Ms. Amy’s Update 10-7-19

Dear Families,First off, thank-you for attending the parent-teacher conferences last week.  If you were unable to attend, then we will try to schedule something after school one day this week. I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  The weather is getting a little cooler, so remember to send in a coat or jacket with your […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 10-7-19

Hello!   Here are this week’s announcements and reminders:   Concepts:  Fundations®: I and J Math : subitizing (seeing numbers to 5), patterns continued Stem: Weather/Ice PATHS: “Do Turtle” and “appropriate” Project: Fall weather Walking Field Trip next Thursday, October 17th to the Frederick Police Department! Please sign and return permission forms by this Thursday. […]

Childcare Update 10-1-19

 Themes:   We will be talking about Farming, Apples Pumpkin/Harvest, Halloween, and Hibernation.  Along with these themes we will have a variety of art work, science experiments, and sensory fun.   Academics:  The colors we will be learning are brown, white, black and gold. The letters are Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, and Xx.  […]

Open House Dates 2019

Below are upcoming open house dates across the district. For questions regarding open houses or programming, please contact the schools directly.  Middle School Open House Dates • October 9, 5:00 p.m. | Soaring Heights PK-8• October 14, 5:00 p.m. | Timberline PK-8• October 15, 6:00 p.m. | Coal Ridge Middle• October 24, 6:00 p.m. | […]

Ms. Amy Newsom’s Update 9-30-19

Dear Families,   I apologize this is coming out Monday morning again instead of Friday, but there is a lot of important information that I wanted to remind you of at the beginning of the week.   Conferences are this week, so please show up at your scheduled time. There are likely families before and […]

Ms. Kiersten’s update 9-29-19

What an exciting two weeks we’ve had!  We had lots of fun in class building boats and seeing if they would float.  Some friends surprised me by being upset theirs floated – it turns out some of us wanted submarines!  We’ve learned about different kinds of land vehicles like trucks, bikes, and cars.  Then on […]

Ms. Tori’s Update 9-29-19

Hello Preschool Families!! A Week in Review: ·  We continued our Transportation Unit. We learned about different forms of Land Transportation this week. We looked at how different forms of land travel can help people get to places faster. ·  We talked about the number, two, 2. How do we write 2? Can we find things that […]

Ms. Kiersten’s update 10-1-19

Sometimes parenting can be difficult. Do you need some parenting strategies to end arguing, backtalk, begging, or whining? If you could use some support with family goal setting in this area or others, this is a FREE opportunity to get support!! We are offering a parenting class: Parenting the Love & Logic Way™ Classes are […]

Ms. Marie’s Update 10-1-19

Ms. Marie’s October 2019 Newsletter                                September 30, 2019 By Marie Bloch Dear Preschool Families: We hope you have been out enjoying the warm fall weather and cooler nights.  Please remember to send a jacket with your child if the temperatures drop.  The children were so excited about the positive behavior reward parachute party last week!  Both […]

Ms. Rachel’s Update 9/26/19

Hello! Here are this week’s announcements and reminders: Concepts:  Fundations®: G and H Math : subitizing (seeing numbers to 5), patterns continued Stem: Pets – Design Challenge! PATHS: angry/mad continued Project: Fall – Leaves Please dress for the weather. Right now many kiddos are feeling cold in the morning and hot in the afternoon. If […]

Ms. Amy Kuesel’s update 9-26-19

Dear Families, I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend.   This is a full week with Parent-teacher conferences on Monday, September 30, Tuesday, October 1 and Wednesday, October 3rd.  We will have a copy of the parent-teacher conference schedule with the sign-in sheet so you can check your conference time.  Please know that these meetings are […]

Ms. Nicky’s Update 10-1-19

Ms. Nicky and Ms. Julie’s October News Happy Fall! It has been a busy month for us. We have started working on letter identification,formation, and the sounds that letters make. We have also talked about numbers, and have beenworking a lot on counting objects and number sense-having an understanding of what numbersreally mean. We are almost […]

Mr. Ben’s Update 9-26-19

A peek at our week: We have been having a lot of fun with our nursery rhyme theme. This week we have been doing Row, Row, Row, Your Boat, and Jack and Jill. These repetitive nursery rhymes are a great way to practice rhyming, which we have been incorporating into all aspects of the classroom.  […]

Ms. Emily’s Update 9-25-19

  Hello Families!  I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.  Here is our classroom news…We are learning…Letters and sounds for A,B,C,D,E,F,Practicing writing our namesEmotions Happy and SadFriendship SkillsWe will be starting Math Journals this week!We coded Bee-Bots in the “Bot Spot” (the kids LOVED this).We will be creating in the Maker Space this week! Wish ListPony […]

STEM Programming for the first semester 2019-2020

STEM Units 1, 2, 3 – From Paige Gordon, Principal I serve as our school’s STEM coordinator and want to take a moment to share information about our school’s STEM Programming. Preschoolers in every classroom will be instructed in at least 5 units each year; these units of instruction represent the school’s comprehensive plan for […]

Ms. Mary’s Update 9-24-19

Dear Families, I cut and pasted the letter about the stem unit at the bottom of this email to be more paper friendly 🙂 Here is a link for the food program.  You can fill it out online if you haven’t done it yet. https://www.myschoolapps.com/ I will send the Seesaw codes in Thursday folders.  I’m hoping to send out […]

ATTEND! ASPIRE! ACHIEVE!

Why Attendance Matters  Attendance is one of the most important factors in determining if a student will do well in school, graduate and be prepared for success in their postsecondary education and career. Students are chronically absent when they miss 10 percent of the school year. Missing only 1 preschool day a month (for any reason) can […]

News from the Office, October 2019

October Count: The Colorado Department of Education has identified Wednesday, OCTOBER 2 as the official statewide October Count Day for this school year. To comply with this state mandate, we hope every child is able to attend school on this day. Your assistance with this important state requirement is greatly appreciated as funding for our school and school district […]

STEM PROFILE focus during 2019 – 2020

The Spark! Discovery Preschool STEM Profiles are traits/qualities we want to develop in our preschoolers and work to model as adults in the learning environment. They are the essence of what we believe STEM programming promotes in the education of the whole child, emphasizing intellectual, personal, emotional, and social growth through the integration of Science, […]

Standard Response Protocol Information

SCHOOL SAFETY:  THE STANDARD RESPONSE PROTOCOL 2021-2022 A critical component in the safe school recipe is the uniform classroom response to any incident. Weather events, fires, accidents, intruders and other threats to student safety are scenarios that are planned and trained for by school and district administration and staff. Historically, schools have taken this scenario-based […]

September Family Connections Newsletter

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we include Schoology tips for parents, information on private web browsing, and tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics for promoting healthy digital habits. To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your email, click here!

Ms. Tori’s Update 9-22-19

Hello Preschool Families!!      We hope that you are enjoying your weekend. A Week in Review: ·  We continued our Transportation Unit. We learned about different forms of Water Transportation this week. We looked at how water travel can help people get to places faster. We did an experiment where we looked at different items that […]

Ms. Amy Newsom’s Update 9-23-19

Dear Families, We have continued our exploration of health and wellness this week. Two weeks ago, we brushed teeth models with sugar on them and looked at healthy and unhealthy teeth. We also talked about why we wash hands and did an experiment with a black light to see if we were able to wash […]