Dear East Coast trip family,
In a little less than two months, we will depart for our big adventure to
As I indicated to many families at the end of last school year and at the beginning of this, I spend a lot of time from the fall until now NOT communicating with you. This was only because I wanted to wait until we were 100% certain of everyone going on our trip. I don't want to start sending out e-mails, getting kids excited, and signing up roommates if we have students who are dropping from the trip. Believe me, you will receive at least WEEKLY e-mails from me between now and Spring Break, and you'll get several updates each day we're on the trip, so I will more than make up for it!
The good news is we now know FOR CERTAIN who is going on our exciting adventure, so it's now time for me to let you know about two important dates:
Tuesday, February 16, lunch, my classroom (B-7) –ROOMMATE meeting
This is what so many students have been waiting for! Bring your lunch, and meet everyone who is going on the trip. We have 24 girls going on the trip (exactly six rooms of four) and 14 boys (two rooms of four, two rooms of three). We will start with an icebreaker to get to know everyone, and then we’ll get down to the business of choosing roommates. You bring your lunch; I’ll provide dessert.
Thursday, March 18, 7:00pm, Rio Norte Library – Pre-Departure Meeting
Organized by USA Educational Adventures, and hosted by both myself and our tour company rep, this meeting will go over the specifics of the trip. We finally get to see our exact itinerary, hotel and flight information, and all that good stuff. Now that we know for sure everyone who is going on the trip, our tour company is working hard right now to get us the very best flights and hotels possible.
Here is my very IMPORTANT request right now: please e-mail me back just to simply say, “Yes, you have the right e-mail address, Mr. Ippolito.” I will be using e-mail quite a bit from this point on, not only to share important trip information with you, but also to share photos and trip updates with parents while we’re back East. It’s very important that I have an e-mail address that your family checks regularly. Also, please let me know if you like to add an additional e-mail address (other parent, child going on trip) to get all this information as well.
If you ever miss one of these e-mails, it gets accidentally deleted, or you wonder if maybe you missed one, you can see an archive of every message on my Ippolito trip website, http://trippolito.blogspot.com. Trip with Ippolito? trippolito? Get it? :-) In the coming weeks, this website will be full of other great resources, too, including trip photos and real-time trip updates.
This is a big trip, and you are placing your child into my care for a week. Please feel free to e-mail me at rippolito@gmail.com (this is the e-mail address I check wherever I go) or call or text message me directly at the number I sent you via e-mail if you ever have any questions about the trip.
Cheers,
Ron Ippolito
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