OK, parents. We just want you to know that all school rules apply to this trip as it is considered a school function and we must follow the rules set by Guilford County (where we live). There will be NO electronics, DVD players, cell phones, ipods or gameboys allowed on the bus.
OK, parents. It's a long bus ride, 10 hours to Orlando from here so give them anything they need to be happy. Cell phones, ipods, gameboys, DVD players or whatever. Just remember, if they lose it they are out of luck.
You will need to pack a bag lunch and snack for your child and we would prefer the healthy type. It is a 6 hour trip and we won't be stopping for food. Coolers will be available for the fruit and juices in their lunches.
Pack a lunch, whatever will fill them up. If you send them with 6 cans of Coke it's not a problem. They will be on a bus and they can only ping off of the walls in a small area for so long. They will eventually come down from the "sugar high" and sleep.
Chaperones must fill out the "background check" forms before the end of next week. All forms will be sent to the Police Headquarters downtown and hopefully will be back within the month. They have advised us that it may take up to 4 weeks. Nobody will be allowed to chaperone without first passing the background check. There will be one chaperone for every 3 children.
OK, parents, we need more of you to volunteer. In fact, on the morning we leave you suddenly are available to go we'll throw you on the bus. We will have about 250 8th graders and will need at least one chaperone of same sex for every 7 kids. We don't do background checks on our parents.
Each room will have one chaperone and 3 kids. You will be given the cell phone number for the chaperone who ends up with your child and can call whenever you feel you need to. They will never be out of the sight of the chaperone.
Seven kids and one chaperone will be divided into 2 rooms. We will tape the outside of the doors of the room with no chaperone so the two security guards we've hired to patrol the halls all night will be able to tell when the door has been opened. There will also be two teachers patrolling the halls on 4 hour shifts during the night, so tell your kids that if they try anything it better be good!
Pretty funny, huh? I teased both girls and told them I was going to chaperone their trips. Alyssa was horrified and begged me not to, while Sidney thought it would be fun. Strange, I thought it would be the other way around. I told Alyssa I wasn't going to go because I'd be in ABQ (remember? I'm not spelling that city anymore...) and I told Sidney if she would come up with my $500 and a way to not have to ride the bus home from Orlando (they are driving through the night) I would consider it. I told her that Delta flew nonstop from Orlando to Greensboro and that's probably where she'd find me if I went.
On to the pictures. This one is of Alyssa designing her campaign poster. As you can see she is running for Vice President of her classroom. She was the class representative for the last two years and feels she is now ready to move on to a new level. I was impressed. I asked her why she wanted to be on the student council again and she told me , "because you get to miss part of class one day a month for the meeting". I wasn't surprised by that answer. I asked her why she wanted to be Vice President, how she picked that position to run for, and she said it was "because she didn't know what the treasurer did, she doesn't write well so 'secretary' was out, and Hailey wanted to be President so that only left Vice President". Gee, that sounds logical, huh? She asked me to help her with her campaign speech which had be a no longer than 2 minutes and at least 1 1/2 pages when written/typed out. We opted for "typed" and double spaced the thing. We had been working on it for about an hour when Sidney came into the room. "Let me hear what you've got so far". OK. Lys started reading and I watched for signs of approval on Sidney's face. Instead I got stares of disbelief and horror, especially when Alyssa read, "I realize that the student council is truly the voice of the students and an integral part of the school...." Hmmm....maybe I helped too much...... ha!
This next picture is one of my favorites. I call it the "coming of age" picture. I told both girls that when they started 8th grade they would officially take over the DINNER DISHES!!! Yea!!! I told them they were getting off easy, that Heather and I started when I was in 6th grade. Remember that, Mom? Heather and I would alternate the duties: "Food put away, first rinse, wash, rinse, dry, put away" and we would leave the room when the other was in doing their job. It maintained a certain level of....serenity... in the house, so to speak. Ha! I've gone easy on Sidney so far, although she has asked me to make homemade lasagna for them. One night doing THOSE dishes and she'll never ask for it again!!!
Have a good rest of the day and we'll talk again next week!
Take care,
Amy and the girls
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