Great Esker Park

GreatEskerPark

A Weymouth Recreation Summer Program

All participants are required to have a Weymouth Recreation issued photo ID. See page 21 for details.

New - Only the Great Esker Park Outdoor Recreation Programs are weather dependent. The 3-8 year old programs will meet rain or shine. If you need your 8+ child enrolled during rain events you must register them for the rainy day option for that week. The “Great Esker Park Rainy Day Option” is included in your program fee – please register early so our attendance list will be accurate. Rain Day Option participants will, along with some “Esker” staff, be transported to and join the Wey-Fun group at their site(s) and participate in their activities. All 8+ participants not enrolled in the “Rain Day Option” will receive an account credit for any program when the full daily time period of the program is cancelled due to rain.

T-shirts are required. See page 21 for the t-shirt policy.

Transportation – see page 22 for all bus routes and shuttle schedules. These schedules allow participants to coordinate a mixed program schedule for the full-day by coordinating their registrations.

Participants enrolled in morning and afternoon programs may stay at the park during lunch. The building will be open and staffed.

GreatEskerPark programs are very popular. This year weare hoping to learn where the true demand lies and to accommodate the demand - expressed prior to April 1st. This will require you, our customers, to registerfor the waiting list of full classes so we can measure true demand. Please let us know what you want. We will try to adjust program sizes by April 9th.

New- The 2010Great Esker Park Nature Exploration Programs will be “rain or shine”. Particularly hard rain will drive the programs under shelters or into the building – otherwise they will continue to explore nature. Please dress accordingly. The Exploring Nature programs will seem to have fewer choices as we limit the offerings to Tenderfoot, Rovers and Discoverers. This is only to allow for “expansion to demand”. The groups will be split into manageable sizes each Monday and remain in sub-groups (Minnows, Periwinkles, Woodchucks…) the remainder of each week. GreatEskerPark Exploring Nature Programs include a lot of aquatic exploration. Please let the supervisor know, in writing, if you do not want your child in the water.

The staff will remain dedicated to a single age group where they will be able to get to know the participants and constantly improve “their” program. We are happy with the changesin the past few years but as always we are always pleased to hear what you think – both good and bad.

The Great Esker Staff has prided itself on facilitating a relationship between program participants and nature for over forty years. The 2010 staff continues that tradition. The programs are designed to allow your child more choice as they discover the wonders of the park’s flora, fauna and ecological significance!

Unless otherwise noted, all supplies are included in the cost of the class. Please see pages19 - 22 for important info.

Participants are encouraged wear old clothes, bring hats, drinks, snacks, sunscreen and insect repellent.

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