TMS TRAVEL

Sign up to RSVP for one of these meetings:

October 17th 6:30pm at Gardiner Middle School  https://bit.ly/45QSCwe

October 18th 6:30pm (online via Zoom)https://bit.ly/45ACC1x

Click here for more information: Oregon Student Travel

At the meetings we will be discussing:

  • Itinerary

  • Potential travel dates

  • Costs/payment plans

  • What is and is not included in the prices

  • Fundraising ideas

  • Safety, and more! 

This tour is not limited to Oregon City School District students. If you have any friends in other areas who may be interested please feel free to share this information with them.  By the way, parents can come too!

We are looking forward to seeing you at one of our October information meetings, but if you just can’t wait to know more, feel free to visit link above where we have more information about: 

  • Upcoming tours, 

  • Meeting dates, 

  • Pictures from past tours, 

  • A link to the Zoom recording of the information session we had this past June. 

Travis Nodurft (travis.nodurft@orecity.k12.or.us) Tumwata Middle School

Lori MacKenzie (lori.mackenzie@orecity.k12.or.us) Gardiner Middle School

WASHINGTON DC & NEW YORK

  • Cost of the trip for students: $2,577

    Dates for the Trip: June 21-26 2023

    *Enrollment deadline: The final enrollment deadline is March 4th. Please have all interested travelers enroll by that date at EF-Explore America

    *Payment deadline: Travelers not on the Automatic Payment Plan with a balance remaining must be paid in full by March 4th If they need more time or have questions, they can call Traveler Support at 1-888-333-9756.

    *Rooming & Medical Needs: Rooming assignments, as well as any allergies or medical accommodations will be due the end of March. Please feel free to use the form linked on this page, or any document of your own to send me your rooming assignments. Students are four to a room and all adults are two to a room. If anyone would like to upgrade their room they should call Traveler Support by March 4th

  • Day 1: Washington DC

    Meet your Tour Director at your destination

    Explore Washington, D.C. highlights:

    Photo stop at the White House

    Lafayette Square and Black Lives Matter Plaza

    Photo stop at the Washington Monument

    WWII Memorial

    Visit the Smithsonian museum of your choice, which may include:

    National Air and Space Museum

    National Museum of Natural History

    National Museum of African Art

    National Museum of American History

    National Museum of the American Indian

    Take a guided night tour of Washington, D.C. :

    Lincoln Memorial

    Korean War Veterans Memorial

    Vietnam Veterans Memorial

  • Day 2: Washington DC

    See the U.S. Capitol and Visitor Center

    Make a photo stop at the Library of Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court

    Explore the Tidal Basin

    FDR Memorial

    Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

    Jefferson Memorial

    Visit Mount Vernon

    Estate, museum, and education center

    Mansion (subject to availability)

    George Washington's tomb

    The Slave Memorial

    Enjoy an evening activity

  • Day 3: Washington DC - New York

    Visit Arlington National Cemetery

    Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

    Kennedy gravesites

    Women In Military Service For America Memorial

    Make a photo stop at the Marine Corps War Memorial

    Travel to New York City

    Enjoy views of New York City from one its iconic skyscrapers, which may include:

    Empire State Building Observatory

    Top of the Rock

    Edge at Hudson Yards

    One World Observatory

  • Day 4 - New York

    Visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

    Marvel at the 151-foot model engineered by Alexandre Gustav Eiffel, of Eiffel Tower fame

    Explore the Ellis Island Immigration Museum

    Take a walking tour of the Financial District

    Bowling Green park, where the Dutch purchased Manhattan from Native Americans in 1626

    Wall Street and Charging Bull sculpture

    Federal Hall

    Trinity Church

    National September 11 Memorial

    Visit Times Square

    Attend a Broadway show (based on a select list of current shows)

  • Day 5 - New York

    Take a guided tour of Midtown

    United Nations Headquarters

    Chrysler Building

    Grand Central Terminal

    Bryant Park

    Rockefeller Center

    St. Patrick's Cathedral

    Fifth Avenue

    Make a photo stop in Central Park

    Depart for home