Dear Chaperones,

Thank you so much for offering to chaperone our upcoming field trip to Clark
Planetarium. We will be taking Frontrunner to and from the planetarium. In order to
ensure a safe and fun trip for everyone, we wanted to provide you with some guidelines.

● For the safety of our students, please guarantee that the students you have been
asked to chaperone are always with you and that you can always see them.
Even if students are with a buddy, please do not allow them to go somewhere on
their own. If students need to use the restroom, please escort them and wait
outside the bathroom or stall if appropriate.
● On the train, please sit near the students you are responsible for, if possible next
to or across from them. During the short walk from the train station to the
planetarium, please keep the students you have been asked to chaperone with
you.
● On the field trip we are all representing our school. If students are misbehaving
or acting in a way that is not acceptable at the place visiting, please kindly
redirect them. Do not allow students to run up and down the aisles of the train or
to wander around. They should be sitting with their pockets on the seat, feet off
the seats.
● We will not be the only people on the train. If needed please remind students to
leave other’s things alone and talk with a quiet, school appropriate voice.
Again, we want to thank you for your willingness to help make our field trip a
success. Without you, we would not be able to attend as many field trips as we have.
As a chaperone, students are expected to treat you with respect and grace and courtesy. Please help by respectfully redirecting them as needed. You are a vital part of our MMA community and we appreciate all you do.

Sincerely Yours
MMA Lower Elementary Team

Hi,

Don’t forget tomorrow is our field trip.  Meet at the Frontrunner at 8:10 a.m.  Students need a sack lunch, water bottle, small backpack, good shoes for walking, and clothing for the weather.  We will be outside a good portion of the time, including our lunchtime.

Parents are welcome to join.  All of the chaperone passes have been claimed, but we would still love your support, you would just need to pay for your Frontrunner pass.

If for some reason your child will not be attending, please send me an email by 7:30 a.m.

Below you will find our schedule for our upcoming field trip, Wednesday, May 1st.  Parents are encouraged to attend.  I have 8 free chaperone wristbands, so first to email me will receive a wristband.  If you miss out on a chaperone wristband, you can still attend, you will however, be responsible for purchasing your own tracks fair.

Please note that we will be meeting early at 8:10 a.m.

I have created a sign up sheet, so I can insure all students have proper transportation.  Ideally, you will be able to provide a ride for your child, but we understand circumstances do come up and I will try my best to accommodate those needs.  The sign up can be found here.

Maria Montessori Academy

Field Experience on May 1, 2019

At Discovery Gateway Clark Planetarium

110 400 W. Salt Lake City

The lead instructor is Ms.Brittany; bherrera@mariamontessoriacademy.org

We will participate in interactive displays and a workshop on planets. We will also attend a movie at the Dome theater on extreme space.

• Discover, explore, and create with interactive hands-on exhibits
• Science and space through interactive displays
• Workshop on planets
• Attend a movie on extreme space

• School uniform
• Sack lunch and water bottle with easy to carry backpack

• 8:10 a.m. – Meet at UTA train station on Wall Ave (2350 Wall Ave) and board Frontrunner. Train leaves at 8:37 a.m.

• Arrive at Clark Planetarium by 9:45 a.m. Explore the planetarium and it’s interactive exibits.

• 10:30 – Participate in Science Around the Sphere.

• 11:30 – Attend a movie at the Dome Theater about deep space. Lunch will be eaten after the movie at the Dome Theater. Students will walk with chaperones to fountain area of the Gateway to enjoy lunch.

• 1:10 p.m. – Leave Clark Planetarium and board frontrunner for ride home. Will arrive back at the station on Wall Ave in Ogden at 2:24 p.m. Parents will need to pick children up there.

• Ms. Brittany

Reminder that tomorrow is our field trip.  If you are driving your own child, please meet us at the theater at 8:45 a.m.  Ms. Steph will be there at 8:45 a.m. to meet students and will have a bright green sign for you to find her easily.  Please check in and stay with Ms. Steph, we are to attend this field trip with our  own class.  If you are driving your own child back to the school, please have them keep their backpacks in the car while they are at the field trip.

Students who are getting rides to the field trip, please have your child meet us in the school library before the morning bell.   We will organize students with their rides there and leave at 8:35 a.m.  I have spoken to the students about the importance of being on time.  I also asked them to please take their backpacks to their lockers before they come into the library to find their ride.

If for some reason something comes up and your child is not able to attend school tomorrow.  Please send me at email before 8:00 a.m., so we are not waiting for them.

The movie is ending a little earlier than originally thought.  Please be back at the theater by 10:30 a.m. to pick up your child and transport them to school.  Once you arrive back at school, our class will meet at North Shore and enter the building together once all of our class is there.

Thank you for your support in making these wonderful experiences come alive.

I also wanted to note that our next field trip to the Planetarium will take place on Wednesday, May 1st.  There was a typo in a previous post.  This is 2 weeks from today.  I will be posting the cover letter and sending home a hard copy very soon.