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Trip Taken by 50 Students and Teachers from Livingstone
Range School Division
Some of the group in front of the Avignon bridge
From left: Stephen, Jason, Victor, Billie-Jo, Beth, Shanda,
Alana, Mr. Berdusco (behind Alana), Mrs. Tenove, Laura,
Carla Jo, Mrs. Berdusco, Tiffany, Mrs Moore, Jenny, Jody,
Shea, Shieghla, Suzie, Jessica, Karli, and Kevin.
Missing are Craig, Rennie, Margret, Matt, Mike, Scott,
Mr. Hall, Curtis, Kristen, Carlie, Kristi, Krista, Tina,
Danielle, Lisa, Karyn, David, Mr. Brown (taking picture),
Brad, Julie, Bobbie, Nanci, Ceri, Sara, Chelsey, Becky,
Miss Thomas, and Mrs. Husted (actually might be be
behind Karli)
In June of 1998 an announcement
alerted all students at my school that there was a France trip to take
place in Easter 1999, and all of those interested were to attend a meeting
at noon hour. At least twenty people showed up at the second meeting
(the first time not many came because not everyone heard the announcement
or remembered). Many people decided not to go after they heard the
cost or because they wanted something else more than they wanted the trip.
That same spring we had a parents meeting, and the first payment had to
be made. In total 14 students from Nanton planned on going, even
though two of them were going to attend school in Claresholm the following
year.
In preparation for this trip
we had meetings once or twice a month starting in October and getting more
frequent towards the Easter holiday. At the meetings we went over things
such as how to exchange money, history of the chateaux of the Loire Valley,
itinerary, how to use the Parisian Metro, how to behave in a foreign country,
places in France that we would visit, history and description of some of
the cities we would visit, and packing information. To pay for the
tips to the bus driver and tour guides, etc. we did some fund-raising:
we were each given 60$ worth of chocolate to sell, and we had to turn in
that amount of money whether we had all of the chocolates sold or not.
About two weeks (longer for
some people) before we left just about everyone going was getting quite
exited about it, but Mike said he wasn't going to be exited
until the day we left or until we were on the plane. I told people I wouldn't
be until the day we left, if then.
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