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Day / Date
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Destinations / Activities/ Times
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Saturday, 3/5
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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
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Sunday, 3/6
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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
7:00 – 8:00 p.m. - We have the party room
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Monday, 3/7
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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)
We will take the train home – arrive
at Skokie Swift station on Dempster around 5 p.m.
Family time in the evening
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Tuesday, 3/8
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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)
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
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Wednesday, 3/9
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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
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Thursday, 3/10
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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
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)
Bus returns to Niles
West at 3 p.m., and Niles North at 3:15
Family time in the evening
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Friday, 3/11
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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
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
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Saturday, 3/12
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Optional - Go downtown to see the Chicago River being dyed green for St.
Patrick’s Day
Time with families
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Sunday, 3/13
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Time with families
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Monday, 3/14
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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
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?
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Tuesday, 3/15
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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)
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