For Teachers
Please click the Cupertino Site link if your students are attending the Cupertino site.
Information for 2011-2012
Please be sure all participating teachers and principals see this.
- Buses should arrive the first day at 9:30 a.m. On the last
day, buses should arrive at 10:45 a.m. in order to prepare for an 11:30
a.m. departure. Walden West staff will not be available to monitor
students who arrive early or leave late.
- Every child must complete a Walden West health form as well as a
school-provided field trip release form. Bring the completed, alphabetized
health forms to Walden West. The field trip form should travel with the
teacher for emergency purposes if an accident occurs on the way to or from
Walden West.
- Students who take medication, prescription or other, are required to
complete the Physician Information Form. No medication, including Tylenol
or Benadryl, or topical cream can be administered unless the physician and
parent have signed the form. The form is in the student packet and online under Forms, For Parents.
Before accepting medications
from your students, please make sure they are in original containers so you
won't need to call parents when you are at camp. The medication and signed physician form must be placed in a gallon
size ziplock bag and labeled with the child's name.
- Friday morning, students eat brunch at 9:00 a.m. You may wish to plan
lunch at school for those students who will bus from school to home on Friday.
- The 2011-2012 student outdoor school fees are as follows:
| |
5-day |
4-day |
| Cabin leaders are provided at
1:12 ratio |
$240.00 |
$220.00 |
| Cabin leaders not provided at
1:12 ratio |
$245.00 |
$225.00 |
| Teacher cost: |
$145.00 |
$135.00 |
Please let parents know that there are no refunds for students sent home
for disciplinary action.
We encourage you to provide your own cabin leaders. Even without the 1 to
12 ratio, you will receive $50.00 off for each cabin leader. There is an
enormous benefit in the quality of cabin leaders recruited as well as a price
reduction. Look in the packet for the Cabin Leader Recruitment Guide for
additional information. Please call our Cabin Leader Liaison at (408) 573-3056
if you have any questions regarding cabin leaders.
- 5th grade teachers
, The Field Trip Foundation provides
grants of up to $500 for outdoor, environment-oriented field trips for K-5
classes with 50% or greater participation in subsidized school lunch programs.
Contact info@fieldtripgroup.com
- A Walden West staff member will contact you at least two weeks prior to your visit to discuss
cabin groupings. Send your typed cabin groupings and list of students participating in the
free and reduced school lunch program a week prior to your arrival. Bring
originals to Walden West. Please arrive prepared with all appropriate forms
completed and in order.
- In the event that an emergency occurs while you are attending Walden West,
it is important you bring the completed phone tree form (included in the
teacher packet) to Walden West.
- Bring your digital cameras and laptops to create a slide show your students
will always remember for Friday's closing ceremony. You can walk away with the
perfect slide show for Open House. We also now have consistent wireless access
so you can enjoy the internet at your leisure.
- The direct line to the teachers' room is (408) 573-3061. Feel free to give
this number to parents.
As the year continues, we will be contacting your school to schedule a
pre-outdoor school visit. We look forward to seeing all of you soon. Have a
great year until then.
Sincerely,
Anita Parsons
Walden West Outdoor School
For more information call Walden West Science Center at (408) 573-3060 or email us at
waldenwest@sccoe.org.
