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Title: Calgary Student Visit 2005


1
Calgary Student Visit 2005
2
Participating Schools
  • Zebulon, Georgia
  • Corning, Iowa
  • Monsey, New York
  • Tonto Basin, Arizona
  • Dauphin, Manitoba
  • Vanderhoof, B.C.
  • Calgary, Alberta
  • Zapopan, Jalisco

3
Calgary Student Visit
  • Details
  • 8 students and 2 teachers from each school
  • To be held Friday, May 26 Saturday, June 3
  • Selection of students must be complete and
    confirmed participation required by March 15th,
    2006

4
Accommodations
  • During the Calgary Student Visit, you will stay
    at Camp Chestermere. The camp is located about 10
    minutes east of the Calgary city limits.

5
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.
  • There is teacher supervision every night in the
    boys and girls cabins.

6
Camp Chestermere
  • You will eat most of your meals in the main lodge.

7
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.

8
Camp Chestermere
  • On a couple of nights during camp well gather
    aroundthe campfire to sing, play games and have
    fun with the
  • camp counselors.

9
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!

10
Camp Chestermere
  • Other pictures of camp

11
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

12
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

13
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
  • Umbrella
  • 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 List What 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.

15
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.

16
Contact
  • Candace Beaton
  • Program Manager, Connections
  • SMARTer Kids Foundation
  • 300, 1207 11th Avenue SW
  • Calgary, AB Canada T3C 0M5
  • Tel 1.403.802.2549 Fax 1.403.228.2500
  • CandaceBeaton_at_smarterkids.org
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