Depoali Middle School Music Department – CHOIR INFORMATION AND ITINERARY
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8 Grade Disneyland Trip 2015
April 30 – May 3, 2015
Contact Information & Locations – put these numbers in your phone please
Ms. Wolk (Marangellisantos) – 775-984-5777
Mr. Barthel –775-240-8617
Ms. Karl - 775-393-9358
Hotel: Quality Inn & Suites Anaheim / 1441 S Manchester Ave. / Anaheim, CA 92802 / Phone: (714) 991-8100
Disneyland: Phone: (714) 781-4636
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ITINERARY (subject to change):
Thursday, April 30, 2015 (Wear comfy clothes for bus ride)
9:30pm
Mandatory student & parent meeting in Depoali
Cafeteria
10:30pm Load bus and Depart Depoali
11:00pm LIGHTS OUT AND QUIET ON BUS
Friday, May 1, 2015 (Wear your CHOIR t-shirt & closed toe shoes)
7:30am
Wakeup/Breakfast stop and change into KDMS
CHOIR SHIRT for the day (you bring items to
eat for breakfast on the bus)
8:40am
Arrive at Disneyland/CA Adventure
9:00-10:30am
Orchestra Clinic (in California Adventure back lot)
CHOIR IS IN CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE
10:30am
11:30am-1pm
2:00pm
4:00pm
8:45pm
10:00pm
Band meets at Tower of Terror Gate for clinic
Band Clinic (in California Adventure back lot)
Lunch on your own in Disneyland before 1:30
CHOIR MEETS AT FRONT GATES OF CA
ADVENTURE FOR MANDATORY CHECK IN
Mandatory water/bathroom break. Dinner on
your own in Disneyland between 4 and 6:30pm
Meet at front of CA ADVENTURE to head back
to hotel
IN ROOM, Lights out & Quiet
Saturday, May 2, 2015 (Wear the green trip t-shirt &
comfortable closed-toe shoes)
7-8am
Wakeup & Breakfast at hotel (breakfast included)
DO NOT LEAVE YOUR ROOM OR EVEN OPEN YOUR DOOR
until your chaperone gets you. You MUST leave your room neat.
Breakfast
Room Check & Load Bus
Boys Rm 1-7
Boys Rm 8-17
Girls Rm 1-9
Girls Rm 10-21
7:30am
7:45am
8:00am
8:15am
7:50am
8:05am
8:20am
8:35am
8:40am Meet chaperone in parking lot. Depart with chaperone.
9:10am
MEET AT COMPASS BETWEEN PARKS FOR
CHOIR CLINIC AND WORKSHOP
9:30am-12:30pm CHOIR WORKSHOP (Includes VIP rides on
Tower of Terror, Grizzly River Run, and Redwood
Creek Challenge Trail; bring a snack and water bottle
of your own please)
12:30pm CHOIR MEETS FOR CHECK IN
Lunch on your own in Disneyland before 2pm
2:00 pm Mandatory water/bathroom break
4:00pm CHOIR MEETS FOR MANDATORY CHECK IN
(LOCATION TBD) Dinner on your own in
Disneyland between 4:30 and 7pm.
7:30pm Mandatory water/bathroom break
11:45pm Meet to head to buses, load and head home
Saturday, May 3, 2015
12:00am Depart Disneyland (you may change on bus)
9:30am
Arrive at Depoali (we will have students call/text
when we are 30 minutes out)
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COST
INCLUDES
-Bus
-Friday Hotel
-Disneyland and California’s Great Adventure
Park Tickets (2 Day Park-Hopper)
-Performing Arts Tickets (for students only)
-Saturday Breakfast at Hotel
-a $10 Disney meal voucher (newly added, will
be given to students on Saturday for lunch)
NOT
-BREAKFAST & Lunch on Friday
INCLUDED: -Dinner on Friday/Saturday
-Snacks – ESPECIALLY DURING WORKSHOP
-Souvenirs
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PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY AND
CHECK OFF AS YOU PACK ITEMS. *
(ITEMS ON THE LEFT ARE SUGGESTED FOR BUS, ON THE
RIGHT ARE SUGGESTED FOR YOUR SUITCASE)
WHAT TO BRING: -Comfy APPROPRIATE clothes for the bus
-Backpack to carry on bus & to use in the park
-Small pillow/blanket for bus
-NUT-FREE Snacks for bus ride there, resealable drinks (no energy drinks allowed)
-Zip up Sweatshirt or Jacket
-Cell phone & Charger
-Dark Blue Choir shirt for Friday (you’ll wear
this all day Friday – do not pack in suitcase)
-Breakfast items for Friday Morning on bus
-Portable DVD player/Kindle or Nook/handheld
gaming device etc. for bus with headphones
-Sunglasses and Sunscreen (spf 15 or better)
-Bright Green Trip T-shirt (you’ll wear this all day Saturday)
-PJs and clean undergarments
-Shorts and jeans with deep pockets to hold phones/money/etc.
-Socks & comfortable closed-toed shoes/sneakers
-At least $80 for food, plus any extra spending money
-Ziplock bag for your phone/camera on water rides
-Gum or mints
-Hairbrush or comb (hair ties, barrettes, bobby pins etc. as necessary)
- DEODORANT and Toothbrush and Toothpaste! (the hotel provides
shampoo/soap/conditioner/lotion)
-Medications (as cleared on medical forms)
-Snack and Bottled (plastic) water for workshop day and bus ride
home (bottles can be refilled throughout the day)
Write other items you don’t want to forget: _____________________
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*Bring your backpack to carry on the bus with you. Items in your small suitcase go beneath the bus and are not easily accessible.
Last update: April 27, 2015
Trip Rules and Guidelines
**ALL SCHOOL & DISTRICT RULES WILL BE OBSERVED ON THIS TRIP!!!**
Chaperones
-We will have 38 adults on this trip including Mr. Barthel, Ms. Karl, Ms. Wolk (Marangellisantos) and Mr. Scarbrough
-Each student will be assigned a chaperoned group for the trip. You MUST remain with that group, NO EXCEPTIONS.
-All chaperones are cleared by the district to be with our students on an overnight trip.
General Expectations
-Respect others and act with courtesy at all times.
-Rules are in place to ensure that everyone can enjoy the trip they paid for.
-When in doubt if something is ok ask your chaperone or your teacher!
Bus Expectations
-Seating will go: chaperones first and then students
-If at any point you misbehave, you will be reassigned in your seat away from other students.
-Don’t use a product or spray with a strong smell, it could cause allergic reaction in such a confined space.
-Keep our buses clean!
-Any phones/MP3/DVD/handheld game players must be used with headphones
Park Expectations
-Follow all meeting times and check-in times.
-You must wear your choir shirt on Friday and your trip shirt on Saturday – NO EXCEPTIONS
-Never go anywhere by yourself and when in doubt, call or check in with your chaperone or teacher!
-You must stay with your assigned chaperone group at all times. Groups are allowed to travel together and can mingle on
rides and within “worlds”, but students must remain with their assigned chaperone group.
Hotel Expectations
-You are allowed to go in your room only.
-You are not to get in the pool unless a chaperone is present.
-Do not make calls from your hotel room phone unless it is to your chaperone with a problem/question.
-We will not be the only people in the hotel, keep your noise down so others can enjoy their stay.
-Do not leave your hotel room past curfew (call your chaperone if you have a problem).
Serious Infractions
-The following violations will result in the student being sent home at your parent’s expense:
-Any broken law: possession or use of drugs alcohol or tobacco. Theft, vandalism, etc.
-Park Violations: leaving the park bounds during any time without your chaperone.
-Other violations will result in the student staying by a chaperone’s side for the trip:
-Hotel violations: leaving your room after curfew, going in anyone else’s hotel room
-Being late to a trip meeting time, the hotel calling about poor behavior, unsafe behavior, rudeness to a chaperone,
etc.
-Leaving your pre-assigned chaperone group at any time. You must stay with YOUR group.
Last update: April 27, 2015