Spring
Trip April
23-28, 2008 ORLANDO,
FL
If you get pictures from your children on specific
details you would like to share please email them sgurwitz1@verizon.net.
Monday,
April 28 (4:00PM) The busses are in
Maryland, ahead of the storms, and should be back at
the school between 4:30-5:00PM.
PLEASE
REMEMBER THAT ALL STUDENTS MUST HELP FULLY
UNLOAD THE BUSSES BEFORE THEY LEAVE.
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Dinner Rest Stop, Wed. night
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Joining AHS for breakfast Thurs. AM
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Epcot, late Thurs. afternoon
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Sunday, April 27
The students marched into the Magic Kingdom in all
of their Atholton glory. A great day was had by all
and ended with a bang. The entire group met, as is AHS tradition, for the Magic Kingdom
Disney final parade at the train station. There they
were able to enjoy the end of a great trip by
watching the fireworks together.
Saturday, April 26
11:45AM: An unbelievable morning
filled with awards was experienced by all. I do not
have a full list but I was told there were numerous
1st Place Awards and a few 2nd Place ones, nothing
lower.
A Special
Award was presented to Lee Stevens!
And, in the
category of Overall Band (this ignores school size
and crosses categories) Atholton won 1st Place!!
Now everyone is at the Universal enjoying a gorgeous
day. At this moment of writing, Mr. Stevens is off
riding roller-coasters.
10:00 AM:
With the ability to sleep a little later, everyone awoke refreshed and ready for an exciting
day. The students, wearing their Atholton Spring
Trip shirts, were off to the Awards Ceremony. After
that they headed to Universal.
Friday, April 25
This was Competition Day - after an early rise and
breakfast, the students loaded the busses and headed
to the school to warm up. According to Warren
Righter each group performed better than he ever
remembers them doing. This year, unlike some years,
there were a number of schools performing of
all different sizes. AHS students had the
chance to see many of them. I understand every group
performed extremely well and am told that Mr.
Stevens received a HUGE standing ovation as the last
group performed. Supposedly the announcer said he
would now call the AHS Big Band the 'Lee Stevens
Band.' After the Competition the students headed to
dinner and back to the hotel with time to play. I
also understand the hot tub got a lot of use. I have
been promised pictures but have not received any
yet. (parents please send me any
notes from your children of info to fill in -
sgurwitz1@verizon.net)
Thursday, April 24:
- At 6:20 PM I received a phone call from my son
that he was checked into his room, having had a
fun day and sounding tired.
- Epcot here they come - they arrived at
approximately 10:45 AM after stopping at
McDonald's for breakfast.
Wednesday, April 23: At approximately 4:00PM this afternoon, students,
staff, and chaperones excitedly took their seats on
the busses, settling in with pillows, books,
blankets, iPods, and friends. Everyone was happy to
finally be on the road heading south to
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Throughout the Spring Trip we will
attempt to update the website with info and pictures
as received from those on the trip.
(We will
attempt to update this page throughout the trip. Anyone who
has pictures should email them to
sgurwitz1@verizon.net
so that they can be posted.)
