Overview:
We will be visiting
three cities-
During our trip, we
will visit many famous tourist spots- such as the Empire State Building in NYC,
visit world-famous museums- such as the Smithsonian in Washington DC,
experience local cuisine- such as cheese steaks in Philly, and visit many US
historical locations- Independence Hall in Philly.
There will be 25
students and 4 chaperones on this trip.
We will leave late Saturday, March 31, 2007 from
In the evenings,
students and chaperones will be staying in hostels and hotels depending on the
city. For meals, all of us will be
eating together in small and large groups.
Students will be expected to pay for most of their own meals but
chaperones will be hosting a few meals- one in NYC and one in
Trip Leader:
Chaperones:
TO BRING:
Check for NYU- $55
Check for the Met-
$270
TO DO:
Organize carpools
to and from Burbank (Jessica)
Transportation from
JFK à NYC (Jessica)
Transportation from
DC à IAD (Jessica)
Get hotel in
Email Naya Bloom-
March 13 Luncheon
Email Jeff Shell to
confirm tickets for Phillies game (Tommy)
Contact Fordham
Contact
Ask Joshua Fein
from NYU about classroom visits
Interview student
for career interests and extra-curricular activities
FLIGHT INFORMATION
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Outbound- JET
BLUE Group Name: Ánimo Venice 29 people Conf No.: QGT1DA Sat, March 31st,
2007 One-Way Flight 9:00pm
Depart (BUR) 5:04am
Arrive (JFK) |
Inbound- DELTA Group Name: Ánimo Venice 28 people Conf No.: 3KAYT8 Saturday, April 7th,
2007 One-Way Flight Flight 939 Leave 3:50pm
Washington (IAD) Transfer at
6:47pm Flight 3897 @ 9:59pm Arrive 10:14pm |
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Date |
School |
Meals
& Sleep |
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Saturday, March
31 |
Arrive at Animo
Venice at 5:30pm Leave by 6:00pm Shuttle to |
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Sunday, April 1 |
Arrive in NYC and
go directly to Jazz on the Town to drop off luggage Sight-seeing in
NYC (afternoon) – Tour guide: Ms.
Mack Start at Explore Midtown
Manhattan- Times Square & Broadway area Walk up to Evening events- Group #1- Hosted
dinner at the Cornell Club by Ms. Sawyer ( Group #2- Mama’s Foodshop ( Evening Debrief-
Ms. Mack |
Breakfast- on the
go Lunch- on the go Dinner- in groups New York- Jazz on
the Town |
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Monday, April 2 |
Information
Session and Guided Tour 9:15am – 10:45am
Tour Classroom visits
possible We may skip Sight-seeing
(afternoon) – Ellis Island
& Statue of Tour guide: Mr.
Kannofsky Evening events – HOSTED
MEAL Group #1- Chinatown
& Dinner @ Joe’s Group #2- Lombardi’s
Pizza (32 Spring St.) Evening Debrief-
Ms. Mack |
Breakfast- Lunch- Katz’s
Deli ( Dinner- in groups New York- Jazz on
the Town |
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Tuesday, April 3 |
Explore the 10:15am Exploring Art Guided Tour 2pm Information
session confirmed 3pm Tour
confirmed 3:30 Tour for those interested Evening events – ??? Tour guide: Ms.
Sawyer Evening Debrief-
Ms. Chang |
Breakfast- Lunch- on the go Dinner- open!!! New York- Jazz on
the Town |
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Wednesday, April
4 |
Travel in morning
via Greyhound- 29 tickets 7:00am one bus; 9:00am
two buses; 10:00am one bus Departure to Drop off luggage
at Courtyard Marriott and go to lunch http://www.temple.edu/about.html 2:00 Self-guided tour- Information mailed to us. Tour guide: Ms.
Sawyer Phillies vs. Braves game at Dollar Dog Night 7:05PM Evening Debrief-
Ms. Sawyer |
Breakfast- Lunch- Reading
Terminal Market or Dinner- Gino’s
Steakhouse or Pat’s King of Steak Philadelphia-
Courtyard Marriott, |
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Thursday, April 5 |
http://www.upenn.edu/about/welcome.php Tour of campus &
Attend classes Information
session- 9:45am – 11:00am Undergrad
admissions Guided Tour
afterwards 11:00 – 12:00 Annette De La
Torre and Lambda Phi Epsilon Classroom visits
1-3pm: http://www.admissionsug.upenn.edu/visiting/other.php Sight-seeing (late
afternoon) – Group #1- Tour guide: Mr.
Chang Group #2- Tour guide: Mr.
Kannofsky Sight-seeing
(evening)- Evening Debrief-
Ms. Sawyer |
Breakfast- at
hotel Lunch- Houston
Hall or Dining Hall Philadelphia-
Courtyard Marriott, |
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Friday, April 6 |
Travel in morning
via Greyhound 7:45 one bus;
9:45 one bus Departure to http://www.georgetown.edu/home/about.html Self-guided tour-
Materials emailed to us. Tour guide: Ms.
Mack Sight-seeing (afternoon) The White House Tour guide: Mr.
Kannofsky Evening events-
HOSTED MEAL Group #1- Pizzeria Paradiso (3282 M St. NW) Old Ebbit Grill ( Group #2- Adams-Morgan Evening Debrief-
Mr. Kannofsky |
Breakfast- at
hotel Lunch- on the go Dinner- in groups |
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Saturday, April 7 |
George Washington
(morning) Self-guided tour
materials mailed to us. Info. has been e-mailed to us.
Tour guide: Mr.
Kannofsky Fly out in the
afternoon Debrief in
airport: Mr. Chang |
Breakfast- Lunch- at the
airport |
Grey Hound- 1-800-231-2222
NYC à Philly $18 per ticket
$526
Confirmation
#08160232
Philly à Washington DC Fifteen $25 tickets and
fourteen $12.50 tickets
$554
Confirmation
#08163484
Accommodations:
NYC- Three
Evenings- Sunday, April 1 – Tuesday, April 3
Jazz on the Town
307 East 14 Street,
Telephone:
1-212-228-2780
Spoke with Caruso
on 12/12/06
Contact: Claude
$2,871.00
215-496-3200
TBA
PLACES TO VISIT & EAT
The Empire State Building is a 102-story contemporary Art Deco style
skyscraper in New York City, Declared by the American Society of Civil Engineers
to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World.
Designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, it was finished
in 1931.
The tower takes its name from the nickname of New York
State. Since the World Trade Center was destroyed on September 11, 2001, it is again the
tallest building in
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is
one of the world's largest and most important art museums.
It is located on the eastern edge of Central Park
in Manhattan,
New York City,
United States.
The Met also maintains "The Cloisters",
which features medieval art. The Met's permanent
collection contains more than two million works of art from around the world.
The collection's holdings range from treasures of classical antiquity, like those represented in
its Greek and Cypriot
galleries, to paintings and sculptures from nearly all the European
masters, to an extensive collection of American
art. The collection also contains extensive holdings of Egyptian,
African,
Asian,
Oceanic,
Middle Eastern, Byzantine
and Islamic art.
Times Square is the name given to a principal
intersection, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets in the New York City
borough of Manhattan.
Like Red Square
in Moscow,
Champs-Elysées in Paris, Trafalgar
Square in London, or Tiananmen
Square in Beijing, Times Square has achieved the status of an iconic
world landmark and has become a symbol of New York.
Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892,
Ferry Service from
Fees for Ferry:
$11.50
In August 2006, the World Trade
Center Memorial Foundation and the Port Authority of New York and
Katz's Deli is a Jewish delicatessen
on the Lower East Side in the LoHo
section of New York City, located at 205 E. Houston Street, on the south-west
corner of Houston and Ludlow Streets, in Manhattan. Since its founding in 1888, it has become
popular among locals and tourists alike for its pastrami
sandwiches and hot dogs,
both of which are widely considered among
The first Joe's Shanghai was founded in
http://www.joeshanghairestaurants.com/
New York-style
pizza is a common style of pizza, originating from New York City.
This style is identified by its large, thin and flexible slices. The
traditional toppings are tomato sauce and mozzarella
cheese or a mix of provolone and white American
cheese. It is traditionally hand-tossed and light on sauce. The
slices are sometimes eaten folded in half, as its size and flexibility may otherwise
make it unwieldy to eat by hand. New York-style pizza is often sold by the
slice, which is typically an 18 inch or larger pizza cut into 8 slices. The first pizzeria in the
http://www.lombardispizza.com/
Independence Hall, officially known as the Pennsylvania State
House, is a
The Liberty Bell, located in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania,
is an American
bell of great historic significance. The
Liberty Bell is perhaps one of the most prominent symbols associated with the American Revolution and the American Revolutionary War. It is one of
the most familiar symbols of independence, nationhood and freedom within the
http://www.nps.gov/archive/inde/liberty-bell.html
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia's
Fairmount
Park, was founded in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year and
is now among the largest and most important art museums in the United States. Besides its architecture and collections, the
Philadelphia Museum of Art is well known for the role it played in a famous
scene in the film Rocky,
and also in four of its sequels, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rocky V
and Rocky Balboa.
Visitors to the museum can often be seen mimicking Rocky's
famous run up the front steps, now known locally as the Rocky Steps.
Reading Terminal Market is an enclosed farmers'
market found at 12th and Arch Streets in downtown Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
Over 80 merchants offer fresh produce, meats, fish, groceries, flowers, baked
goods, crafts, books, clothing, and specialty and ethnic foods. Every space in
the market is rented out; three of the vendors are descendants of original
market merchants. The market is open every day of the week.
http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/
Geno's Steaks has been a key member of the famous
Philadelphia Cheesesteak triad (Geno's,
Pat's, Jim's) for as long as memory serves. A typical topic of conversation
among Philadelphians is which one of these masters of the rib eye reigns
supreme. Some say Geno's sandwiches are bigger but
Pat's are better. Truth be told, any of the three do justice to the city's
signature sandwich. Located across from arch-nemesis Pat's in
The National Mall is an open-area national park
in downtown
Washington, D.C., the capital
of the United States. It is the site of gardens and
other greenery along with many Smithsonian museums,
national monuments
and memorials.
The National Mall refers specifically to the land stretching from the grounds
of the Washington Monument to the United States Capitol directly to the
east. However, the term commonly includes the areas that are officially part of
West Potomac Park and Constitution Gardens to the west, and
often is taken to refer to the entire area between the Lincoln
Memorial and the Capitol, with the Washington Monument providing a
division slightly west of the center.
The White House is the official home and principal
workplace of the President of the United States of
America. The house is built of white-painted Aquia
sandstone in the late Georgian style. It is located at
Recommendations
from STA:
4 nights in NYC -- Jazz on the Park Hostel -- $35 per night dorm
2 nights in Philly --
1 night in DC --
Megan Sears
Groups Coordinator
STA Travel
(800) 925-4777
www.statravel.com
20 girls
5 boys
Holiday Inn
Express- Philadelphia
1-800-345-8082
Free continental
breakfast, Internet, Bally’s fitness center, cable TV, video game, pool
8 rooms- double
beds
$179.00
Confirmation
#68894402, 68894692, 68894974
Yahoo Travel- Group
1-877-634-9434
Holiday Inn
Express- Philadelphia
Free continental
breakfast, Internet, Bally’s fitness center, cable TV, video game, pool,
non-smoking
8 rooms- double
beds
$154.00
Non-smoking
Embassy Suites-
Philadelphia
8 suites
$269.00 per room
Embassy
8 suites
$224.95 per room
Coach
(800) 877-1888 x7601
Contact: Evelyn
Approximate $2,475
plus accommodations for the driver
UNIVERSITIES TO VISIT
Rose Hill Campus
Marymount Campus
To schedule a tour, please go to the (printed)
calendar and select a campus and date.
You may also register by phone by calling 1-800-FORDHAM.
Undergraduate Admissions
Processing Center
(212) 998-4500
Janneth Johnson Contact: Curtis Wright 212
998 4343 or 212 998 4129
Group information
sessions and campus tours are offered Monday through Friday, except during
University holidays. Admissions representatives conduct the information
sessions, and are available at the end of each session to answer individual
questions. Tours are led by NYU students who are Admissions Ambassadors.
Reservations are required for an information session and/or tour. To arrange a
visit, use the http://events.embark.com/event/nyu/on_campus/
of our online reservation system or telephone us at (212) 998-4524.
Lenay
2960 Broadway
(212) 854-1754
Office
of Undergraduate Admissions
Office
of Undergraduate Admissions
212 Hamilton Hall
Phone: 212-854-2522
Fax: 212-854-3393
ugrad-ask@columbia.edu
213 Low Memorial Library
Phone: 212-854-4900
Any
group larger than ten must call the
Kip Conlon- kc2173@columbia.edu
212-854-4903
116th and
Elizabeth
Pili--- 212-854-1585 or
212 854-2522
3009 Broadway
212-854-5262
Office of
Admissions
Telephone: (212)
854-2014
Fax: (212) 854-6220
Current Barnard
students lead tours of campus Monday - Friday at 10:30am and 2:30pm. No
appointments are necessary. Tours depart from the Admissions
Office, 111 Milbank Hall. All tours last approximately one hour. A Barnard Admissions Counselor will walk you
through our application process and answer all your questions.
Information sessions are held Monday - Friday at 11:30am and 3:30pm. No
appointments are necessary. Information sessions convene in the Admissions
Office, 111 Milbank.
Schedule a visit to tour our campus and
residence halls; learn about our world-class academic programs; and speak with
our professional counselors.
Contact our Undergraduate Admission Office: 1 (888) 9STJOHNS; email visit@stjohns.edu:
Monday -
Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Presentations and tours at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
215-204-7000
Office
of Undergraduate
Broad St.
888-340-2222 or 215-204-7200
Groups of 10 of
more must book via our reservation phone line by calling (215) 204-4617. http://www.temple.edu/appdev/admissions/visits/event.asp?e=1
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Location: |
Temple University Main Campus |
|
Program |
Morning Visit |
215-898-5000
Office of
Undergraduate Admissions
1 College Hall
215.898.7507
All information sessions and tours
begin at the Office of Admissions, 1 College Hall, except for Sunday tours. For
group tours, please contact Sarah Walsh at
least two weeks prior to your visit at sarahw@admissions.upenn.edu.
2121 I Street
NW,
202-994-1000
The Visitor Center
The George
Academic Center
801 22nd Street, N.W.
(H Street entrance located in breezeway
across from Gelman Library entrance)
(202) 994-6602
Information
Sessions and Campus Tours are not available on weekends. Group will have to do a self-guided tour.
Jessica Lawrence-
jlawrenc@gwu.edu
Large groups need
to be scheduled.
37th and
O Streets,
NW
Phone: 202-687-3600 Fax: 202-687-5084
Campus
To make a special
group request, please complete and fax the printed form to our office at
(202)687-5084. All requests must be made in writing at least one month prior to
the expected visit date. Please note the following guidelines about special
group visits:
(202) 687-3600
Remi Hill
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Adriana’s Responsibilities:
Hotel Accomodations
Transportation (Vans
& Flights)
Format for binder
w/ Information- Essential elements
Weather / What to wear?
Rules and Expectations
Agenda / Itinerary
Maps
Overall budget for
each trip
Trip Leader’s Responsibilities:
Budget for Specific
Trips & Receive Payments
Follow Up on
Universities: Admissions & Tour Guides ; Possibly schedule interviews and panels
Set Up Binders
Budget- List of
itemized items
Transportation
(City to City)
Chaperone Responsibilities:
Head Counts all Day
Hold students to Rules
& Expectations / Student Accountability 24/7
Meet Schedule
Itinerary
Prescription
Medicine
Questions:
Ground
Transporation (
GPA
Freshman Year to
Junior Year (Fall) Cumulative
GPA 2.0 for CA trips ; GPA 3.0 for East Coast trip
Choices: 1, 2, 3
Focus on juniors!
Students with GPA’s
between 2.0 and 2.5 must increase GPA during first semester of junior year.
Approximate Costs:
(Includes
transportation and lodging.)
East Coast $650
Important Dates:
Nov Communication
Envelope: Explain Tours/Itineraries, GPA Requirements (2.5 East Coast, 2.0
Nov. 10 All information disseminated to 11th Graders in
advisory classes: Class Rankings & GPA, Eligibility Criteria, Important
Dates. If they have specific questions
come to Student Informational Meeting on Nov. 14
Nov 14th
Student Informational: College Tours (4:30-5:30pm)
Dec 1st
Parent Informational: College Tours
(6-7pm)
Feb 15th Eligibility
Letters- Include Cost, Choices, GPA rank / Include College Tour Contract
$200 already due
All money due Mar.
9
Created
by Mr. Chang