Hi everyone,

The raffle for the DC trip ended on Friday.  Mrs. Sell will be drawing the tickets on Monday morning and I will be calling the winners.  We did pretty well with the raffle but I think we just missed our goal of $500.

Here are two pictures from NYC.

The image on the left is of Times Square on a mellow Friday afternoon. On Saturday and Sunday it was teeming with people.

The image on the right is of the Flatiron building. It is about 6.5 feet across at its pointy end and just shy of 300 ft tall. Built in the 1900s it is one of the oldest skyscrapers in NYC.

2/17/09

I just got back from a professional development put on by the tour company for our 8th grade Washington DC and NYC trip.  One of the great ideas that I heard was to start a blog for the trip so that parents can keep up on the trip as it progresses.  I had thought about using Homeworknow but you cannot post pictures ... so here it goes.  

I plan on sending posting general information on this blog as we go along, updates from the road, and some pictures and wisdom from my recent professional development for new tour leaders.

Hope this work!