Next payment to school now due

The next installment payment for the trip is NOW DUE if you are paying through the school.
Please pay $1000 on December 1, 2015.

USA Visa Waiver

As some of our travellers have already bought their USA Visa Waivers individually, we are asking all travellers to go to the following website and apply for their own USA Visa Waiver.

https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov/esta/

It will cost $US14 and is valid for entry into the USA for 2 years.
Please save and print out your completed visa waiver and bring it to school or email it to either:
Pat Gettens (patricia.gettens@det.nsw.edu.au) or
Sue Melville (sue.melville@det.nsw.edu.au)
BEFORE FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER

When filling out the visa waiver application, the point of Contact in the USA is:
Holiday Inn Express NYC Madison Square Gardens
232 West 29th Street,
New York, NY, 10001-5201
Ph: +1 2126957200
The address in the USA is the same as the point of contact.

Congratulations to our Hamper winners

Congratulations to the Clarry family who are now the lucky owners of our USA themed hamper.

Congratulations to Sue Doherty as the lucky winner of the Father's Day hamper.

We will raffle another hamper close to Christmas, so keep a lookout for items that could be included. More details will be given shortly.

Reminder: next payment due

For travellers paying through the school, the next instalment of $1500 is now due. Those paying directly to Gullivers Travel, payment was due on 1st October.
New information forms on the Code of Conduct and updated permission slips have been sent to all travellers via email and need to be filled in and returned to the school by Friday 9 October.

Lunchtime meeting this Friday

All student travellers are to meet during lunchtime this Friday 31 July in C13 to receive their travel diary and included information as well as Gullivers Travel raffle tickets (remember to bring your $10). Students who haven't submitted all their signed travel documents will be notified at the meeting. Students are also advised to bring in their contributions to the meeting for the Father's Day and Art Exhibition hamper raffle.

Learning French with Laurence

A HUGE BIG THANK YOU TO LAURENCE SLOOT, who has kindly donated her services to assist in our fundraising. She is teaching French to a small group of very avid learners who would like to converse in the language or at least be able to ask questions and form sentences when travelling. We had a great time last Tuesday afternoon trying to perfect our pronunciation of some basic French words, even though our tongues got in the way! Its always a pleasure to listen to Laurence's beautiful French accent!

Information forms and 2nd Payment Instalment now due

Student and adult travellers should have returned their information forms this first week back at school. These forms were included in the blue tour folders given out at the last information evening.
These forms include:

• Gulliver's Travel Passenger information
• DET traveller information including travel insurance, medical advice and emergency contacts
• Signed Student contract

The following photocopies are also required with the information forms:

• Current Passport
• Travel Insurance Certificate

Along with the paperwork, the 2nd payment instalment is now due if you are paying through the school. Those families paying direct to Gulliver's Travel will need to follow their payment instalment system.