Parenting Class Sept – Oct 2017 for Spark! Families

Cost of class = FREE, sponsored by Spark! Discovery Preschool, facilitated by Cheryl Hamilton, parent coach from “Family Whisperer” Cost for childcare = FREE, sponsored by Spark’s Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) COST OF INVESTING IN FAMILY = PRICELESS!! Parenting classes ·Thursday, Sept 14, 6:30 pm – 7:45 pm — Setting Goals and creating defining objectives in […]

Spark Parent Handbook 2019-2020 –Spanish

Estado de la misión Spark! Discovery Preescolar, a través de la colaboración eficaz, se enciende el pensamiento creativo, la innovación, la resolución de problemas, y el descubrimiento de fomentar la curiosidad y la alegría de la formación permanente de todos los jóvenes que aprende con el fin de influir en un mundo en constante cambio. […]

Spark Parent Handbook 2019-2020

Mission Statement:  Spark! Discovery Preschool engages students in early learning experiences, in partnership with families and the community, that develop a strong foundation, enrich the whole child, and inspire lifelong learning. Vision Statement We envision a school where we: Create a positive, fun environment and culture for children, their families, and the community to learn […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 5-15-17

Hello Preschool Families!!    We hope that you are enjoying the crazy and beautiful weather. Happy Mother’s Day to all of the Moms and Grandmas! A Week in Review: ·      We released our butterflies into the flowers. We also started talking about the parts of the plant and their life cycle. ·      We talked about the number […]

Ms. Tori’s update 4-30-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying the crazy and beautiful weather. A Week in Review: ·      We watched as our caterpillars created their chrysalis. We also talked about the parts of an Insect like they all have six legs, a head, thorax, abdomen, and some have wings. Many of the insect life […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 4-23-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying the beautiful weather. Thank you to the families who were able to make to the Carnival. It was great seeing you there and we hope that you had fun. I know Ms. Tessa and I did.   A Week in Review: ·      We preformed the ABC’s for […]

Ms. Nicky’s May 2017 Newsletter

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s News Wow!  It’s hard to believe the school year is coming to an end!  We have started our last STEM unit of study, which is Simple Machines.  We are talking about how simple machines help us do work, and looking for simple machines in our environment.  In case you need […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 4-7-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend. We had a great week back from Spring Break. I want to thank those who were able to donate cups and napkins to the classroom. A Week in Review: ·      We talked about different genres of music and how it makes you feel different […]

Ms. Nicky’s April 2017 Newsletter

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s News Happy Spring!  The students have been enjoying our STEM Unit of Study on Life Cycles.  We started out by talking about plants-what a plant is, how a plant grows, and the life cycle of a plant.  Now we are talking about insects.  We started out by talking about what […]

Ms. Amy’s April Newsletter 2017

  Ms. Amy, Ms. Hilary & Ms. Sam’s Monthly News          Happy Spring!! It was so nice having a warm end to winter. The kids loved being able to be outside on those very warm days, without their jackets. We are sending out our newsletter before Spring Break so that we can prepare you for […]

Ms. Nicky’s March 2017 Newsletter

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’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 are wrapping up our STEM Unit of Study on Making Music.  Our focus has been on how sound is […]

Ms. Kiersten’s March 2017 newsletter

Ms. Kiersten’s March Newsletter Sent out March 6, 2017 March started off with a laugh this past week as we celebrated Dr. Seuss’s birthday as part of the Read Across America celebration.  Between crazy hats and funny cat noses we all had a good time.  Ms. Connie and I even got a request for another […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 2-26-17

Hello Preschool Families!!    We hope that you are enjoying your weekend. This week went by really fast. We had a great deal of fun. On Friday, Ms. Tessa and I were really busy with moving and arranging our new room for Monday. We are pretty excited to be in this new room and can’t wait to share […]

Ms. Amy’s March Newsletter 2017

Ms. Amy, Ms. Hilary & Ms. Sam’s Monthly News          We cannot believe that we are already looking at Spring Break. Where has the school year gone?! As a class, we have been working hard on writing our names, learning 4 letters a week, manners, compliments, sight words and, with our last STEM unit, the […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 2-9-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend. A Week in Review:: ·      We talked about Levers and Pulleys. We looked at how these simple machines can make work easier to do. We used pulleys to help us lift animals and blocks in the block area. ·      We did the color, Black. We looked […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 2-4-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you are enjoying your weekend.  We are excited to see what February will bring!  So much to learn with the various holidays throughout the month:  Groundhog Day, Valentines Day, Presidents Day, Susan B Anthony’s birthday, even February 28th which is Tell a Fairy-tale Day.   Look for two new faces this week as we […]

Ms. Nicky’s Feb 2017 Newsletter

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s News Happy February!  We have completed our STEM Unit of Study on Friends and Family.  It was so fun to see pictures of everyone’s families and to read letters from faraway family and friends.  We ended the unit with a Design Challenge where all of the students had to work […]

Ms. Tori’s update 1/29/17

Hello Preschool Families!!    We hope that you enjoyed your long weekend. We had a great week. This week: ·      We started our new unit on Simple Machines. We talked about the Six Machines: Pulleys, Levers, Inclined Planes, Wheel and Axles, Screws, and Wedges. We also talked about what is work? ·      We did a review of […]

Ms. Jess’s Newsletter – Jan 2017

January’s Learning:  We shifted our focus in math from numbers 0-5 to 6-10. We have been  learning about the letters P, B, R, K and A. We wrapped up our Reduce Reuse Recycle unit. The students did a fabulous job retelling the story The Gingerbread Man. No School: Monday, February 20th   Makerspace: Students are loving their time […]

Ms. Amy’s Feb 2017 newsletter

Ms. Amy & Ms. Hilary’s Monthly News It is hard to believe that it is already February. We have been learning so many great things, that the year is just flying by. Our Reduce, Reuse, Recycle unit was fun and we really learned a lot. We discovered what recycling is, what can be recycled, how […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 1-20-17

Hello Preschool Families!!          We hope that you enjoyed your long weekend. We had a great week. We were able to earn all of our Star Power Tickets and go to the reward party. This month it was a Board Game Party. It was a lot of fun. This week: ·   We talked about The Three […]

Ms. Amy’s January 2017 Newsletter

  Ms. Amy and Ms. Hilary’s Monthly News Let us start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year! We hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing break. It is hard to believe that the school year is already half over. Time flies when you’re learning & having fun. We are really enjoying getting to see […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 1-6-17

Hello Preschool Families!!   We hope that you had a wonderful week and enjoyed your break! I know that I had a wonderful time with family and friends over break. This week: ­ We talked about The Three Little Pigs. We looked at the different materials that they used to build their houses as well as if the materials […]