Upcoming Dates and Announcements
Sunday, September 15th – Pasta Dinner for a Cause!
Friday, September 20th – Early Dismissal 11:30am
– Aftercare available until 3:00. Please provide a lunch for your child if they intend to stay.
Saturday, September 21st – Boots for Buses
– Purchase your event tickets here: Boots for Buses
– Purchase a Meat Raffle ticket here: Meat Raffle
(Jacob & Son’s gift card: 1st prize $500, 2nd prize $250, 3rd prize $100)
Tuesday, September 24th – Student/Class Pictures
– Students are invited to wear whatever they’d like!
Thursday, September 26th – Coffee Conversations @ 2:00pm
– Join us on main campus, 8 Park Road, to chat with the Head of School, faculty, other families to discuss parenting, education, and current trends. A short article will be shared beforehand via Talking Points, if interested.
Friday, September 27th – FREEDOM FRIDAY
– Casual dress and pizza lunch! Be sure to purchase your lunch on veracross
Thursday, October 3rd – Grandparents’ Day
What an action packed week we’ve shared together. We continue to fill our days with fun activities and new skills. We kicked off the week by reviewing all the letters we’ve been practicing to write. The “magic c curve” has taught us how to properly write c,o, a, d, and g! The students are becoming quite skilled writers and we can’t wait to see their writing continue to improve as we learn how to form more letters. In phonics, we’ve become very acquainted with the /a/, /t/, and /b/ sounds. While adding these sounds to our toolboxes, we completed our first sound review. These kiddos blew us away with their ability to recall, recite, and even blend these sounds! We cannot wait to see how their sound and spelling skills continue to grow throughout our days.
In math we had our first round of math centers! The students were challenged in a multitude of ways with all things involving numbers. The “garage” center had cars with numbers on them and parking places with dots that corresponded to the numbers on the cars. The kiddos had to find the correct parking spot for each vehicle and they did not disappoint! The “block” center was challenged to pick a playing card, numbered 1-12, and create something grand with that amount of blocks. Every one of the structures they came up with were amazing! We love how effortlessly they make learning fun!!
We know that scissors can be tricky to use and can be dangerous if we don’t use them properly, therefore, before we used them for a special activity we thought it’d be worth it to make a class “scissor salad”! We’re sure you’ve heard of a caesar salad, but it’s cheese and croutons got nothing on ours! The students worked on their cutting skills to “chop up” green lettuce, purple onions, red tomatoes, yellow cheese, and brown croutons. We loved seeing the kiddos use their cooking and cutting skills all at once.
We finished up our week by completing a very important beginning of the year project… Using finger paint, paper, and Crayola Colors of the World, the students’ self portraits made their first appearance. Inspired by abstract art, the students cut up their fingerpainted paper and redesigned it to create a new backdrop for their faces. We are completely OBSESSED with the way their pieces turned out and can’t wait for you all to see the finished products.
We can hardly believe that we’re already into the middle of September. Time really does fly when you’re having fun. Please remember to sign up for a parent partnership meeting with us! These can be held on zoom or in-person. This is a great way to set the tone for the remainder of the year, ask any questions, address any concerns, and just remind you all how extremely fortunate we are to spend our days with your fabulous kiddos!
We hope you have a great weekend!
Miss Tylar & Miss Gina
