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Winter 2025 : (January 06, 2025 - March 05, 2025)
Great Wolf Lodge 2025
No matter what the weather outside is doing, our resort at Great Wolf Lodge Williamsburg, VA, keeps the indoor water park fun flowing 365 days per year. Splash, swim, and slide with the whole family, then dry off and head into our adventure park to delight in dry-land attractions such as bowling, arcade games, a ropes course, our immersive MagiQuest adventure game, and more. Kids will love the assortment of entertainment included in your stay—from yoga and arts & crafts projects to a dance party and story time that wrap up the day—and be sure to keep your camera handy for a photo op with the Great Wolf Kids characters who have been known to roam around the resort.

Registration closes: 2025-01-06
Tuesday, Feb 04, 2025 - Friday, Feb 07, 2025 549 East Rochambeau Drive, Williamsburg VA 23188
Group Stay at Great Wolf Lodge
PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO BOOK THEIR OWN ROOMS USING A SPECIAL CODE. **Please enroll in this program if you are interested in booking a room at Great Wolf Lodge, and we will email you the booking code that you can use to reserve your room** You can book one night, two nights or all three nights, and you can choose from four different types of suites: Family Suites and Family Fireplace Suites are $119 plus taxes and fees = $135.28 per night. Majestic Bear Suites and Grizzly Bear Suites are $249.00 plus taxes and fees = $280.88 per night. Your room comes with passes to the water park (the number can equal up to the reserved occupancy of the room). If you try to book a room and it says it is unavailable, please email Cindy at cvillechec@icloud.com and I will contact the lodge about adding more rooms to our group.
Notes: Discussion is happening in Beyond Explorations discord https://discord.gg/nRurqgabQV - let everyone know that you are going; what nights you will be staying; and what field trips you will be attending while there. This is always a super fun trip, and the kids love running wild around the resort.

Tue, Feb 4, 04:00PM - Fri, Feb 7, 11:00AM Ages: 0-99 Participant: $0.00
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Bridgewater College
Bridgewater College is a private liberal-arts college in Bridgewater, Virginia.

Registration closes: 2025-02-09
Friday, Feb 21, 2025 402 E College St, Bridgewater, VA 22812
Campus Tour and Information Session
Bridgewater College will host our homeschool group on campus and show us what life looks like at BC. The visit will last about 2 hours and will include some time for students to get settled and provide information to our host, a Bridgewater College information presentation and a campus tour with a student ambassador. This college visit is ideal for homeschool students who are considering college/university and interested in investigating local options, as well as students with specific interest in attending Bridgewater College.

01:30PM - 03:30PM Ages: 13-18 Participant student participant ages 13-18 $0.00
Chaperone adult participant $0.00
Sibling sibling of teen student attendee age 12 or younger $0.00
3/15
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Snuggle Butts Farm Tour
Snuggle Butts Farm is a “tiny, but mighty” micro-farm in Albemarle County, VA. Snuggle the many farm animals on this 3-acre farm. You will meet cats, dogs, bunnies, chickens, pigs, cows, goats (and baby goats!) Remember to check out the farm store where you can get merch and fresh eggs.

Bring: Dress to get dirty. Wear appropriate shoes for walking (and potentially getting muddy).
Registration closes: 2025-04-01
Friday, Apr 11, 2025 2166 Polo Grounds Road, Charlottesville, VA 22911
PM Farm Tour & Snuggle Session
Snuggle Butts Farm is a “tiny, but mighty” micro-farm in Albemarle County, VA. Snuggle the many farm animals on this 3-acre farm. You will meet cats, dogs, bunnies, chickens, pigs, cows, goats (and baby goats!) Remember to check out the farm store where you can get merch and fresh eggs.
Notes: Dress to get dirty. Wear appropriate shoes for walking (and potentially getting muddy).

01:00AM - 02:00AM Ages: 0-100 Participant participant age 2-18 $21.00
Chaperone participant over the age of 18 $21.00
Sibling participant under 2 years of age $0.00
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AM Farm Tour & Snuggle Session
Snuggle Butts Farm is a “tiny, but mighty” micro-farm in Albemarle County, VA. Snuggle the many farm animals on this 3-acre farm. You will meet cats, dogs, bunnies, chickens, pigs, cows, goats (and baby goats!) Remember to check out the farm store where you can get merch and fresh eggs.
Notes: Dress to get dirty. Wear appropriate shoes for walking (and potentially getting muddy).

10:00AM - 11:00AM Ages: 0-100 Participant participant age 2-18 $21.00
Chaperone participant over the age of 18 $21.00
Sibling participant under 2 years of age $21.00
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Are field trips drop off?

No, not unless explicitly stated. Parents should plan to attend field trips with their student(s) or to send them with another parent/caregiver. CHEC will have a field trip coordinator attending the field trip to answer parent questions and coordinate with staff at the location, but the coordinator is not responsible for monitoring students.
Do my students need to take classes at CHEC to enroll in field trips?

You do not need to be enrolled in classes at CHEC to take field trips. They are open to everyone. You will need an account on the CHEC website and payment will be managed through that account.

I want to enroll my student in a field trip that they aren't the correct age group for. What should I do?

Our age recommendations are generally guidelines, however some field trip venues have strict age guidelines. Please enroll based on the age ranges noted. If you have an older or younger child you would like to enroll, please reach out to fieldtrips@cvillechec.org and we will let you know if there is wiggle room for that particular trip and how to proceed with enrollment.
There are several programs for different age groups associated with a field trip. I want to enroll my children in different programs, but they are at the same time and I can't chaperone both. How is this handled?

You do not need to register as a chaperone twice. You should only pay one fee. Typically, you would register to accompany your younger child(ren). Upon arrival, make sure the coordinator realizes that you are accompanying your younger student.
My family can't make the field trip anymore. Can we get a refund?

CHEC field trips are generally non-refundable. CHEC is run by volunteers and refund requests create additional work for multiple people. In addition, many field trips and/or group rates require us to meet certain minimums and we often have to notify our host of our headcount commitment well in advance of trips. Occasionally we are able to make exceptions to our refund policy for field trip totals over $50. If you would like to see if a refund is possible for a trip where your total was more than $50 or if you would like refund consideration for financial hardship, please contact fieldtrips@cvillechec.org. Consideration will depend on variables such as how far in advance we receive the request and our payment and headcount commitments for the particular venue.