Spring Trip

We are very excited to announce our spring trip for this year to Houston and Galveston.  Please use this page as your reference for the trip.  At this time our itinerary is only "big picture" items but when we get closer we will receive a more detailed itinerary.

Please read through the information below to be fully informed about the trip.

Friday, April 4:  Load buses and leave before school begins

Travel to Sam Houston State University for performance clinics

Check in at SpringHill Suites and get change into nice clothes

Houston Symphony highlighting "Women on Broadway" with special guest, Mandy Gonzalez

Saturday, April 5: Johnson Space Center (NASA)

Harbor/Dolphin Watching Tour

Fun at Pleasure Pier in Galveston (Amusement park on a pier)

Sunday, April 6: Load buses

Return to Plano with lunch en route

Your students received a hard copy but here is a digital version of our trip information sheet (también en español).  If your student will be attending, please have them return the bottom portion with payment of $125 before September 20.  This is a hard deadline that will determine the number of those going on the trip.  Please do not try to pay more than $125 at this time until final trip numbers have been determined.  After that you may pay the whole balance at one time, if you wish to.

Payment can be made by Cash, Check ("Plano ISD"), or on StudentQuickPay/Rycor.  At this time, every orchestra student has this fee on Rycor, but once we determine who is going and who is not, the fee will be removed for anyone not going on the trip.

This is not required but it is recommended and is purchased outside of our organization through Travel Insured International.  The base cost of $46 is based on the total cost of the trip of $510.  The information sheet here goes over what is covered and what the benefits would be.  The optional upgrade to $69 called "Cancel for Any Reason" would cover up to 75% of the cost of the trip in case you need to cancel to trip due to a family emergency, academic ineligibility, etc.  

MUST BE PURCHASED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF PAYING DEPOSIT.

We will need 1 chaperone for every 12 students on the trip in order for our trip to be possible.  In my experience the parent chaperones have as much, or more, fun as the students do!  Please click on this link to get more information and fill out the interest form.

September 20 - Initial Trip Deposit $125

October 25 - Payment #2 - $125

December 6 - Payment #3 - $130

January 29 - Final Payment - Balance (Around $130)