Chaperone Survey on the Washington DC Trip 2018

This is your chance to give us feedback on the trip that will help us schedule activities for next year's students. Please rank order your preferred activities and you will have a chance at the end to give us written feedback on anything you would like to comment on.

When you evaluate activities/tours, you are using an A to F grading scale (kind of like school). You can give each activity an independent rating. In other words, you aren't rank ordering the museums and monuments from best to worst, just stating how valuable and interesting it was to you and to students!

Thanks for your feedback!

The 8th grade teachers
Name: 


A red asterisk (*) indicates required questions.

  1. I was on the following bus in 2018:*
    Red bus (Mrs. Moloy bus leader)
    Yellow bus (Mr. Meringer bus leader)
    Blue bus (Mrs. Bedigan bus leader)
    Green bus (Ms. Phelan bus leader)


  1. The tour guide on my bus was:
    (Please only mark the grid for YOUR specific guide and leave the others blank)*

            1 2 3 4 5      
      Red - Anita Excellent  Poor  
      Yellow - Jennifer Excellent  Poor  
      Blue - Angie Excellent  Poor  
      Green - Liz Excellent  Poor  


  1. Please share any comments about your tour guide or bus driver (indicate bus color). Positive comments are always welcome!*


  1. I would rate MOUNT VERNON (home, museum and grounds) as:
    This was George Washington's home in VA along the Potomac River that we saw on Wednesday. Some groups saw the gravesite, others the farm, all toured the mansion and some saw the Museum and visitor center with movies. We took the National Treasure Tour there.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our visit to the CAPITOL as:
    Where we walked around the grounds (red bus went into the Visitor Center).*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the NIGHT time tour of the MONUMENTS as:
    These varied by bus but usually are Vietnam Wall, Lincoln, and Korea. We saw these on the first night.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the NEWSEUM as:
    This was the museum with the 9/11, 1st amendment, Berlin Wall, Pulitzer Gallery, FBI exhibits that we saw on Thursday morning before Ford's Theater.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our visit to FORD'S THEATER on Thursday as:
    Where President Lincoln was shot that had the museum downstairs and where we heard the ranger speak in the theater itself.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the HOLOCAUST Museum as:
    This was the story of the Holocaust and Daniel's Story exhibits that we saw on Thursday afternoon before the boat cruise.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate the DAY tours of the MONUMENTS as:
    These again varied by bus but usually include World War II (the big white marble area with fountains and gold stars), FDR (fountains and statues), Jefferson Memorial and MLK. This varied by bus due to weather.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our Friday tour of ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY and Iwo Jima as:
    Where we saw the Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown soldier, visited the Eternal flame at the Kennedy gravesites and where Mrs. Bergeron's Marine Corps brother-in-law spoke to us.*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our visit to the AFRICAN AMERICAN museum as:
    This was on Friday after our visit to Arlington and lunch (the one we were asked to leave)*
    A B C D F


  1. I would rate our tour of the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUMS as:
    Usually students visit several of the following (Air and Space, American Indian, Natural History, American History). Some buses only got to see the Air and Space museum.*
    A B C D F


  1. I/students on my bus would have liked to have more time at:
    Check all that apply!*
    Holocaust Museum
    Newseum
    Mount Vernon
    Day tour of the monuments
    Night tour of the monuments
    Choice of museum visits (Air and Space, American History, Natural History or Native American)
    Arlington and Iwo Jima
    Capitol Visitor Center (only red bus saw this)
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Ford's Theater


  1. I/students on my bus had too much time at the following:
    Check all that apply!*
    Holocaust Museum
    Newseum
    Mount Vernon
    Day tour of the monuments
    Night tour of the monuments
    Choice of museum visits (Air and Space, American History, Natural History or Native American)
    Arlington and Iwo Jima
    Capitol Visitor Center (only red bus saw this)
    National Museum of African American History and Culture
    Ford's Theater


  1. Do you have any comments or suggestions about museum visits? *


  1. Do you have any suggestions/comments about scheduling that might be helpful for next year's planning?



  1. Please check the comments that reflect your feelings about the boat trip on the Potomac*
    I loved it - very fun
    It was OK
    I liked sharing the boat with other students
    I would have liked it if we didn't share the boat
    I was uncomfortable
    I hated it
    I wish it had been at night
    I liked this during the day


  1. Do you have any comments or suggestions about the boat cruise?


  1. I LIKED the following meals:
    Check all that apply!*
    Dinner at San Antonio Grill (Mexican) on the last night (only green and red buses and Ms. Hurley's kids)
    Meal vouchers for food court (2 days)
    Italian dinner the first night (pasta, salad)
    Chicken/taco dinner on the boat cruise
    Breakfast at the hotel every day


  1. I DISLIKED the following meals:
    Check all that apply!*
    Dinner at San Antonio Grill (Mexican) on the last night (only green and red buses and Ms. Hurley's kids)
    Meal vouchers for food court (2 days)
    Italian dinner the first night (pasta, salad)
    Chicken/taco dinner on the boat cruise
    Breakfast at the hotel every day


  1. Our early or late flights made it hard for me to focus/concentrate because I was too tired.*
      1 2 3 4 5  
    Strongly agree   Strongly disagree


  1. Is there anything else you wish you had known BEFORE we went on the DC trip that would have helped you prepare?


  1. What was your favorite part of the trip?*


  1. What was your least favorite part of the trip?*


  1. Please comment on anything else you would like to share with us about your trip experience.


  1. What could we do next year to improve the trip?





Kim Phelan
US History Teacher/Curriculum Leader
Dover Sherborn Middle School
Dover, MA