Registration Deadlines
STUDENTS:
Senior Priority Window: Friday, November 3rd @ 12am through Sunday, November 5th @ 9PM
Junior Priority Window: Monday, November 6th 12AM through 9PM
Open to Sophomores and Freshmen: Tuesday, November 7th
Last Day for All Students to Register: Friday, November 10th @ 9PM
Please note that the registration system is not set-up to shut out registrations at different times. Your registration arrives in my in-box with a time stamp, so even though you were able to enter the system and register, I will hand cancel any that are not received during their correct registration window and a detention issued. Likewise, any double registrations will both be canceled and a detention issued. In both instances, you will then be assigned a trip after registration has closed on November 10th.
Senior Priority Window: Friday, November 3rd @ 12am through Sunday, November 5th @ 9PM
Junior Priority Window: Monday, November 6th 12AM through 9PM
Open to Sophomores and Freshmen: Tuesday, November 7th
Last Day for All Students to Register: Friday, November 10th @ 9PM
Please note that the registration system is not set-up to shut out registrations at different times. Your registration arrives in my in-box with a time stamp, so even though you were able to enter the system and register, I will hand cancel any that are not received during their correct registration window and a detention issued. Likewise, any double registrations will both be canceled and a detention issued. In both instances, you will then be assigned a trip after registration has closed on November 10th.
Food tours
Mangia Preston
Cost: $65
(24 students maximum)
The best way to enjoy New York is by walking its streets, but the only way to taste New York is by eating its pizza. By 1900, several "Little Italies" spotted New York's five boroughs but the most famous remains in Manhattan's Lower East Side. It was here that new citizens would settle, as it was the first bit of land many would touch after a long immigration process at Ellis Island. The streets once overflowed with peddlers and fruit carts as the tenement buildings teemed with the disillusioned, transplanted from home and in search of a better life. It was here that a peasants' meal called "pizza" made its debut in America. The NYC Pizza Walk focuses on pizza from a historical perspective. You will start at America's oldest pizzeria and continue to follow pizza's rise to ubiquity block by block.
Included in price: Professionally guided 3 hour walking tour, bus transportation, as well as three different slices of pizza!
Not included: Beverages
Timing: This trip might arrive back at PHS slightly after normal school hours depending on traffic but no later than 3:30PM.
(24 students maximum)
The best way to enjoy New York is by walking its streets, but the only way to taste New York is by eating its pizza. By 1900, several "Little Italies" spotted New York's five boroughs but the most famous remains in Manhattan's Lower East Side. It was here that new citizens would settle, as it was the first bit of land many would touch after a long immigration process at Ellis Island. The streets once overflowed with peddlers and fruit carts as the tenement buildings teemed with the disillusioned, transplanted from home and in search of a better life. It was here that a peasants' meal called "pizza" made its debut in America. The NYC Pizza Walk focuses on pizza from a historical perspective. You will start at America's oldest pizzeria and continue to follow pizza's rise to ubiquity block by block.
Included in price: Professionally guided 3 hour walking tour, bus transportation, as well as three different slices of pizza!
Not included: Beverages
Timing: This trip might arrive back at PHS slightly after normal school hours depending on traffic but no later than 3:30PM.
Scavenger hunts
Grand Central scrambleCost: $55
(40 students maximum) Uncover the secrets of America's most amazing train station! Work together to uncover the secrets of this amazing train station. To win, you'll have to go nuts in the Whispering Gallery, spot surprises in the stars in the "sky," find TV celebs in the fabulous food court, stand on fish under an upside-down stand on fish under an upside-down tree in the Grand Central Market, learn the arrival time of a “ghost” train in the “Kissing Room,” count creepy critters trying to invade a “ship,” and find funny details in the latest exhibit inside the Transit Museum Gallery, to name just a few hunt highlights. Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money for Timing: During regular school hours. Secrets of central parkCost: $55
(40 students maximum) An adventure in Manhattan's backyard! Work together to explore the park below 72nd Street. To score points, you’ll have to find Stuart Little, stick your tongue out at a rude animal, learn the motto of a hidden eagle, decipher a secret code by the pond seen in Home Alone 2, spot Cupid at the carousel, unscramble a message in the sky, and find a witch turned to stone, to name just a few of the highlights. Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money for Timing: During regular school hours. PRESTON heroinesCost: $55
(40 students maximum) Walk in the footsteps of your heroes! Visit places in midtown Manhattan that have served as locations in superhero movies, then answer tricky, humorous questions about the secrets you uncover. Along the way you’ll be challenged to take team photos that show off your super powers. The creators of your favorite Marvel and DC comics set many of their stories in the streets of New York City, and the movies based on those stories often film in “Gotham City.” Discover the battle zone where the Avengers fought off an alien invasion, the spot that served as the Fantastic Four’s headquarters, the tower where the Human Torch chased the Silver Surfer, a skyscraper that posed as Stark Tower, the site in front of the Public Library where Peter Parker saw his uncle get killed in the first Spider-Man movie, and more. Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money for Timing: During regular school hours it's all about the hamiltonsCost: $55
(40 students maximum) Follow in Alexander Hamilton’s footsteps...through the streets of Lower Manhattan, from Bowling Green to Federal Hall on Wall Street, from Hamilton’s grave near Broadway to Fraunces Tavern (where Hamilton dined with Washington). Work together to discover the places where the feisty Founding Father worked, played, debated, fought, and planned his fatal duel. Whether you’re a fan of the hit Broadway musical or just curious about the Founding Fathers and early New York City, you’ll love this scavenger hunt. No knowledge of Alexander Hamilton, his musical or the Wall Street area is necessary! You just need sharp eyes and comfy shoes to follow a trail of clues to discover fascinating historical places and answer tricky, fun questions about what you find. Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money for Timing: During regular school hours |
Preston safariCost: $60
(40 students maximum) If you can talk to the animals...you'll be cheating on this surprising safari. See the best of the Bronx Zoo as you discover creatures you never suspected were there--or anywhere! Work together to find out why it's hard to grab a degu, why your neck is like a giraffe's, what the Good Humor man might deliver to a tiger, and how to look right through a grizzly bear. Starring baboons, bats, rats, reptiles, and many more critters. Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt, admission to the Bronx Zoo (with bonus time!) and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money) Timing: This trip will return after regular hours (approximately 5PM) Preston strikes backCost: $55
(40 students maximum) A long time ago in a museum not so far away... Explore the galaxy of the American Museum of Natural History in search of exhibits that echo the characters, creatures, and planets of the Star Wars movies. Highlights include...
Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt, admission to the AMNH and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money for Timing: During regular school hours. Murder at the MetCost: $55
(40 students maximum) A crazed killer is on the loose! And it’s up to you to stop him! The killer has created a scavenger hunt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and if you can solve it, you’ll discover his name, the weapon he used, and where he hid the body in the museum. The police need your help. You’ll get a list of suspects, weapons, and hiding places that are all items in the museum. By following the trail of clues and answering tricky questions, you’ll narrow the list of suspects, weapons, and places and provide the police with the evidence they need to catch and convict the killer. Can you figure out whodunnit? No knowledge of the museum or art is necessary. You just need sharp eyes and comfy shoes. Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt, Met admission and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money for Timing: During regular school hours. Do the harlem shakeCost: $55
(40 students maximum) Explore the birthplace of so much American culture on a scavenger hunt that reveals sites connected with the Harlem Renaissance. Work together to find places between 135th Street and Striver’s Row (138th and 139th Streets), between Lenox Avene and Frederick Douglass Avenue—the very heart of historic Harlem. You’ll answer tricky, entertaining questions about places where African-American authors, artists, poets, playwrights, musicians and athletes worked and played. Plus you’ll be challenged to take fun, creative team photos along the way. It’s energetic, active way to learn a bit about black history and see an old neighborhood in a new light. Walk in the footsteps of giants...Along the way, you’ll discover places where you once could have seen Ella Fitzgerald, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, Tito Puente, Duke Ellington, Zora Neale Hurston, Eubie Blake, photographer James Van Der Zee, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Arturo Schomburg, and the Rennies, the first black professional basketball team. Don’t worry if you don’t recognize all of those names! The hunt will tell you who they are and why they are fascinating. The game is not a test of knowledge, bur instead a test of teamwork. All you need are sharp eyes and comfy shoes! Highlights include...
Included in price: Professionally organized 2 hour hunt and bus transportation. Not included: Lunch (students will have to bring money for Timing: During regular school hours |
Time Machine Trip with food
Ladies of the Round Table
Cost: $65
(40 students maximum)
Be transported to a Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Lyndhurst, NJ for jousting, games, food and merriment with Kings, Queens, knights and magicians a plenty!
Included in price: Professional educational 90 minutes performance with 30 minute question and answer session, admission to the Museum of Medieval Torture Devices, banner, group photo and least we forget...food (vegetarian option available)
Timing: During regular school hours (depending on traffic it could be slightly later than 3PM)
(40 students maximum)
Be transported to a Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Lyndhurst, NJ for jousting, games, food and merriment with Kings, Queens, knights and magicians a plenty!
Included in price: Professional educational 90 minutes performance with 30 minute question and answer session, admission to the Museum of Medieval Torture Devices, banner, group photo and least we forget...food (vegetarian option available)
Timing: During regular school hours (depending on traffic it could be slightly later than 3PM)
in-House workshops
Walking Preston
Cost: FREE
(22 students maximum)
Zombies are fake...or are they? Join us for a special look at Zombies 101 from their biology to how to survive the ever dreaded zombie apocalypse.
Included: 2.5-3 hour workshop and all materials
Not included: Lunch (students will be dismissed around noon and will be responsible for their own lunch)
Timing: 9:30am-12:30pm approximately
(22 students maximum)
Zombies are fake...or are they? Join us for a special look at Zombies 101 from their biology to how to survive the ever dreaded zombie apocalypse.
Included: 2.5-3 hour workshop and all materials
Not included: Lunch (students will be dismissed around noon and will be responsible for their own lunch)
Timing: 9:30am-12:30pm approximately
carneiro's Corner
Cost: FREE
(20 students maximum)
Join our very own Mr. Carneiro and watch the classic movie Back to the Future. Following the screening there will be a discussion on plot, character development, cinematography, time travel and philosophy. Do you have what it takes to be a Jedi?
Included: 2.5-3 hour workshop and all materials
Not included: Lunch (students will be dismissed around noon and will be responsible for their own lunch)
Timing: 9:30am-12:30pm approximately
(20 students maximum)
Join our very own Mr. Carneiro and watch the classic movie Back to the Future. Following the screening there will be a discussion on plot, character development, cinematography, time travel and philosophy. Do you have what it takes to be a Jedi?
Included: 2.5-3 hour workshop and all materials
Not included: Lunch (students will be dismissed around noon and will be responsible for their own lunch)
Timing: 9:30am-12:30pm approximately
Craft-a-palooza
Cost: $10
(20 students maximum) Do you have a crafty side? Do you walk past Michael's and can't resist the temptation to go inside? Then this workshop is for you. Work on 2 projects to take home for bragging rights. Included: 2.5-3 hour workshop and all materials Not included: Lunch (students will be dismissed around noon and will be responsible for their own lunch) Timing: 9:30am-12:30pm approximately |
seniors only
Wax Attacks
Cost: $150
(30 seniors maximum..again, this is simply a special option that is open only to seniors as a perk. Not all seniors are required to select this trip, nor can this trip accommodate all seniors)
1. Team up with your friends on a scavenger hunt of the famous wax museum for the bragging rights of team victory! You’ll mingle with celebs at a Hollywood party, brush elbows with presidents in a hall of fame, and pose for pictures with Britney Spears, Usher, the Spice Girls, George Washington, President Obama, Albert Einstein, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Evander Holyfield, and many more. (Make your own wax hand included!)
2. Proceed to a fabulous lunch at John's Pizzeria which includes a one hour buffet of pizza, calzones, salad, beverages and desserts.
3. Finish the day with an interactive, fun, educational and critically acclaimed 90-minute tour of New York City like you have never seen it before! Climb on board a multi-million dollar motor coach with stadium-style seating, floor to ceiling glass windows and offering unmatched views of midtown Manhattan.
Included: Admission to Madame Tussaud's with scavenger hunt and souvenir wax hand, lunch, passage aboard The Ride and bus transportation to and from Manhattan
Not included: Optional souvenirs at Madame Tussaud's
Timing: This trip should be back no later than 5PM depending on traffic.
(30 seniors maximum..again, this is simply a special option that is open only to seniors as a perk. Not all seniors are required to select this trip, nor can this trip accommodate all seniors)
1. Team up with your friends on a scavenger hunt of the famous wax museum for the bragging rights of team victory! You’ll mingle with celebs at a Hollywood party, brush elbows with presidents in a hall of fame, and pose for pictures with Britney Spears, Usher, the Spice Girls, George Washington, President Obama, Albert Einstein, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Evander Holyfield, and many more. (Make your own wax hand included!)
2. Proceed to a fabulous lunch at John's Pizzeria which includes a one hour buffet of pizza, calzones, salad, beverages and desserts.
3. Finish the day with an interactive, fun, educational and critically acclaimed 90-minute tour of New York City like you have never seen it before! Climb on board a multi-million dollar motor coach with stadium-style seating, floor to ceiling glass windows and offering unmatched views of midtown Manhattan.
Included: Admission to Madame Tussaud's with scavenger hunt and souvenir wax hand, lunch, passage aboard The Ride and bus transportation to and from Manhattan
Not included: Optional souvenirs at Madame Tussaud's
Timing: This trip should be back no later than 5PM depending on traffic.