McNeil High School Band
Spring Band Trip
Updated 10/29/2008 3:09 PM
Download the 2009 Spring Trip Overview
Spring Band Trip 2009: New Orleans
Dates: March 19-23, 2009
Cost: $775.00 per student
This trip will be subject to the state of Texas’ “no pass/no play” regulations.
Trip Cost includes:
- Transportation to, from, and all around New Orleans
- Hotel accommodations for duration of trip
- All meals
- Musical education components
- Service and/ or performance components
- Entertainment
- Historical tours
- MORE!!
PAYMENT / ACTION SCHEDULE:
(All forms and payments to be returned to “Spring Trip 2009” box in Mr. Ancelet’s office)
- September 15 $150 non-refundable deposit and 2009 Spring Trip Reservation Form
- October 15 $125 installment and the Student Travel – RRISD Letter of Agency Form
- November 14 $125 installment due
- January 15 $125 installment due
- February 13 $125 installment due and the Emergency Contact Form
- March 1 $125 balance due
The dates for the trip have been announced. Deposits become non-refundable on November 16, 2008. Qualifying deposit refunds are payable or credited in the original form presented.
Credits may be transferred from student’s CHARMS account for any payment, provided sufficient credits are available on payment due dates. See instructions under Charms Finances, below. Trip credits for the deposit are not refundable after November 16, 2008. If you anticupate using trip credits from HEB card purchases, please complete any purchases before the last week of Janaury, 2009. A refund schedule (in the event a student must withdraw from the trip) will be published once the initial contracts for services are executed.
Charms Finances
- Log into Charms (Please update any changes to your student’s or family’s information.)
- Click on the “finances” icon. In this area you will find records of all credits from eligible student concessions, HEB card sales and Express Game concessions. Carry over from the previous year’s balances and sibling transfers will also be posted here.
- Trip credits in a student’s account may be applied as “payment” for any trip planned by the band. Parents/guardians must make a request of the Trip Coordinator to have credits transferred to any balance due. Please send an e-mail to tripcoordinator@mcneilband.org .
- Any balance due must be paid by the specified dates.
- Any remaining trip credits at the end of the school year will carry over to the next school year and may be transferred to siblings.
- Trip credits can not be exchanged for cash and therefore are not refundable as such.
Please e-mail trip related questions to tripcoordinator@mcneilband.org .
Please send e-mail to charmsinquiry@mcneilband.org if you have questions concerning your student’s Trip Account Credit Balance.