Washington Capitols invite 5 APS schools to event

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a secret!

Contacted by ARLnow, a Washington Capitals spokesperson declined to saw which APS schools are among the five that have been invited to the event.
“We are not disclosing which schools are attending,” the spokesperson said.

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/01/10/students-fr...ctice-with-ovechkin/

I assume that means because there is something "unfair" about the schools picked. I don't care if my kids school was picked (we are S. Arlington) but it would be nice if the schools were spread throughout the county and kids who might never have a chance to go to a hockey game got to do something special.

It's a practice (not a game) and its always open to the public. Feel free to take your kids and their friends who may not otherwise have a chance to go:
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/team/practice

Here's some this weekend:
Saturday, Jan. 14
10:30 a.m.: Morning Skate, MedStar Capitals Iceplex


Sunday, Jan. 15
12 p.m.: Practice, MedStar Capitals Iceplex

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a secret!

Contacted by ARLnow, a Washington Capitals spokesperson declined to saw which APS schools are among the five that have been invited to the event.
“We are not disclosing which schools are attending,” the spokesperson said.

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/01/10/students-fr...ctice-with-ovechkin/

I assume that means because there is something "unfair" about the schools picked. I don't care if my kids school was picked (we are S. Arlington) but it would be nice if the schools were spread throughout the county and kids who might never have a chance to go to a hockey game got to do something special.

+1 I think a little transparency about selection would be nice, especially in a year where very few field trips are happening.

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Anonymous wrote:This is nice for the kids (at least the kids who are hockey fans) but I'm sad that they won't do a single educational field trip this year because there is no money for buses etc., but APS can provide school buses for this outing.

Every student is going to the planetarium this year k-5. 5th is doing overnight at outdoor lab. Most 4th are doing Jamestown trip.

Our school is not doing Jamestown for 4th this year (didn't last year either). I haven't heard about planetarium trips but that would be nice. Kid is not in 5th or 3rd so no outdoor lab.

That sucks. It does seem like a school decision. I believe our PTA Is paying for everything this year which isn't equitable obviously. The PTAs have been advocating to the school board to get them to cover field trips.

We’re at ATS and when my son was in 4th grade we were told they didn’t do Jamestown anymore

You're literally on the bus longer than you are at Jamestown lmao

Why don't they do Mt. Vernon? There's plenty to learn about and it's close.

My older kid went on a field trip to Mt Vernon in 2nd grade (& Jamestown in 4th).

The current 4th graders didn't go on any field trips in 2nd because of COVID. They should consider Mt Vernon if Jamestown is too ambitious or requires too many bussing resources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a secret!

Contacted by ARLnow, a Washington Capitals spokesperson declined to saw which APS schools are among the five that have been invited to the event.
“We are not disclosing which schools are attending,” the spokesperson said.

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/01/10/students-fr...ctice-with-ovechkin/

I assume that means because there is something "unfair" about the schools picked. I don't care if my kids school was picked (we are S. Arlington) but it would be nice if the schools were spread throughout the county and kids who might never have a chance to go to a hockey game got to do something special.

+1 I think a little transparency about selection would be nice, especially in a year where very few field trips are happening.

Its for security... not about these schools being connected. There are some children of well known individuals (for various reasons) in APS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is nice for the kids (at least the kids who are hockey fans) but I'm sad that they won't do a single educational field trip this year because there is no money for buses etc., but APS can provide school buses for this outing.

Every student is going to the planetarium this year k-5. 5th is doing overnight at outdoor lab. Most 4th are doing Jamestown trip.

Our school is not doing Jamestown for 4th this year (didn't last year either). I haven't heard about planetarium trips but that would be nice. Kid is not in 5th or 3rd so no outdoor lab.

That sucks. It does seem like a school decision. I believe our PTA Is paying for everything this year which isn't equitable obviously. The PTAs have been advocating to the school board to get them to cover field trips.

We’re at ATS and when my son was in 4th grade we were told they didn’t do Jamestown anymore

So in 4th we took our kid to Jamestown and the local area for a long weekend. It was great! But doing that in a day would be he11.
Also, I think PTA at ATS pays for field trip busses although there are very few trips.

The Jamestown field trips were awful. Super early (6am ish) departure from the school and late (9pm) return. You couldn't pay me to chaperone that one but there was always a wait list for chaperones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is nice for the kids (at least the kids who are hockey fans) but I'm sad that they won't do a single educational field trip this year because there is no money for buses etc., but APS can provide school buses for this outing.

Our APS elementary has done field trips.

[Anonymous]

Jamestown field trip does not use APS bus resources. Schools hire a bus company (the coach buses) and the cost is shared among students. Usually about $50 per student, sometimes partially subsidized by the school (and fully subsidized if student has free lunch).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is nice for the kids (at least the kids who are hockey fans) but I'm sad that they won't do a single educational field trip this year because there is no money for buses etc., but APS can provide school buses for this outing.

If your school isn’t having field trips, that’s on your school. Both me ES student and my MS student have been on field trumps this year.

But why are you assuming APS is funding this rather than the organization?

Were the trips to the planetarium/outdoor lab?

Different poster, but Ashlawn K went two places - to planetarium and “seasons of light” at the Smithsonian.

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so which schools did end up going? Key and...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so which schools did end up going? Key and...

https://twitter.com/APSVirginia/status/1613930983463452678

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Anonymous wrote:so which schools did end up going? Key and...

Discovery is the only other one I know about. Otherwise, a mystery

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so which schools did end up going? Key and...

https://twitter.com/apshpeathletics/status/1613927784484671495?s=21

Glebe, Barcroft and Long Branch. Someone mentioned discovery above

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Key, Barcroft, Long Branch, Discovery, and Glebe are the 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Key, Barcroft, Long Branch, Discovery, and Glebe are the 5.

Barrett is literally walking distance to the rink. Were they not invited?

[Anonymous]

Looks like the are back today (plus 95 students)