Welcome to 5th Grade’s Camp Chat

What do I need to know? Camp will be October 4-6, 2017. Student cost is $230.00 covers camp, zip line, student insurance, meals, lodging, and transportation. Sky Ranches, Inc. offers an optional excess medical and accidental policy that can provide secondary coverage to the registered guests' personal insurance policy. This optional policy may pay usual and customary charges up to $1000 for medical and $5000 for accidents AFTER the guests' personal insurance pays as primary. It also has a maximum dental benefit of $250 per tooth injury. This assists our guests with deductibles and co-pays; however the primary policy holder is still responsible for any balances incurred. Please inform a Sky Ranch Coordinator immediately following any incident. They will provide you an incident report form to complete. If your group has elected to purchase the insurance, we will need to have the primary insurance information to file a claim. We may contact you for additional information. Incomplete incident reports will delay the filing of claims. Sky Ranch Video

What do I need to know? Students will participate in 4 outdoor education classes Limnology (Life Science) the study of inland waters Become “immersed” in Limnology, the study of freshwater. Spend time in our Limnology Center investigating water quality, the water web, life cycles, learned and inherited traits. Observe aquatic animals in our aquariums and hold a live turtle from out touch tank. Conduct water quality measurements using genuine scientific equipment. Make field collections of aquatic plans and animals at Sky Lake. Forces in Nature (Earth & Physical Sciences) Explore the Forces in Nature which shape our Environment. Learn about gravity and friction while using our four story zip line. Discover gases and pressure during the building and launching of air rockets. Take a one hour nature hike and observe the real life effects of weathering agents, erosion, and deposition on the landscape.

What do I need to know? Expeditions (Life Sciences) Become a part of an expedition team exploring terrestrial ecology. Travel to Sky Ranch Expeditions’ base camp to learn about animal characteristics, animal behavior, anatomy, physiology and taxonomy. Observe live animals such as a boa constrictor, green iguana, sugar gliders, ferrets, tarantula, hedgehog, and many others. Discover predator/prey relationships, habitats, food web, and learned and inherited traits. Travel into the woods and meadows of Sky Ranch to collect insects and study forest dynamics including carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, ecological niche, plant succession, and tree rings. Fishing (Life Sciences) Have fun fishing on Sky Lake, all the while learning basic fishing skills, such as hook safety and casting. Students will be identifying fish species located in East Texas. Fifth grade Science TEKS will be covered in all classes. http://skyranch.org/outdoor-education/class-trips/

When is rec time? What can I do? Every afternoon after the last class of the day. There is gaga ball, waterslides, the jumping pillow, zip lines, the maze, the snack shop, plus many other exciting activities.

What if a student Does not attend Sky Ranch? Parents may request that their child remain at school rather than attending this field trip. Students not attending the field trip will be provided with an instructionally-based alternative that will be communicated to parents prior to the field trip. All students who are not attending Sky Ranch will be attending Lonestar Ranch! Lonestar Ranch students will not be in their normal math, reading, science, and social studies classes. Lonestar Ranch students are expected to attend school. If they do not come to school, they will be counted as absent.

Location and Cabins: Sky Ranch is located in the beautiful piney woods of East Texas. Located outside of Tyler, we are 90 miles from the Dallas Fort Worth area. Sky Ranch offers climate controlled cabin-style or lodge-style rooms with indoor bathrooms and comfortable accommodations. Each cabin accommodates up to 16 students and 4 chaperones.

What about medication? All required forms will be sent home Nurse Joseph will be with us to administer first aid and any necessary medications. All students need a completed Camp/Extended Trip Medical and Emergency Information Form and Health History Form  With parent permission, via the checkboxes on the form, the nurse will be able to administer Tylenol, Benadryl (for allergies), cough drops, clear caladryl cream (for itching), and burn gel.  All over-the-counter medications, must have a doctor’s signature on the Medical request form and must be in unopened original containers.  All prescription medications must have a pharmacy label OR a completed Medical request form. All medication will need to be given to the nurse by September 29th. NO medication will be accepted on the day of departure or without appropriate paperwork. All required forms will be sent home all together in a folder at a later date. Juanita

Final payments are due Sept. 5 for students and chaperones. Payment options: Online through AISD’s Web Store – service fee added Checks made payable to Lindsey Elementary (Please include DL# and Phone #) Cash All payments can be made in 2 payments of $115.00 or 1 payment of $230.00 Final payments are due Sept. 5 for students and chaperones. Beth

Who Wants to be a Chaperone? We will need moms and dads. Chaperone cost is $215 – due September 5. Background checks/volunteer forms must be completed. You must agree to the terms and conditions. Sonja

Chaperone Interest Form: Please sign and return the Chaperone Interest Form if you are interested and can agree to the terms and conditions. Sonja

Questions? Sonja