Welcome to Lorado Taft
Parent Information Night
Lorado Taft dates for this year:
Wednesday, April 13 to Friday, April 15
Philosophy
We believe an outdoor
education experience should:
• Extend and enrich district 95 curriculum
concepts learned in the traditional
classroom setting
• Enhance the potential for self-realization
through the development of the
individual
• Strengthen human relationships through
democratic processes
• Encourage civic responsibility through an
understand of our ecological role in the
environment
Typical Day
7:00 – Wake Up!
7:30 – Hoppers report to Dining Hall
8:00 – Breakfast
9:00 – 11:00 – Educational Activity
11:00-12:00 –Lunch
11:30 – Hoppers report to Dining Hall
1:00-3:00 – Educational Activity
3:00-5:00 – Educational Activity
5:00 – Hoppers report to Dining Hall
5:00-5:30 – Quiet journal writing time
5:30-6:30 - Dinner
6:30-8:45 – Educational Activity
8:45-9:00 – Snack
9:00-10:00 – Journal Writing Time
10:00 – Lights Out
Special Responsibilities
Hoppers
Weather Crew
Sleeping Arrangements
• Boys and girls in separate
buildings
– Girls in two large dorms
– Boys in rooms of up to 8
students
– All supervised by Seth
Paine staff
• Showers/bathrooms are
individual/private
• Discipline policy applies
to times spent in dorms
as well as outdoor
activities
Discipline Policy
• Our purpose is to
provide a safe
learning environment
for all students.
• Consequences
– Level 1
– Level 2
– Level 3
• Parental
Responsibility
What to Bring
Suggested Clothing
A daily change of:
~Long pants
~Two pairs of comfortable shoes*
~Shirt
~Warm jacket
~Underwear
~Sweater or sweatshirt
~Socks
~Plastic baggies (for wet/dirty items)
~Hat/bandana (*It’s tick season!)
~Shower sandals
~Boots
~Extra socks
~Raincoat or waterproof poncho
~Sleepwear
What to Bring
Personal Items
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Sleeping bag
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Shampoo
Comb or brush
Towel and washcloth
Soap in a soapbox
Deodorant
Glasses/contacts
What to Bring
Other Supplies
Optional Items
•Pens or pencils (at
least 4)
•Book for quiet reading
•Watch
•Taft book
•Backpack
•Small water bottle
•Chapstick
•Sunglasses
•Kleenex
• Your own pillow
• Stuffed animal
• Camera and film
Taft Book
• Each student will receive his/her own Taft
book.
• Purpose is to encourage students to reflect on
their day & use writing skills previously
learned this year
• The Taft book will provide grades throughout
the subject areas for the third trimester.
• Students will be given one week after we
return from Taft to complete the book.
• NO parts may be redone once the book is
handed in.
Apparel
• Available for ordering
• Youth M/L/XL and Adult sizes
• Order forms will be DUE Friday, March 18
What NOT to Bring
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Electronic items
Cell phones
iPods
Battery-operated
items
• Food (including
snacks, gum, candy,
etc.)
• Money
Parent Responsibilities
• Help your child pack for
the trip, but do not pack
for them.
• Make sure your child can
carry his/her own luggage
unaided.
• All luggage should have
luggage tags attached
• Drop off/ Pick Up (make
arrangements & notes
ahead of time)
• Be positive!
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Wednesday Drop-Off Procedures
Students must arrive at 8:00-8:15
Drop off your child at back of the Seth Paine parking lot.
Find a legitimate parking spot
Find bus w/ same color sign as your child’s luggage
tags; put luggage in storage compartment, but child
keeps their backpack w/ them
• Students go to regular recess time.
• Normal beginning of day routine, check-in, book hand
out, etc.
• Class/ All Fifth Grade pictures outside right before
boarding busses and leaving.
Friday Pick-Up Procedures
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Students must be picked up by their own parent or
come with a note (on Wednesday) giving another
adult permission for pick up.
The buses will be parked in the circle drive.
Check out w/ your child’s teacher (please don’t just
leave!)
Find a legitimate parking spot in the lot & escort their
child (with all of their belongings) back to the car.
Parents should be NO LATER than 2:15 in picking up
their child. Remember your children are anxious to
see their families again, get home, tell all about their
experience, and get some well-earned rest!
Health Forms
• Yellow Health forms being sent tomorrow. They are
due to the classroom teacher on March 14th.
– BE DETAILED!!!
– Food Allergies? Talk to your teacher & Chef Kurt.
• ALL medications (even over-the-counter) must:
– have medical authorization form signed by both parent and
physician.
– This form w/ all medications should be turned into the Seth
Paine nurse by March 14th as well.
• Hospital and care center nearby.
– Protocol
Important Dates
• February 24th- All Lorado Taft trip forms
coming home
• March 14th- All forms due!
– Permission Slip
– Field Trip Money
– Behavior Policy
– Health Record Form
– School Medication Authorization Form(s)
• March 18th- Apparel Order Forms Due
What an Experience!
As you can see from the
video, the students have
an incredible learning
experience while at
Lorado Taft! Your child
will come back a more
thoughtful, responsible
person as a result of this
memorable experience!
SETH PAINE’S LORADO TAFT WEBSITE:
Please make sure you know your child’s educational group number and table letter
so that you can view pictures of them at Taft at the website:
http://www.lz95.org/sp/taft/index.htm
Any Questions?