Weekend at West Branch
A Weekend at West Branch: June 11-12, 2011
Finalists are required to spend a weekend in West Branch (just east of Iowa City). This is a fun and casual weekend—no reports! There is no charge to students.
Learning about President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover offers a framework to understand the inspiration for the Hoover Uncommon Student Award. Special tours are arranged for students and guests of the Hoover Presidential Library-Museum (one of 12 in the nation) and the Hoover National Historic Site (one of two National Park Service units in Iowa).
Just as important are the relationships the students make as they meet each other. As a past student remarked, “There are people like me here!”
Tentative Schedule (Subject to change):
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Students may bring up to two guests.
- 10:00 AM - Registration at the Hoover Presidential Library-Museum
- 10:30 AM - Program begins in the auditorium
- 11:15 AM - Group and individual photos
- 11:45 AM - Photo opportunity for parents
- 12:00 PM - Lunch in the Reading Room
- 12:45 PM - Tours/seminars for students and parents
- 3:30 PM - Gift Shop Time
- 4:00 PM - Students leave for Hampton Inn. (Parents are on their own.)
- 6:00 PM - Banquet and free time
Sunday, June 12
Students may bring any number of guests.
- 8:45 AM - Students leave hotel for West Branch
- 9:00 AM - Gift Shop Time
- 9:30 AM - Tours of Hoover National Historic Site
- 11:15 AM - Picnic lunch; end of weekend