One of the first steps a student can take for going to Athens and Rome next year is to click on the application tab above and fill out the first part of the application. The first part is just who you are and some basic information. One issue we need to deal with is how many people can go. We like to keep the numbers in multiple of 6s because we plan for 1 chaperone for every 6 students. We will top out at 36, although I don’t expect that many travelers this time – we are a young program. We currently have 15 people who have completed that process and one that has already had a recommendation submitted – nice job!

If you are interested please let us know by completing the first step of the application.

Application part 1

Thanks

I was hoping to find a restaurant or two in Randolph, preferably a Greek or Italian restaurant based on the Athens/Rome tour, that may be interested in helping us do a  fund raiser. We can invite all we can to their eatery and RandolphTAP gets a portion of the receipts. (What does RandolphTAP do with the money – look at the post on the Calendar tab) What does the Restaurant get – customers that may not have tried their restaurant yet. Any ideas? email me (contacts tab) or leave a comment.

I’ve been doing some lite research on different aspects of our trip to Athens and Rome and Peru.

The Colosseum is actually a constructed amphitheater. Unlike the Greeks who built their amphitheaters into the ground, the Romans, around 80AD built there amphitheater up from the ground. It is no longer whole. It fell prey to earthquakes and stone robbers (so they could build something else I guess)

 

Those traveling to Peru in June will see a structure, the Huaca Pucllana, a great pyramid, which was used 100 years after the Colosseum was built . It was used as a ceremonial and administrative center.

 

 

When we first were thinking about this tour we wanted to stay with the ancient world theme.  We discussed the goals of a trip with EF Tours and  went over the things we really felt were important to see as well as the time frame. They suggested the tour we are taking.

This post is about the steps for enrolling. The following are screens shots of the enrollment process as well as a link to EF Tours . The text in blue is a link to EF Tours enrollment page for out tour. There is one at the top and one at the bottom. Clicking it opens another tab on your browser.

Enroll on the Athens – Rome tour!

1 Tell them about your traveler – who is going!

2 Tell them about you – the parent or guardian

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3 You can sign up for side trips that are not on the schedule but which will be inserted for you and anyone else that may be interested.

This is the global protection page. It is mandatory for our trip which is why it says, no need to decide. Send me an email if you feel strongly against it. It is an additional $155 and it is included in your costs.

The next 4 slides are the payment option steps. I picked monthly so that is what is shown. There are other options as well.

 

 

 

 

This screen is where you enroll with a deposit or more on a credit card.

Review what you did and you have enrolled!

Enroll on the Athens – Rome Tour

Below is the PowerPoint presentation you were to suppose to get on Tuesday.

The first slide has a number that should be used when visiting the EFTour.com site. It takes you to our specific tour.

Read thru the Global assurance section – it is important! (slide 8)

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After seeing it you can come back to RandolphTap and click on the enroll button. It takes you to EF Tour. You are not enrolled until you send them money. Until then, you are considering it.

Parents, we suggest you have your student go over the Randolphtap Application Page above. If they don’t want to do the required elements, then we don’t want them to take the trip. In the end, of course, it is your decision.

Again, thank you,

RandolphTAP

 

FYI as of Thursday we still have one “$100 off” slot left.

 

 

Athens and Rome Tour Number    1817430CU

Enroll in the tour

Tuesday we will have an informational meeting in the Cafeteria at the Randolph Community Middle School. We will go over what is involved with going to Rome and Athens; timing, cost, and any other questions that may come up.

While in Rome we will:

We are holding an informational meeting Tuesday, April 12th, in the Cafeteria at RCMS. All are welcome to come and learn about the newest adventure. As they say, Come learn History where it happened and so much happened there.

Randolph TAP is a Travel Abroad Program for Randolph, Mass students. We use EF Tours to set up and manage tours around the globe. Our first trip will be to Peru in South America.

We set up TAP to change and start adding to the conversations that students, families, and staff engage in. We hope to have students and staff start thinking globally, and tolerantly. We also want students to think in a goal directed manner. If they hope to travel to X what will they need to do.

Our short term goal is to have a trip once a year and to schedule the trips 18 months in advance so students will have time to research his or her trip and for parents and students to have time to put the money needed aside.