It's A Field Trip!
The Astronomy, Physics, and Engineering & Robotics classes will be holding their "2011-2012" field trip on March 16 - 18, 2012. Students will be visiting National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia. Students will tour the facility and get a close look at how these advanced technology instruments function. Groups of students will also use the Observatory's 40-foot diameter radio telescope to make radio scans of deep space objects.
The field trip will begin with registration on Friday, March 16, 2012 at 9:00 am on the grounds of the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Virginia. Upon arrival at the Higher Education Center Friday morning, students are to report directly to the bus in the parking lot for registration. The field trip will conclude at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center on Sunday, March 18, 2012 between 4:00 and 5:00 pm.
To attend the field trip, a student's parent or legal guardian must complete, sign, and return to the Governor's School, with all documents received at the Governor's School Office no later than Tuesday, February 21, 2012, the following:
Also, a check made out to Linwood Holton Governor's School for the amount of $50.00 must be included with the above completed forms.
(The deposit is returned if the student honors their trip reservation.)
CLICK
HERE for all of the above listed forms as well as a description of
trip details in a downloadable "pdf" file format.
(The
above linked file must be downloaded and then printed. Adobe Acrobat or Abobe Reader is required to view and/or print the pdf file formatted
document package.)
To allow sufficient time to secure rooms at the hotel, students must have their check and paperwork to the Governor's School by Tuesday, February 21, 2012 in order to participate in this field trip.
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