Space Camp Checklist

Hello, Families!

Here’s a list of items that students and chaperones should pack for our galactic adventure! Remember to pack light because YOU have to carry everything you bring with you until we are able to set it down by our sleeping area:

*NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ALLOWED! - THIS INCLUDES MP3 PLAYERS, WALKMANS, NINTENDO DS, GAMEBOYS, ETC…

1. Sleeping bag and/or air mattress (air mattress recommended)
2. Warm pajamas (it gets very cold where we sleep!)
3. Blanket
4. Pillow
5. Toothbrush
6. Toothpaste
7. Any other necessary toiletries (NO SHOWERS)
8. Money for souvenirs
9. MONEY for LUNCH on FRIDAY
10. Camera
11. chapter book (for the bus)
12. deck of cards (for the bus)
13. comfortable shoes!
14. Change of clothes for Friday morning
15. A stellar PK attitude! (most important!)

DEPARTURE: We will be leaving promptly at 1:oopm on THURSDAY, 5/26. So chaperones must be here between 12:20-12:30pm! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

RETURN: We expect to be back at PK on FRIDAY, 5/27 at 5:30pm. Please be prompt to pick your student up on Friday, May 27.

Update for May 13th

Dear Parents,

Here are a few reminders/announcements for 4th grade:

Community Service Essays

      All students should have completed the rough draft of their Community Service Essay by today, Friday, May 13th.   Final versions should be finished by the end of next week (May 20th) at the latest. 

      Next week, we will begin our Powerpoint Presentation lessons.  Students will not be able to begin working on their presentations until they are finished with their essays.  If your child took photos of his/her Community Service experience and would like to possibly include them in his/her presentation, please help your child add them to his/her flashdrive so that they'll be available to use.

Math Unit 11 Progress Check:

This end-of-unit test will be held this Tuesday, May 17^th.  FYI - Unit 12 will be our last Math Unit for this year.

T-shirts: 

Please don't forget to get a blue PK Yonge t-shirt for Space Camp from Mr.

Steffens.  They are $12 and we have adult and youth sizes available.  Our field trip is scheduled for May 26 and May 27.

Space Camp:

We'll be departing school at 1pm on Thurs., May 26.  Students should not worry about bringing their backpacks, planners, etc. to school. However, they do need to bring their overnight items (air mattress/pillow/etc…). 

If you are attending as a chaperone, your students does not need to bring their items that morning to school, since you'll be following our bus, later.  I would put all items in a roller bag/duffel/suitcase, as it will make it easier for the students to transport.  Remember, no coolers will be allowed, so please leave those at home.   More information will be coming out next week, but in the meantime, if you have any questions, please email Ms. A. @ aadimoolah@pky.ufl.edu.

We were informed yesterday that there will be NO background check emails sent out.  Apparently they've changed their security requirements for the Overnight Adventure.

Thank you for your continued support!  We hope you have a great weekend!

Community Service Essay NEWS

Dear Families,

We've included a copy of the revision and editing checklists that the students have been using to review their community service essays under the PARENT FILES section of our 4th grade website.  For this essay, students are required to self revise/edit, and then get a peer to do the same before coming to conference with their teacher.  

You can be the “peer revisor" and "peer editor" for your child, too!  This is a great way to assist your student with his/her essay at home.

Here are some important upcoming deadlines:

·         The Community Service portion of this project should be completed in full by Monday, May 9^th.

·         All five paragraphs (rough draft version) of the essay are due by Friday, May 13^th.