Calgary Student Visit

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Calgary Student Visit

• May 27June 4, 2005

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Participating Schools

• Chicago, Illinois
• Dallas, Texas
• Midway City, California
• Richmond Heights, Missouri

• Calgary, Alberta
• Red Deer, Alberta
• Chateauguay, Quebec

• Monterrey, Mexico

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Where Is Calgary?
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Accommodations

• In Calgary, you will stay at Camp Chestermere.
  The camp is located about 10 minutes east of the
  Calgary city limits.

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Accommodations

• Camp Chestermere has a girls cabin, a boys
  cabin and a teachers cabin.
• The cabins each have 3 rooms that sleep 1011
  people per room. We provide clean pillows and
  sleeping bags for all.

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Camp Chestermere

• You will eat most of your meals in the main lodge.

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Camp Chestermere

• This is the main gym, where you can play floor
  hockey, basketball, etc. Its also where we hold
  a lot of our games and activities.

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Camp Chestermere

• On a couple of nights during camp well gather
  aroundthe campfire to sing, play games and have
  fun with the
• pre-screened cabin leaders.

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Camp Chestermere

• The camp is located on Chestermere Lake. During
  your time at camp we wont do anything in the
  water but the sunsets on the lake are gorgeous!

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Camp Chestermere

• Other pictures of camp

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Spending Money

• You dont have to bring money
• If you choose to, it must be in Canadian dollars
• Your money is your responsibility
• Dont bring more than CDN50.00 (approx US40.00)
• Exchange Rate (will vary)
• US1.00 CDN1.23
• US25.00 CDN30.77

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Calling Home

• You are not permitted to bring a cell phone to
  camp
• Once your plane has arrived in Calgary, a call
  will be made to notify your parents of your safe
  arrival
• There is one phone at camp, for emergencies only
• Should you need to call home, it is a good idea
  to have a phone card with you (for U.S. and
  Mexican students, make sure that the card will
  work from Canada to your city) or that you can
  call collect
• Parents will be given the program managers phone
  number in case there is an emergency at home

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Packing List What to Bring

• Comfortable running shoes or hiking boots
• Jacket (waterproof and windproof is ideal)
• Shirts (long and short sleeved)
• Sweater
• Pants and jeans
• Shorts (12 pairs)
• Underwear

• Socks
• Gloves, hat and scarf
• Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap,
  shampoo, eye glasses, contact solution, etc)
• At least two towels and face cloths
• Pillowcase
• Camera (optional)
• Bug repellent (optional)

Laundry services are not available at camp, so
bring enough clothing for the whole week.
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Packing ListWhat NOT to Bring

• Cell phones
• Video games or Gameboys
• CD players or Walkmans
• Anything you dont want to lose
• Helpful Hint
• Label everything that you bring to camp. There is
  no way of returning items to you if your name is
  not on them.

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Agenda

• While in Calgary youll get to go on many
  adventures
• Banff National Park
• The Royal Tyrrell Museum (dinosaurs)
• The Calgary Zoo
• The Calgary Police canine unit
• Calgary-area school visit
• Youll also participate in numerous activities at
  camp.

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Contact

• Deb Fairbanks
• Program Manager, Connections
• SMARTer Kids Foundation
• 300, 1207 11th Avenue SW
• Calgary, AB Canada T3C 0M5
• Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
• debfairbanks_at_smarterkids.org