SCIENCE CAMP Dear Parents and Campers: Welcome to Science Camp! We are excited to have your child spend time with us this summer. Here is some information to get you started thinking about the program... The sooner everyone arrives, the sooner we can begin experimenting, so we appreciate it when everyone arrives by 9:00 a.m. Staff will greet the campers and assist them as they exit the cars. The experimental activities take place in the GA Middle and Upper School. The students will be placed in age appropriate groups and escorted to the laboratories from their drop-off location at the Pavilion. Your child’s efforts produce a project daily. Many of these projects can be brought home so campers can continue the experiment and share their scientific work with parents and siblings. For those children departing after Science Camp, the projects will be sent home following the activity. Please send a backpack daily if your child is staying for an afternoon program such as Day Camp, so we can send the projects home in his or her backpack. Occasionally the project is of a delicate or perishable nature and we may need to make arrangements for you to pick it up the following morning. Notes from the parent will be needed for the following reasons: your child will be picked up early from Science Camp your child will not go on to their scheduled Day Camp after Science Camp your child will be picked up by a neighbor or the parent of another camper your child will not be at camp The notes should be given to the teacher, whenever possible. He/she will coordinate the change. All late arrivals and early dismissals must take place through the Welcome Center. Late arrivals will be escorted to the appropriate lab. There may be times when the teachers will ask that certain easily acquired items be brought from home. Although some extra items will be available to use, we hope you will be able to accommodate our request. We will attempt to give you as much lead-time as possible. I am confident your child will have an enjoyable and rewarding time in Science Camp this summer. Feel free to contact me with any information that will help us to ensure that you child has the best camping experience possible. Sincerely, Jamie Anderson Science Camp Director 267-405-7406 James.Anderson@gacamp.org
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