The document outlines the steps to plan a school trip, including choosing a destination like Cedar Point or Hershey Park, booking transportation and tickets, estimating costs, getting student interest, fundraising, finalizing plans, and executing the trip. It recommends selecting an amusement park, reserving a motor coach, obtaining group ticket discounts, estimating per student costs, getting administrative approval, distributing information to students, holding an informational meeting, collecting commitment forms, organizing fundraisers like pizza kits or car washes to lower individual costs, finalizing arrangements, gathering permissions, and carefully checking students on during transportation and at destinations.

1. The Big School Trip By: Bob Underwood Pittsburgh Montessori

2. Step One: Where to go? Cedar Point Hershey Park Busch Gardens King’s Island Six Flags America

3. What to book? Motor Coach Company Amusement Park Tickets- Group Discount Meals (If included in your plan)

4. How much will it cost? Total price of Motor Coach divided by number of participants. Total cost per ticket with group discount. Meal coupons, tickets, or vouchers per student. Add these three items, that is the cost per student. (Round up for incidentals…1st aid kit, snacks for bus, emergency cash)

5. Get participants for the trip. Clear the trip with the office. Make a one page go-home note describing the trip, cost and date/time. Make signature line to indicate if student is interested. Hold a group meeting with a Powerpoint featuring your chosen destination. Collect letters of interest the next day.

6. Fund Raisers What are you going to sell? Pizza Kits Hoagies Car Wash Snacks at school Other

7. Put it all together. Finalize your participant list. Collect all money before due dates. Pay travel company and Amusement Park. Gather all permission slips and health forms. Confirm all reservations.

8. The Trip Check off participants as they arrive in a.m. Check off students at rest stops. Check off students at entrance to park, establish meeting point. Check off students as you gather to leave at the end of the day. Check off students as they are picked up by parents.

9. Good Job You did it!!!