Weekly Director's Report

Happy Wednesday!

Our first fire drill went very well today!! The kids were prepared and did a great job with it. We do this toward the end of every month and we will also have a tornado drill sometime in October and another one in the spring in addition to our monthly fire drills. Please remind your child these are just practices and there is no need for them to be afraid. The one in October will be held on Thurs. October 28th.

What a busy month September was for SCDC! Since the teachers are responsible to send updates to parents about the classroom activities the specials teachers will be sending an update of the monthly activities to me and I will add it to my update. Here is what went on in the centers lab, music, and computers for the month of September:

Welcome to Centers Lab. We create, we play, we work, and we cook. The month of September was full of getting to know you, the color green, working with our new blocks and sand...we love sand. We cooked Bright Banana Bites and really loved that...yum! Now that we have our songs, processes, and basic understanding of Centers Lab under our hats...we will jump right in to October with Community Helpers. We will be using our foam blocks to build buildings we see in our community, we will create art with "bleeding tissue"...so don't have on your Sunday best, we will add to our sand some community cars and will help us make our roads...and we will cook again (Pumpkin Dip) to get into the fall season. (Ms. Natalie – Centers & Computers teacher)

Computers... We started off with some great games to get us more familiar with the Computer Lab. We then worked our way into the parts of the computer (song to the tune of Alice the Camel) and now we are able to log in and out...better hope those passwords work at home Mom and Dad....We will continue to support the work in our classrooms with technology support. In October we will begin learning the "home row" on the keyboard...

Music - Praise be to our Awesome God!!! Let me start off by saying I am having a BLAST with your precious children!!!!
In September, we did a lot of movement with the 3's and 4's and a lot of fun songs with scarves and stars/puppets for the 18mos and 2's. We focused on our body parts through fun songs and finger plays.
In October we will do a lot of autumn/harvest songs about leaves, scarecrows, bats, pumpkins, and food. It will be awesome to watch them as they grow and change literally from one week to the next! I LOVE MY JOB!!!! (Ms. Mary Lee – Music teacher)



October is community helper month and throughout the month we will have special guests at SCDC to help us with that. We will have a visit from a doctor, a pastor, and in early November a fire truck visit from the Allen Fire Department. We will also enjoy the season of fall and our bible verse for the month is “When I am afraid, I will trust in you.” Psalms 56:3 and in chapel time will be studying the story of Ruth. This is such as a fun time of the year and we have a very busy month coming up!

3rd Annual Bike-a-thon - A flyer about the bike-a-thon came home this week and next week another with an envelope attached will be sent in your child’s folder. The envelope is to collect pledge money for the bike-a-thon and the lap sheet is attached to the envelope. This is our main fundraiser for the school and it benefits each of your children. We use the funds to purchase curriculum and additional classroom items. This event takes a lot of parent volunteers so please sign up to help. A sign up sheet will be posted at the front desk next week. SCDC purchased t-shirts for all the children to wear on the day of the bike-a-thon. The t-shirts will be passed out that day. The event will take place on Wednesday, October 20th.
We appreciate all you do to support us!!! Thank you!!!!!!

School Directories – Will be sent home tomorrow

*I am sending this out on behalf of one our SCDC staff and three of our SCDC mom’s that are participating in the Komen 3 Day – please see below:

Chick-fil-A Night Tuesday, October 5th
Please support one of our teachers (Jane Gary – Rainbow Room) and three of our moms (Erin Johnston aka Noble’s Mom – Yellow Room, Sarah Quinlan aka Owen’s Mom – Green Room, and Lara Glazar aka Austin’s Mom – Orange Room ) by eating at Chick-fil-A (902 W. McDermott Drive, Allen) on Tuesday, October 5th from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. They are participating in the Susan G. Komen 3-DAY for the Cure in November and have to earn $9200 in order to do so. You can help them by either dining in or driving through and telling the cashier that you want to give your receipt to the 3DAY fundraiser! Chick-fil-A has generously agreed to donate a percentage of the sales, earmarked for the 3DAY, to Susan G Komen for the Cure on behalf of this group of ladies! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

There is still time to sign up for the Love & Logic Workshop – starting next Wednesday, October 6th from 9:30-11:30. (Sign up at the SCDC front desk)

Check out our blog at www.suncreekkids.blogspot.com or find us on Facebook under Suncreek Children’s Development Center . The blog and Facebook will keep current on events and happenings at the preschool. The individual classroom blogs are a work in progress!

Reminder: No School - Monday, October 11th – Columbus Day

Have a great evening!

Blessings~

Weekly Directors Report

One more day and we are officially into fall! Let’s hope our weather starts to cool off now – I know we are all ready for that!! The kids had a great week full of fun and learning. I love to see the smiles on their faces and the excitement they show when they are here. It is such a blessing and SCDC is so honored to be a part of your child’s early childhood education.

Just a few reminders for next week:

This Friday (7am-8pm) & Saturday (7am-3pm) is the Suncreek UMC garage sale

Family Chapel is next week at your child’s scheduled chapel time – I invite you to come and see what we do in chapel! (We do this the last week of the month).

First fire drill – Wednesday at 10am

Two Girls Who Make Crosses & Leslie Yeary will have booths set up on Wednesday & Thursday. Two Girls will be here on Wed. from 9-noon & Thurs. 11-2.

Love & Logic workshop: I sent an email earlier about this so please check that out. You may sign up at SCDC front desk and the cost is $79 (includes the class booklet)

We still need volunteers to help with our 3rd annual bike-a-thon. If interested please contact Ashley Southard at ashsouthard@sbcglobal.net an informational meeting will be held tomorrow (Thursday) at 9:15 in room 128.

**Attached is a quarterly newsletter put out by the Collin County Agri Life Extension (Texas A&M System) titled “Fingerprints”. This is the fall addition and it has topics that will vary from health, nutrition, guidance, discipline as well as a child-friendly recipe for you to do with your child. I hope you find this to be a useful tool.

Have a great day!

Blessings~

Weekly Director's Report

Happy Thursday parents,
We are off to a great start!! We had fewer tears today and a lot of smiles. The kids are adjusting very well to the routines and schedules of their classrooms. I thank you for allowing us the privilege in educating and loving your child.

Just a few reminders and dates for you to put on your calendars:

This Monday, Sept. 6th – No School – we are closed for the Labor Day holiday
Friday, Sept. 10th – SCDC Family Picnic in Palmer Hall – staring Mr. Vic- Doors open at 6pm and the show starts at 6:30 (Bring your entire family and a picnic lunch and enjoy a fun family filled evening.) You may check out Mr. Vic at www.themrvic.com
Room parents: We have a few classes that still need room parents so please look for the room parent sign up by your child’s sign in sheet. Those that sign up there will be an informational meeting on being a room parent. We are offering two days and time to accommodate all parents. Wednesday, Sept. 15th at 9:15 & Thursday, Sept. 16th at 1pm. The meeting will take place in Room 128, right by the SCDC office.
SCDC Bike-a-thon Planning Committee: If you would like to help plan our 3rd annual event that will take place October 20th please sign up at the front desk. This is our main fundraising event for the school year. If you would like more information about serving on this committee please contact Ashley Southard at ashsouthard@sbcglobal.net.
SCDC School Pictures: Picture day will be on Wed. Sept. 15th & Thurs. Sept. 16th Information envelopes to order pictures will be coming home next week in your child’s folder. The schedule of which day your child will have their picture taken is as followed – Wednesday the 15th: Rainbow, Orange , Green, Yellow, Silver and Blue. Thursday the 16th pictures will be – Rainbow, Orange Green, Purple, Sky Blue, and Red.
Our first monthly fire drill will take place on Wednesday, September, 29th.
Vendors: Monthly we will have vendors here as a service to our parents to shop. I know many of you love when we have these so monthly we plan to offer a couple businesses here for you to shop from. There is no pressure involved it is just a service to you. All of our vendors have agreed to give 10% of their total sales back to the school. Our first one will be Two Girls Who Make Crosses and they will be here on Sept. 29th 9-Noon and Sept. 30th from 11-2.
Tuition for September is now due – there is a tuition box on the wall by the SCDC front desk (below the clock).

**Parents please make sure you sign your child in and out daily. This is very important information for us to have. I appreciate your help with this J **


A special thank you to our SCDC board members that helped with the coffee and pastries on the first days of school and those that helped in the classrooms with drop off. The staff appreciates all your support!!

I wish all of you a safe and relaxing Labor Day weekend with your families and I will see all of you next week!


Blessings