Field Trip to Black Chasm

Traci Muldery has put together a field trip to Black Chasm. Here is a copy of the email she sent out to her families. Feel free to sign up! I'll be there :) And...if you like, you can count this as your LP9 meeting!

Visions Families,

I'm excited to share with you the news that our Amador Students are invited to participate in a field trip to Black Chasm Cavern in Volcano, California (just a few miles from Pine Grove).  I booked a fieldtrip for our group to meet at the Black Chasm Cavern on May 16 at 11:30, ending at 1:30.  The Black Chasm Cavern is an amazing place with the largest display of helcite gemstones in the Western Hemisphere.  This is the reason that it is a National Landmark. We are getting a discounted group pricing, which is $6.50 per student.  For an additional cost of $5.00, we also have the opportunity to have our students go gemstone mining, which is like gold mining, but students get gemstones instead. The costs of the tour, and the gemstone mining will be covered by Visions funding.  The cost for adults to take the tour is $11.00, and will not be covered by Visions.


Here is a link from National Geographic to some information and pictures of the Black Chasm Cavern:
Black Chasm Cavern

I have been working with Visions Sacramento to get everything approved for our group, and enable our students to use their funding.  Friday, this field trip was put on Launchpad.

You can sign up your child now.  Go to Launchpad ---->scroll to bottom and hit New Orders---->Then More Ordering Options----> VIE Activities & Events --->Hit Field Trip on the Dropdown ---> Next----> sign up with the numbers below

Launchpad # for Tour     #27548

Launchpad # of Gemstone Mining     #27549

This trip may fill up fast.  I'm trying to keep it for our local Amador families.   Families are able to go through Launchpad to sign up for field trips until the end of April. If you need help signing up, I can do it for you if you still have funding left.  If not, call Visions, information below.  If you want to sign up, and it is closed, call or text me.    Families need to  sign up and pay for any adult or sibling no later than Friday, April 27th.  On Monday, April 30th, Visions will request a check from the district for the families who have paid. 

Parents that want to participate in this fieldtrip, and I'm thinking that will be most of you, need to contact Marnie Livingstone at Visions at 916-971-5518.  She will put your name on the list and discuss how to pay for it.
If you have maxed out your funding, you and your child can still participate by paying our of pocket.  Again, discuss with Marnie.
If you have siblings that you would like to attend this event, call Marnie.

More information to be coming.

Traci

Here is a link to Traci's flyer.