Travel Newsletter!

This morning we awoke to a new email from ADEC!  The Travel Newsletter  was a confirmation of the proposed travel dates of August 6-11.  We were told that travel deferments were not being considered so I must be prepared to leave whenever they schedule me.  I anticipate that our etickets should be arriving any day now.  We were also given a timeline for the month of August-September which I am attaching.  It looks like we will be receiving our apartment keys first thing.  I see some shopping in my near future!  The only thing I did not see was the estimated date we receive our grade level assignment.  I am hoping to find out early so that I am able to do some back to school planning. Normally I would be fully wrapped up in my back to school theme, room set up decorating, and lesson planning.  This year I guess I will be a fly by the seat of your pants teacher when it comes to back to school.

August/September 2012 EMT Group 1 Orientation Timeline
Sunday		Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				August 1	2	3	4
5		6	7	8                     9                        10                    11 Group 1 Arrival and to hotel
12 General Services (GS) Orientation & Visa/UAE ID processing 09:00- 16:00	Apartment Keys distributed	13 GS EMTs site visit to  apartments (Abu Dhabi)	14 GS EMTs site visit to  apartments (Al Gharbia &   Al Ain)	15 GS Medical Test & ID Finger Printing	16 GS Medical Test & ID Finger Printing	17	18
19                        20                       21 Eid Holiday (Depending on the Moon)				22	23	24	25
26		27 School Operations Orientation Day 1	28 School Operations Orientation Day 2	29	30	31	September 1
2 ADEC Bedaya Meeting (9-2pm) (ADNIC  Abu Dhabi)		3 EMTs report to their schools	4	5	6 School Operations Orientation Day 3 (Regional)	7	8
9 First Day of Classes with Students		10	11	12	13	14	15