TRIAGE OST at the Bunker Center is canceled today. Grand Rapids Public Schools have closed due to severe weather so OST is also canceled today. I look forward to seeing you at the Bunker Center next week.
Coach Eriks
Please remember to let Coach Eriks know, this week if possible, if you are planning on attending the Kick -off event to Kellogg Biological Field Station.
We will leave the Bunker Center after dinning on pizza at 4:30 / 5:00 on Friday, February 29. We will be returning on Saturday, March 1 at a similar time. We are thinking one chaperone per 10 - 12 students.
For more information about this amazing preserve check out their web site:
http://www.kbs.msu.edu/
I’m looking forward to sharing this field research time together.
Coach Martin
Thank you for attending orientation on Saturday and making the commitment to spend a year growing as a scientist.
Saturday was a beautiful day. Michigan weather cooperated and gave us a light snowfall that turned the preserve into a winter wonderland. Thank you to Coach Sam, Coach Erin and Coach Vermerris for their guidance to the TRIAGE students and parents as they learned about the “green” features of the Bunker Center and got a first glimpse of the beautiful preserve.
Thank you for your patience in filling out the paper work necessary to meet the legal and logistical needs of the program. Thank you to Dr. Reed, Mrs Silvey and Coach Allyson for their instruction about and organization of the forms.
Please remember, if you took forms home, to send them to TRIAGE this week.
Thank you for attending the welcome and information session. Thank you to Coach Switek for helping during the check in procedure. I am grateful for your interest in science and in the opportunity to experience how scientists go about investigating this fascinating world that we live in. TRIAGE is a big commitment but I will be working to make it worth your time and effort. I am looking forward to growing with you throughout the year and learning from your research and what you discover.
If you had any questions or concerns not addressed during orientation, please contact me at my Calvin College email, lde3@calvin.edu.
I can’t wait for the week to begin.
Coach Eriks
TRIAGE Students and Families,
I am looking forward to beginning our exploration of science together. Thank you for sharing in our interest in investigating how the world works. We have the privilege of working together in the beautiful setting of Calvin College’s Bunker Interpretive Center and Ecosystem Preserve. The Center is a “green” building and is set in a peaceful set of ponds and trails. There is so much to explore.
Please plan on joining us on Saturday January 26th for orientation. It will be an opportunity to meet each other, tour the facility and fill out some paper work.
I am looking forward to the beginning of a new adventure.
Coach Eriks
TRIAGE Students, Families and Coaches,
Coach Martin and I were so moved by the gathering on Saturday. The posters, the buzz of conversation and the excitement that filled the Bunker Center was more than we had ever expected. The credit belongs to you. You agreed to share in our vision of growing as scientists and we found ourselves growing as well.
I looked forward to each day. Some days brought news from the world of science, “Coach Eriks, I was reading this week about corn silos and…..” Some days brought questions, “Coach Eriks, I have a question for you. How does magnetism work?” Every day brought students eager to observe and wonder. I have finished the fall richer than when I first met you.
You will be missed.
Coach Eriks