• 24/7 Emergency Service

– Additional emergency support is always

just a phone call away

• Travel ID badges & backpacks

– EF Explore America ID badge provides

helpful emergency contact information

– EF Explore America backpacks are

easily identifiable

Safety, continued

Chaperones FBMS Emergency Preparedness

• 8:1 student to chaperone ratio

• Each chaperone will be assigned to two

rooms of students (students rooming 4 to

a room)

• FBMS teachers, nurse, principal, and

guidance counselor attending

• Superintendent and school committee

members invited to attend

• Each student will have an Emergency

Preparedness Plan booklet in their daypack,

which will contain contingency plans, printed

itineraries, bus seating plan, list of nearby

hospitals, and rally point maps

• Each chaperone will have a student

photograph, emergency contact, and

medical information about each student in

their group

• Food allergies, other medical, and

educational accommodations will be taken

into consideration and planned for

Tour Itinerary / Day 1

• Assemble at Furnace Brook Middle to depart around 11:30pm on Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 and depart at 11:59 on June 6th, 2017

• Chaperones distribute $10for breakfast en route to DC

• Learn about the Smithsonian Institution during an introduction by your Tour Director

• Visit the Smithsonian museum of your choice, which may include:

• Natural History Museum

• American History Museum

• Lunch in Washington, DC @ American History Museum

• Take a tour of Tidal Basin Memorials:

• FDR Memorial

• MLK Memorial

• Jefferson Memorial

• Dinner in Washington, DC

• Hotel

Tour Itinerary / Day 2

• Breakfast at your hotel• Visit Arlington National Cemetery and

witness the changing of the guard• Wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of

the Unknown Soldier• Visit the Marine Corps War Memorial • Enjoy lunch at Pentagon City Mall• Smithsonian Air & Space Museum• Dinner @ Bertucci’s• FBMS band performance on the steps

of the Lincoln Memorial• Vietnam War Memorial• Lincoln Memorial• Korean War Memorial

• Return to hotel

Tour Itinerary / Day 3

• Breakfast at your hotel

• Visit to Capitol Hill

• U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Library of Congress

Lunch @ Potbelly’s Sandwiches

• Say goodbye to the city and head home

to Marshfield!

Round-trip motorcoach transportation

Safe, quality hotel rooms

Breakfast, lunch, & dinner daily (as itinerary

specifies)

Full-time Tour Director

Sightseeing tours led by licensed guides

On-tour transportation

Professional overnight security

What does the Program Fee include?

Tour backpack, luggage tag & ID badge

Illness and Accident Coverage

24-hour emergency assistance

$1 million consumer protection plan

All taxes and gratuities

Convenient Monthly Payment Plan

Personal, secure online Giving Page

(Program fee does not include: personal spending money, Anytime Protection Plan)

• $79 for bus groups

• Cancel at any time, for any reason

• Receive a full refund (minus any Non-Refundable Fees)

• See booking conditions or call the Traveler Support Team

(1.888.333.9756) for complete details on this highly

recommended protection plan

Anytime Protection Plan

Our tour

Departure date:

Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 11:59

pm.

Return date:

Friday, June 9, 2017

Departure city:

Marshfield, MA

TOUR DETAILS

Student Program Fee:

$615

$65/month

Adult Program Fee:

$815

$90/month

Anytime Protection Plan:

$79 (not included)

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?

Payment options

EF’S AUTOMATIC PAYMENT PLAN MANUAL PAYMENT PLAN

• $99 deposit upon enrollment

• Program Fee divided into manageable

monthly or bi-weekly payments

• Flexible plan withdrawal dates

• Convenient payments automatically

charged to an ATM/debit card or

checking account

• Free, and no late fees

• Final due date extended up to 25 days

before departure

• $99 deposit upon enrollment

• $250 total paid to account 30 days after

enrollment

• Payments charged using ATM/debit

card, checking account or credit card

• $20 plan fee and late fees ranging from

$40-85 if payments not received by due

dates

• Final due date 75 days prior to

departure

Your personal account

Log in at EFExploreAmerica.com to:

• Learn more about your destination

• Make online payments

• Enroll in the Monthly Payment Plan

• Track important dates and information

• Purchase the Anytime Protection Plan

• Connect to your Giving Page

Fundraising

A Giving Page for every traveler

• Easy and secure

• Enrolled travelers receive an email with a link

to a secure contribution page to share with family

and friends

• You can also access the page from your personal

account website

• Works easily with the Monthly Payment Plan

Fundraising, continued

Fundraising opportunities will be offered

throughout the year to fund expenses related to

the trip, offer trip scholarships, and possibly

reduce the ticket cost for individual students

Wreath Fundraiser due by October 7, 2016

Scholarship Applications due by October 12, 2016

• $30,000 awarded annually

• Students selected based on response to

essay question and financial aid application

• Online

EFExploreAmerica.com

• Phone

1.888.333.9756

• Mail

EF Explore America

EF Center

One Education Street

Cambridge, MA 02141

How do you enroll?

You can find this box

on our homepage.

Tour number: 1890285CA

Enrollment deadline: 10/12/2016

We will accept applications for parent chaperones by submitting a

DC Parent Chaperone Application and CORI.

Please fill out the application and return to Meg Kenney by

October 12, 2016 by 2:20 pm.

Parent chaperones will be chosen by lottery and notified by email.

Parent Chaperones

Questions?