Mrs. Covalt's EF Tours

31/03/2023

Starting SHORTLY!!
If you wanted to join the online meeting for the student tour of the British Isles last night but couldn't, I'm giving a repeat presentation tonight at 6:00 for those requesting it! 🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Let me know, and I will send you a Google Meet link!!!
Do NOT miss out on this AMAZING opportunity!! The price of the trip goes up TOMORROW!!

29/03/2023

THERE IS STILL TIME!!!
Get more information without leaving your house!!

Hey, everyone!!!

I am leading another student tour to Scotland, Ireland, and England, which will also include one day in Paris!! Your student is invited to join us on this educational travel experience to Europe in Summer 2024.

I would love to have your student join me on this adventure. These tours are SAFE and SO MUCH FUN!

Hear all the details, including the itinerary, activities, academic opportunities, the cost of the trip, and EF’s risk-free enrollment period at our informational meeting on March 30th at 6pm. The meeting will take place 6pm on Zoom!

https://efedu.zoom.us/j/89994354143

The above link will be used to join me in the online meeting Thursday night.

There are limited spots on this trip, so we would love to have you attend this meeting to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

Your child will need to be enrolled in high school by the fall of 2024 and must have a clean discipline record. Older siblings and friends as well as parents and grandparents are able to join us also!

I hope to see you live on Thursday!

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05/09/2022

I have some FANTASTIC NEWS!! 😃👏👏🎉
In July of 2024, I am leading ANOTHER EF Tour!!🎊
This time, we are going back to Ireland and Scotland, but we will spend two days in LONDON, and a full day in PARIS, as well!! 😮

We will visit the following Ireland cities: Dublin, Belfast, and Derry! (We didn't see Derry on our trip this summer!) In Scotland, we will make stops at Caimryan (where we will arrive via FERRY from Belfast!! SOOO COOL!), Alloway, and Edinburgh! In London, our tour will take us to Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Piccadilly Circus, Westminster Abbey, and more! At the last of the tour, we will travel by train from London to Paris! In Paris, we will experience the Louvre, and visit the Eiffel Tower, among other sites!!

I can NOT wait!!!!! 😃😃😃

This trip is open to ANY student who meets the following criteria:
Must be enrolled in high school by July of 2024
Must be in good disciplinary standing at school
Must have passing grades

Parents and students are invited to attend the informational meeting in my room, #215, on Woodward Middle School's South Campus, Thursday, Sept. 15th, at 6:00 PM. 🗓⏰

I will have all the information available at that time. FYI - Parents, grandparents, and college-aged students are welcome to join the trip as well!

SOOOOO EXCITED!!! Hope to see YOU there!!! 👀

26/07/2022

We are all back on American soil! Some of us are just now on our way home from the Oklahoma City airport, and we should be home by about 2 o’clock this morning. The rest of us are resting at a hotel in Dallas and will catch a flight out of Dallas to OKC first thing in the morning.
Thankful for God‘s grace on our journey today, as all our flights from London back to Oklahoma were canceled, rescheduled, and canceled again this morning. It took some doing, but we managed to get everyone on flights and get back to the USA. Thank you for all your prayers of safety on our journey.
This was my first tour to lead, and I’m not sure how it would have worked without all the adults on the trip to lend a helping hand. I’m thankful for each of them.
Flights were being cancelled all over the place. It’s a crazy time to be flying! Grateful we are all okay and everyone seemed to handle it well.
Proud of our little group!! ♥️

25/07/2022

It’s been a challenge keeping up with photos, posting them as well as comments, and experiencing the rush, rush, rush of the tour. I’ll post more pictures after the return home, and I will add some of the information that we have learned about the countries we have visited.
It’s been such a gift to be part of this tour. I am so grateful. Currently, we are sitting in Edinburgh airport awaiting our flight to London. Our flight from London to Chicago was canceled, rescheduled, and canceled again. When we arrive at Heathrow airport, we will sort out all the flight details.
In the meantime, we are tired, but our spirits are filled with the memories of the beautiful scenery and rich heritage of these countries we have been so blessed to visit!

24/07/2022

Today is our last day in Scotland. I’m so very sad to leave. This trip has been an absolute DREAM. I’m already ready to come back.
Here is a thistle, the National Flower of Scotland, to mark our last day. 😢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

23/07/2022

Today we took a small boat ride from Loch Ness to Urquhart Castle. Nessie did NOT come out to play, and I’m truly disappointed!
But what a BEAUTIFUL cruise!!!

22/07/2022

Temperature at 6:43am today, and our forecast for the rest of the trip.
Absolute HEAVEN.

21/07/2022

Today was AMAZING!!!!!!!
Walking tour of Edinburgh, a visit to Edinburgh castle, food and shopping along the Royalmile, dinner and a ghost tour! We are all absolutely exhausted but having an incredible time!

20/07/2022

OH. MY. GOODNESS!!!
What a BEAUTIFUL day!!
We left our hotel at 5:00am and jumped aboard a ferry for Scotland!! It was AMAZING!!!!!!!
When we arrived in Scotland, we took a scenic drive of Scottish countryside, then we stopped in Alloway to see the Robert Burns Memorial and gardens. Next we continued our scenic tour and stopped at for a bit by the North Sea, and next it was Toby Carvery for some yummy dinner!
We are now checked into our hotel for the next three days!!
Tomorrow is a guided sightseeing tour of Edinburgh, including Edinburgh Castle. After dinner, we will enjoy an exciting ghost tour of the city!
There has been a highlight every day of this tour! For today, I think mine was the ferry ride, and the beautiful Stops for photos along the way as well as observing the gorgeous Scottish countryside.
I could live here.There happened to be a Scottish wedding we walked by, so I snapped a photo outside the venue!!

19/07/2022

I’ll post more later about our fabulous day in Belfast today, but just look at the view from our hotel this evening! It’s amazing! And tomorrow, it’s off to Edinburgh!

18/07/2022

A few items of note.
1. Our tour guide, Bella, is beautiful, smart, funny, and extremely responsible. And she TWENTY-FIVE YEARS-OLD!!! She is doing a ”fab” job, snd she’s just perfectly “lovely.” (She uses these words a lot.

2. In Ireland, if you are doing okay, you say “I’m grams, thanks!”

3. Our bus driver is a HOOT! That man can manage a bus like a BOSS. Here they call city transportation (double deckers) buses, and those driving tours around are called coachedms.

4. It’s 10;20PM here, and just now beginning to get dark out.

5. Declan, our bus driver says that in Ireland the sun rises in the east, moves to the south, and then to the west. He says that’s one of the reasons Northern Ireland is called the “darkness.”

6. If you ask for cream in your coffee they look at you funny. You have to ask for milk.

7. It’s not customary to tip a waiter/waitress unless they do a “fab” job! And then you only tip them about 5 percent.

8, SOO many American businesses are here!

9. Tomorrow we get on a ferry and head for Belfast! Sooo excited about the ferry ride!!!

I’m falling asleep! I’ll try to post more stuff tomorrow!!!!! Sendyob an Irish blessing!!! ☘️

18/07/2022

The HIGHLIGHT of the trip so far???
The Irish House Party!!! HANDS DOWN! We listened to beautiful Celtic music, watched some amazing dancers, and learned a few Irish dance moves. Well, I said we “learned” them…. We at least sure did give it our all!!!

SO fun!! The kids had a BLAST!
For more videos, look in the comments.

If you bought a chance for our raffle, this is one of the added excursions we were able to because of YOUR generosity!! Thank you for providing our students with this opportunity!!

18/07/2022

Mushroom pie and apple pie for dinner!
Both were good, but the pie was soo yummy!!!

18/07/2022

Dinner !!!

18/07/2022

Fish and chips for the win!!

18/07/2022

Now touring EPIC! The Irish Emmigration Museum! So cool! Literally and figuratively, thank goodness!!