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Cape Cod National Seashore
All fifth grade students in the Dennis-Yarmouth Regional School System are required to spend a week at the N.E.E.D Collaborative in Truro. The building is a former Coast Guard Station located a few hundred yards from the Atlantic Ocean and is within the Cape Cod National Seashore. During their stay, students will participate in a Beach and Dune hike along Ballston Beach, day trips to Fort Hill at the Red Maple Swamp, theWhite Cedar Swamp, the Salt Pond Visitor's Center, the Beech Forest, the Marconi Station, and the Pilgrim Monument. They will also participate in a variety of environmental studies of kettle ponds, salt marshes, bogs, and dunes.
Reminder to Families:
Please make arrangements to have your child picked up at school by 12:00 Noon on Friday.
Things to Bring:
- Money
- Flashlights
- Pocket knives
- Battery or plug-operated radios, CD players, curling irons, hair dryers, etc.
- Fishing rods & reels
Things NOT to Bring:
- Candy, extra snacks
- Electronic games
- Bathing suits
- Heavily scented personal care items: hair sprays, perfumes, etc.
Seashore Birds
Strongly Advisable
- Sleeping bag or bedroll
- Pillow
- Shirts/blouses or T-shirts
- Jackets and/or sweatshirts
- 6 Sets of underwear
- Hat
- Personal care items (towels, soap, toothbrush, etc.
- Plastic bag (for dirty laundry)
- Old shoes or rubber boots for pond & saltmarsh studies
- Raincoat
- Long pants
- At least 10 pairs of socks
- Slippers & sleepwear
Seasonally Wise
- Shorts
- Scarf
- Thermal underwear
- Several pair of wool socks
- Mittens
Up to You
- Simple camera w/film
- Bathrobe
- Small backpack
- Personal water bottle
- Books to read
- Stationery, stamps
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