Hello Preschool Families!!

     We hope that you are enjoying your weekend.

A Week in Review:

·  We started our Transportation Unit. We learned that there are different forms of Transportation. We talked about the ways that we get to school as well as how children from around the world get to school.

·  Twiggle taught us about the feeling of Happy. We learned that you can look at someone’s face to see if they are happy. We learned that someone is happy when they have a smile and when their eyes and eyebrows are up and open. We also learned that many things can make someone feel happy.

·  We learned more about our Red Choices and Green Choices in our classroom.

What to Expect:

·  We will continue our unit on Transportation by learning about Air Travel.

·  We will be starting Fundations (Our Literacy Curriculum) with the letter Aa and Bb.

·  Our Color of the week is Red.

·  Our Number of the week is Zero, 0.

·  Our Shape of the Week is a Circle.

Thank you for your support! Working with your preschooler at home really makes a difference.

Important Dates:

·      Aug. 26^th– Oct. 16^th: STEM Unit 1 Starts: Transportation

·      Sept. 16^th & 17^th: Individual Student Pictures

·      Sept. 16^th: School Accountability Committee Meeting

o   4:00pm – 6:00pm

·      Sept. 19^th: PTO Meeting in the cafeteria

o   6:00pm – 7:30pm

o   Childcare is provided

·      Sept. 19^th & 20^th: PJ Day

o   Wear your pajamas to school

o   Please bring a $1 for PTO

·      Sept. 25^th & 26^th: Star Power Reward Party – Parachute Party

·      Sept. 20^th, Oct. 1^st & Oct. 2^nd: Parent Teacher Conferences

o   More Information is to come

School News/District News:

Volunteering at Spark!:

We welcome parent, guardian, and grandparent volunteers and want you to be involved.  For preschool, it is required by licensing that volunteer training be offered and attended to volunteer in classrooms or the school.  This is a session where children over the age of 6 months should not be present.

Speaking of volunteering, we are looking for an office squad of volunteers this school year to better assist our teachers in clerical ways (copying, laminating, stapling, sorting, etc).  Sometimes, children have a difficult time at this age having a family member volunteer in the classroom, as it can be difficult with separation, anxiety, or behaviors. If you’d like to volunteer but know the classroom will be a difficult space, we are looking for a volunteer in the office for each session of preschool in the AM and PM Monday through Thursday, for a total of eight dependable, reliable volunteers each week. This will help teachers across the school make the best use of their planning time during the week and on Fridays. We already have a volunteer on Monday and Wednesday mornings! Please consider assisting our staff in this manner if the idea of being in the classroom doesn’t appeal to you. The below training is required. If you are interested, please email me at [email protected].

·      Monday, August 26^th – completed

·      Friday, Sept 20^th, 9:30 – 11am

·      Tuesday, Oct 22^nd, 4:00 – 5:30 pm

·      Friday, November 15^th, 9:30 – 11 am

·      Friday, January 10^th,  9:30-11:00 am

·      Friday, Feb 28^th, 9:30 – 11 am

·      Tuesday, March 10^th, 4:00 – 5:30 pm

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mrs. Tori & Ms. JJ