The curriculum-based educational program is available to 4th and 5th grade classes and focuses on the winter encampments of the Continental Army at Morristown and the effect they had on both soldiers and the local population. The program helps children understand the American Revolution's impact on all facets of society and helps illustrate the great costs, personal hardships, and organizational obstacles associated with building and sustaining an army and winning American independence.

Teachers who would like their class to participate in the program must attend a one-day workshop offered by Morristown NHP. Class participation is by reservation only. Space is extremely limited.

Reservation System
***Please Note:
Reservations for the 2005-2006 school year are almost full. Only a very limited number of spaces are available. For further information please contact the park's education coordinator, Thomas Winslow at: thomas_winslow@nps.gov . Mr. Winslow works Tuesdays-Saturdays.

Reservation requests for the 2006-2007 school year will be by e-mail only and will begin in September 2006. For more detailed information about reserving for the 2006-2007 school year by e-mail, please visit this web address in late summer 2006.

General Information
Morristown National Historical Park's curriculum-based educational program is for fourth and fifth grade students only and is conducted at the Jockey Hollow unit of the park.

Due to staff and space limitations, we offer only one program to ONE class per day. This class can number no more than twenty five students.

There must be a teacher and at least two additional adult chaperones with the group at all times.

The programs will occur on most Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays, beginning at 10:00 AM. Groups should plan to stay AT LEAST two and a half hours in the park. The program is offered from mid-November until late May.

The supervisory educator who brings the class to the program is required to attend a one-day teacher workshop held at Morristown NHP. The teacher will sign up for this workshop after we have confirmed the reservation for the class visit. It is a full day training workshop usually held in early October. Teachers who attended a workshop last school year are exempt from attending this upcoming school year. The teacher that attends the workshop must be the same teacher that accompanies the class for their visit; otherwise they will not be able to visit the facilities.

Payment
To help cover the expenses of the program a $50 fee is required of each class that participates in the program.

Cancellation Policy
Due to a number of schools canceling at the last minute in the past few years, we need to enforce our cancellation policy more strictly. In order to receive a refund on your fee, all cancellations must be made three weeks prior to your scheduled program. Classes that cancel with fewer than three weeks before their date will not receive a refund. We will make every effort to reschedule any cancellations made by Morristown National Historical Park (due to snow storms, etc.), and we will refund the fee paid by the schools that we are not able to reschedule.

Thank you for your assistance with these matters-we want to serve as many classes as possible in a fair and equitable manner.