| 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.