Expedition Express
FIRE and ICE! This an exciting time for our crew as we put the final touches on our Victorian Holiday Historical Tour presentations and prepare for our tour dates in downtown Truckee. Students have worked hard on researching, writing, and practicing their tour information and will be ready to share their in-depth knowledge of historical buildings during Festive Fridays in downtown the first couple of weeks in December.

Victorian Holiday Historical Tour: As a final product for our Fire and Ice Expedition, both MinBorg and Welch crews will be hosting family, friends, and shoppers over the next couple of weeks leading historical tours of buildings along Commercial Row in downtown Truckee. Here is everything you need to know for the big event:

MinBorg Crew – Friday, December 9, 2016
Who: All crew members
What: Victorian Holiday Historical Tours
When: 4:30, 4:40, 4:50, 5:00
Where: Tours start at Bar of America (Corner of Donner Pass Road and Bridge Street)
Why: Service Learning to benefit downtown merchants during Festive Fridays

Questions of the Month:
What is the name of your historic building, or list your favorites?
Why is this building important in the history of Truckee?
What was the most interesting fact you learned about downtown Truckee in this expedition?

Best Pies celebration dinner: Following the historic tours, a pizza dinner will be served to all performers at Best Pies beginning at 5:00 p.m. Please join your child’s tour group while they eat. Family members may order additional food to eat at your own expense.

Richard Blair – Streets of Truckee expert: Local performer Richard Blair will be joining our crew on Thursday, December 8 to sing and share his love of Truckee, Boca, Hobart Mills, and Railroad songs with the ⅔ crews. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to hear Richard sing to our students.

Crew News
Library: Our library visits have been very enjoyable, and the kids are always excited to go. Please remember that if your child has an overdue book they will not be able to check out any books until the fine has been paid. We also ask that overdue fines be paid before our library visits rather than during our visits.

Winter Break: Our winter break is just around the corner. Two weeks of fun, family, and snow…hopefully. We also want to be sure some time is set aside for reading, writing about wintertime enjoyment, and if possible some front row math practice. We pick up right where we left off come January, and we want everyone to be prepared for that.

Indoor Shoes: Students are encouraged to bring indoor shoes (slippers, Vans, etc.) with a rubber sole to school to wear during class. Students may change out of their snow covered boots in the morning and wear dry shoes during class. This will save the carpets in our classroom and keep it dry while we are working on the floor during many activities in our crew.

Harvest of the Month:Cassie Hebel brought in some yummy sweet potatoes for the crew to try this month. Thanks for taking the time to introduce new foods to the students!

Celebration of Learning: C.O.L will take place Thursday, December 15th from 6:00-7:30pm. Since our students will be performing downtown December 9th, our C.O.L will be more of a showcase of their expedition work to date. A wonderful time for your child to share what they have learned in depth, and to teach you a thing or two about Truckee history. We look forward to seeing you!

Crew Highlights
Thank you to our library chaperones Maria Snideman and Luz Huerta, and downtown Truckee rehearsal chaperones Stacey Carr-Sick, Cassie Hebel, Kirsten Pekarek, Kim Bradley, Maria Snideman and Ester Meza. We appreciate and value your feedback, and support with seamless transitions.

We also wish to highlight Nov./Dec. Crew Peacekeepers: Litzy, Angus, and Teo. Something unique about Litzy is that her grandma owns a restaurant and she helps out. Something unique about Angus is that he enjoys time outside and dirt biking. Teo is unique because he enjoys traveling!