Educational Tour Club
Thunderbolt is proud to offer a travel club for our 7th and 8th grade students.
We travel within the United States to different locations each year to support our science and social studies curriculum.
One year is dedicated to social studies. Students will expand their knowledge of American History, geographical history, and explore the cultural differences that come with traveling to Boston.
The other year is dedicated to science. Students will enrich their science education through hands on, interactive excursions including hiking the Everglades, kayaking the Mangroves, swimming with dolphins, dissections, visiting a turtle sanctuary and more in sunny Florida.
Please consider allowing your student the opportunity to experience team bonding, exotic foods, traveling to different parts of the country, and the overall experience that guided tours have to offer. It is the chance of a lifetime, don't let it pass you by.
We travel within the United States to different locations each year to support our science and social studies curriculum.
One year is dedicated to social studies. Students will expand their knowledge of American History, geographical history, and explore the cultural differences that come with traveling to Boston.
The other year is dedicated to science. Students will enrich their science education through hands on, interactive excursions including hiking the Everglades, kayaking the Mangroves, swimming with dolphins, dissections, visiting a turtle sanctuary and more in sunny Florida.
Please consider allowing your student the opportunity to experience team bonding, exotic foods, traveling to different parts of the country, and the overall experience that guided tours have to offer. It is the chance of a lifetime, don't let it pass you by.
ETC in Florida during 2018 trip
Requirements/Criteria
- Must be a current 7th or 8th grade student at Thunderbolt Middle school for 2019-2020 school year.
- Must not have ANY office referrals
- Must maintain a "C" average or better with No F's on any quarterly
report card
- Must attend 80% of all mandatory meetings.
Members may be removed for the following:
- Failure to meet attendance requirements
- Failure to pay funding for the schedule trip
- Disciplinary referrals
If any student must withdraw from the tour, all funds ETC has issued to that student for his/her tour must be returned to the Thunderbolt Middle School Educational Tour Club. These funds will be used for the remaining students' tour expenses.
The Educational Tour Club is a tax-credit approved club, so with help from friends and family who work in AZ and are willing to designate some of their AZ income taxes toward the educational tour Club, the trip doesn't have to cost anything. (A tax credit is money you will get back. It applies directly to the amount of taxes you owe when you file your AZ taxes). The Educational Tour Club will also sponsor fundraising events during the school year.
Advisors: Jennifer Black
If you have any questions, please contact an advisor.
- Must be a current 7th or 8th grade student at Thunderbolt Middle school for 2019-2020 school year.
- Must not have ANY office referrals
- Must maintain a "C" average or better with No F's on any quarterly
report card
- Must attend 80% of all mandatory meetings.
Members may be removed for the following:
- Failure to meet attendance requirements
- Failure to pay funding for the schedule trip
- Disciplinary referrals
If any student must withdraw from the tour, all funds ETC has issued to that student for his/her tour must be returned to the Thunderbolt Middle School Educational Tour Club. These funds will be used for the remaining students' tour expenses.
The Educational Tour Club is a tax-credit approved club, so with help from friends and family who work in AZ and are willing to designate some of their AZ income taxes toward the educational tour Club, the trip doesn't have to cost anything. (A tax credit is money you will get back. It applies directly to the amount of taxes you owe when you file your AZ taxes). The Educational Tour Club will also sponsor fundraising events during the school year.
Advisors: Jennifer Black
If you have any questions, please contact an advisor.