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-- Inside the Duffel --
Use small plastic grocery bags
or cloth 'mini duffel' bags
inside your child's duffel or suitcase
for them to fill up with
dirty clothes. This
way, clean clothes stay
separate and fresh and do
not get wet from having
dirty clothes thrown in
on top of them. This idea
really DOES work!
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-- Practice Packing --
Set out clothes and let your child PACK
THEIR OWN GEAR.
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-- Sleeping Bag --
Have your child practice (several times!)
rolling up and fastening
the straps on their sleeping
bag or bed roll.
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-- Organization --
Letting your child HELP organize their
own gear provides
them with "ownership"
of the process. |
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we return to Winston with a large collection
of "unclaimed" clothing, flashlights,
cameras, CD Players, sandals, sneakers
-- the list goes on and on. Please
help us on this one by at the very least
putting your child's initials
on each item so we can return the "lost
and found" item to the correct
owner! |
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-- Bookbag |
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-- Pillow |
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-- Entertainment Items: (books, magazines, games, music) |
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-- Bathing suit, towel, sandals, sunscreen, bug repellant |
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-- Camera |
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-- Double supper & drinks, snacks |
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-- Bed Rolls:
Please put bed rolls and sleeping bags in the front compartment
nearest the driver door.
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-- Duffel bags:
Place these in the
middle compartments.
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-- Do NOT USE:
The last compartment
under the bus near the engine in the
back is reserved for snacks, coolers,
& drinks.
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April, 2009 ----- Email Edition #2
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Florida Keys Trip Chaperones
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Mr. Tom Clauset
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Mrs. Karen Purdee
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Mr. Justin Marckel
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4.
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Dr. Tom McLean
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5.
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Dr. Francis O'Brien
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6.
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Mr. Brian Myers
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7.
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Mr. Jack Kennedy
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8.
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Mrs. Linda Manthey
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9.
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Mrs. Lora Needham
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10.
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Mrs. Melissa Fisch
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Mrs. Carol Lydon
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Mrs. Deborah Lunsford
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Equipment
Reminders:
-- no cell phones
-- no TVs
-- no DVD players
-- no Flip flops
-- no Crocs
-- Bathing suit, towel, sandals, sunscreen, bug repellant go "up top" where students sit on the bus.
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Dr.
McLean & Dr. O'Brien (our
trip doctors) will be
handling all medical issues
during the trip including
the dispensing of medication.
Mrs. Purdee will be
assisting. When you arrive
at Hanes on Saturday, please
deliver all medications
to Mrs. Purdee. Students
may keep inhalers with them.
An additional sheet of information
will be mailed to you
concerning medications.
We carry most over-the-counter
medications with us, so
keep those at home. DO
SEND prescription medications
with directions on how often
it should be administered
and which meal time would
be best for taking it. Take extra pills OUT of the bottle and keep these at home.
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Don't
believe your child when
they tell you they just
HAVE to take two or three
bags of cookies, several
pounds of chewing gum, and
various other "essential"
candy snacks in order to
"survive" the
trip. (If they bring too
much we'll just have to
'hold it' for them until
they get back to Winston.)
We know that most
kids have a 'sweet tooth,'
but really, nutritionally,
they don't NEED IT! Adult
chaperones get particularly
tired of trying to get students
to pick up candy wrappers,
gum wrappers, drink bottles,
empty cookie bags, etc.
that get tossed to the floor
during the long bus ride.
Help us out here by
LIMITING the amount of junk
food that your child brings
along. Remember, they don't
REALLY need all that stuff! AND, students are NOT allowed to buy sodas or snack foods at Interstate rest stops along the way. |
Disposable
cameras are the perfect
"bullet proof"
photography solution for
students to use in taking
pictures of their adventures during the Keys
Trip. These cameras
work well in low light and
bright light, are rugged,
and yield excellent prints.
Digital cameras have come down in price and produce great pictures as well. Students should NOT take these cameras out on snorkeling or wading activities, though. Cheap water-proof disposable cameras are better for water activities. |
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Just
in case your child loses
the one tube or bottle of
sunscreen that you have
included (SPF 35+), you
might want to include a
second one. It's very
bright in Florida and the
water acts like a mirror,
bouncing additional UV rays
onto students. Three days
is NOT enough time to get a tan.
Without lots of sunscreen,
they will only burn, so
we try to get students to
exercise extra caution when
they are out in the sun
on boat trips and labs. (Please
do NOT send spray bottles
of sunscreen!) |
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As
you can see from the picture
to the left taken last year
on our Saturday
departure date, the Hanes
bus parking lot is full
of people, gear, and buses.
Please DO NOT park
in the large bus parking
lot. There is not
enough room for buses to turn around if
cars are in the way. Instead,
plan on parking in the parking
lot beside the Hanes gym
and walking over to the
bus parking lot. Once the
buses arrive, students
may get on the bus (boys
on Bus #1, girls & boys on Bus #2, girls on Bus
#3) to "stow"
their carry on luggage and
then they have to get off
the bus and wait for the
final roll call. |
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