Dear Parents and Guardians,
March 2, 2015
With financial assistance from PTSO and student council, we are pleased to announce that the
seventh grade will be taking a grade level, educational field trip in June to the Holocaust Memorial
Center in Farmington Hills by charter bus. This is a wonderful opportunity to extend our seventh grade
curriculum since the Holocaust is addressed in ELA. To find out more information about the actual
museum, you can visit their website (http://www.holocaustcenter.org). The students will receive a
guided tour through the museum, and will get a chance to speak with a Holocaust survivor and listen to
their story and experience. Note: The museum asks for no cameras or phones to be used inside the
museum to respect the privacy of the Holocaust survivors.
During the third trimester, we will read the memoir I Have Lived a Thousand Years by Livia
Bitton-Jackson It is the author’s story of when she was a 13 year old Jewish girl trying to survive in
Hungary with her family while the Nazis invade during 1944.
Beyond reading this novel, we will spend some time researching and reading articles to get a
better understanding of the Holocaust. Many of our articles come from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum website for students (www.ushmm.org). As the unit closes, students have an opportunity to
reflect and write about their understanding of the Holocaust.
Date of field trip: Tuesday, June 2nd
-Students must bring a lunch and a drink with their name written on both
-Students may bring a simple snack to eat on the bus on the way back home (put in lunch bag)
7:30 AM – students will load charter buses in back of school (will not attend advisory)
7:45 AM – buses depart to museum
10:00 AM – lunch before the tour
1:45 PM – buses depart to GLMS
4:00 PM – arrive back at GLMS (students will need own transportation home)
Permission slip and $25 (cash or check) must be turned in together by Monday, March 30, 2015.
*Checks can be made out to GLMS with your son or daughter’s name in the memo area.
We will need parent chaperones, first come, first serve basis. If you are interested, then please
fill out the chaperone part of the permission slip. Communication will mostly be done by email.
Majority of parents will be expected to ride the charter bus with the group.
At this time we are collecting the student cost for the trip, which includes the bus fare and the
museum fee. The cost of the trip has to be paid for in advance. Students need to turn in payment
WITH permission note to their ELA teacher by March 30.
We will present the museum with a donation check. If you would like to add any money towards
this donation, then please note the donation amount. You will receive a receipt for this donation. As we
get closer to the actual field trip, we will be sending home reminder notes. Thank you!
Sincerely,
The ELA Department
7th Grade Holocaust Museum (Farmington Hills, MI) Field Trip Permission Slip
Please have your child return $25 (cash or check) and this sheet to their ELA teacher before Mon, 3/30.
____________________________
Student Name
____________________________
Parent/Guardian Signature
Please circle:
My child will be attending this field trip.
OR
My child will not be attending this field trip.
Chaperoning - Yes, I will chaperone this field trip.
Name: ______________________________________________________________________________
Relationship to student: ________________________________________________________________
E-mail address (You WILL be contacted at this email address):
____________________________________________________________________________________
Phone number: _______________________________________________________________________
Other chaperone info:
-There is no cost of the field trip for chaperones.
-Please bring a lunch for yourself.
Transportation (please circle):
I will ride the charter bus.
OR
I will drive myself separately.*
*If driving yourself separately (please circle):
My child will ride the charter bus to and from the museum.
My child will ride the charter bus to the museum, but will ride with me on the way home.
*The address of the museum:
Holocaust Memorial Center
28123 Orchard Lake Rd
Farmington Hills, MI 48334