Field Trips & T-Shirts

Field Trip Information:

Field Trip Information (district guidelines)

Charter Bus Approval List

Forms (trip requests, bus seating chart, parent permission, etc)

Guest Speaker Request Form

Confidentiality Agreement Form- to be complete for field trip attendees other than parent / legal guardian

Volunteer Application -to be complete for field trip attendees other than parent / legal guardian

Instructions:

1. Check OPES Google Calendar for an open date with no events or other field trips and email requested trip date/time to Principal Secretary. No trips on Wednesdays; earliest depart time from OPES 9am and latest return time to school 1:30pm.

2. Complete & submit for pre-approval 2 FORMS (FT Request Form & Bus Transportation Request Form) IN-HOUSE & OFF CAMPUS TRIPS along with a quote from the FT site. Chaperone to Student ratio (1:5). Teachers need to estimate the bus cost @ $30/hour for each driver and gas @ $2.50/mile for each bus. Put in Mapquest for round trip mileage estimate. Once trip is approved by Kristie & District Office you will receive an email when it's approved and buses will then be reserved in the system. Bus Cancellation: you must contact transportation 24 hours in advance of the trip to cancel without bus charges.

3. SEND HOME FT Perm. Form to parents at least 3-4 weeks prior to trip. Collect forms and encourage parents to pay online. Any money collected in classrooms (send in colored $ envelope to office/Prin. Secr.). No student will be denied access because of nonpayment. - talk with Principal.

4. NURSE - Turn in all FT Perm Forms to nurse 2 weeks prior to trip for medication reasons. Nurse Note: ALL Teachers MUST be trained prior to leaving on your first field trip (see nurse for scheduling). If you are waiting on only a couple forms, please send all that you have to nurse with a note on the ones that you are missing.

5. Email staff of trip date/time and let related arts team & cafeteria know if you will be attending their classes or eating lunch at OPES.

6. CHAPERONES planning to attend field trip MUST sign in through Ident-A-Kid anytime prior to the trip. Provide a list of chaperones/parents to Bebe Levy, so she can check off names from the list as they sign in. Chaperone payments will not be available for online payment at this time.

7. BUS SEATING CHARTS - complete and turn in bus seating charts to front office before you leave. You can find all the different type of bus charts in the Forms section of this site.