September 30, 2018
By Marie Bloch
Ms. Marie, Ms. Jessica, & Ms. Toni’s Monthly News
Dear Preschool Families:
Welcome to fall! I hope you have been enjoying the cooler temperatures. Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather. We will be going outside even when it is cool, unless it is raining.
Official Count Day!
This Wednesday, October 3rd is the official attendance count day. Please make every effort to bring your child to school every day, especially on October 3rd as this affects Spark!’s funding.
We will be finishing our Reduce/Reuse/Recycle unit this week with our first design challenge! The challenge utilizes the STEM Design Thinking cycle of: Empathy, Define, Ideate, Prototype, and Test / Feedback. At home, please encourage your children to continue to use less paper and reuse/recycle items.
Healthy Learning Paths Lesson Food Donations:
Peppy Peppers is this Wednesday Oct 3rd (attendance count day).
If you volunteered to bring food, thank you! Please bring it in Tuesday October 2nd, cleaned. You may bring the food in a plastic bag.
Reminders:
Parent Teacher Conferences are this week. Please call or email if you don’t know when you are scheduled. I look forward to meeting with you!
The Believe fundraiser is still going on and supports important resources for our school. All donations are greatly appreciated and the tentative end date is October 5th.
Please remember to check your child’s Thursday folder and return it to school in their backpack the following Monday.
We are still needing a family picture from several students. Please send or email a picture if you haven’t already.
Homework:
Kudos to all the children regularly turning in their homework! Please continue to support your child in this important part of school. Many children are steadily turning in homework that will earn them prizes both in our classroom and from the office.
STEM Profile for the Month: Risk Taker
I have the courage to try new things.
I’m not afraid to give it a try.
I try to solve problems in a lot of new ways.
Important Dates:
Mon, Oct 1 – Tuition Payments are due
Mon, Oct 1, Parent/Teacher Fall Conferences 3:30pm -8:00pm
Tues, Oct 2, Parent/Teacher Fall Conferences 3:30pm -8:00pm
Oct 3 -17: OCTOBER COUNT Days
Wed, Oct 3 – Late start for K-12 has been cancelled due to the
October count starting on Oct 3rd, a decision made by CDE. There will be school so we can get an accurate count of students in K-12.
Wed, Oct 3 – Healthy Learning PATHS – Peppy Peppers
Thurs – Fri, Oct 4-5: PJ Day, mini-fundraiser, sponsored by PTO, $1.00 donation for children to wear PJs for the day.
Thurs, Oct 4, Parent/Teacher Fall Conferences 3:30pm – 8:00pm
Thurs, Oct 4, 6:00 – 7:30 pm – Parenting with Love and Logic class #3 of #4- Free class series , with babysitting provided. Please notify the office if you would like to attend and need babysitting.
Oct 5: Believe Fundraiser Ends (All Packets Due by 4pm) — Tentative Date
Wed., Oct. 10@ 10:15 a.m. and Thurs., Oct. 11 @ 8:45 a.m., 9:45a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Fire presentation visitation from Frederick/Firestone Protection – schedule will be shared later.
Thurs, Oct 11, 6:00 -7:30 pm Board PTO meeting – cafeteria
Fri, Oct 12: No preschool – if your child attends wraparound, please check with wraparound to see if they will have childcare.
Mon, Oct 15: No preschool – if your child attends wraparound, please check with wraparound to see if they will have childcare.
Thurs, Oct 18, 6:00 – 7:30 pm – Parenting with Love and Logic class #4 of #4- Free class series , with babysitting provided — flyers will be sent; please encourage parents to attend in newsletters too.
Fri, Oct 19 – TS GOLD checkpoint: No preschool, TBD if there will be childcare at wraparound
Mon, Oct 22, 4-6 pm: School Accountability Committee meeting
Mon, Oct 22, 4:00 – 5:30 pm Parent Volunteer Training.
Fri, Oct 26, 4:30 – 6 pm – Trick or Treat street event at Spark (4:30 – 4:50 pm is low-sensory).
**** This is a safe and fun event that the children love. Please dress up and join us!
Oct 31: Halloween
Please contact Ms. Marie if you have any questions or concerns ([email protected].)