Small Step Farm Field Trip

 Permission slips went home today! Please return them by Friday! If you cannot find your child's permission slip I've attached a copy of the original below.

Dear 4^th Grade Families,                                                                                               April 16, 2013

The field trip will be to Small Step Farm in Waitsfield, Vermont on Friday, May 10^th. Williamstown Elementary School is continuing to develop a small garden that will eventually provide (some) vegetables to our school lunch program. To kick start this project we are taking the 4^th graders to a small vegetable farm. While there, students will be transplanting seedlings, planting potatoes, inoculating shitake mushrooms and taking a farm tour to learn about compost and irrigation! The goal is for the students to observe the components of farming and the process of growing from seed to harvest. The bus will leave the school at 8:30 and will be returning at 2:15. Students will be coming home with a planted sunflower seed and we’ll be taking flats of seedlings back to school to plant in the raised beds! Pack a snack, lunch, water and clothes you don’t mind getting a little dirty. Dress for the weather and get ready to dig in the dirt!

            My child, _________________________ will have:

• Lunch from home
• Bag lunch from school- ham sandwich
• Bag lunch from school- PB&J sandwich

I, _________________________:

• Am able to chaperone the field trip to Small Step Farm
• Am not able to chaperone the field trip to Small Step Farm       

Please return this form by Friday, April 19th. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail us!

amormile.wes@onsu.org                 janderson.wes@onsu.org          (802) 433-6653

Thank you,

Amanda Mormile                                                                                        Jess Anderson