Dear JPs,
Our mission is to accomplish something: To use every skill we have learned and to improve them. To use our observation, drawing, writing. To reconstruct events unexplainable. To look at constellations that we have never seen in Chicago. To look at the grounds with a great anticipation, hoping that we will find something, maybe a great find that could change us dramatically. To work as a group. But most of all never to give up. No matter if there seems no hope. We should always think beyond.
-Paulina

To JPs
Our mission is to come back with a better understanding of how hard it is to explore and to find fossils that are millions of years old. And to not just look for bones, but to stare at our surroundings and try to figure out what it was from a different perspective.
-Ricky

My fellow JPs,
Our mission will be: To learn to respect the hard work that paleontologists go through daily, and to uphold the honor that JPs represent. To learn to focus and to take notes and also to prepare yourselves to observe nature at its best. To take notes like you want to remember this for the rest of your life, and to realize the many facets of nature's beauty. And to beautify your mind with this huge step in your life. Write poetry about the skies; keep a daily log and enjoy each day to the fullest. Bring the beauty of this experience and this knowledge home to your family and friends. Heighten your awareness and broaden your boundaries with this trip into the Big Sky Country.
-Shureice

Dear JPs
Our mission is to learn about creatures that have sparked our minds and interest for a long time. To learn about life and ways of life past and present. To use our knowledge to lead us in the battle of life. And to use the information to push past barriers and strive to learn more.
-La'Toya

Dear JPs,
You mission is to learn new things; to experiment with new objects; and to become open minded to new experiences. Become observant, interested in what you're doing. It would be to your best ability to take notes when needed, ask questions about what you don't understand, have an open imagination as well as mind. I, as your president of the JPs, have confidence in you to be all you can be as a JP. With that in mind, you will succeed in what you have dreamed of accomplishing.

I expect for you to bring back objects and fossils, Not just to bring them back but
1. know what they are
2. explain how they came about
3. your feelings on them
4. imagine an image or picture of what might have happened back then

And with those four things at thought, make me feel like I was there. And the main important thing is having fun doing what you're doing. That is the paleontologists' way of enjoying what they do.
-Your president of JPs, DeJon