ITINERARY

This is the itinerary our friends have prepared for us:

March 2016 Spanish Exchage

Chicago Itinerary

Average temperatures: highs 44ish - lows 28 degrees

Day / Date	Destinations / Activities/ Times
Saturday, 3/5	Airport pick up - Plane arrives at ORD at 14:30 (KLM) Susan R. will be at airport with a school bus to meet Spaniards and bring them to North Around 4:30 p.m. - Families come to Niles North HS to meet and pick up exchange students Family time in evening
Sunday, 3/6	Family time in the morning and early afternoon 5:40 p.m. arrive  at Laser Quest (families provide transportation) 4167 N. Harlem Avenue, Norridge Commons http://www.laserquest.com/public/locations/il-norridge.cfm 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. - We have the party room
Monday, 3/7	Institute Day – Spanish and American students are invited to spend this day together. Susan D. and Susan R. will accompany students. We’ll take a school bus and have a pick up at North (8:30 a.m.) and then at West (8:45 a.m.). This is the only field trip that is open to both Spanish AND American students! 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.: Art Institute of Chicago tour  “Museum Introduction: Art From Many Places (w/ hosts too); Trip requested (Request receipt #: T245845)  11:00-12:00 pm. Stay in AIC for “teacher led” scavenger hunt in museum w/ partners. Sack Lunch 12:00 (or maybe earlier) leave museum and walk through Millennium Park Note: Free concert  at 12:15 at Cultural Center  Free excellent music! Possible especially if rainy day. Also to see: Cultural Center to see Tiffany Dome and following exhibit (we are in luck!! Cool stuff! Check out Standbeest. I have wanted to see these for a long time & am so excited this exhibit is here) ●     Libreria Donceles ●     Present Standard ●     Standbeest: the Dream Machines of Theo Jansen We will take the train home – arrive at Skokie Swift station on Dempster around 5 p.m. Family time in the evening
Tuesday, 3/8	School bus downtown - pick up at North (8:15 a.m.) and then at West (8:30 a.m.) (Laura Jacobson – chaperon) If time permits, Visit Federal Reserve Bank’s “Money Museum. We can walk through on our own for a half hour if bus gets us downtown quickly.  10:00 a.m. Sky Deck Tour at Sears (Willis Tower) http://theskydeck.com/ Lunch at the Thompson Center food court – Students can bring sack lunch or host families should send student with lunch money Meet at 12:30 p.m. at Thompson Center for Tour of Chicago Bus Pick-up at 2 p.m. at Garland Court, by Cultural Center, returns to Niles West at 3 p.m., and Niles North at 3:15 Family time in the evening
Wednesday, 3/9	Late Start – Classes begin at 9:40 a.m. Students accompany their exchange partners at the school, to shadow them through their school day. Students can bring sack lunch or send student with lunch money Optional: 3:30 p.m. at Niles North – Karaoke 7:00 p.m. Dinner at Lou Malnati’s, Chicago Style Pizza 6649 N. Lincoln Avenue, Lincolnwood, IL http://www.loumalnatis.com/lous-lincolnwood
Thursday, 3/10	8:15 a.m. All Spanish students (North and West) and their chaperons meet at Niles North, in the Student Commons for Breakfast with the Principal.  Afterwards, we’ll have a short tour of the school facilities. 10 a.m. Spring Musical, 13, Niles North High School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_(musical) 12:00 p.m.  Bus pick –up at Niles North (Guillermo Lupi chaperon) Sack lunch at Emily Oaks Nature Center followed by Tour of Skokie (fire station, mayor & city hall, library) http://www.skokie.org/ Bus returns to Niles West at 3 p.m., and Niles North at 3:15 Family time in the evening
Friday, 3/11	School bus pick up at West (8:15 a.m.) and then at North (8:30 a.m.) (David Malatesta, chaperon and Andrew Rawlins, student teacher) Visit El moro de Letrán, churro factory 1626 S. Blue Island Avenue, Chicago, IL 10:00 – 12:00 p.m. Visit to Pilsen and National Museum of Mexican Art 1852. W. 19th Street, Chicago, IL http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/ 12:30 p.m. Lunch at Taquería El Mezquite 1756 W. 18th Street, Chicago,IL (312) 733-0402 Walk back down 18th Street toward Blue Island with short stops along the way as time permits Bus pick-up at 18th and Blue Island at 2 p.m. Bus returns to Niles North at 3 p.m., and Niles West at 3:15 Family time in the evening
Saturday, 3/12	Optional - Go downtown to see the Chicago River being dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day Time with families
Sunday, 3/13	Time with families
Monday, 3/14	School bus pick up at West (8:15 a.m.) and then at North (8:30 a.m.). (Chaperon Andrew Suárez) If time permits, make a stop at Garfield Park Conservatory 10:30 a.m. visit the Museum of Science and Industry http://www.msichicago.org/ 12:30 p.m. Lunch in Chinatown Joy Yee Noodle Shop 2139 S. China Place (312) 328-0001 Bus pick-up at 2 p.m. Bus returns to Niles North at 3 p.m., and Niles West at 3:15 Families’ last night with their exchange partner. Do we want to organize a going-away party? Perhaps a Pot-Luck Dinner at the school?
Tuesday, 3/15	Meet at Niles North, Room 2530 by no later than 8:00 a.m. with luggage 8:30 a.m. Tour of Northwestern University 10:00 – 12:00 p.m. Shopping at Old Orchard 12:00 p.m. Meet at the food court  for Lunch at the mall (Sack lunch or buy) Meet back at Niles North by 1:00 p.m. DO NOT arrive LATE! Leave Niles North at 1:15 p.m.for the airport Spaniards depart ORD at 17:59 (Delta)