Astoria Park Elementary School
Tallahassee, FL
Program for Gifted Students and Able Learners
Fall 2006

Mrs. Sandy Beck ,Teacher

Alien Invaders

Field Trip Information

To: Lake Jackson Mounds Archeological State Park, 3600 Indian Mounds Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32303

Date:  Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Time:  Leave school at 9:30 a.m., Return at 1:30 p.m.

Dress:  Students must wear long pants, closed walking shoes and socks.

Lunch: All students should bring a bag lunch and a large bottle of water. There will not be a cooler to put lunches in.

Activity:  Judy Ludlow, Biologist with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of Invasive Plant Management, will lead all Mrs. Beck's students, grades 2 - 5, in a field trip to discover, identify and take samples of invasive exotic species.

We will work with Ms. Ludlow from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., have lunch at the park's picnic area from 12:00 - 12:30, review what we learned and collected from 12:30 - 1:00 p.m., then return to school.

PARENTS:
Please print and complete the following field trip permission form and send it to Mrs. Beck with your child next Wednesday. We need at least five parents to chaperone this field trip; please volunteer if you can.

 

Field Trip Permission Form

 

My child, ____________________________ , has my permission to participate in Mrs. Beck's field trip to the Lake Jackson Mounds State Archeological State Park on Wednesday, October 25, 2006, from
9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Please check one:

_____  I will be able to chaperone.

_____  I will not be able to chaperone.

Chaperones can either ride the school bus or meet our bus in the parking lot at the park.

Parent, please clearly print:

your name ______________________________________ ,

daytime phone ___________________________________ and

e-mail address ___________________________________.

 

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Parent's Signature                                                   Date

 

Alien Invaders class

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