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Due to school district¡¯s budget constraints in Southern California, the Korean Cultural Center will be subsidizing K-12 schools in the Los Angeles area for the cost of bus transportation to visit the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles and the LA Korea Center, which are the world¡¯s largest facilities for anyone to experience Korean Culture. This offer provides schools in Southern California funds for transportation and it is on the basis of FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. In order to for a school to be approved, each school must fill out an application for the Bus Transportation Fund.

For information about the BTF, call or email Rick Phillips
(323) 936 - 7141 or, Email: fieldtrip@kccla.org or rphillips@kccla.org
Parking is provided in the KCCLA parking lot in the rear of the building.
Tour Hours: Monday - Friday 10 AM - 4 PM (Tours are not available on weekends)

Age Groups: 1st Grade and higher
KCCLA field trips are free and we do cover the cost for ONE BUS PER SCHOOL (although I can make exceptions). When a Teacher (or Coordinator) calls or emails me to schedule a field trip, I will email or fax you a Bus Transportation Form after the filed trip has been scheduled. The Teacher then fills out the form and sends it back to me (fax or email), I sign the form which authorizes KCCLA to pay for the bus and send it back to the Teacher. The Teacher schedules the bus through LAUSD (or any other bus transportation service your school uses, we will accommodate the cost of any bus service in Southern California) by sending the bus form to your bus transportation service. The bill is sent to KCCLA 4 ? 6 weeks later. KCCLA does not schedule buses, we just cover the cost.
The MAXIMUM number of students you may bring is 60 (usually an entire grade of 2 classes and I can accept over 65 or 70 in case you need to bring parents, chaperones, or more students if the class is larger).
The Field trip consists of:
  1. Greeting and Introduction in the KCCLA Auditorium on the 3rd Floor
  2. 14 minute video presentation ¡°Images of Korea¡±
  3. Tour of the LA Korea Center (the building next door to KCCLA which displays the most recent trends in Korea¡¯s technical and entertainment culture ? including educational kiosks, online games, animation, short film, tourism to Korea and the latest technology of Korea. This is a self-guided tour.
  4. Tour of the Korean Cultural Center, which is a display of Korean dynastic time periods dating back to 57 B.C. (the Three Kingdoms Period, Goryeo Kingdom, Joseon Dynasty. I will guide and interact more with the students during this part of the tour
  5. If time permits, students assemble a 3D puzzle ? Either a Korean traditional house, the Gobukseon (Turtle Ship) or Banoakseon (Naval ship during the Joseon Dynasty 16th century). If we do not have time to do or finish the workshop, students take it home with them to put together at home or for a class project the following day.
PARKING and ENTRANCE
Buses usually drop and pick up students in the front of the KCCLA building on Wilshire or the side of the building on Dunsmuir. Students enter from the back. Buses can also enter the parking lot in the back, but sometimes the lot is filled, so it is difficult to maneuver the bus. Buses usually park at the LA Tarpits (George Page Museum Park, LACMA), which is about 5 blocks (less than half a mile) west of KCCLA on the corner of Wilshire and Curson. There is free bus parking.
LUNCH
KCCLA does not provide a lunch venue for field trips. I recommend that teachers take their students to the LA Tarpits/George Page Museum park area near the Los Angeles County of Modern Art; there is a lot of space, sunshine, and other schools. The park is 5 blocks west of KCCLA on the corner of Curson and Wilshire, less than a quarter of a mile on the right side. Bus parking is free on Curson and 6th Street (on block north parallel to Wilshire)
   
     
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