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Field Trips and More
Field Trips
Teachers
and teams may schedule educational field trips to support learning. To
help with expenses, parent/student donations are often needed. For
students requiring financial assistance, parents may contact a teacher.
Teams often establish their own minimum requirements that students must
meet to attend a field trip. Such requirements usually address
behavioral standards and meeting deadlines with necessary field trip
forms. Teachers notify parents beforehand when minimum requirements
exist.
Dances
With
the exception of the 8th grade promotion dance, all dances are planned
by the Leadership Class. Most dances are only for 7th & 8th
graders; however, in the spring there is one 6th/7th grade dance.
Student Government/Leadership Class
The
student body organization consists of four cabinet members and two
class representatives, elected by the student body. The Leadership
Class is an elective class oen to all 6th, 7th, & 8th graders who
meet citizenship and grade standards.
Altimira has a talent show in the spring. All students are encouraged to audition.
State law requires that all people having close contact with students in schools must have verification of having passed a TB test. Please register the results of your TB test in the school office. Without this, you will not be allowed to provide parent volunteer service in the classroom.
Field trips are planned by teachers and designed to enrich the curriculum. A note and permission slip will be sent to you in advance of any fieldtrip and will include cost, place, departure time and dress. The permission slip must be signed and returned to your child's teacher in order for the student to participate in the fieldtrip.
Parents are frequently asked to chaperone fieldtrips, and teachers rely on these parents to provide supervision for a group of students. While fieldtrips are always fun for the students, they are intended to be extensions of the classroom curriculum and are learning activities. This is the parents' opportunity to participate with his/her child in an educational activity and to assist the classroom teacher. Unless it is specifically a family activity, we request that parents not bring other siblings along on fieldtrips. Take this opportunity to give special attention to your child and play a crucial role in making this an important learning activity for the children in the class. The teacher is depending upon your undivided attention.
We are grateful to the Altimira Middle School PTA for providing all grade levels with a generous fieldtrip fund to help pay for the cost of these activities. In addition the PTA has a scholarship fund so that no one will be excluded from a fieldtrip due to cost.
