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Regular attendance is an important part of a child’s learning, starting with preschool though high school, and beyond. THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO MAINTAIN GREAT ATTENDANCE TRENDS this school year. Here is data to report from Oct 2017: Tardies in Oct ’17 = 104, as compared to 59 in Oct 2015 and 58 in […]

We would like to share important inclement weather information so that your family can be prepared in the event severe weather, such as a snow-day, results in the closure or delay of our school.  School Cancelation at Spark! Discovery Preschool: When forecasts are definitive, the school district will close or delay school with as much […]

Ever wonder where the PTO funds go that were raised during our fall fundraiser?  Here’s one project those funds support, totaling about $1350. Thank you to our PTO for their support for these great projects and ideas! ·      Alyssa Rehder:  Ms. Alyssa, preschool teacher, wrote a grant for $150 called “Listen to Me Read” to […]

Spark! Discovery Preschool hosts a School Accountability Committee, and the primary purpose is to monitor and support the development of children. The team is guided by St. Vrain Valley Schools Board of Education policies, includes a diverse membership: ·       Jaslyn Dobrahner, Parent Representative ·       Diane Duneske, Parent Representative ·       Paige Gordon, Administration ·       Ray Johnson, […]

Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports: S.T.A.R. stands for… WE… S = Stay SAFE T = Use TEAMWORK A = ACT responsibly  R = RESPECT self and others Our Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports (PBIS) aims to recognize and reward children who are showing S.T.A.R. behaviors. In December, we are hosting a dance party for classes earning the positive behavior reward! 

We want to inform parents of what we are assessing across the course of 2 years of preschool (these are expectations for typically developing children leaving preschool for kindergarten). Here’s a summary of the skills children need to have mastered by the end of preschool in Language.  Sharing these expectations with parents, a child’s first […]

What an exciting week we’ve had!  We started off the week reading Humpty Dumpty by Daniel Kirk.  We liked this story, maybe because so many of us like to climb but dislike getting hurt.  We all agreed that Humpty needed a way to stay safe while climbing.  So we talked about things we do to […]

Ms. Marie’s November 2017 Newsletter      October 31, 2017 By Marie Bloch Ms. Marie & Ms. Julie’s Monthly News Dear Preschool Families: It was a delight to see some of you and your children at Trick-or-Treat Street!  November is here and we are in the middle of our Nursery Rhyme STEM unit.  In the nursery rhyme, […]

Hi Families! Can you believe that it’s almost Thanksgiving break?!  I just wanted to send a few reminders about things we have going on at Spark! this week.  The Canned Food Drive runs until the end of this week.  Thank you to all of the families who have donated!  We really appreciate it!   We also have […]

Dear Parents, This week will be our final week of our STEM unit on Robots.  We will be wrapping up the unit with a STEM project where students build a robot to help our classroom.  If you have some smaller size boxes please continue to send them in.  We will also read the story, Bear Says […]