Monday -PE -Luggage drop off: right after school until 5:00 | Tuesday -Arrive to school at 8:35. Bus leaves at 8:50! | Tuesday- Friday -Magruder Outdoor School -We should get back to school around 1:30-2:00 on Friday. Keep tuned to your email. |
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Now's the time to start the pile of stuff that will head to Outdoor School. Here is the equipment list again. If this is your family's 1st or 4th time sending a student to ODS I would encourage you to read over the student guidebook with your child, click here. In terms of gear, please don't feel like you need to purchase new things for your child. The school has some extra rain boots and rain coats that we are glad to borrow out for this trip. Magruder Outdoor School also has extra supplies too. Please email me if your kiddo needs gear for this experience. I also recommend shopping at Goodwill for warm layers and such. Wool sweaters and rain gear (both coats and pants) make happy campers.
Monday, October 2nd: Erin and I will keep our classrooms open from after school to 5:00 for luggage drop off. Please email me if this time doesn't work for you. Everything gets dropped off at this time, but please keep medications separate as we will record and collect student medication separately. We will provide large garbage bags for luggage to go into, if it seems necessary.
Tuesday, October 3rd: Students should arrive at 8:35, earlier is not necessary. The bus will depart promptly at 8:50 AM. Ideally, students will have their backpack with a book to read and water bottle. They don't necessarily need to come in all their outdoor clothes for the bus ride, but it would be helpful for their rain coat, hat and gloves to be in their backpack.
Friday, October 6th: We usually arrive back to school between 1:00-2:00. Once we depart Magruder, Karen Torry sends out an email with our arrival time.
A brief look at last week:
Last week we wrote up a good deal of poetry thinking about "power of the word". We wrapped up our Love That Dog literature circle packet and did an inPESTigation looking at different pests that can crop up in agricultural settings. As a class we talked about predicting the feelings of others and how we can make better decisions if we keep this in mind.