This document provides information for parents about Minooka TAP's South African adventure trip scheduled for 2015. It discusses communication methods, meeting schedules, fundraising goals, and academic expectations for the trip. Students are expected to participate in meetings, complete readings and writing assignments, and help with fundraising to earn points to qualify for the trip. The goals of the trip are for students to have fun, learn, and stay safe. Parents are encouraged to introduce themselves to teachers and ask any questions.
Board members play an essential role as ambassadors for the Friends’ School mission. Learn more about why being an organizational advocate and connector is meaningful, fun, and rewarding. Emily Davis will facilitate a workshop to help board members better highlight their individual connections to the school’s work and ideas for sharing personal stories with others.
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Presented for Friends' School on Boulder, CO April 2015
An invitation to the United Methodist churches of the Desert Southwest Conference to participate in the annual Sidewalk Ministries Christmas Project, including helpful instructions about the gift bags.
The slideshow from the AAF Mizzou chapter meeting on 9-15-10.
This meeting was a general information session and discussion of plans for the coming year.
The slides cover the executive board members (and new positions available to apply for!!!), club dues, our organizational survey and more.
Canadian Adventure Camp is a North Ontario coed sleepover summer camp for kids located on a beautiful private island in the wilderness lakes region of Temagami. Founded in 1975, it provides acclaimed programs to children from around the world! Visit site: http://www.canadianadventurecamp.com/
Canadian Adventure Camp
15 Idleswift Drive
Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 1K9 Canada
info@canadianadventurecamp.com
Canadian Adventure Camp is a North Ontario coed sleepover summer camp for kids located on a beautiful private island in the wilderness lakes region of Temagami. Founded in 1975, it provides acclaimed programs to children from around the world! Visit site: http://www.canadianadventurecamp.com/
Canadian Adventure Camp
15 Idleswift Drive
Thornhill, Ontario, L4J 1K9 Canada
info@canadianadventurecamp.com
Over the next year our newsletter will follow the cultural experiences across South East Asia of Neil and Nikki, our Kwintessential Consulting colleagues, who have decided to take a gap year along with their three children (10, 8 and 5 years old).
Welcome to this edition of Newsletter highlighting our 2018 activities. We hope you enjoy it and we invite your comments and suggestions on how we can continue improving it going forward.
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2. SOUTH AFRICAN ADVENTURE 2015
Minooka TAP
is…
Mike Curtis
Jackie Harig
Cathy Tadey
Jim Keeton
Kris Doerr
Angelica
Lara
3. COMMUNICATION
Minooka TAP’s Facebook
www.facebook.com/minookatap
Website
www.minookatap.com
Blog
Calendar
Meeting Schedule
Forms
Email
minookatap2@gmail.com
Remind 101
Text @17471
to 1-331-425-6062
4. MEETINGS
We have 15 meetings
scheduled this year.
10 of the meetings are “live”
and in person.5 of the
meetings will be done online.
We meet on Saturday
mornings.
We are currently homeless, so
we may meet in a variety of
places.
With only 1 meeting per
month, we hope that every
student can attend almost
every meeting.
Online meetings are on your
own time, so participation in
these meetings is mandatory.
Think of TAP as an extra class
you’re taking this year. The
5. WE’RE TAKING YOUR KID TO A
FOREIGN LAND IN JUST 8 MONTHS
15 meetings = 30 hours
The basketball team
practices twice as many
hours before they play
their first game.
Language Arts class has
about twice as many
hours before progress
reports.
30 hours is only 4 ¼
school days.
Yet, in that time…
6. WE’RE GOING TO GET YOUR KIDS READY TO
TRAVEL TO A FOREIGN LAND IN JUST 8
MONTHS
We focus on four key areas.
These kids need to be
prepared…
Financially
Logistically
Socially
Academically
7. FINANCIALLY
We understand that the trip is
expensive, and we know the #1
concern for most parents is
financial.
Your payments to EF Tours cover:
Airfare (3+ flights)
Bus drivers/trains
A 24/7 tour guide
Hotels
Dinners and breakfasts
Entrance to most activities
8. Your payment to EF
Tours do not cover:
Educational expenses
here at home, like paper
or books
Tips for guides and
drivers
Extra activities
Souvenirs
Lunches/Snacks/Drinks
Our student books
FINANCIALLY
9. FUNDRAISING
TAP Teachers will run three
fundraisers
HoopsMania
White Sox tickets
Little Caesar’s Pizza
If you would like to form a
fundraising committee with
other parents, please do, but
communicate with us before
using Minooka TAP’s name to
sell any products and
coordinate so it doesn’t overlap
with current successful
fundraisers.
10. FINANCIAL GOALS
When it’s all said and done, TAP spends about
$400 per student in the group.
We can’t operate at a loss.
We don’t want you to have to pay more than
just the price of the trip.
We need that money.
So, we expect each student to raise $400 for
TAP through our fundraisers.
We will keep track of the money made at each
fundraiser. At the end of the last event,
we will let kids and parents know if that
goal was met.
If it was not met, we will need to collect the
difference before departure.
11. IT SHOULDN’T ALL BE ON YOU
These kids are able bodied,
intelligent, and could be hard-working
We’ve had dozens of kids pay for
their whole trip.
Rake leaves
Mow lawns
Shovel snow
Pull weeds
Babysit
Housesit
Pet sit/walk dogs
Plant sit
12. LOGISTICS
Besides money, these logistical
concerns are what most weighs
on kids and parents…
Phones/Skype/Wifi/Communication
ATMs and Credit Cards
Passports
Foreign Currency
Foreign Languages
Foreign Customs
Behavior and Expectations
Hotels and Rooming
Planes
Airport Procedures and Pickup
How and What to Eat?
We’re not going to go into detail about
these things now, but that’s why
attendance at the meetings is so
important. We will cover all of these
over the course of the 10 meetings.
13. Here’s the stuff that worries
the teachers the most…
These are 14 year old kids,
many who will be without
their parents, away from
home for 13 days in a strange
places.
They have to know us (the
teachers), so they trust us to
keep them safe and know that
we care.
They have to know and trust
one another.
We have to know and trust
them.
SOCIALLY
Another reason why being there for all 10 meetings is very important.
14. ACADEMICALLY
Here’s the stuff that worries
the teachers the most…
This is an educational
trip.
Teachers, not
tourists.
Students, not
sight-seers.
15. Reading
Throughout the year, the
students will be asked to
read books written by
South African authors,
about South Africa, or set
in South Africa.
These reading assignments
are for their benefit, and
will help them connect
better to the things they
encounter and the people
they’ll meet on tour.
ACADEMICALLY
16. ACADEMICALLY
Writing
We’ll each write 6-7 short
articles about the
places/people/things that
interest us most.
We’ll publish our own travel
guide/text book/journal.
Researching and writing like
this gives the kids an
ownership of those parts of
the trip that make them more
meaningful.
At the end of it all, each of
these kids will be a published
author.
17. We need the kids to be
prepared for this trip –
financially, logistically,
socially, and
academically.
If they are not
prepared. We, as
teachers, do not feel
comfortable taking
them.
Not fair to us, not fair
to the group.
BOTTOM LINE
18. OUR 3 GOALS
We want the kids to
have fun. Fun is worth
100 points.
We want the kids to
learn. Learning is worth
1,000 points.
We want the kids to be
safe. Safety is worth
1,000,000 points.
19. OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE
YEAR
The kids have to be active in
TAP.
We don’t feel we can reach
all three of our goals on the
trip if the kids are not
prepared.
We understand that you
can’t make every meeting.
We understand that some of
you might have no luck
selling.
We do need you to be there
when you can, participate in
what you can, and be an
active member of this group.
20. TAP POINTS
For participating when ever they
can, kids can earn TAP points
throughout the year. Points
will be given for:
Meeting attendance
Writing assigned articles
Reading the books we assign
Asking questions and
participating in meetings
Participating in our five online
meetings
Watching related movies or
shows outside of meetings
Helping with fundraisers
Other opportunities may arise
21. Kids who aren’t active in the TAP
community will not travel with us.
That’s for the good of the group.
Students must earn 75% of the
available points to travel.
Students who earn 100% of the
points will get a free t-shirt or
hoodie before the trip.
Students who have the most
points for each of the 4 quarters
of the school year will get a free
lunch from Mr. Curtis while we’re
on the trip.
TAP POINTS
22. QUESTIONS???
Please introduce
yourselves to one or
more of the TAP
teachers.
We need to have a
positive relationship with
you as much as we do
with your kids.
If you have any
questions, please feel
free to ask a TAP
teacher on your way out.
Please make sure we
have your contact info.