Salmon Run Field Trip
-Thursday, October 9
Tomorrow is our Salute to the Sockeye field trip. Thank you to all parent volunteers!! We cannot participate in these field trips without your support. Thank you for choosing to spend the day with us.
Parents are requested to drive their own vehicles or carpool to the site. There is pay parking [$5 per car] at the site. As requested by our principal, all students will ride the school bus to and from the site. The bus driver will indicate the time that our group needs to be back and boarding the bus.
Parents please meet by our bus to form groups and be given information/instructions. Please make sure to get the return boarding time as well as bus number information from me before heading off with your group.
I will give you the names of your group members, a small workbook, as well as a few additional pencils for the books. There are porta-potties for our convenience that you may wish to take your group to throughout the day.
If you are unfamiliar with the route, please follow the school bus. It will be easy to locate us as at the site. If you wish to depart earlier, we will meet you at the
Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park. The festival site is located in the
main day-use area beside the Adams River. The route is well marked, but you may want to Google directions or use the brief directions below. The spawning salmon may be
viewed in many stretches of the river throughout the park. The new
viewing platform will be located within 300 meters of the festival plaza
along a well groomed walking trail.
We will leave the
school around 8:40 am. We ask that all students come prepared. Please
include: a large snack, lunch (please no salmon or tuna fish
sandwiches!!), water bottle, jacket, and running shoes. Most of the
terrain is on a pathway, however students are able to go right down to
the river, navigating over the rocky shoreline.
Group leaders will be provided with small groups of students for which they are asked to lead throughout our visit. Students will have a small booklet to work on, however, it is more important that the students are able to observe and experience the wonders of this event. Please use your knowledge and expertise to guide your group so that they have the best experience possible.
We have an informational session booked as soon as we arrive, however, if there are other educational opportunities available, please use your discretion to lead your group through the day as it will go by quickly.
I hope that you and all students will enjoy this wonderful educational opportunity. Thank you again, for choosing to spend your day with us. We appreciate your time.
Directions:
| 1. Take the BC-1 E/Trans-Canada Highway/BC-97 S ramp to Banff/Vernon |
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| 2. Merge onto BC-1 E/BC-97 S/Trans-Canada Hwy | |
3. Slight left onto BC-1 E/Trans-Canada Hwy
- Hot dog lunch. If your child does
not eat/like hot dogs, please have them bring their regular lunch.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Special Events:
1. Parent Teacher Meetings - Wednesday & Thursday, October 15 & 16; sign-up bulletin board by office starting next week. Please make sure to sign up early for a spot!
2. Family Dance - Friday, Oct. 17 - wear a costume
3. Non Instructional Day - Friday, Oct. 24 - NO SCHOOL - PD Day
Let's have a safe and fun day at the Adams River Salute to the Sockeye tomorrow!
