Parent / Family Survey Spring 2019

Dear Spark! Parents / Families, On behalf of our School Accountability Committee and the Design / Leadership Team I am excited to send this survey to measure key components of quality preschool programming at Spark! Discovery Preschool. In order to increase the quality of our preschool programming, we need your input, ideas, and opinions.    […]

Creative! STEM profile – April 2019

What is Creativity?:  At Spark! we define Creativity for children as, “I use my imagination while making, building, and doing things.” How do you inspire creativity at home with your preschooler?  Here are some ideas from The Whole You:  A Guide to Life Creativity USE YOUR SENSES: Pick a place you and your child find interesting.  […]

Important Dates April 2019

Monday, April 1 School resumes after Spring Break Monday, April 1 Tuition payments due April 1 – 30 STEM Profile focus for April 2019– Creative April 1 – 5th Read Across America Week-long Celebration: This is a week, celebrated since 1997, where people bring reading excitement to children of all ages!   Month-long READING CHALLENGE:  […]

March 2019 Wrap Around Parent Newsletter

Themes:This month is a short 3 weeks and then we embark on the coveted spring break!! This month we will be learning about Dr. Seuss throughout the week in March. We will celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!! The children will be reading all of his fun books and creating a hat […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 3-15-19

Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Sixteen (16), prism, Red; X, Y, look, and Show and Share Sounds: X and Y Rock Your Socks, PJ Day and Stuffy Day Thursday, March 21st! Wear your coziest PJs, rock your brightest socks, and bring your favorite stuffy to school in recognition of World Down Syndrome […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 3-4-19

Hello Preschool Families!!    We hope that you enjoyed your weekend! A Week in Review: ·      We continued our music unit. We talked about different instrument families. We listened to music being played by each of the instrument families. We went to Makerspace and made our own percussion instruments with our practicum student, Ms. Sunny ·      We worked […]

Ms. Rachel’s update 3-10-19

Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Fifteen (15), pyramid, ROYGBIV rainbow (Rainbow, Rainbow song) Show and Share Sounds: M and Z PJ and Stuffy Day Thursday, March 21st! Wear your cozy PJs and bring your favorite stuffy to school to celebrate how hard we’ve been working together as a team. Butter Braids forms […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 3-3-19

Ms. Marie’s March 2019 Newsletter            March 3, 2019   By Marie Bloch   Ms. Marie & Ms. Jessica & Ms. Toni’s News   Dear Preschool Families: March has come in like a lion!  We hope you are staying warm.  We are in the middle of our Family and Friends STEM Unit. The children have been so excited […]

Ms. Rachel’s 3-3-19 Update

Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders:   Concepts: Fourteen (14), cube, orange; Literacy Q, U, me, like Show and Share Sounds: Q and U (*Show and Share – Each week, once a week, your child may bring show and share items that start with our letters of the week. In a few weeks […]

Ms. Amy’s Update 2-25-19

Dear Families, This week we will continue to talk about Buildings.  We have some fun new materials in the classroom, which the children are enjoying.  We are focusing on shapes and making a doghouse to go with our story, A Home For Harry.   The sun is out again (YAY!) so we will be going outside […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 2-25-19

Hello Preschool Families!!     We hope that you are enjoying your weekend!   A Week in Review: ·      We started our Music Unit. We talked about sounds. We learned that when we talk our voice box vibrates to produce the sounds. The sound waves then hit our ear drums and vibrates the bones in our middle […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 2-24-19

February 24, 2019 By Marie Bloch   Dear Preschool Families & Friends:   This week are continuing our STEM Unit: Families & Friends.  Thank you to those of you who have sent in the baby pictures and family pictures.  They are so beautiful to see!  Please send in the family bags with your child this […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 2-22-19

Happy Weekend! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Thirteen (13), sphere, purple; Literacy W, O, to, up Show and Share Sounds: W and O Show and Share – Each week once a week, your child may bring show and share items that start with our letters of the week. In a few weeks […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 2-10-19

Happy Friday! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts: Eleven (11), cylinder, orange; Literacy T, G, see, my Class Picture Day is Coming Thurs, Feb 21st! Order forms will be sent home this week in Thursday folders. If you have not already done so, please fill out and return the forms for the dental […]

Ms. Tori’s update 2-10-19

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend! It was also great seeing all of you and speaking about your wonderful children during parent-teacher conferences this week.   A Week in Review: ·      We finished our STEM Unit on Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. We created objects out of recycled materials. ·      We worked on the […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 2-17-19

Weekly Reminders 2/17/19   Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders:   Concepts: Twelve (12), cone, green; Literacy D, V, do, in Show and Share Sounds: D and V This Tuesday, February 19th is the due date for tuition-based parents to get back to the office to reserve their spot for the next year […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 2-17-19

Ms. Marie’s Update 02 17 19 Dear Preschool Families & Friends: Important Notes: Mon, Feb 18 – Presidents’ Day – School is closed  Tues Feb 19 – Due date for tuition-based parents to reserve their child’s returning spot for the next year ($65 deposit due)    Tues Feb 19 – 4:00 – 5:30 pm Volunteer […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 2-18-19

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend! It was also great seeing all of you at our Valentine’s Day/ Friendship Party. A Week in Review: ·      We talked more about friendship and how to be a good friend. ·      We worked some on the number, 19. We counted 19 objects and practiced how […]

Ms. Amy’s update 2-19-18

Dear Families,Thank-you for all the care and time you took to make Valentine’s day so special.  The children’s boxes and cards were wonderful and the party was fun.  Ms. Sherry and i appreciate all the cards, candy and food you contributed to both the party and us! This week we are starting our new unit of […]

Ms. Kiersten’s Update 2-19-19

I hope you all had a fun and relaxing long weekend.  The kids came back from the break full of energy and enthusiasm.  The cold weather gave us a great launching off point for our Buildings unit which began this week.  Students strongly felt we should stay inside because of the cold, easily connecting the […]

Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Adoption Public Review

Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Adoption Public Review The elementary social studies curriculum adoption committee is reviewing three programs after starting the process with six programs.  The three programs are from Nystrom, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill.  The three programs will be available for public review on Monday, February 25 and Tuesday, February 26 from 3:00 […]

Important Dates February 2019

Fri, Feb 1 Tuition payments due Feb 1 – 28 STEM Profile focus for February – COOPERATIVE Fri, Feb 1 Spark office sent out / mailed out information regarding the first round of applications for families that applied for 2019-2020 between Jan 7 – Jan 28. Mon, Feb 4, 3:30 – 7:30 pm Parent-Teacher Conference […]

Childcare registration information for the 2019 – 2020 school year care

CHILDCARE INFO for the 2019 – 2020 school year! We are started early registration for the 2019/2020 school year for Pre- K Child Care on 2-4-19. Space is limited to 60 students. If parents are wanting to ensure their child’s space for next school year, all they need to do is click on the link […]