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Outdoor Education October 2-4 2019

Join us for an educational outdoor experience focused on team building, community building, and expanding comfort zones. Activities include canoeing, eco games, high adventure climbing, and more.

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Outdoor Education October 2-4 2019

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  1. Sandy Hill RetreatNorth East, MD Outdoor EducationOctober 2-4 2019

  2. What is Outdoor Education? • Two Choices for 6th Grade Students: • Attend all 3 Days at Sandy Hill Camp. • Attend “Camp Mount View” during regular school hours at Mt View Middle School.

  3. What is Outdoor Education? • An educational experience in an outdoor setting • Focus on team building, making connections, building community, expanding comfort-zones, and respect of the environment • Approximately 260 sixth graders, 25 parents, and 10 staff members will attend from Mount View MiddleSchool. • Mount View will be the only school attending on these dates.

  4. Sandy Hill Retreat Center https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwrVBKQSevM

  5. All inclusive cost….. • Meals • Snacks • Activities • Accommodations • T-Shirt *Your child will not need any personal money

  6. Cabin Life

  7. Sample Activities • Team Building • Canoeing • Seining • Eco Game • Water Quality Testing • Green School Activity • High Adventure Climbing Wall

  8. Rise and Shine!

  9. Sample Schedule

  10. Sample Menu • **Dietary Concerns - please tell your child to ask!

  11. General Information *Students will be in various groups throughout the day & night *See MVMS.HCPSS.org for payment portal and Forms *No Refunds after 9/25 *What not to Bring - Money - Food or Candy - ROLLER Suitcases (don’t work well on gravel/grass at camp) - Cell Phones (HCPSS Policy: NO PICTURES!) *Nurse/Doctor Volunteer will attend

  12. ODE PACKET on School Website • Permission Forms • Packing list • Medication Forms

  13. Medical Center

  14. Medication Authorization Form • Medications already at school WILL BE sent. • Must be completed for each over-the-counter/nonprescription medication and MUST be signed by a physician • Medications and the authorization form must be brought to the MVMS health room by 9/20/2019 (Students may NOT carry meds to Sandy Hill Retreat themselves**) • Medications must be in labeled containers • Parent Volunteers carry their child’s medication no forms. • ** Self –carry meds excluded, though an extra medication should also be supplied

  15. Medication PICK UP • Medication must be picked up at the flagpole when the students return from the trip. • Medications will only be stored at Mount View for one week. • Any ODE Medications not picked up by Friday, October11thwill be discarded.

  16. Departure and Return • Wednesday, October2, 2019 • Students will arrive no earlier than 8:00am and board buses directly. Check in is on the bus. • Students are not permitted to bring luggage on the school bus. • Departure at 8:30am. • Parentchaperones may park at the Marriotts Ridge baseball parking lot. • Friday, October 4, 2019 • Return to MVMS at 12:00pm • Students should be picked up by parents at that time. • Medications must be picked up at the flagpole upon return.

  17. What If My Child Does Not Attend Outdoor Education at Sandy Hill? • Check “will NOT attend” box on permission form and return it. • Students will attend a regular school day at Mount View. • Environmental Education Lessons will be taught through our Camp Mount View program. Information will be sent home to the students who choose this option.

  18. Please, for your child’s sake... • LABEL YOUR CHILD’S LUGGAGE AND ALL BELONGINGS.

  19. Required for Each Student by 9/20/2019 • $170.00 payable by: • Check (made out to MVMS) • Online by credit card via Mt View’s website (attach copy of receipt to permission slip) • Permission Slip (attending or not attending) • Health Information Form • Sandy Hill Consent Form

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