Just a reminder that we are meeting Thursday the 20th. We will discuss side trips to take during down time in Athens, you’ll see an example of the book we will be putting together and work on your articles for that book, and we will discuss fund raising on November 6th at Shaws. Meeting is from 2:30 – 4.

Hello all,

It is time to start getting ready for our trip to Athens and Rome! Travelers have a scheduled meeting this Thursday, Sept. 22nd, from 2:35-3:30 at RCMS in room 108 – Mr. Moore’s room.

The meeting will have 3 goals

1. We will begin organizing the research for our travel book which is to be published and printed before we leave.
2. We will discuss fund raising
3. we will meet and greet the other travelers.

Bring any questions you have.

See you then,

Mr. Moore

Randolph TAP

tom@randolphtap.org

I hope every one had a pleasant start of the school year. The beginning can be a bit repetitive with teachers re-introducing procedures that students already know, or mind boggling; “not another new procedure!”, especially for those students changing schools.

But at the end of this years school journey will be another exciting actual journey to Athens and Rome!! We will learn its History where it happened!

I’m pretty jazzed myself! to celebrate I found, watched, and have posted (highlighted in blue) a short clip of Athens highlights . Enjoy

Please check the calendar page for updates

We have a facebook site for Randolphtap. Search facebook for “Randolph Tap”. We hope it can be used to stay connected with trip friends both home and abroad.

Sincerely, 

Mr. Moore

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