Outdoor Education 2013

• 7:00 Meeting Begins• Welcome• Location of Timber-Lee• Health/Med. Forms• Daily Activities• “What to Bring”• Parent

Volunteers/Chaperone • Parent Questions

PARENT INFORMATION

Facility:Heartland fifth graders will be spending three days, Sept. 23rd-25th, at Camp Timber-Lee Outdoor Education Center located in East Troy, Wisconsin.

All the students are housed in modern, winterized dorms. Adult chaperones sleep in the same facilities as the students. The students are supervised by adults twenty-four hours a day. Evacuation procedures will be reviewed in each dorm.

LODGING

The adults watching over your children will include twenty-four chaperones and the staff from Camp Timber-Leein addition to Mrs. McAvoy, Mrs. Ross, Mrs. Highmark, Mr. Kohlhagen (or Mr. Graham), and Mr. Law.

Camp Leaders

Camp Timber-Lee will havea nurse on-site for the entireoutdoor educational experience.

Please read the directions carefully in regard to medication dispersion.

Health and Safety

Prescription/Over-the-counter/Medication

• Complete the medication form• Send medication in the original

prescription container to the HES nurse (It will be returned at the end of the trip)

• Send only the amount needed for Sept. 23rd -25th

Medication Dispersion

Due to the amount of children participating in this experience, it is very important that you and your child discuss proper behavior that will be expected from him/her. If improper behavior is exhibited, we will not hesitate to phone the child’s parents and request that he/she be removed from the facility and taken home.

Behavior Expectations

In the past, we have

dealt with sleepwalking,

allergies, bedwetting,

etc… discretely and

effectively.

Unexpected Situations

In case of a more severe injury, Lakeland Hospital is the nearest 911response unit.

Transportation

Students need to arrive at the

regular starting time on Monday,

September 23rd with their sleeping bag

and luggage. Upon arrival, students will

drop their bags in the appropriate line at

the front of the building and go to the

blacktop until school starts.

TRANSPORTATION

We will return to school on Wednesday, September 25th at approximately 2:00 p.m. Students will be dismissed upon our arrival, if parents are available to pick them up.

You may want to arrange a ride for your child to school on Monday and home from school on Wednesday, as riding the bus or walking with their “stuff” may be difficult.

Mailing Address

If you would like to send a letter to your child, you need to mail it at least one week prior to your child’s departure. Include both your child’s name and school name on the envelope along with Camp Timber-lee’s address (this is in your packet).

Timber-lee Outdoor Education CenterN8705 Scout RoadEast Troy, Wisconsin 53120

SCHEDULE

11:00 AM Arrive at Timber-Lee (move into cabins)11:15 Orientation w/camp staff12:15 PM Lunch (own sack lunch) 1:30 Groups begin their planned activities 2:45 Same as above 4:00 Same as above 5:15 Dinner 6:15 Skit practice/ journaling 8:45 Wolf Pack 10:00 In Cabins (lights out by 10:00)

Monday, September 23rd

Schedule Continued

Monday, September 23rd 11:00 AM Arrive at Timber-lee (move into cabins)11:15 Orientation w/camp staff12:15 PM Lunch (own sack lunch) 1:30 Groups begin their planned activities 2:45 Same as above 4:00 Same as above 5:15 Dinner 6:15 Skit practice/ journaling 8:45 Wolf Pack 10:00 In Cabins (lights out by 10:00)

SCHEDULE Tuesday, September 25th

7:45 AM Breakfast 8:45 Daily Activities10:00 Daily Activities (rotation)11:15 Daily Activities (rotation)12:15 PM Lunch 1:30 Daily Activities (rotation) 2:45 Daily Activities (rotation) 4:00 Daily Activities (rotation) 5:15 Dinner 6:15 Skit practice/ Dusk Hike 7:30 Dusk Hike/ Skit Practice 8:45 Campfire (perform skits)10:00 In Cabins (lights out by 10:00)

Wednesday, September 25th

7:45 AM Breakfast

(Luggage out of rooms by 8:45)

8:45 Daily Activities (rotation)

10:00 Daily Activities (rotation)

11:15 Lunch

12:00 Departure

Archery

Geology

Teambuilding

Canoeing

Leather Craft

Tower

Physical Discovery

Rapture Study

Zip line

Animal Encounters

Night Hike

Survival

Please mark all items with your child’s name. Each child should have only one bag of items to carry and a sleeping bag._____ sleeping bag, pillow NO SHEETS PROVIDED_____ pajamas_____ two pairs of tennis shoes and/or hiking boots_____ slippers or shower thongs_____ rain gear, including waterproof shoes_____ jeans / pants (legs must be covered)_____ sweater or sweatshirt_____ three or four changes of underwear and socks_____ bag for dirty clothes and plastic bag for wet clothes_____ towel, washcloth and soap for shower (shower cap )_____ toothbrush, toothpaste, and shampoo_____ comb and/or brush_____ disposable camera (optional)_____ pencil/pen (book to read) ITEMS TO BE LEFT AT HOME Any kind of electronic devices, money, food, hair dryer

***Bring a sack lunch for the first day’s lunch. All items, including drinks, should be disposable.

*** If possible label your child’s clothing

*** In the past, Camp Timber-Lee has provided pillows and sheets. However, they will no longer be provided.

BRING ALONG LIST

CHAPERONE INFORMATION

Chaperone volunteer forms need to be turned in tonight.

Chaperones will be contacted by Friday, August 23rd, and an informative meeting will take place September 5th at 2:45 pm.

Please get started with background check process as soon as possible.

THANK YOU FOR COMING

Feel free to contact any member of our team with questions