Category: Community

Volunteer Training – April 2018

Our school implements required 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 […]

Young Ameritowne on the Road Summer Camp

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 […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 3-2-18

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. […]

March Volunteer Training

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 […]

March 2018 STEM Profile: Open-Minded

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, […]

School Accountability Committee (SAC) Monthly Upate 3-1-18

School Accountability Committee (SAC) Monthly Update We’d like to update you regarding this committee’s activities during the last month. Our February 2018 SAC agenda included: ·      A Design and Leadership Team update regarding decision-making and professional learning happening in our school ·      A STEM update regarding programming and our progress to a full offering of […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 2-19-18

Hello Preschool Families!!       We hope that you enjoyed your long weekend. A Week in Review:  We worked more on our unit on Nursery Rhymes. We talked about “Jack and Jill” and “Humpty Dumpty.” We read and sang the poems as well as acting them out.  We talked about the number twelve, 12. How do we […]

Volunteer Training – Feb 2018

December 28, 2017, 10:21am Our school is implementing volunteer training for all classroom volunteers. We have been waiting for information from our school district and would like to share it with any family members wanting to volunteer in our school during school and childcare hours.  We have hosted many sessions, with volunteers needing to attend only one, with additional sessions being […]

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