Welty 8th Grade Students have the opportunity of touring Washington DC. The tour will depart Wednesday, May 3rd at approx. 6:30am and return Friday, May 5th at approx. 9:30pm.
* Chaperones are Welty School Staff (1 Adult per 10-12 Students)
* Lead Chaperone is Assistant Principal Mr. Neff
Tour Price Per Student: $535.00 (44-46 students per motorcoach)
Tour Includes 4-5 passenger Barons Bus Lines motorcoach transportation, 2 nights lodging at Crowne Plaza Hotel Greenbelt, Md. 8 meals: 2 Wednesday, 3 Thursday (* Including Medieval Times) 3 Friday, Private Hotel Security (2 nights), Nations Photo At Capitol Building pp, 3 Custom DC T-Shirts pp, Security via “ Student Watchers”, Traveling Classrooms Tour Manager Per Motorcoach, all taxes & gratuities…No Extras!
Pre-Trip Parent Meeting: Thursday, August 18th at 6:30pm in our school. Traveling Classrooms and Garaway Staff will discuss the trip schedule and answer questions. This meeting should last 30-45 minutes.
Registration/Payment/Refund Policies:
. ** Our preferred method of payment is through PaySchools which is available on www.npschools.org under the parent tab or by visiting https://payschoolscentral.com/. This method is the most convenient and allows you to pay electronically. All payments for the upcoming year can be made through PaySchools as well.
* $ 100.00 Non-Refundable Deposit Due October 7, 2022 * See refund policy
* $ 235.00 Refundable 2nd Payment Due January 20, 2023 * See refund policy
* $ 200.00 Refundable Balance Due March 24, 2023* See refund policy
REFUND POLICIES
Individual Refund Policy: The deposit is non-refundable. That deposit secures the transportation, lodging, meals and admissions per student. * 2nd Payment & Balance Refund Policy: Cancellation 29+ days from departure- Full 2nd Payment & Balance Refund. Cancellation 27-0 days- $50 refund. All refund requests must be emailed to: [email protected]
Group Refund Policy:
If school postpones and reschedules trip: Traveling Classrooms will transfer all payments to the new date. The school will select that date. No individual refunds will be issued.
If school cancels the trip with no reschedule date: Traveling Classrooms will retain $50 per student for all business costs. Traveling Classrooms will work with all vendors to recover and refund all other payments.
SIGHTSEEING AREAS:
Lincoln Memorial Capitol Building (TBA) FDR Memorial
American History Smithsonian Natural History Smithsonian MLK Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Wall Korea Memorial Udvar-Hazey Air/Space Smithsonian
White House * Outside Only Arlington Cemetery Marine Iwo Jima Statue
WWII Memorial National Archives Jefferson Memorial
Holocaust Building Air Force Memorial Pentagon Memorial
***Traveling Classrooms is our tour operator. They have been in business since 1986 handling approx. 75 tours every school calendar year. That number includes 55+ Washington DC Tours***