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Quebec City Trip - Parent's Night. 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. February 16 – 20, 2012. Quebec City, Canada.
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Quebec City Trip - Parent's Night 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.
Quebec City, Canada A great winter escape!
Monte Sainte Anne: Offers over 2000 vertical feet of skiing & riding on over 60 slopes & trails served by 13 lifts including an 8 passenger high speed gondola. Snowmaking covers 85% of the area, the longest trail is 3 1/2 miles, and the Snowboard Park will offer something for every level of rider. • Stoneham: Offers 1380 vertical feet of skiing & riding on 36 slopes and trails served by 9 lifts and access to four terrain parks. Snowmaking covers almost 905 of the area, trails are 20% green, 23% blue, 40% black and 17% double black, terrain parks include one-kilometer boarder-cross course, 1 super half pipe with 17-foot walls, 15 rails, 10 table tops and a junior park.
Statistics • Top Elevation 2,075 ft | 632 m • Bottom Elevation 695 ft | 212 m • Vertical Rise 1,380 ft | 421 m • Area Size 9 lifts | 36 trails | 326 acres Longest Run 10,502 feet • Terrain Park Yes • Halfpipe Yes • Trail Difficulty 20% 23% 40% 17%
Monte Sainte Anne Statistics • Top Elevation 2,625 ft | 800 m • Bottom Elevation 575 ft | 175 m • Vertical Rise 2,050 ft | 625 m • Area Size 13 lifts | 64 trails | 450 acres Longest Run 19000 feet • Terrain Park Yes • Halfpipe Yes • Trail Difficulty 23% 46% 18% 13%
Chaperones: Scott Swindells 215-896-3785 Todd Gibson Brian Christopher Amy Young Anya Assous and the on-site staff of...
Lodging: We will be staying at ... The Quebec City Hilton Centrally located in Quebec City facing Parliament, the Hilton is one minute's stroll from the old walled city and 3 blocks from the nightlife and eateries of the Grande Allee. Every room has a view of either the St. Lawrence River, the Laurentian Mountains or Old Quebec. The hotel is connected to the Place Quebec, a modern underground-shopping complex. Hotel facilities include: Guestrooms with individual climate control, remote control color TV, coffee maker, radio, wake-up service, in-room movies and Playstations. Health club with modern exercise equipment, sauna and outdoor heated pool open all year round. Less formal restaurant serving hot and coldbuffet in addition to an a la carte menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Meals are not included... Breakfasts will be available for $10 each day at the resort. Meals on the bus at rest areas AND lunch on the mountain are “on your own,” but dinner will be together each night. Joe from Banchi will be giving us menu options at around $10 per night for dinner. We will either take the bus somewhere and eat dinner together, or reserve a dining room in the hotel. Students may need $150 for food over the five days.
Basic Itinerary 2/16 - Leave NPHS at 3 pm, travel to Quebec City, check in and immediate curfew. 2/17 – 8:15 am bus to ski Stoneham. Breakfast & lunch on the mountain. Bus will return to hotel at lift close time. Dinner at 6 pm at hotel. Students may use game room, pool and spa, or hang out in rooms. 11 p.m. curfew. 2/18 – 8:15 am bus to ski Mt. Ste. Anne. Breakfast & lunch on the mountain. Bus will return to hotel at lift close time. 7 pm dinner at restaurant, then explore old walled city. Bus back to hotel for 10 p.m. meeting – VOTE where to ski on Sunday. 11 p.m. curfew. 2/19 – 8:15 am bus to ski Mt. Ste. Anne OR Stoneham. Breakfast & lunch on the mountain. Bus will return to hotel at lift close time. 7 pm dinner at restaurant or hotel. 11 p.m. curfew 2/20 – Load bus for return trip, check out at 8:15 a.m. and board bus for return trip. Arrive in NPHS parking lot around 8 p.m.
Transportation: Tour World Bus departs from North Penn 3 p.m. February 16 Bus returns to North Penn 8 p.m. February 20
Ski here Stay here We would like you to review your rooming assignments and tell us if the people with whom you will be rooming are compatible. If there are any problems, see us before you leave!
What to bring: The temperature for February 16-20in Quebec City is expected to be between 20 and 30 degrees, with lows reaching about 8 degrees. However, weather can change! 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!!!
Students are to store bags and equipment in Theater Dressing Rooms for security inspection before reporting to first period on Thursday. After school, students will begin to board the bus in front of K-pod. Nothing goes on the bus that security has not checked. Once security has checked all bags, students can board the bus and depart promptly around 3 pm.Nothing goes on the bus without being inspected! You must travel light. We have every seat on this bus filled. One bag and equipment under, one carry-on. Let’s get the wheels rolling by 3 p.m.!
To get into the country … UPDATED TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: http://www.travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html For travel to Canada, US citizens should have one of the following for proof of US citizenship: 1) Valid US Passport 2) Original copy of a birth certificate (that is, one with a raised seal) AND a picture ID… driver’s license works well. 3) Non-U.S.-citizens should check with their countries’ consulates for travel document requirements.
Cell phones will most likely be ROAMING in Canada! …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.
And now for some rules... NORTH PENN HIGH SCHOOLSKI & BOARD CLUB Students who cause a problem or fail to follow the rules will be sent home at their parents' expense!
It should go without saying (but it won't)... North Penn Ski & Board Club & Banchi Tours run a drug- and alcohol-free trip!
Do not ski alone! Parents, please talk with your son or daughter about the level at which he or ski should ski. Agree ahead of time about what slopes on which your student may ski, as chaperones will not be able to ski with all 80 students at once, so making the right choices on the slopes will ultimately be up to him or her. Chaperones will be communicating with students via walkie-talkies purchased by the club under Nancy Detwiler, so we are encouraging students to ski in groups so that a chaperone will always be able to be notified if needed. Do NOT ski alone! The Ski & Board Club presented a safety clinic at its first meeting, so club members should know how to classify themselves as skiers. Parents, please raise the issue with your students before the trip!
If a boy and girl are in a room together... ...the door must be open!
At curfew, chaperones will check in with We WILL every room. 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!
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 will probably be ROAMING! Please make sure we have your current phone number as we will call from the road if the bus is running late!
STILL OWE MED FORMS! PASTE A LIST HERE ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING
STILL OWE PAYMENTS! PASTE A LIST HERE ON THE DAY OF THE MEETING
Anyone interested in skiing... March 2-4, 2012 ? Please continue to help out the North Penn Ski & Board Club! We need about 10-20 more students to fill all the hotel rooms we’ve reserved for this incredible trip. If you know any students who might be interested, please see Mr. Swindells in Room D-18 A.S.A.P.! $289 per person includes... Travel on Easton Coach Bus Lines Most meals & all hotel accommodations TWO days of skiing at the BEST resort in the East!
Don't forget ... Did you turn in Medical Permission Form? Did you review the Phone Chain and Room List? Do you have any obligations? Is your passport current? Have you paid in full?