Mission Dolores and Fort Ross Info.

We had a great trip today.  See photos below.  Thank you Rodrigo, Joan, Tita and Leah for joining us on our outing.

FORT ROSS PREPARATION

• Packing List
• Reminders (important dates and events leading up to Nov. 11)
• Letter samples:  The letter to your child is due to me by November 6.  Remember this is a special surprise for the kids to receive on our trip.  The letter can be as creative as you like.  Scrolls, parchment paper, wax seal, quill pen writing, written on wood, leather, tree bark,  a clam shell or bone . . . Also, a "homework" assignment is going home on Monday that will hopefully provide more insight into the character your child is role playing.  
• Costume Reminder and links to Fort Ross website information

Other Upcoming Events:

Thursday, October 31, Halloween Parade, 8:45: Students should come dressed in costume for the parade.  Please no masks or violence represented in the costume.  

November 1 & 4:  Conferences/No School

Wednesday, November 6:  Dress Rehearsal for FORT ROSS.  Students will present about their characters in costume.  This is the same day the secret letter is due.  Your child will be bringing home an assignment to help you get to know their character.

Friday, November 8:  Sleeping bags, pads and pillows due to be packed in cars.

November 11-12 (Monday-Tuesday), Fort Ross trip.  Arrive at TBS by 7am on November 11 for our early departure!!!

Mission Dolores Field Trip: 
North Berkeley BART (photo courtesy of Joan Bostian)

 First stop.  The playground!

 Lunch at Dolores Park

 Tour in the mission church.

 Ringing the mission bells.

 Diorama - what the complete complex once looked like.  Today, the church in the foreground is all that remains of the original buildings, and the cemetery.

 Ohlone style tule house in cemetery.

 The walk back to Mission Street.

BART trip back.