| Discover the joy and educational value of field trips! |
EIE ACADEMY
FIELD TRIPS
| FIELD TRIP POLICIES |
EIE reminds everyone of the benefits of field trips including:
1. An excellent supplement to your “in-home” teaching. Instead of
just reading about a particular subject, you can actually experience
it. Imagine seeing, feeling, hearing or tasting a subject instead of
just reading about it. Experiencing a real event is great.
2. A “socialization” experience for your children. Since all of our
field trips are well attended your children will meet new friends and
enjoy the kids they know.
3. An “adult interaction” for you, the parent teacher. Do not under
estimate the importance for you to meet and create new homeschool
friends.
FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY GUIDELINES
1. Everyone must pre-register for field trips unless otherwise noted.
2. Registration can only be done in person at the Resource Center
or park day, or by mail. We cannot accept phone reservations.
3. Payment must be made at time of your reservation. Any name on
the reservation book without a payment may be removed. In cases
where the field trip fills up we will consider the date of payment as
the date of registration. That means that you might be the first to
sign up, but if you do not pay for it your first place position is not
valid. Payment may be made via cash (at the Resource Center or
park day), check or credit card. Please identify what field trips or
activities you are paying for. This is becoming a problem, with
people signing up for a field trip without paying. The result of this is
that other people will think that the field trip is full when in reality it is
not. So please, out of respect for other families do not sign up
unless you intend to pay at the same time.
4. Reservation deadline is 5 days prior to the actual field trip date
unless otherwise noted or you have made other arrangements with
EIE. If you attempt to attend a field trip without a reservation you do
so at your own risk, there may not be enough room for your family.
5. After the deadline we cannot guarantee a refund for any
reason. There are never any refunds for theater events. You
may, however, sell your tickets to another family.
6. NO-SHOWS: If you make a reservation and then do not
attend a field trip it means that we still had to pay for your
spot, another family who wanted to come was denied the
opportunity to attend and we may be “banned” from future
attendance by the provider. A “habitual field trip truant” may
lose field trip privileges for their family.
7. LATE-SHOWS: Many of our field trips are very time sensitive
and if you are late we will make every effort to get you in. In some
cases if you are not there when we pay for the program we may not
pay for your reservation which of course could determine if you get in
or not. When an event is filled to capacity it can be difficult to get
extra tickets. So please, allow plenty of time for traffic when planning
your trip time.
Thank you to the parents and students who participate in the field trip
programs. We especially appreciate our fellow homeschoolers who
CALL us to make changes or cancellations. Your comments,
compliments, and constructive critiques are always welcome.
1. An excellent supplement to your “in-home” teaching. Instead of
just reading about a particular subject, you can actually experience
it. Imagine seeing, feeling, hearing or tasting a subject instead of
just reading about it. Experiencing a real event is great.
2. A “socialization” experience for your children. Since all of our
field trips are well attended your children will meet new friends and
enjoy the kids they know.
3. An “adult interaction” for you, the parent teacher. Do not under
estimate the importance for you to meet and create new homeschool
friends.
FAIRNESS AND EFFICIENCY GUIDELINES
1. Everyone must pre-register for field trips unless otherwise noted.
2. Registration can only be done in person at the Resource Center
or park day, or by mail. We cannot accept phone reservations.
3. Payment must be made at time of your reservation. Any name on
the reservation book without a payment may be removed. In cases
where the field trip fills up we will consider the date of payment as
the date of registration. That means that you might be the first to
sign up, but if you do not pay for it your first place position is not
valid. Payment may be made via cash (at the Resource Center or
park day), check or credit card. Please identify what field trips or
activities you are paying for. This is becoming a problem, with
people signing up for a field trip without paying. The result of this is
that other people will think that the field trip is full when in reality it is
not. So please, out of respect for other families do not sign up
unless you intend to pay at the same time.
4. Reservation deadline is 5 days prior to the actual field trip date
unless otherwise noted or you have made other arrangements with
EIE. If you attempt to attend a field trip without a reservation you do
so at your own risk, there may not be enough room for your family.
5. After the deadline we cannot guarantee a refund for any
reason. There are never any refunds for theater events. You
may, however, sell your tickets to another family.
6. NO-SHOWS: If you make a reservation and then do not
attend a field trip it means that we still had to pay for your
spot, another family who wanted to come was denied the
opportunity to attend and we may be “banned” from future
attendance by the provider. A “habitual field trip truant” may
lose field trip privileges for their family.
7. LATE-SHOWS: Many of our field trips are very time sensitive
and if you are late we will make every effort to get you in. In some
cases if you are not there when we pay for the program we may not
pay for your reservation which of course could determine if you get in
or not. When an event is filled to capacity it can be difficult to get
extra tickets. So please, allow plenty of time for traffic when planning
your trip time.
Thank you to the parents and students who participate in the field trip
programs. We especially appreciate our fellow homeschoolers who
CALL us to make changes or cancellations. Your comments,
compliments, and constructive critiques are always welcome.