CDDHS/DCMA Battlefields Tour 2013

Urgent Reminder

All student participants MUST phone in their RSVP's to the DCMA for the May 5th Veteran's Reception - this is not a responsibility to leave to your veteran - this is YOUR responsibility.

Please get those numbers into the Museum at 1-877-941-7787 by May 1st.

Also, remember to see Mr. Bradford/M.r Guchardi for assistance in planning your presentation. The first session was held April 25th at lunch, in case you missed it.

 

There is less than a week to be ready for this very important date - are you ready for May 5th?

Please see Mr. Orford ASAP if you have any questions.

Two important changes for all Europe 2013 trip participants
 

1) There has been a change in itinerary - download the revised plan here    The trip will leave Nov 5 and return Nov 17

2) May 5 veterans reception change!!
"Please note the change requested by the DCMA - this is about the NUMBER of guests you can invite:"

From the DCMA.....

Regarding May 5,  I just wanted to clarify the numbers of persons that can be invited:

· we’ll accommodate all Veterans and they may bring two additional family members, which could possibly be 108 people

· as there are 36 students, we will need to limit it to one additional family member, which would be 72 people

Sorry to have to put limitations on numbers, but we’re already at 180 people and I haven’t factored in the teachers and other guests (MPP, MP, Warden, etc…) who will be attending

 

 

 

Travel Tips and More
 

Please take a few minutes to download and read these files. Please read Travel Tips PRIOR to the April 10 meeting.
 

Travel info on: Belgium, France and Germany.
 

 Alert - Wed April 10th Meeting @DCMA at 7pm

Please download the travel documents (will be posted Monday night) for the meeting & take some time to read the TRAVEL TIPS provided by Don Bogle from Brightspark. Don will be at the meeting to take your questions & give you the "6 month-out" update as far as the Tour company is concerned.

All being well, we should be out by 9pm!!
 

Pictures are now due and need to be submitted to Mr. Guchardi ASAP. Pictures must be of good quality ( no phone snapshots please ) and must be in a JPEG (.jpg) format only. Place pictures on a memory stick and bring to room 58 for transfer. Please include in the picture file the name of your veteran and your name if possible.
 

CDDHS/DCMA Battlefields Promo Video on You Tube!!

Attention everyone!! Watch our exciting 7 minute promotional video for the upcoming TV Series about our Tour entitled "Passing the Torch"

Feel free to share it around to promote our exciting tour this fall!

Also....don't forget to mark your calendars for the April 10th Meeting at the DCMA @ 7pm - all participants must attend . Please feel free to bring your April 30th deposit cheque of $850 (made out to CDDHS Battlefields Tour) that night and your $250 payment for the Veteran's Brick (made out to the Juno Beach Centre Association)

**** ALSO bring the Brick Donation form with all the correct details completed****

March Break Update
 
I hope that this has been a restful week for everyone as you gear-up for the final rush towards the end of Grade 11!!
 
I want to thank everyone for their hardwork at getting the first drafts of the Veteran Biographies into the DCMA by the end of February. As it stands,we are only missing reports from five students currently - only one student has not complied with the DCMA requests. So overall it is good news.
 
Now it is absolutely essential that everyone realize that you must have your FINAL revisions made by now and submitted to Laura or Steve. They have been waiting for your FINAL work so they can start to upload the biographies into the Database. So MARCH 28th is to be your LAST chance to get this material handed-in.
 
Laura & Steve have requested that your FINAL Drafts be as follows:
 
Please let all students know that this is what the Archives expects for a final submission: 

Title Page

Stats page

Content

Images/records/whatever they got from an interview – all of these must be captioned.

Bibliography

MUST be signed and dated.

So be forewarned that this is what is expected. The DCMA has asked me to inform you that if you do not have the material available for their database by the end of March, they have every right NOT to include it in the Virtual War Memorial - that would be VERY unfortunate for your Veteran/veteran's Family...not to mention, quite embarrassing for you on May 5th!!
 
Finally, remember to be present on April 10th @7pm at the DCMA for the Parent/Student Information Meeting. Remember to invite your Veteran/Veteran's Family for May 5th @ 1pm at the DCMA for the Veteran's reception.
 
Drop by to ask any questions.
 
Mr. Orford

URGENT Memo from the DCMA

Welcome to Semester II

We have received the deposit payments from ALMOST everyone as of the Jan 31st deadline, but there are 11 students who have yet to submit their payment - PLEASE do so by Tuesday Feb 5.

More significantly however is a matter of GREAT concern....

The DCMA has received only 4 (yes, that's FOUR) Veteran's biographies as of the Jan 31 deadline. Even more embarrassingly, the archivists were still receiving requests from several students to get names for Veterans LAST WEEK!! You did receive a letter home before Christmas reminding you of the need to have everything finished by January 31 so that the Archivists could review the work and offer feedback. Since you will soon need to be presenting your research, this time was necessary.

Fortunately, the archivists are very helpful people and willing to direct you and your research, but leaving it to this last moment is quite unacceptable - please see to it that your Veteran's biography is completely submitted by the end of next week at the very latest. Making an appointment to get out to the Museum to do the work NOW is essential.

Finally, please extend every courtesy to the archivists when you are working with them - they are there to help you, not do your work for you.

Thanks

Mr. Orford