April 23rd Doga Schools terms of participation

							Dear Colleague,

We will be glad to host your school for the celebrations of April 23 rd, National
Sovereignty and Children’s Day.



Terms for Participation

      The duration of your stay in Istanbul is between April 17th-24th,2011.
       The number of students participating should be maximum ten.

      The age group attending should be between 10-12.

      The number of teachers accompanying;1 for 5 students. Guest
       students will be housed by Turkish families.

      The expenditures of teachers except dinner; breakfast,
       accommodation and lunch on weekdays will be met by Doğa Schools.

      All the expenses including food, accommodation and sightseeing will
       be paid by Doğa Schools. Only the flight expenditures will be met by
       the guest school.

      The guest students are requested to perform their national dance with
       their traditional costumes in one of the big shopping centers and
       school celebration in İstanbul, TURKEY.

      You must bring along the flags and pennants representing your school
       and country.

      You must bring along the audio CD for presentation during your
       country’s show.

      We kindly ask you to provide information pertaining to the Flight
       Numbers/Arrival time/Flight time/departure flight time.

       We request you to send us an information sheet containing the names
       and titles of assigned teachers as well as the list of participating
       students.
   We kindly request you to send us the names of the General Director,
    Headmaster or Founder of your school as we’re going to be presenting
    a plate of appreciation with his/her name.

   You may also bring along banners, text and posters about your school.

   Those international participants arriving via Bus must provide
    information regarding the route, arrival and departure times for
    Istanbul.

   We kindly request you to inform us about special matters or special
    health conditions regarding your students and participant teachers.

   The guest students are requested;

    A ’’Culture box’’ including the cultural item representing their
    countries.

    Portrait pictures of the students and their family members

    Postcard of their countries

   The detailed programme of facilities will be sent to the principle of
    schools in the following weeks. The facilities are below in summary:


a. Ice-breakers
b. Life in the campus & Class Visits
c. In school activities
d. Rehearsals& Celebrations of April 23rd
e. City Tour & Visits to historical places
f. Save Nature Activities & Planting
g. Festivals and Entertainment
h. Performances in shopping centers
i. Yacht tour
j. Closing Party
   Guest schools are asked to send the list of students and teachers until
    January 15th, 2011. We will let you know about the families your
    students will be staying with and their addresses later on.

   Before your arrival, our students will start to get in touch with your
    students for ongoing friendship.

   If you wish, you can join us for long-term projects such as Comenius
    Projects, Sister School Partnership. Those projects will be discussed
    with the teachers in detail during your visit.