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please "check off" the name of your student

Stowe Trip - Parent Meeting. After picking up a packet. please "check off" the name of your student. and find a seat. Have a pen or pencil. handy as we will be going over some information. that may be important for your son or daughter.

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please "check off" the name of your student

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  1. Stowe Trip - Parent Meeting After picking up a packet... please "check off" the name of your student and find a seat. Have a pen or pencil handy as we will be going over some information that may be important for your son or daughter. Please turn in your insurance forms and balance payment at this time, and check that your room assignment and home phone number in the phone chain are both accurate.

  2. January 14-17, 2011

  3. Chaperones: 215-896-3785 Mr. Scott Swindells 215-353-0723 Mrs. Suzanne Gatto Mr. Christopher Miss Howell and the staff of...

  4. AREA DETAILS Alpine Skiing: Yes Snowboarding: Yes Night Skiing: Yes Restricted Areas: No Heli-Skiing: No Cross Country: 80 km Snow Tubing: No PARKS & PIPESTerrain Park: Yes Half Pipe: Yes MOUNTAIN STATISTICSBase Elevation: 1,280 ft (390 m) Summit Elevation: 4,395 ft (1,340 m) Vertical Drop: 2,360 ft (719 m) Skiable Area: 480 acres (194 hectares) Annual Snowfall: 260 in (660 cm) Snowmaking: 73 % Number of Lifts: 12 Uphill Lift Capacity: 12,326 per hour Types of Lifts: 3 Surface LIFTS6 Double Chairs1 Triple Chair1 HiSpeed Quad1 Gondola (8 people) Number of Trails: 48 Longest Run: 19,700 ft (6,005 m) TRAIL RATINGSEasiest:  16% More Difficult:  59% Most Difficult:  25%

  5. Transportation: Joe & Jan's Bus departs from North Penn 3 p.m. Jan. 14 Bus returns to North Penn Midnight Monday

  6. Students are to store bags and equipment in theatre dressing rooms, behind the auditorium, on Friday morning. Please make arrangements to drop off equipment before 7:25 a.m. so security can check everything and students can board the bus and depart promptly after school. Nothing goes on the bus without being inspected! The dressing rooms are on the 1st floor of F-Pod, near the doors to K-Pod.

  7. What to bring: In past years, the temperature at Stowe has been below zero, with 2-3 feet of snow falling on some days! Please plan ahead and bring appropriate clothing for all conditions! GLOVES, COAT, SWEATERS, LONG-JOHNS, GATORS, FACE MASKS, LONG SLEEVE T-SHIRTS, HAND/FOOT WARMERS, SCARVES, HATS, GOGGLES Prevent Frostbite! BE PREPARED TO COVER ALL SKIN!!!

  8. Lodging: We will be staying at ... I LOVE this place!!!

  9. Amenities at the Commodores Inn, Stowe, VT A visit to the Commodores Inn includes use of the indoor pool, hot tubs, sauna, locker rooms and game room.Meals included: buffet breakfast and dinner Friday & Saturday, breakfast Sunday at the hotel dining room.

  10. EAGLESGame The TV room The hotel rooms The indoor pool

  11. We would like you to review the room list and let us know if there are any problems tonight before you leave, so please stick around!

  12. Don't forget money for rest areas & lunch on the mountain! We usually stop for a sit-down dinner on the return trip Monday night!

  13. Cell phones do not always work in the mountains! …so students will have to make a collect call or use a phone card.  There are no phone charges allowed from the hotel. Only room to room.

  14. And now for some rules... You will find that the club is following the same rules enforced by our advisors for 9 years, Nancy Detwiler for 5 years, and Nancy Byron for 7 years before. Students who cause a problem or fail to follow the rules will be sent home at their parents' expense!

  15. It should go without saying (but it won't)... North Penn Ski & Board Club & Banchi Tours run a drug- and alcohol-free trip!

  16. Listen to the bus driver!

  17. OBEY SKI PATROL AT ALL TIMES!

  18. Do not ski alone! Parents, please talk with your son or daughter about what level at which he or ski should ski. Agree ahead of time on what slopes your student may ski. As chaperones will not be able to ski with all 53 students at once, so making the right choices on the slopes will ultimately be up to him or her. Do NOT ski alone! The Ski & Board Club presented a safety clinic at its second meeting, so club members should know how to classify themselves as skiers. Parents, please raise the issue with your students before the trip!

  19. Stay on marked trails only!

  20. However, at the inn… If a boy and girl are in a room together... ...the door must be open!

  21. At curfew, chaperones will check that all students We WILL are in their own rooms. be taping Students who open doors! their doors or leave their rooms at any point during the night will not be permitted to ski the following day!

  22. Important Announcements: Any students who need rentals should see me after this meeting! ALL students must turn in their medical permission forms! Please see me if you have any outstanding HOOF obligations! Remember — cell phones do not always work in the mountains! Please make sure we have your current phone number as we will call from the road if the bus is running late!

  23. Know anyone interested in skiing... February 16-20, 2011 ? Please continue to help out the North Penn Ski & Board Club! Sign-ups for our BIGGEST trip of the year will take place on January 20 at 2:30 p.m. in room K-026. $579 per person includes... Travel on Joe & Jan's Luxury Coach Lodging in mountainside cabins FOUR days of skiing!

  24. Any Questions?

  25. Be sure to buy a sweatshirt for your son or daughter! Help keep club fees low! (Back) Limited Edition- JUST $25!

  26. Don't forget ... Turn in an insurance form tonight! Check the list of your roommates tonight! Turn in your field trip permission form tonight!

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