Student Trip Agreement Form - coming Sept. 2025. Due mid Oct 2024.

Teton Science School Online Registration - coming Sept. 2025. Due mid Oct 2024.

Student Not Attending Notification Form - coming Sept. 2025. Due mid Oct 2024.

Tetons Science School does have medications on hand and you can indicate on the TSS online registration which medications the TSS may administer to your child as needed. 

Parents that wish to send medications that the TSS does not have on hand, may turn medications in to the Lead Chaperone for administration as directed. Nothing can be administered to your child without prior written consent (e.g. prescription, over-the-counter, cough drops, allergy medication, etc.) and your child may not self-administer any medications on this trip. 

Please note that expired medications may not be administered—start checking now and make note of any medications that may need to be renewed prior to the field trip. Additionally, all medication must be in original container or prescription bottle with child’s name on it. 

Students with as-needed inhalers need to fill out an inhaler specific form in order to keep their inhalers with them and to self administer—inhalers will be checked by a chaperone at the start of the field trip. Additionally, students with as-needed EpiPens will need to fill out an EpiPen specific form. 

Student Medical History form — coming Feb. 2025. Due approximately 6 weeks prior to the trip.

Student Inhaler form — coming Feb. 2025. Due approximately 6 weeks prior to the trip.

Student EpiPen form — coming Feb. 2025.  Due approximately 6 weeks prior to the trip.

Download a pdf copy of the packing list HERE. 

CLOTHING (layers!)

• Waterproof coat (rain jacket if layering or warm winter coat)
• Long pants x 5 (waterproof too and not yoga pants)
• Hiking socks x6 (wool, not cotton!)
• Hiking boots (waterproof)
• Long and short sleeved shirts x 5
• Pajamas
• Underclothing x 6
• Hat and gloves

 PERSONAL CARE

• Shampoo and conditioner
• Body soap 
• Deodorant
• Toothbrush and toothpaste
• Hair ties
• Hair brush / comb
• Lip balm (it gets dry!)
• Towel

 OTHER

• FULL size FLAT sheet*
• Pillowcase*
• Warm blanket/comforter or sleeping bag*
• Sunscreen 
• Pencil (notebook provided by TSS)
• 1 L water bottle

*If these items are forgotten, there is an additional charge. 

OPTIONAL

• Sunglasses
• Hat
• Sandals (when inside housing building)
• Camera (not on phone)
• Extra dollar store ponchos

 BUS ONLY

• Electronic devices (taken when arrive @ Tetons and returned on bus ride home)
• Snacks (bus ride UP only. Not returned for home bus ride)

DO NOT BRING

• Electronics
• Hiking backpack (provided by TSS)
• Camelback 
• Blow dryer
• Insect repellant (chaperones will have some, if needed.)
• Medications (must be provided to LEAD CHAPERONE prior to trip).
• Weapons of any kind
• Food, drinks, gum, or candy
   

Additional Notes: TSS will lend some daily gear to your child when they arrive on campus: a backpack, a foam sit-pad, and a second water bottle. The backpack and sit-pad are returned at the end of the visit, but they will get to take their TSS water bottle home with them. For schools visiting in the winter, TSS also loans out gaiters, snowshoes, and/or cross country ski gear for students, at no cost. 

* Please pack materials in a suitcase or duffel bag.

* Sleeping bag/ blanket/ comforter should be packed in a garbage bag with student name clearly on it (duct tape works great!). 

* Anything students pack must be carried by themselves, no help from adults! 

We love having parent chaperones attend the Tetons Science School (TSS) Field Trip! We aim to take around 8 chaperones each year—the number of chaperones we can take each year changes and is dependent upon available beds, available rooms, and the number of field groups. 

If you are interested in being a chaperone on the TSS field trip, there will be two mandatory meetings. First, at the beginning of the year in September where we discuss chaperone expectations, deadlines, and requirements for attending the field trip. No chaperone will be considered if they are not in attendance at this meeting. It is only after this initial meeting that you may submit your name for the chaperone lottery. The second mandatory chaperone meeting will occur about three weeks prior to the trip as a final meeting in preparation for the trip. 

Once we have all student registration forms turned in and we have worked with the Tetons Science School to determine the number of groups and rooms available, then we may begin pulling chaperone names. This happens around the end of November/ early December. We continue to pull parent names in rounds until we have filled all available chaperone spots. 

Once your name has been pulled as chaperone, you will be contacted by the Lead Chaperone and given the applicable forms for you to fill out (e.g. Trip Agreement Form, TSS Online Registration Form, Medical History Form, etc.). 

Each year we gather supplies that we will put in our field group first aid kits, snacks for the bus ride, and other needed supplies. About six weeks prior the trip, we send out a sign-up link for parents to sign up for donations. We are grateful each year for parent donations in helping us prepare for the trip. 

Sign-up link — coming March 2025