<strong>April 15:  Children's Farm at the Center (Palos Park)</strong>

Cost: $7.00 per ticket (includes Hayride); send lunch in throwaway bag and a drink

Leave Ray at 9:00, return at 1:30

WE NEED PARENTS TO COME!

<strong>May 14 Lincoln Park Zoo</strong>

We'll meet our buddies from Francis Parker School for a fun day at the zoo.

Cost: 0  Send a lunch in a throwaway bag including a drink

Leave Ray at 9:00, return around 1:00

WE NEED PARENTS TO COME AND HELP!

<strong>May 22 Little Red School House (Willow Springs)</strong>

Join us for a nature walk and a picnic, along with our 4th/5th grade buddies. This is our best trip of the year so DON'T MISS IT!

Cost: 0  Send a lunch in a throwaway bag and a drink. You can also send in picnic games (frisbes, etc.)

Leave Ray at 9:00, return around 1:30

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<strong>March 13:  Nelson Gill Children's Concert - Merit School of Music</strong>
Cost: $5.00 per ticket

"Nelson Gill, award winning performing artist and educator, was born in Belize, Central America. He lived there and in Guatemala for the first eighteen years of his life, where he learned to speak English, Spanish and Creole fluently. His roots in Caribbean music and culture are evident throught his compositions.

Winner of Chicago Reggae Music Award, "Friends," Nelson Gill's second recording, continues the Caribbean musical tradition of Calypso, Regae, Soca, Merengue and Punta.  Sail away to the Carribbean with these lively upbeat songs filled with positive messages for children and adults."

<strong>Garfield Park Conservatory - Niki de Saint Phalle Exhibit Thurs. Oct. 11 9-1pm</strong>
While the weather is nice, we’d like to take the children to the unbelievable sculpture exhibit at the GPC. Niki de Saint Phalle makes sculptures with children in mind, and the GPC staff has great art activities to go with it. The conservatory has always been a fun trip for preschoolers. We hope you can make it. We’ll post the date as soon as we know.