001foreign for coming we're gonna get started just gonna give a couple of minutes for a few more people to come in and then we'll get started uh the presentation tonight is being live streamed and that live stream will also be available on the district's website so you can view it if you have anything you want to catch up on um this presentation as well was put onto your child's Google Classroom so you'll be able to see the slides and access that through the Google Classroom as well all right we will get started thank you so thank you again for coming tonight and for those joining us online thank you for joining as well uh the objective here is just to to share more information about this trip answer any questions that you may have uh
002so you feel confident about signing up and registering for the trip I am Ryan Higgins I'm the science supervisor I have with me tonight are coordinators uh Kathy Kathy kenish Lori Kranz fitter uh Kristen Dairy Sarita Robinson Joseph Bondi and Sherry manners and I would I just want to say how thankful I am for This Crew so if you're if you're not familiar with the Fairview trip the coordinators are the ones who make it work it's a huge effort by the coordinators and by the teachers but when you if you're lucky enough to be one of the chaperones when you go on this trip it's it's going to run seamlessly and sometimes when that happens we forget all the work that went on in the background but it's just a tremendous amount of work to
003organize this I'm sure you know Hughes has did a little bit of restructuring this year and things are a little different and that just adds to the logistics of organizing it and and these six individuals they all said we love this trip this trip is important for students and I want to help make it happen and so for that I'm very thankful and we're lucky to have these six coordinators on board helping this trip take off so this packet went home I understand what a what a sixth grader's backpack can look like at times so if you if you don't have this packet you didn't see this packet with this cover sheet we do have a few extra copies here tonight you can also access it through the virtual backpack I did make one mistake
004on it um it was highlighted with the red box but that first box says submit the bottom portion you don't have to do that you don't have to submit any bottom portion of that packet that's an artifact of a way that we used to run and organize the trip but this cover sheet does act as a nice checklist to kind of walk you through the things that you need to do to get ready for this trip signing up online submitting the medical paperwork and then if you need to making sure that the medications get delivered to the nurse's office at the proper time oh there's the red box so that part right there that's highlighted that's you can ignore that just save this cover sheet as a uh as a nice checklist to work your
005way through so where are we going Fairview Lakes Camp there's a an aerial picture of the location so you can see Fairview Lake just to give a little bit of size reference that lake is about one mile long I think the camp is about 600 acres if you look at on your left that's where in those trees that's where the cabins are located if you look on your right and you see a ridge and there's kind of a bare spot there in the trees that is the iconic Ridge hike that's where the students hike to and they can look out see the lake they see new New York Pennsylvania and while they're up there they learn a lot about the geology of the area so some frequently asked questions I think the biggest question you
006might be wondering or we get asked a lot is why are we going and there's really two answers two reasons why we go there's the curriculum reason um so there's this trip has a big focus on ecology and ecosystems and in fifth grade they do an ecosystems unit but in sixth grade they do a lot with ecology pretty much the first two marking periods are centered around ecology and this gives that opportunity to observe what they learned to see it in real life to see it in action so when they talk about succession you can walk through Fairview you can see examples of succession when you talk about food chains they can look at the aquatic ecosystem and see examples of food chain the big what we try to do in East Brunswick especially in
007the K-5 the science program is really about experiences and giving experiences that as they progress through the Science Program teachers can relate back to and this trip is a major part of that so as they go through seventh grade the seventh grade teachers when they're talking about geologic processes they're going to say hey do you remember in Fairview when you saw this and when they go into biology and they're talking about food chains again they're going to reference Fairview and that's that's one of the big curriculum reasons why we go the other reason is the social reason so it's just a great opportunity for the students to go sometimes there are many cases they're away from their parents if you're not chaperoning they gain a little Independence they're meeting new students they're socializing in new
008students and kind of Novel and unique ways that they haven't done before so it's really a just a you know if we look at it from the SEL point of view it's a great opportunity for the students and it they engage while they're there many of the activities are centered around building teamwork the other frequently Asked question is I cannot let's see here oh how long is a trip so it's two days two days and one night and the trip has kind of Taken several forms through the years that start off as four days and three nights three days and two nights this year it is two days and one night and then the other question is where is it it's in still water which somebody's probably like hey I thought the last slide said
009Newton is pretty much the same town it's just a matter of the postal address and where the post office is but Sussex County about hour and a half two hours away so what do we do at Fairview uh anyone who's familiar with the previous Fairview trips they're going to be engaging in the same activities that they did they'll just be shorter periods of time because we're not there as long one of the classic trips that we do is the action socialization experience and that's where the big teamwork component comes in so if you're not familiar with that these are obstacles the students will participate in small groups they're presented with obstacles something like an eight foot wall and they have to get everyone up over that wall and the object of that is this teaching
010them how to communicate how to work as a team in order to accomplish that objective and if you said if you're lucky enough to chaperone you can kind of see the kids working through it and it almost always starts with each one at the same time trying to yell out their idea and then they learn all right we kind of got to recognize when someone else is speaking and and just share the stage a little bit they will do you'll see up there I call it the the iconic Ridge height because that's what everyone when you come back from Fairview what do they talk about the Ridge hike and like it was exhausting and the kids are that's usually what tires them out it's a fairly long hike uh pretty much straight up the hill
011when you get to the top you get an opportunity I mean maybe 100 yards but they're on the Appalachian Trail so they they learn a little bit of the history of the Appalachian Trail and what it is and then they go out to the ridge if they have their camera they can take a picture they usually yell and try to make an echo and they it's it's a nice rewarding experience it is it is tiring but the kids enjoy it there are row boats up there and if you have the opportunity it's fun to watch the kids try to figure out the row boats because it is not intuitive so they're usually for the first five minutes they're going in circles and then then they figure it out and they get the hang of it
012until a good gust of wind comes by uh they will do archery which is it's interesting when I asked the students at the end of the trip like what do you remember the most it's either a Ridge hike or it's archery that they enjoy the opportunity to try it out and we're particularly intrigued by it and then we have other hikes and we have water ecology during the water ecology they'll go out in a in a pontoon boat and they kind of study the lake ecology to look at how deep it is how deep they can see they'll also look at some of the stream macros vertebrates nearby at night we'll have two activities one of them is a campfire so half the group will go to a campfire and the Fairview staff leads this
013they do songs they kind of do comedy and dance and that's another thing that's it's just it's just fun to watch the evolution of that take place because when the kids first get they're like I'm too cool for this and then after about five minutes there's everyone is off their seats singing and dancing and having a good time and then the next night evening activity is a animal show put on by a touch of nature this gentleman brings in animals a lot of them from that local ecosystem but some of them are fairly exotic animals but what makes that show is he just has a very unique sense of humor if you've seen the show I think you know what I'm talking about but he's a very uh amusing amusing guy and then we'll have
014our meals that take place so this is a video uh we're going to start this oh we're going to start the video and you can see some of the examples of what we do you'll see the campfire you'll see the ASC take place you'll see examples of the animal show kids at the dining hall pretty much everything that we do at Fairview is in this video [Music] hello my name is Ryan Higgins I'm the supervisor of science for the East Brunswick Public Schools Welcome to our overview of the Fairview Lake YMCA 6th grade field trip which hosts the sixth graders for their annual Environmental Education overnight experience this year the students will embark on a two-day one-night trip to the Fairview Lake Camp the Fairview Lake outdoor education field experience begins with the loading of
015the charter buses at hammerschild school administrators teacher coordinators security and custodians direct to parents and students to the correct bus assignment once on the bus teacher chaperones give the students their Fairview name tags which shows them their group assignments for the entire trip after about two hours on upper 206 we arrive at Fairview Lake YMCA Camp in Newton Sussex County New Jersey students offload their belongings and gather for a group meeting with their teachers and Fairview Lake environmental educators while there they receive a general orientation for the camp prior to the children heading off to drop their belongs at their cabin um all right you guys are going to be seeing a lot of it throughout your trip here all right um just so that you guys are aware just that we always ask you
016guys to always stay like a big group like this or in your activity groups or with your uh cabin groups or if you need to go to the restroom at any time make sure that you have a buddy an adult with you so how many buddies is that all together three very good lunch follows our arrival at Fairview the Cruisers the students responsible for setting the table for their dining group arrive at the dining hall first they get instructions for their cruising experience and get started setting up for lunch some general dining hall rules are reviewed when the whole group arrives and then we eat our first meal together while at Fairview the students experience the ecosystems of the New Jersey Skyline region we hike up to the kittatinny ridge which is part of the
017Appalachian Trail here the kids get to overlook and see their classmates while they are boating as well as look out and see New York and Pennsylvania the students learn all about the geology of the area and how the glaciers moved and formed those land masses okay so from where we currently are we can see three states right behind me we have what New Jersey in that direction Pennsylvania good yep yeah so uh if you guys can see kind of the steam Cloud out there that's Pennsylvania okay and then in that direction on a cloudy night you can actually see the light pollution from New York City from the ridge we come down to a swamp where they learn about water and a forest ecology in a swamp then we go up and through a deciduous
018forest which turns into a carnivorous Forest once arriving back at Fairview students have their daily Recreation this time is reserved for some free time for the students some students like to play basketball volleyball soccer or relax and enjoy the views in nature the students in the surrounding grounds are supervised by hammersold staff during this time following wreck time the students go with their parent chaperones back to their cabins to clean up and prepare for dinner and the evening activities everyone eats dinner at the dining hall with Cruisers arriving early to prepare for the troops following dinner parents staff and students are engaged in activities until curfew students will have two nighttime activities one is a campfire gathering with a Fairview staff involves the students in various large group activities it's part comedy part singing and
019always entertaining following the campfire the students have a delicious snack and then head off to the animal show the show highlights many of the animals found in North Jersey forest ecosystem in an entertaining manner for the night activities students are split into two separate activity groups by cabin number all of the even numbered cabins attend the same activity and all the odd numbered cabins attend the same activity this evening activity is the only time that a parent chaperone and their own child might not be in the same exact group this is because a dad sharpening a daughter would be with his cabin of boys not with his daughter's group however great care is taken by the coordinators to arrange Cabin numbers that allow the dad and the daughter to be involved in the same activity
020at the same time in other words if the even number cabins go to the campfire activity at the same time the dad's cabin might be cabin two and the daughter's cabin might be cabin 10 so all even cabins will be involved in the same activity the students learn a lot of individual responsibilities as they move about camp and have to meet in different places with their classmates teachers and environmentalists here at the camp every teacher and child has a name tag just like this for identification purposes and to let them know their entire schedule for the whole time there in Fairview all the activities and places they will be traveling are listed on the card so it's both an identification and a safety device following the second activity any student that needs to see the
021nurse for evening medication will do so and then the students head off to their cabins for bed wake up comes early at Fairview some students shower in the morning some students prefer to shower before bed and they are usually out playing basketball before breakfast students will need to pack their belongings and empty the cabin so they can be inspected for the next group Cruisers arrive to prepare for breakfast with a group following at eight by 9 A.M everyone is off to begin their day of environmental classes students will have time to engage in two activities before returning for lunch these classes include boating safety water ecology archery a hike to the Kennedy Ridge or hike of the lowland swamp on the grounds of the camp or an action socialization experience all these classes include physical
022and cognitive activities that reinforce grade six curriculum and cross the academic curricular boundaries to include physical education social studies life skills and practical Arts Julia what's out on your face there um it's mud and why do you have mud on your face um it's from the bottom of the lake we uh Brandon took some uh the anger yeah and he pulled it up and there was a bunch of mud and he said that there was a lot of minerals and it was good for you yeah there's a lot of minerals and people pay a lot of money for that right but you got it for free following class the students eat lunch and organize once again into their bus groups in order to park for hammersold school the students usually have one last opportunity to
023visit the Fairview Trading Post in order to bring home something that will remind them of their stay at camp I'm told the bus ride home is a lot more quiet than the one that begins the trip since students have had a lot of fresh air and exercise throughout the trip Dr Gaskill will send an electronic message to alert our families of the anticipated arrival at hammershould school overall the students enjoy their time at Fairview Lakes YMCA Camp they've added to their ecological environmental science knowledge they become acquainted with new people and new experiences and they have participated in an adventure that I predict they will remember for the rest of their lives thank you and I look forward to seeing you at Fairview this year [Music] foreign to the packing list and here's the old
024proverb there is no bad weather just bad clothing and we're trying to reinforce here is we need the kids need to be prepared for any kind of weather up there we are going later in the year that we traditionally go but it can still be cold at night still a good chance that it can rain so they want to make sure that they have the proper uh Tire to be able to handle that kind of weather this is the so here's the packing list bag number one you're looking to pack the bedding the sleeping bag the twin sheets these beds are there will be sleeping on cots and they're small twin mattresses and they're that vinyl coated matches so put a sheet over that and then have a sleeping bag for the blanket a backpack
025that they'll carry with them at all times and that backpack should have a water bottle uh sunscreen insect repellent we're going in late April and early May so the in that's like Prime insect season so strongly advise having the uh having the insect repellent and then the sunblock because it's later in the year the sun will be a little bit harsher than what normally we go in in March so it'll be a little brighter hopefully better and warmer weather though a hat um and then an inhaler if if you've signed the the paperwork for them to be able to carry one for bag number three I'm going to apologize I forgot to update this for the that was based off of a three-day two-night trip so I know we've been getting some questions they do
026not really need six pairs of Underpants uh you can you can adjust that kind of for what makes sense but some of the key items that you want to have on there they should have a sweatshirt they should have weather that shouldn't get chilly that they will be warm it being prepared for the weather is really what makes or break the trip you know if it rains kids will still have a good time if they're in a raincoat but if they're cold if they're wet they're going to be miserable uh I mean they'll still have a good time just not as good of time so just take a close look at that list and make sure that they have the weather be prepared for if it does get cold and wet some things that we
027do not allow you see cell phones that are bold-faced up there and I'll be honest here they still have not updated their service the last time I checked so even if your child had a cell phone it's probably not going to be there'll be like a few areas where you have to hold it up like this wearing a tinfoil hat you're not going to get great reception our one of our biggest concerns is you know we plan on bringing 600 students up to Fairview if 600 students with a cell phone up in that area someone's going to lose one and I don't want that to happen I don't want them taking selfies and dropping in the lake or losing it up on top to Ridge so it's just best that they leave that home [Music]
028um yeah the curling irons the the hair dryers their electricity in the cabins cannot handle that it's a fire hazard so those kind of things leave home the iPads the smart watches we really want to keep kids off of the screens perfumes it can bother some students with their allergies but it also attracts bugs so you would not want to wear a perfume some optional things they can bring a camera tennis racket just random sports equipment there is sports stuff there and to be honest with you watching the kids are usually happy with the basketballs are out there or the volleyballs so if you want to pack light there is lots of things for them to do during a wreck time um and then the only thing I I think some teachers have fielded questions
029around fishing gear please leave that at home we just don't want kids next to the water during the wreck time we want them want them up in the the rec area so they really would not have an opportunity to use that so now we get into the portion of how to sign up for it and it has to be we have to sign up for this through the community pass the online registration and then the medical documents would get handed into your child science teacher from there we will relay them to the nurse if you have troubles signing up for it you forgot your password or the system's just not working for you you can contact them at EB online payments at EB Network or call that phone number that's there I usually get in
030touch with Miss Marty Newman who's extremely helpful and she can guide you through the process this sheet because I know there's there's websites here and there's phone numbers that you might want to reference later on I said this is available on your it was posted on your child's Google Classroom so you can also get this presentation and those important phone numbers from there so in order to register for it if you go to the district website and you go to hammershaw's website and you go down to register and pay for activities you can see the arrow that's pointing to where you need to click and once you click on to that virtual backpack you'll see the select register here button you click on that you select the trip that you'd want to go to it
031should be Fairview 2022 2023 uh and then you would select your trip and you would sign up for it you pick decline or agree and I know some people might be I'm thinking if you're here tonight you're really inclined that you're going to go on the trip but if you were to decline it it really helps with the organization process to know exactly who's not going so that we can start the planning process because it'll be staying back making sure that we have a plan for them as well as the kids who are going on the trip so then you would complete the payment process putting that information and then it is paid for and you would be registered if you forgot the medical forms you can also access them through the virtual backpack on
032Hammer should School website and that you can see there when you go to hammercial site you'll see a little virtual backpack when you click on that one of the options that you'll see available would be the Fairview Medical forms for this year and so these are we have the students there overnight so it's critical that we have all the medical forms and all the information that we need especially if medications are involved so this first sheet you basically you're providing the basic information about the doctor insurance information the table that's there is letting you know what time if you're sending medications with your child they have to be delivered to the nurse's office before they go and it's giving those dates that way the nurse can organize and get the medications ready uh you see
033the place a lot of places to sign for you and for the physician this is a another medical form this is regarding prescriptions it would have to be signed by the doctor and there is a note there signed not stamped I just want to go back to this slide hard to see but when you actually see the paperwork there's questions in there too about the diet so that if you if you're if you want a no meat food we can offer that we just need to know that ahead of time so Fairview can plan uh Fairview does not offer kosher or Halal meals the other option so there if you want your child to be able to take over-the-counter medication Tylenol ibuprofen and Tums are the only over the counter medication that can be provided
034to the student without a doctor signature but it would need this form we require this form to be signed to allow for that and that's just an up close of the over-counter medicines that do not require a doctor's signature and then the other medical form this is the real specifics as far as what the medication is what the dosage is that needs to be signed by the doctor and signed by the parent uh things such as an EpiPen or an inhaler if you want your child to carry that you have to sign there's a place to sign indicate that and then you can work with the nurse to make sure that we have that on hand and it goes with the child it is especially the time of year we're going there's a lot of
035seasonal allergies so if there's a medication that they need to help control their seasonal allergy allergies make sure that the proper paperwork is filled out so the nurse can give them that medication and just a reminder self-student Administration for the medication the epipens and inhalers they can do that it has to be the proper paperwork has to be signed and then work with the nurse in order to make sure that the student has that students with the EpiPen we do make sure that they travel on a bus with an EpiPen certified teacher and that the EpiPen is there in the event of emergency so when we depart for this trip we need the students to be here no later than eight o'clock so that we can organize them the goal would be that we get
036the students out before the the regular other students are coming in to Fairview they cannot take the bus to school because if they take the normal school bus to school then they would miss the bus leaving to Fairview so it's important that a parent has to drop them off for this trip at 8 A.M and we are taking coach buses uh when we come back to Hughes the goal is that we arrive slightly after the buses have left for the afternoon delivery with the other students so we're looking at around a force clock arrival but you'll get a message from Dr Gaskell you get a Blackboard message saying they have left Fairview they're anticipated to arrive at such and such time and if we hit traffic and there's delay Mr gas Dr Gasco usually sends
037out a note as far as like hit 20 minutes of traffic delayed on the arrival and students cannot take the bus home either they'd have to be picked up by a parent so the dining hall and meals I have gotten a few questions already like what are the kids going to eat and I asked Fairview what are they going to eat what is the diet plan and they uh their answer right now has been due to the supply chain issues they cannot they they're not sure what they don't have the menu plan that far ahead I can assure there'll probably be no eggs on the menu um but it's going to be kid-friendly food so you're looking at Chicken Fingers grilled cheese sandwiches turkey sandwiches generally kind of the basic kid-friendly food usually haven't really
038heard any complaints on the food it served family style so one student that's what we call a cruiser one student goes up gets the the bowl of chicken fingers brings it back they use the tongs and distribute it and then cruisers at the end would help clean up so when you watch that video and they mentioned Cruisers these are student helpers so students have I guess chores assigned to them it might be a morning Cruiser where they help set up for breakfast and take it down or lunch or dinner but that that's part of the learning process so if you were to chaperone your natural tendency is you want to help out right you want to show your kids that like we help out that's what we do we see clean up for dinner we're
039gonna help with that but it's intended to be a learning experience that the students take responsibility and that they conduct that role without adult help so it's hard but we'd ask that you sit back and let the kids do it so the general meal times breakfast on day two we're looking about 8 A.M lunch at 12 30 dinner at six and then a snack before they go to bed at night parent chaperones you they eat with with the students and we do have some non-meat diets that are available so if you let us know that they need a non your child needs a non-meat diet uh Fairview offers that option so you we can't bring our own food up and that was one of the prohibited items in the in the packing list no food
040or snacks and that picture right there that is that is the main reason right they don't want food in the cabins bringing in mice bringing in cockroaches or whatever uh so all the food at Fairview has to be contained to the dining hall and probably Bears too right they probably don't want Bears stuffing out the food in the cabins and cell phones just a reminder the students cannot bring the cell phones so a couple common concerns I think one of the biggest concerns is like well I'm not going to be with my child I think my child's gonna be nervous they're going to have they're going to have anxiety and when a student leaves East Brunswick and they do a 12th grade poll when they ask them what do you remember this trip is usually
041you know really high on the list of the things that they remember so although they might have been nervous going into it for most all students when they come out of it it was a memorable experience they really enjoyed meeting new students they enjoyed the sense of Independence and that overnight trip they're often usually so busy because it's just Event Event eat event event that they they don't have a lot of time to feel the separation anxiety not to say that doesn't happen during Rec time or at bedtime but for the most part of the trip even if they have it they're still enjoying the activities if you have privacy concerns or if you have kind of personal questions around things like bedwetting start with the coordinator asking them and then we can work that
042out we've been running this trip we're trying to figure it out today I think 40 years if if not more within that time we've certainly had just about every student issue that you can imagine things like bedwetting we make it work it can happen um so just just reach out and we can between myself the coordinators and the nurse we can we can figure something out so the chaperones my big plea to use like please apply to be a chaperone I think it's a great experience uh you might have caught glimpses in that video if you didn't watch it again the chaperones are having just as much fun as the students they enjoy the activities it's a great way to spend time with your child um you know we have advertised up here the perk
043of no cooking cleaning it's an all-inclusive resort for two days and one night but I think the quality time is really the most it's it's you know I'm a parent too I think it's kind of a fun age of kids right before they get it you know really wanna really want parent separation so it's a good opportunity for that quality time your responsibilities the biggest thing is the cabin supervision and the activity supervision so with the cabin it's just I mean they're sixth graders right so it's it's probably not going to be the quietest cabin until the lights go out and they fall asleep uh but making sure that we can get the lights out at the lights out time which I think is usually 11 o'clock is when we make our rounds and make
044sure that all the lights are out for the activity supervision it's Observe and Report so we're going to have Hammer should staff at chaperones as well we're not asking you to get involved if you see something concerns you let a hammershow teacher know they'll relay the message back to myself or to a coordinator or they'll adjust the situation as needed but you're just there to kind of keep eyes and let us know what uh if something concerns you so if you're a chaperone you know you're a dad and you want to chaperone the trip with your daughter we can certainly make that work obviously you're not going to share the same cabin but you will have all the activities and we take real special care to make sure that the evening activities which are usually
045divided into two groups we base that on the cabin number and we would put the dad in an even cabin and we put the daughter in an even cabin so they can even have the nighttime events and you'll be there for all the activities so we we can make that uh that work and we have up here a possible switch so if you're a dad and you want to go with your son let us know if you would be open for your wife going and yes you'd have to stay in a different cabin out with your son but would still be able to participate in a trip let us know if both parents would be willing to be chaperones like I understand you would prefer that if your mom you want to go with a
046daughter or dad with the son but if you're open to that switch that one parent can go that's just in case we we need more parents of a particular gender for cabin supervision so we can have that flexibility this is the form for filling out to be a chaperone it's fairly simple you just select a trip put your name down all the information hand it in with your child science teacher I'm collecting those next week and kind of going through it the process is random we do need a lot of parent chaperones so there's a really good chance uh more than likely chance that if you submit to be a chaperone that uh I said there's a high chance you'd be selected for that and so just some general information the camp is not free
047that's another reason why we have to not allow outside food coming in we do not allow daily visitors that's for obvious security reasons when you sign up to be a parent chaperone Fairview runs a background check that's through the Raptor system and that's checking for anything in the background that would be concerning where you shouldn't be around kids so everyone who's at that camp has has undergone a background check so I think as a parent I'm hoping that gives peace of mind uh just understand it if you sign up for a chaperone that they are put through that screening system they said the process for choosing chaperones it's it's random kind of picking out of the Hat what we're really trying to do is make sure that we need you know the goal is 52
048parent chaperone so that's two parents per gender in for 18 cabins so for the most cabins we want two parents we want to run a couple a few cabins where we have three parents and that's just in case something happens where a parent has to go home their child gets sick or they get sick and somebody needs to go home we'll have a backup cabin so we might have to move a parent from the the three parent cabin to another one in the event that someone goes home um and then we select all the groups so I know there's not like hey can can my child be with so-and-so we don't put kids together we don't put friends together part of their you know we don't purposely keep friends apart but we make the groups
049do make us aware if there's a reason why your child should not be with another particular child especially if there's an HIV history I mean we'll see that in the screening process that's one of the things we check but if you have reasons where you would not want your child being bunked with or having activity groups with another child please let us know foreign I guess the one thing I spoke about the nurse in the medical forms but I just want to let you know that we will have a nurse there during the entire trip uh day stays there throughout the night so that is always available at this point uh I'll open up any questions you may have if anyone has a question you can raise your hand we'll bring the mic to you
050you can ask it and if you have a more personal question I'll be down here by the uh by the stage to answer those thank you hi um my son has celiacs is there any diet um yeah I believe Fairview can do it like a gluten-free diet yeah I believe Fairview can do a gluten-free okay with snacks but will we be able to send anything to him just in case yeah sure he's not eating yeah they would go into his cooler get his cookie you know so unless that has changed since since it's been a couple years since we went overnight in the past Celiac students had or severe allergy students to their parents are packed a cooler and just bring that straight okay thank you so uh Lori I'm just going to repeat that
051answer so that we have it on the microphone so in the past children with celiac disease we've been able to have a cooler where the snacks and the food was packed and cooler and that's stored in the cafeteria and there's a microwave as well to heat the food up for that if you're going to chaperone do you drive yourself or do you drive the bus with the children you can drive yourself or you can take the bus and I guess or another question I don't know if this is the right platform or place for that but what about you know the other three years you know due to covid you know all those children that missed out on the Fairview has that been talked about or discussed yet I'm sorry I did not hear that
052question the three years of the Freshman the ninth grade class this year missed out on Fairview and then all the following classes due to covid so I was just wondering you know if there was a plan for them to experience something similar I mean right now we're focusing on this year I understand the opportunity to okay to offer it for this year I understand thank you what's the ratio of students and chaperone for each cabin it's generally two students um two chaperones the cabins hold about some cabins hold ten some cabins hold 12 students okay pretty groups are similar I just have one question basically um right now if the kid doesn't take any medication between now and April something does come up what do you do then first thing you do is contact a
053nurse and she'll work with you too to get to to make sure that we can get on the medication okay so but when you fill out the form you uh it clearly says does your does your kid need medication and we just say no right now right so I said you'd work with a nurse but if that came up then the first thing you do you'd have the doctor fill out and just redo the form and submit that okay got it okay thank you so I do have the following question with the medical form only so since my daughter don't take any medication anything else so still I need to sign it and from the doctor or should I just put my signature and return back to school put your signature and return it back
054to school so no doctor signature or nothing is required right unless it is a prescribed medical medication yeah okay thanks thank you hi um what if any accommodations are made for kids with an IEP it depends if they're if they require a full-time Aid we've had students will have the aid go on the trip but it would really be dependent upon what the what the requirements are of the IEP so since those are individualized we don't we don't have a solid straightforward answer for everyone it depends on the IEP um if I wanted to be a chaperone uh for you know obviously for every for everybody that's attending but specifically so I can be with my son who has an IEP would that I mean is there a good possibility I can become a chaperone
055it would have to have that conversation with with yourself and the caseworker so they said all those are kind of individual circumstances that are hard to answer in a general you know across the board answer all right any further questions she did all the running yeah and now you take the mic all right thank you I'll be I'll be a lot more students than normal tell me that they don't want to go and I don't get it at all I'm like what do you mean Fairview is amazing so if any of you were I'm Mrs fitter if any of you are my students and if you're watching at home I told my parents told my students to tell my parents nobody declines until they've seen this meeting this is an amazing trip I've been teaching
056in this school for 23 years I've gone at least 20 times I love it I wish that the town that I lived in offered this to my children and it doesn't so I think that East Brunswick doing this is fantastic and it's an amazing opportunity and I really encourage you to send your child and volunteer if you're nervous about it volunteer to chaperone but it's a great experience for them it's a great experience for you and I really hope you'll come and especially your kids one more question today it's not really your question um I went to East Brunswick so if any of your kids are nervous Fairview is so much fun I went back when it was a four-day trip and it's a blast so if anybody's nervous don't be it's so much fun
057your kids are going to come back and be like it was so awesome all right thank you if you have you said more personal questions you want to ask off Mike I'll be down there feel free to come up and ask those questions thank you