Hello all,
I'm writing to you to ask that you consider being a chaperone for our 6/4-6/6 Maker Field Trip. This involves 3 days of field trip, 1st period-mid 4th period. 

Here's why I'm asking:

• We need enough chaperones for 5 sites.
• We need a 1-15 ratio. The numbers allowed at the different sites are 36, 32, 36, 30, and 49. That means some sites will actually have a lower ratio, if we fill the slots. 
• If every student in 7th grade attends, that's 15 chaperones. 
• I can put out a request for some parent volunteers, but I each site would benefit by having as many adults known by many of the kids.
• I felt like the best people to ask would be a) teachers of all-7th grade classes that happen periods 1-4, b) teachers of STEM related classes, c) people who know students through other roles at school, d) the administrator for 7th grade. 

Yes, there are disadvantages to having to chaperone a trip, particularly when you teach other, non-7th classes, but some things to consider:

• I will work out a schedule that still ensures that people get to have prep time and a duty-free lunch. The lunch may be later in the day for some.
• If you are at school, it doesn't mean extra prep times, it will mean subbing for someone else's class or supervising a study hall of students who can't/won't go.
• I will do my best to make sure the group that you chaperone has mostly students you teach. 
• If you would like to request who you co-chaperone with, I'll do what I can.
• For some 7th graders, this may be their first field trip of the entire school year. Field trips are really challenging at a large middle school, but we could make this happen.

Please, let me know. If you have any other ideas for possible chaperones (student teachers, capable parents, etc.), please pass along their names. Figuring out coverage for a trip of this size is the one part of the task that I can't just fix myself by working some extra hours each week and I'm really counting on my colleagues.

Thanks,

Emily Robins, STEAM Teacher

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