FINAL NEW YORK TRIP UPDATES

Hi all,

  Just a few final reminders for this week's NY Geology Trips on Thursday and Friday.


1. Drop off is at 5:45 AM at WMS: When you drop off your child in the morning please park in the teacher parking lot. DO NOT drive up the bus driveway. Students will be loading their bags onto the bays under the bus on both sides of the bus and we do not want any traffic coming up the driveway at this time. The science room doors will be open, the main door will be locked.

2. Snacks and Food: Please remember as you are packing your child's food for the day to not pack any foods with peanuts or any kind of nuts as well as any shellfish. We have children on the bus with food allergies and would like to avoid any emergencies due to food allergies. Thank you for your cooperation with this. Please also remember that your child must bring with them their food for breakfast, snacks, and lunch. Students must also bring their own drinks and a water bottle. No Caffeinated beverages allowed. Please make sure all beverages are screw-top bottles.

3. Cave clothing: Please remember that if your child is going into the cave they must be wearing long pants, a long sleeve shirt, and a helmet with a light attached. There are no exceptions to this rule - safety is of the utmost importance. Please also remember that they must wear gym shorts and a t-shirt underneath their clothes so they can change outside the bus after exiting the cave.

4. Dinner: Dinner is at the Lee rest area on the Mass. Pike. Students may bring their own dinner or no more than $15.00 for fast food at the rest area. Fast food options include Fresh City, McDonalds, Sbarro Pizza, D'Angelos Subs.

5. Phone chain:  We will activate the phone chain upon leaving dinner - we will be approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes away at this point.

6. Pick up at the end of the trip at WMS: When you pick up your child please again park your car in the teacher lot and do not drive up the bus driveway. Same as the morning kids will be going around to both sides of the bus to get their bags from underneath the bus when they return.

7. School Issued Clipboards: Your child was issued a black plastic school clipboard to use on the New York Trip. Please have them pack this in their backpack and return to their science teacher on Monday following the trip.

8. Pictures from trip: Students will be using the pictures they take from the trip as part of their New York Geology project. Students need to have these pictures in digital format, they should not have them developed.


Thanks for your support from home, trips like this cannot happen without parent support

Rich Battaglia and Jennifer Nichols