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October '03
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Hello All!
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Wow! The school year is off to a great start. Our enrollment levels for October are at their highest ever! We have some great groups started and I'm looking forward to having a great year.

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Program Announcements

Some business things first. Several parents have asked for clarification of the 3 levels of enrollment.

Yearly
If you are certain that your student will be attending all year, this is definitely the way to go. You are billed $80 per month ($60 for teen groups) from October through May. Some months will have 5 sessions, some will have less, you'll also get the few days in September and June for 'free'. There are no longer credits for missed sessions. If you need to miss a month or more, you'll need to either continue to pay to hold your space OR pay a $20 cancellation fee. If you choose to cancel and then re-enroll, there is no guarantee that your space will still be available.

Monthly
If your enrollment will be changing, this level may work for you. You are billed $100 for each month ($80 for teen groups) you are enrolled. You must let me know before the beginning of each month that you would like to continue your enrollment. If you do not, I'll have to assume that you are not attending and I'll open up the space. If you know you'll be gone for example, just for December, please let me know so that I can hold a space for you in January. There is no guarantee that your space will remain open unless you advise me of your return date.

Daily
This works best for people who know that their schedule will be changing constantly, or who would just like to come for a day to check out the program. You must sign at least 1 week in advance of the day in which you'd like to enroll! The daily cost is $30 per after school day ($25 for teen groups) or $60 per Saturday ($50 for teen groups). There are some problems with type of enrollment. Each day of the program is one piece of a continuing story. For example, the Tuesday group works on a different story from the Thursday group. If your student attends on different days, it would be like reading a chapter here and a chapter there of several books at once. If they attend on the same day, it would be like skipping random chapters of a book. The other players could fill them in in this case.

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Parent Questions/Discussion
I would like to use this newsletter to answer questions and facilitate parent discussions. If you have a question or discussion topic, please send me an email. You may choose to submit your question/topic anonymously. I'll put the question/topic into the next newsletter, along with my answer or any other responses. If you would like your email address included with your question/topic (for private responses from other parents), please let me know.

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Upcoming Holiday Sessions
With enrollment booming, please be sure to send in holiday enrollment request ASAP. You can either leave me a phone message, send me an email, or fill and enrollment for and snail mail it in.

October 13 (Monday): 1 space left

November 11 (Tuesday): 11 spaces left. We need at least 3 more students to have this session.

November 28 (Friday): We can enroll up to 18 students. We currently have 1 enrollment. We need 3 more students to have this session.

Winter Break (Monday December 22 through Friday January 2nd): We still have plenty of space available for all sessions.

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Session Summaries
I thought you all might be interested in a synopsis of each group's activities. There is not much for this newsletter (since we just started), so this will just be a short introduction.

Mondays
We have no current enrollment for Mondays. If you would like to start a Monday group (4 students minimum), please let me know. We can enroll up to 12 students on Mondays.

Tuesdays
We have 2 groups of 4 on Tuesdays, a teen group run by Becky, and a younger kids group (9-10) run by Greg. We have space for 2 more players at each table, and could begin a 3rd table if we get enough enrollment (12 total).

Greg:
Greg's young group is already full of the giggles! Their adventure seems to be off to a great start. Here's Greg's summary: On a stormy night near the border of the land of Plajet, a party of adventurers wake to find a mysterious box upon the bed-stand. Inside they find a Magic 8-Ball, and a cryptic note: "Bring the 8-Ball to Agent Fredrick in Tabur for further instructions". After searching, they find the enigmatic Agent Fredrick, a member of a secret organization known only as the GM-05. He tells the party, "You are all now a part of Operation Gum-Ball, and the next step is to take 8-Ball to The Temple of the Eye, deep in the land of Os'Plajet. There... all will be revealed. But be wary, for enemies are on the prowl, and the Magic 8-Ball has mysterious powers, no one fully understands." On the road, they are attacked by a band of ninja-assassins wearing Bright-Yellow suits. Could these be the enemies of the GM-05, supposedly called the Kumquat Guild? What do they want with the Magic 8-Ball? What is operation Gum-ball? Hopefully our party will find out all the answers before it is too late...

Becky:
I have a great group of teenagers on Tuesday. We've gotten off to a rapid start. The characters have been hired by a powerful and possibly shady Mage to find a woman by the name of Satoko Mori and bring her back to him. They are being paid extremely well for this simple task! Satoko boarded a ship headed south that stops at 5 different ports. They, along with one of the Mage's henchmen, have a tough task ahead of them trying to find Satoko. Then! they'll need to find a way to bring her back - unharmed!

Wednesdays
We have no current enrollment for Wednesday. If you would like to start a Wednesday group (4 students minimum), please let me know. We can enroll up to 12 students on Wednesdays.

Thursdays
Our Thursday group is mostly girls (4 out of 6), ages 10 to 12. This table is full. However, if we get 2 more players we can split into 2 tables. We can enroll up to 12 more students.

Becky:
We've spent the last 2 weeks creating some great characters! The group decided they'd like to be a special set of adventurers. We ended up making characters whose parents were retired adventurers who run a small inn. The characters have a unique set of skills and have grown up together. This week will see them thrown into turmoil as the characters' parents face a political crisis! The characters will have to leave home and begin a journey to clear their parents' names! (Please don't tell your students about the mission! They don't know what it is yet!)

Fridays
Friday is our full day! We have no more space available.

Becky:
I'm running a group of teenagers. We've been working to create some very special characters - they'll be a real challenge for our teen players! The group will be embarking on a secret mission this week to retrieve some long lost items from an extremely hostile territory! (Please don't tell your students about the mission! They don't know what it is yet!)

Greg:
A thief has struck the wealthy Border Town citizen of Rupert Randolph. Of all the priceless objects within his estate, only one object was taken, Rupert's most prized possession: The Mesmeric Feeshan. A small statuette of a Marked Feeshan, figure caught in the motion of dance. Rupert has hired the Adventurers to track down this thief. Using some contacts with the local underground Black Market, they have contacted a Marked Feeshan Art Dealer in town, who just may know where the Mesmeric Feeshan is. They met with the dealer, a seedy fellow by the name of Jacky Johnson, and tricked him at his own game of lies and half-truths, to find out that HE was the thief! But, they are too late, he's already sold the Statuette to the highest bidder! The adventurers threaten to call the Guard's Guild, but Jacky holds an ace up his sleeve. Before the party can react, Jacky has escaped, and with him, the knowledge of the location of the Mesmeric Feeshan. Rupert Randolph certainly won't be happy that the thief got away. Where did Jacky run to? Who did he sell the Statuette to? What will the Adventurers do now?

Cody and Marcus:
Their group has received employment to investigate a Wa'la guy whom they knew almost nothing about. The characters need to find out his activities, location, and recent history, if they can. The man was last seen walking towards the docks. The party has determined that he is registered to leave on a boat in two days and received a tip that he was seen heading towards the slums. The investigation continues this month.

Saturday (1st & 3rd)

Becky:
I've got a table full of guys who have been playing together for 3 years! They've begged for the last 2 years to do a follow up mission to heart rending story of a daughter's (Tanjun Aska) discovery of her mother's betrayal of their large extended family. The players have developed their skills to the point where they're now ready to face the challenge of helping Tanjun Aska see justice and resolution for the horrible deeds of her mother.

Greg:
This first week Dominic and Eric substituted for Greg. The group worked on characters and are ready to begin their adventure with Greg on October 18th.