Outdoor Education 2014

• 6:30 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, September 22nd-24th, 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 eighteen chaperones and the staff from Camp Timber-Leein addition to Mrs. McAvoy, Mrs. Ross, Mr. Kohlhagen, and Dr. 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 September 22nd-24th

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 22nd 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 24th 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 22nd

SCHEDULE Tuesday, September 23rd

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 24th

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

Raptor Study

Zip line

Animal Encounters

Night Hike

Survival

Please label all items with your child’s name. Each child should have only one bag of items to carry and a sleeping bag.o Sleeping bag and pillowo Pajamaso Two pairs of tennis shoes and/or hiking bootso Slippers or shower shoeso Rain gear, including waterproof shoeso Jeans (no shorts outside)o Hat or headbando Sweater or Sweatshirto Three of four changes of underwear and sockso Bag for dirty clothes and plastic bag for wet clotheso Towel, washcloth and soap o Toothbrush, toothpaste, and shampooo Comb and/or brusho Back pack to carry small itemso Water Bottleo Non-aerosol bug sprayo Non-aerosol sunscreeno Disposable camera (optional)o Pencil/Pen o Book to read All electronics, money, food, hair dryers, and curling irons are to be left at home. EACH STUDENT WILL NEED TO BRING A DISPOSABLE SACK LUNCH FOR THE FIRST DAY AT OUTDOOR ED.

BRING ALONG LIST

CHAPERONE INFORMATION

Chaperone volunteer forms need to be turned in by Friday, August 8th.

Chaperones will be contacted by Monday, August 25th, and an informative meeting will take place September 2nd, 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