Dear preschool families,
I realized on Thursday that I failed to put anything in the
newsletter about all day preschool on Tuesday, March 29. Just as we did
last semester, the children will have the opportunity to spend all day at
preschool (8:30-3:30). The children voted for dinosaur nuggets and French
fries for lunch. They also want carrots and broccoli and fresh fruit for
dessert. I will be purchasing these supplies on Monday. We will eat
lunch instead of morning snack. There will also be an hour for resting so
please send a blanket, pillow and any lovey your child may need. The
children generally are too excited to sleep but occasionally someone does fall
asleep.
The purpose of all day preschool is to encourage a more
relaxed time together for the preschoolers while allowing my college students
to visit and interact with the children. All of our student teachers for
next year are in this group. Unless plans change in the fall Mauri and
Kyra will be with us and Rebecca, Amanda and Bekka will be our spring student
teachers. Sometimes parents like to know who will be returning to our
classroom. They will be wearing nametags so you can spy them out.
All of them will be at preschool at various points during the day but
obligations for other classes will prohibit some from spending the entire day
with us. Please feel free to talk with the college students and ask
questions if you have any. Many were also interacting with the children
during the visit to CMU in February.
Lastly, I failed to alert everyone to the intention sheet
for summer and fall preschool/alumni school/creek club. The following
information has dates and costs. Please note that there will be a rise in
tuition in the fall as noted in the parent meeting minutes.
Summer Preschool/Alumni School will begin on Tuesday,
June 14 and run through Thursday, July 21. Preschool meets from
8:30-11:30 (as usual) and Alumni School meets 12:30-4 in the afternoons.
Alumni School is for k-3rd grade graduates of preschool. The
cost is $90.
Summer Creek Club meets on Wednesday mornings, June
15-July 20 from 9 AM to 12:30 PM. The cost will be $25 per child
(preschoolers must be accompanied by an adult but alumni schoolers and/or older
siblings of preschoolers are welcome to attend without a parent).
Fall Preschool/Alumni School begins the Tuesday/Thursday
after Labor day. Alumni School meets on Thursday evenings from 5:45-7:45
and is for k-3rd graders.
I am also putting all of the rest of the important dates
(that I know right now) below so you have them in an electronic format. These
are taken right from the sheet that I distributed at the beginning of the
semester with some small changes as we noted during parent meetings.
Please let me know if I have omitted anything.
March 29 – All Day Preschool (8:30-3:30) Once again the children will plan the day to
spend with our college friends from CMU. Many of these students will be
our student teachers in the fall and spring of next year.
April 3 – Creek Club
(1-4)
April 5 – Parent Meeting
(6:30)
April 11-17 – TV TURNOFF
WEEK ~ I will talk with the children about pledging to
experience a screen free week. We always plan a number of extra events to
assist in this endeavor.
April 12 – Moms’ Night (6:30 - 8 PM) – Children will plan
and prepare for an evening with mom all to themselves. This is a special
night to share
preschool with your child.
April 14 – After Preschool Skating
(12-2) – Once again we will have the Empire Roller Rink all to ourselves.
Immediately following preschool we will
travel to Columbia to roller skate! Please plan to eat lunch there or in
route (no food should be taken into the rink). This is
another
event to celebrate our screen free week!
April 16 - Bunny Breakfast (9-12) – Shari Given is our
Easter Bunny. Come and bring a breakfast dish to share. Each family
should also bring 1
dozen stuffed eggs per child (stuffing eggs with toys as opposed to candy cuts
down significantly on the children’s sugar intake!).
While the children are feasting with the bunny,
adults or older children hide the eggs. We generally allow the children
to go
outside and hunt by age
group. If it rains we will hunt inside (but not in the sanctuary).
This is always a fun event shared with other
preschool and member families!
April 17 – Bedtime Stories with Larry Brown (4-5:30) –
Come in your pajamas and bring your pillow and blanket to share bedtimes
stories and
songs with Larry.
Each child attending will receive a snack and book.
April 17 – Palm Sunday Service, potluck and Easter egg
hunt with our church friends. If you like, just come to the dinner and
egg hunt following their service. The church members want preschool to
especially feel invited to participate.
April 19 or 21 – Preschool
Creek Visit – Meet and pick up at Miss Sherri’s house.
May 1 – Creek Club
(1-4)
May 3 – Parent Meeting
(6:30 PM) – Open house for new summer and fall members
May 10 or 12 – Preschool
Creek Visit – Meet and pick up at Miss Sherri’s house.
May 14th – Creek
Party (4:00 - ?) - Come and celebrate our year together.
Bring a dish to share, hot dogs, plates, silverware and drinks for your
family, lawn chairs, extra clothes in case
you get wet and your spirit of adventure and fun. We celebrate with
activities like tug of war, sack races and glow stick
demonstrations. It is always a fun evening for everyone!
May 26 – Preschool/Alumni School last day
TBA – DIAL 3 Screenings – I conduct these in April.
Your child should not go through the DIAL screening with parents as teachers or
for kindergarten screening. The school accepts the screening we do at
preschool.
TBA – (sometime the first part of April) Parent Preschool
Cleaning Event – Please come and help complete our spring cleaning chores.
TBA – Parent/Teacher Celebrations! These occur
toward the end of the school year.
We have some busy months ahead of us! Thank you for
all you do to make preschool/alumni school a high quality educational
experience for the preschoolers and the college friends!
Sherri
