Field Trips

(General Information)

Occasionally our students take field trips.  Field trips are a part of the student's instructional day and are directly related to classroom instruction and the Standards of Learning.  There are follow-up activities in the classroom for every field trip; therefore, students are required to attend.  Field trips are not designed for entertainment, and they are not meant to be family outings.  Chaperones are selected by the teacher.  All adults who accompany students on a field trip do so in a supervisory capacity under the leadership of the teacher.  Only the parent or legal guardian may be used as chaperones.  No children other than those students in the class may attend field trips.
    All parents are notified in advance of field trips and a permission form is sent home.  No student is allowed to leave on a trip unless the teacher has a permission slip signed by the parent.  Departure times are clearly indicated in the letter that is sent home; buses will not wait for students who arrive after the designated departure time.  Please don't set your child up for disappointment by arriving to school late on the day of a field trip.  If classes return from a field trip after school has been dismissed, it is important for parents to pick their children up at the designated time.
    Refunds for field trips will not be made because reservations are made in advance, and the cost of the trip is determined by the number of students and adults attending.