Thursday, September 24, 2015
Dear Parents/Guardians,
This letter is to inform you of the upcoming sixth grade field trip to The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. Attached to this letter is the North Penn School District Field Trip Permission Form.
IMPORTANT: It is necessary to return this form, and provide your consent, for your student to participate. School District policy prohibits students from attending field trips without parent/guardian permission.
The Sixth Grade field trip will take place on Thursday, October 8, 2015. Sixth grade students will attend The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, which takes place at the Mount Hope Estate in Manheim, Pennsylvania. This field trip is connected to the study of the Middle Ages and Medieval Times in Social Studies class.
The trip to the Manheim location takes two hours both ways. As a result, it is necessary for students to arrive at Oak Park before the school day and be picked up after the usual dismissal time.
NOTE: Parent/Guardian transportation is required for students to get to Oak Park and to be picked up following the field trip. No District transportation will be available.
Mount Hope Estate
A fantasy of Bygone Days and Knights: The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
2775 Lebanon Road, Manheim, PA
· Departure Time from Oak Park: approximately 7:00 AM
· Return Time to Oak Park: approximately 4:30 PM
· Please be in the school parking lot ten minutes before the scheduled return time.
NOTE: Please contact your student’s homeroom teacher if it is not possible to provide transportation at the specified times.
It is important that students be in school-appropriate attire and dressed for the predicted weather. Also, given the length of the bus trip, smaller back packs and electronics will be allowed. However, students are responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen property, so please select items carefully and reinforce individual responsibility.
We ask that you review the below District Field Trip Guidelines with your student.
· Student conduct will, at all times, reflect that they are ambassadors for the school while participating in the field trip.
· Students understand that the school expectations and rules of apply while on the trip.
Also, it is critical that time sensitive deadlines on the permission slip pertaining to the field trip be honored.
Please contact a member of the sixth grade team with questions.
Thank you.
Respectfully,
Mrs. Heil-
Mr. Huebner-
Mrs. Johnson-
Mrs. McKenna-
When: Thursday, October 8, 2015
Where: From Oak Park to The Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire (Mount Hope Estate/2775 Lebanon Road, Manheim, PA)
From: 7:00 AM to 4:30 PM
· Please be prepared to drop your student off no later than 7:00 AM in the bus circle.
· Please be prepared to pick your student up promptly at 4:30 PM in the bus circle.
What:
· Students should dress for the predicted weather in school appropriate attire.
· Students need a packed lunch, in a brown or plastic bag labeled with their name. No glass please.
· Students may bring small backpacks and electronic devices for the bus ride. NOTE: However, students are responsible for lost, damaged, or stolen property, so please select items carefully and reinforce individual responsibility.
· With the permission of parent/guardians, students may bring spending money. Items and activities at The Renaissance Faire are on the expensive side, and are not necessary to receive the benefits of the field trip. NOTE: Students may not purchase live animals or weapons/weapon-like items.