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Ms. Piper’s Class Newsletter 3-16-18 Hello, preschool families! We hope this message finds you well. This is the classroom update for the month of March. What We’re Learning Our current STEM Unit is Transportation. So far, the children have enjoyed visits from a school bus driver and a landscaper, who brought their work vehicles with […]

For the third summer in a row, the Young Americans Center for Financial Education, a Denver-based pioneering nonprofit, will lead its award-winning, week-long Young Ameritowne on the Road Summer Camp, for students entering third through sixth grade, at Sunset Middle School. The traveling camp is a recent innovation, bringing the camp, which covers financial literacy, local […]

Hi families!  I just wanted to send out a few reminders.  First of all, as I mentioned in the email that I sent out with the newsletter, I will be out starting March 14 until after Spring Break.  During this time, I will not be checking email.  If your child is going to be absent, please give […]

Hello Preschool Families!!       We hope that you enjoying your weekend. A Week in Review:  We started talking about Transportation. We talked about different forms of transportation like what goes in the air, land or water. We also had a reverse field trip on Thursday. One of the PM Parents was able to share with us […]

Dear Preschool Families,                                                                                       NOTE:  Today, Sunday, Mar 11:  Daylight Savings –  Clocks spring forward This week we are continuing our STEM unit on Pets.  Our focus will be where pets live and where we get them. Please send or email a copy of your family pet/s.  If you haven’t […]

Dear Families, Last week we had a wonderful time celebrating all things Dr. Seuss.  The highlight was making green eggs and ham!  The children predicted whether they thought they would like to eat the green eggs and ham, then cracked the eggs, stirred and added green food color to the eggs.  Many of the children tried […]

Hello Preschool Families!!    We hope that you enjoy your weekend. A Week in Review:  We tested out designs for keeping Humpty Dumpty safe. We had six groups between the morning and afternoon classes. Humpty Dumpty stayed safe in all but one of the designs. Yay! We had a lot of fun this week reading Dr. […]

Ms. Nicky’s and Ms. Sydney’s News Thank you to all of you for taking the time to come to conferences! It was nice to meet with all of you to discuss your child’s accomplishments. We just wrapped up our STEM Unit of Study on Weather. During this unit, we talked a lot about the different […]

Our school is implementing volunteer training for all classroom volunteers.  From late November through mid January, we offered 8 different trainings on a variety of days of the week, times of the day, along with translation options. Starting February 2018, we began offering once a month trainings. These sessions are targeted for adults and adults with infants so attention […]

OPEN-MINDED At Spark! Discovery Preschool, we define Open-Minded as, “I know that people are different and may do different things. I know that not everyone will think like I do. I listen, value, and try to understand others.” Tips for Developing Open-Mindedness at Home 1.    Encourage your child to respect differences and similarities between themselves and others, […]