May 24th Update

Salutations!

I just wanted to give you a few important updates and reminders before our Space Camp departure on Friday morning. First of all, all students and chaperones attending the field trip MUST wear a PKY Blue Wave t-shirt. These shirts cost $12 each, and may be purchased up until this Thursday afternoon (at the absolute latest). I have the shirts in my room, and accept cash or checks (made payable to UF).

On Friday, please pack a lightweight, disposable brown bag lunch for your child. We will be "on the go" and will not be able to carry heavy coolers or lunch boxes along. Friday's dinner and Saturday's breakfast will be provided at the Space Center, so you only need to pack food for Friday's lunch.

Any chaperones who are driving their car to Kennedy Space Center will get a parking pass once we arrive at the front welcome area. Only children of chaperones may ride in the cars; children without chaperones must ride on the bus.

Please pack light! Once we get to the Space Center at noon, we can leave our luggage in the bus/cars while we have lunch, tour the rocket garden, see the Imax movie, shop, etc. We will go back to retrieve our luggage once we exit the visitor complex and begin the "Overnight Adventure" portion, at 4pm. It won't be until close to 10pm when we will get to set down all our gear. So, you will be responsible for carrying your luggage during that time.

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Stepping away from the Space Camp talk - Today, the students chose which media they would like to use to design their 20th Century Project Presentation. They had a choice of Glogster (an online scrapbook style poster), Microsoft Photo Story (a multisensory slide show), or PowerPoint. Our Project Design workshops begin tomorrow, with Mrs. Bostic leading Glogster, Ms. A. leading Photo Story, and Ms. Geiger leading the PowerPoint sessions. The students are thrilled to begin this final, creative stage of their projects!

There will be more to come, soon. As always, please contact me if you have any comments or questions. Thank you for your continued support!