1. Headlands Institute 2009 November 17 th -20th

2. Thanks So Much!  What to expect:  Beautiful scenery!  Great hikes!  A great HI staff!  Delicious camp food!  Enthusiastic students!  And lots of hard work!

3. Volunteer Expectations  Review your HI parent information handout.  Review the student expectations that every student signed.  You must be willing to discipline.  Students are to be under adult supervision at all times.  If you need a break, please ask a Classroom Teacher.  Have Fun!

4. Your Classroom Teachers!  Keith Casey (E5 Math and Science)  Joanne Maher (H11 Language Arts & Social Studies)  Ingrid Diether (F1 Language Arts & Social Studies)  Lori Lester (H3 Math & Science)  Annie Yount (H4 Math & Science)  Pauline Rodriguez (F2 Math & Science)  Lynn Repetsky (6 th Grade Resource Teacher)  Steve Gallagher (Assistant Principal)

5. Departure!  Please arrive on campus by 7:30 AM  Help collect bags, label bags and load busses.  We will be collecting bags from arriving students and sorting them by class. Ensure each bag is properly labeled with student’s full name.  Color coded tape indicating Core Team will be provided to mark out bags.  Busses will be packed with bags.  As soon as bags are on the busses, students will load busses. Students will load busses by cores.  ONE teaching team per bus with teachers and chaperones.

6. Arrival  Students will form a fireman’s bucket brigade to unload busses. Students should line up bags by color coded tape.  Please spread yourself amongst the line and help keep the students on task.  After all bags are out, students will meet in the Fire Pit Amphitheater.  They’ll meet their HI instructors and its time to move in.

9. In the Dorms  Must have an adult in the dorms if students are present, with a minimum ratio of 1:20.  No climbing or standing on bunks.  No running, and no bunk tag.  Encourage the students to play quiet games, card games, or read quietly. (Good Luck).

10. Dorm Duties  Create a routine for the students of picking up after themselves.  Bathrooms and student personal spaces should be picked up every morning and evening before meals and activities.  Create a shower schedule. Mornings/Afternoons.  If your students are ready for the next activity, you may take small groups outside to supervise an activity.  Game balls are available in the Owl’s Nest.

11. Meal Times  There are two meal times, Early and Late.  Don’t send your students down until 5 minutes before, at the earliest.  Quiet groups enter the cafeteria first.  Supervise student behavior while in the Cafeteria.  Spread yourselves around, (as it thins out, you can congregate).  Classroom Teachers will be outside to supervise finished diners, so enjoy your meals.

12. Rodeo Beach Beach Rules  You may take small groups of students down to the beach (1:10)  No student may enter the waterline, no wet sand—no wet feet.  Sunsets will be between 4:55 PM and 5 PM

13. Day Hikes  Be sure your groups are prepared for the day  Students should be dressed in layers.  Hikes are not strenuous.  They are less than 5 miles in total, and take 3-4 hours to complete.

14. Departing Camp  Friday morning will be busy.  Students must pack their gear and bring them out to the volley ball court field again.  Please have them stack by colored group again.  Groups will have one last wrap up activity/hike.  We’ll load luggage onto the busses by color group, color groups can then load onto the busses.  We plan to depart by 1 PM.

15. Thanks Again!  Questions?  Check out my website for some fun links about Marin: http://staff.pausd.org/~kcasey/Site/Science_Camp_.html