Here is a 7-minute slide show video of our 2010 Spring Break East Coast Trip. Enjoy!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
See you at Open House
Sunday, April 18, 2010
East Coast Trip videos
Enjoy!
Mr. Ippolito
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Ron Ippolito
Teacher/Yearbook Adviser, Rio Norte Junior High School
http://www.LincolnIsMyHomeboy.com
E-mail: rippolito@gmail.com
Voice/SMS: (661) 347-4990
Monday, April 12, 2010
East Coast Trip PARENT Survey
Mr. Ippolito
East Coast Trip Participant Survey
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East Coast Trip Reunion - Fri, 4/16
Mr. Ippolito
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Track our drive home
http://www.instamapper.com/ext?key=12811006476767482289 Estimated ETA is 11:00pm. Just a reminder to please turn your headlights on when you see the coach pull up and please keep the red curb clear. Sent from my iPhone
Ready for an on-time departure
Sitting in JFK airport
http://picasaweb.google.com/rippolito/EastCoastTrip2010Day5NewYorkCityNYC?aut... Our flight is still scheduled for an on-time departure. I'll post online if things change. I was also able to update the flight status link on my blog, so now if you go to http://trippolito.blogspot.com, you can track our flight in the air. Cheers,
Mr. Ippolito
Flight information
Friday, April 9, 2010
Kids are all in bed
And it's our final night on the East Coast. The Addams Family was hilarious tonight!
Mr Ippolito is very tired, so I'm afraid the final photos will have to wait until we come home. I will continue updates tomorrow on the blog, Facebook, and Twitter. This will be the best place to get updates on our travels home as well. I will have your child CALL YOU when we reach the 5-14 split. This will mean we are about 10-12 minutes away from school and that would be a good time to come on down. It's possible that the parking lot lights may be off late on a Saturday night, so if everyone could please turn their headlights on when the coach pulls up, then it will make the parking lot safer for everyone. Finally, please leave the red curb wide open for our coach to safely pull up. We'll see you tomorrow night! Cheers,Mr Ippolito
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Lunch and tour of Central Park
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Off to enjoy a real New York lunch!
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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Day 4 Photos uploading right now!
Day 4 Potos uploading right now!
uploading the photos right now. Enjoy our day in Philly. Tomorrow
we're off to the biggest city in the United States: New York City!
RVI
Great day today, late night tonight
At the National Liberty Museum
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Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Day 3 photos now online!
http://picasaweb.google.com/rippolito/EastCoastTrip2010Day3GettysburgAmishCou... RVI
Menu for tonight's dinner
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Photos are now online
today's photos are now online. You can link to them from the blog at:
http://trippolito.blogspot.com
Great day today! Tomorrow, Gettysburg and Amish Country!!
Cheers,
Mr. Ippolito
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Ron Ippolito
Teacher/Yearbook Adviser, Rio Norte Junior High School
http://www.LincolnIsMyHomeboy.com
E-mail: rippolito@gmail.com
Voice/SMS: (661) 347-4990
Day 2 done and photos now online
http://picasaweb.google.com/rippolito/EastCoastTrip2010Day2WashingtonDC?authk... Tomorrow, Gettysburg! RVI
Just finished dinner
National Cathedral facts
Just finished lunch
Rise and shine
Monday, April 5, 2010
Good first day on the East Coast!
We were pretty exhausted with our red-eye flight, but everyone still managed to make it through the first day of our East Coast Trip. We saw Arlington National Cemetery, Ford’s Theatre, the North Lawn of the White House, the Smithsonian Museum of American History, President Obama drive past us (well, I doubt he was actually driving, but you get the idea), the Iwo Jima Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Vietnam War Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and finished up with the Lincoln Memorial. Whew! That was a full day.
A couple things I spoke to the kids about today:
- Chewing gum. There are so many places that we go to that don’t allow it that we just say, “No gum while on tour” to make it easier on everyone. We’ve had most every student doing a great job with this, but we’ve had a couple kids “forget.”
- Cell phones. I tried to make it crystal clear prior to departure that cell phone use is limited to “transit time” in between major cities and in the hotel in the evening and morning. Had a couple kids with them out at lunch today.
- Sliding down the banister at the Lincoln Memorial. Banisters are for gripping as you descend stairs, not for use as an express lane. All railings and banisters are off-limits for sliding. I didn’t specifically mention that prior to the tour, but didn’t think I needed to.
- Name badges. Thankfully, only one student dropped his name badge on the ground, and thankfully a wonderful student from our group turned it into me. We’ve also had just a couple left accidentally on the coach. Everyone else has been very conscientious, but these are really important to keep on the entire tour.
A couple things we’ll remind about tomorrow (and you could help us with):
- We’re not forcing the kids to drink water at meals, so many of them are gravitating to soda. It was warm and humid today, and the temperature is supposed to go up tomorrow. Headaches are often the result of dehydration, and Coke at every meal is just going to make things worse (we even had some early-morning cola drinkers at breakfast!!). We’ll keep reminding about eating and drinking healthy, and hope you can too.
- Kids by and large have been very polite and considerate to those around us. We got big kudos from the flight crew last night and we’re hoping to keep up the good work.
- Stay to the right, stay to the right! If you text this to your child, they’ll know exactly what you mean. Sometimes when we walk in a group of 42, we tend to think we own the sidewalk. We need to continue to be mindful of those who are also enjoying our nation’s treasures.
Thanks for your help in continuing to reinforce positive behaviors and positive attitudes. Hope you’re enjoying the updates and photos! I will try to do the same again tomorrow!
RVI
Presidential motorcade
At the National Museum of American History
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DC is hopping today!
Senator Edward Kennedy's grave
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