April 9, 2010

Well we are just under a year away from traveling to Peru!!

Thank you for your input into the survey and the results are....there was an overwhelming majority in favour of adding the two day extension. I will contact our EF Tour Consultant and have the two days added soon. Check your EF Tours account to make sure this gets added to your tour. I will be checking on this as well.

If you have any questions, please contact Leanne or myself.

Mark Leggette

Agenda for Peru Meeting

February 25, 2010
7:30 PM
Didsbury High School Library

Registrations
– Online demo and forms
– Payments (Peace of Mind Program, Travel Security)
- Final Registrations
- Web site information for travelers. (payments, etc.)

Review of Trip
- Lima
- Cuzco
- Pisac
- Machu Picchu
- Option – River Rafting
- Option – Puerto Maldonado – Amazon Lodge, rainforest
2 day extension cost is $575
- humanitarian activity??? (Franklin Roosevelt School in Lima)


Trip Expectations:
- students
- parents
- supervisors

Outline for next year:
- Passports, 6 months, scanned,
- Medical forms and medical information
- Presentations – Kenton Zandee (EF Tours), Peru Travelers (2), Contacts
- Student Presentations
- Forms, Checklists,

Questions

Hello and Happy New Year,

Great News - At the monthly Chinook's Edge School Board meeting last week, the School Board officially approved the trip to Peru. We can now continue with our registrations and planning.

The next 6 months should look like the following:

1. By the 25th of February everyone on our initial list will have an opportunity to sign up. I will contact anyone who hasn't signed up yet and remind them that they need to make a decision on whether to go or not.

2. On the 25th of February we have scheduled a meeting (7:30 PM in the library) to finish signing up travelers, discuss optional excursions, and outline the year of planning ahead.

3. After the 25th of February we will let anyone on the waiting list sign up for the remainder of the spots available.

4. We will try and have all registrations completed by the end of March.

5. In early April we will have a meeting to decide on optional excursions.

That should take us to the end of the school year. Other trip planning, completion of forms, and information sharing will happen over the course of the 2010-2011 school year.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on February 25th.

Mark Leggette and Leanne Jacobson