EASTER PARTY AND EGG HUNT
Our Easter party and egg hunt will be Friday 4/15. If your child does not come to school on Fridays they’re invited to join us but must be picked up by 11:00am. Please let us know if your child is coming so we can set a spot for them at our party table. Look for our sign up to bring goodies for our egg hunt. Items will need to be at school BEFORE the day of our party.
SPRING PHOTOS
Kathleen Ahern photography will be here next month on Wednesday 5/4 and Thursday 5/5 to take school photos. Kathleen and her staff are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and will wear masks while present. Photo order forms will be sent home the week prior to our picture days and must be returned by the date indicated on the envelope.
GRADUATION PHOTOS
In addition to Spring Photos, the Pre-K will ALSO take GRADUATION PHOTOS and will be posed wearing a cap and gown. NO ponies/pigtails on long hair so the graduation cap fits properly. Graduation photos will be available for viewing and purchase at a later date.
KINDERGARTEN DIRECTORY
Kindergarten is just around the corner! If you’d like to network with other parents and find out who’s going where, be sure to fill out the Kindergarten info. sheet on the sign in/out board. We’ll compile a directory for the Pre-K parents and have it available in May. Knowing who’s going to your child’s school is helpful with the transition to kindergarten. Only those participating in the directory will receive a copy.
CONFERENCING
Spring conferencing will begin the first week of May. Our conference calendars can be found on the sign in/out board this month. Please sign up on our calendar if you would like to meet with your child’s teacher.
GRADUATION
Our VIRTUAL graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, June 3rd at 10:30am. Families will be invited to join us via YouTube as the Pre-K Class sing songs, receive their diplomas and celebrate their promotion to Kindergarten. We will be recording the ceremony to share with those that are unable to tune in live.
TRIKE-A-THON
This month we’ll raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by hosting a Trike-A-Thon. Information will be sent home later in the month. Our Trike-A-Thon will begin at 9:00am on Thursday 4/28. It is suggested that you collect pledges of a flat donation. Please make checks payable to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Please have all donations collected and submitted by Monday 5/2. Donations can also be collected online at stjude.org/trike.Our fundraiser page can be found under Growing Years Pre-School.
SUMMER SESSION
Our summer session begins June 13th and ends Wednesday,August 10th. Be aware that the school district you are entering into may start at a later date, making it necessary to find childcare.
TAX INFO.
If you need a monthly receipt for future tuition payments, please leave a note for Shalimar in the tuition box. W-10 forms have been completed for your convenience and can be picked up at the parent information board. Our Tax I.D. # 82-4676859
REMINDER
Please call the school by 9:00am if your child will be absent.
The Redwoods
Last month we practiced building fun traps to try and catch the Leprechaun on St. Patrick’s day. We had a lot of fun building with different materials like blocks, playdough and the magnet tiles.
We’ve been doing quite a bit of painting with a variety of different tools like cars, golf balls, and our all time favorites, finger painting and salad spinner painting.
We have also been practicing spelling and writing our names and playing games which help us to develop strong listening skills.
This year many of us have taken interest in matching games and building puzzles. We have been playing matching games and working together to build big floor puzzles. Building with the ramps and balls has also been a popular activity that we have enjoyed working on as a group.
We had a lot of fun on Royal Day showing off our fancy costumes and having a fun Royal Dance Party.
This month we’ll take some time to observe the change in the weather, as well as the scenery as all the beautiful flora and fauna begin to grow again. We’ll be paying special attention to our new garden that the Redwoods planted in the backyard. We are excited to water and care for our growing vegetables.
Books We Enjoyed Last Month
The Gingerbread Man And The Leprechaun
Loose At School by Laura Murray
St. Patrick’s Day In The Morning by Eve Bunting
How To Catch A Leprechaun by Adam Wallace
Pie In The Sky by Louis Ehlert
Growing Vegetable Soup by Louis Ehlert
Good Enough To Eat by Lizzy Rockwell
Songs We’ve Been Singing
I Hear Thunder
Hokey Pokey
If You’re Happy And You Know It
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Happy Easter!
Miss Elli & Miss Michelle