Any type of travel with your students is not a decision to be taken lightly. It can really try your patience and test your organizational skills. Such was the case when I decided to bring students to the 9th annual National High School Dance Festival at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia last month. School schedules, spring breaks and conflicting district activities kept us from ever attending before.

 

 

In my 17 years at Wheeling, I had only traveled twice with students to New York City and was not planning on another trip … but things change. To pull this off would require an extreme organizational feat: Our main concert weekend would end March 1, a benefit concert was scheduled for March 9, March 13 to 16 we’d be in Philadelphia, and March 18 we would host our district dance concert. This was on top of teaching and family life. Delegating and accelerating deadlines was critical to maintain sanity.