Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Weekly Director's Update

I hope you all had a great weekend! Here’s what’s going on this week:

· Wednesday – Class (group) picture day – Please make sure and dress your child on Wednesday to have their picture taken. A green form went home last week that you need to include your cash or check to your teacher by this Wednesday. The cost is $7.50. Checks are made to Kathy Walden Photography.
· Wednesday – Supply Fees due to Tricia as well as the blue (enrollment) form. Please hold the orange form and have your doctor sign after June 1st. You may turn this form in on the first day of school in the fall. If you have questions please let me know.
· Easter Parties – The parties will take place on Wednesday, April 8th. Please check with your teachers on the time for your class.
· No School –, April 10th – This is the day the church is moving the preschool to the new building so we will be closed that Friday day.

Volunteers & Boxes needed!!
We would love any boxes you could donate. We are eagerly packing for the move date on the 10th. If anyone can help with packing the teacher supply room we would greatly appreciate it. Please contact me and let me know a time you can help out!

The Move
We have been told things are moving right along! We hope that next week the city signs off on the building when we need them to :) If everything goes as planned your child will be starting in their new classroom on Monday, April 13th. I will give you more details next week!

Open House
Open house for the new building is on Friday, April 17th from 6-8:00. This will be a time for our families to tour the new building and the children can participate in fun activities in each classroom. The silent auction baskets will be there for bidding. They look great!!! An email went out to all room moms today about the open house that they should be passing along to you. We will be sending a flyer home next week with more information about the event. This will be a great opportunity for all our families to walk around and see the entire new children’s building.

Our themes this month are:
Easter & Spring
The gift of Farm Animal
Celebrating our Pets
Zoo/Jungle Animals

Our bible verse is:
“In the countryside the flowers are in bloom. This is the time for singing.”

Monthly color: Purple
Monthly Shape: Oval
Bible Story: Noah

April is going to be a very busy and exciting month for SCDC!

Have a great week!!

Lisa

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Weekly Director's Update

I know everyone is looking forward to a break! Just a reminder, we will be closed next week for Spring Break.

We hope that you all have a fun and relaxing time with your families!

Here is what is on the calendar for the week of March 23rd:
· Family chapel 9:15 in the sanctuary
· Wed. March 25th Fire Drill 10:30 (rescheduled from the 11th due to rain)

**DONATIONS**
Parents we are in need of boxes to start packing the teacher resource room, classrooms and office. If you have any boxes you could give us that would be great! Please bring them starting Monday, March 23rd and you may leave them in Palmer Hall. Also, for field day we are in need of bubble wrap, if anyone has that they can donate.

**PACKERS**
If we have any parents that would like to donate their time to help us pack the teacher resource room it would be MUCH appreciated. Please email me and let me know when you could help. We will do this over the next few weeks in short shifts.

**SUPPLY FEES**
Supply fees for the 2009-2010 school year are due by Wednesday, April 1st. Please see Tricia!
· 18-mos. 2 ½ 1/2 - $50
· 3’s - $75
· 4’s - $100

Here is what’s coming up in the month of April:
· April 1st – Supply fees are due!
· April 1st- Class picture day with Kathy Walden – The cost of the picture is $7.50. Info. form sent home soon
· April 8th – Easter Parties & Egg hunts
· April 10th – Closed – No School- Good Friday
· April 10th – 11th SCDC Move to the new building
· April 12- Easter Sunday
· April 13th – First day in our new classrooms
· April 15th – Tornado Drill 11:00
· April 16th – Ms. Teresa’s birthday (Team 2 Aide)
· April 17th – SCDC Family Fun Night & Open House (Time announced soon!)
· April 20th – Joanne’s birthday (Sky Blue teacher)
· April 22nd – Positive Proof 9:45 (information form to come home soon)
· April 22nd – Teacher Luncheon by the Rainbow & Orange Room Parents
· April 23rd – Ms. Wendy’s birthday (Bible teacher)
· April 27th & 29th Heather Rice with “Faith Creations” will have a booth set up to sell her beautifully designed jewelry. To view her products visit www.faithcreations.shutterfly.com. A percentage of her sales will be given to SCDC to spend on the preschool classrooms.
· April 29th – Fire Drill 10:00

Here are a few key dates for May:
· Monday, May 4th SCDC Spring Program 6:30 pm
· Wednesday, May 13th SCDC Field Day
· Wednesday, May 20th last day for 2 day kiddos & end of the year parties
· Friday, May 22nd Graduation for our students in Red, Purple and Sky Blue that are going on to Kindergarten in the fall. Last day of School for the 3 day kiddos.

As you can see we have a lot going on for the next two months!! We appreciate all of our wonderful families here at SCDC. We wish you all a wonderful Spring Break!!

Lisa

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Weekly Update

What great weather we had this week! Spring is in the air!! The kids had fun planting seeds and talking about how things grow. Next week we’ll continue with that in addition to rain. Ask your child about the “Hosanna Hop” from Chapel time.

This is what’s up next week:
Wednesday: Fire Drill 10:30
Green Room parents provide Staff Lunch
Chick-Fil-A Night
Ms. Cammie’s Birthday (Our wonderful Specials Aide)

**Remember the week of March 16th – 20th we will be closed for Spring Break**

The new building is moving right along! We hope to stay on the time line for our move in date (April 10th). There may be some volunteers needed for packing boxes and donating boxes to use. I will have more information in the coming weeks.

Lisa

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Grad Ads!

It’s almost that time of year! Want to celebrate your little graduate?

Purchase an SCDC Graduation Ad!

Ad pricing is:
¼ Page: $10 (one photo)
½ Page: $15 (up to 2 photos)
Full Page: $20 (up to 3 photos)

Ads will be put into a graduation announcement and passed out during graduation – (only those purchasing ads will receive the announcement). You may design your own or simply send in your photo(s) and a special message for your graduate, and we will do the rest! Please contact Lisha Snyder, if you are interested in buying an ad.

lisha@swaknotes.com
972-522-8049
(Drew’s Mom – Purple Room)

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Weekly Director's Update

I can’t believe we will be into March this weekend! This school year is flying by so quickly!! This month the children will be “Celebrating New Life” – Plants, insects and nature and will also be discussing Easter since Easter is early in the month of April. You will see your children learning about Jesus and the resurrection and the bible verse for the month is “Jesus is not here. He has risen.” Luke 24-6

The color for the month is yellow and the shape is the diamond. We are definitely all suffering from spring fever!

Here’ s what’s on the calendar this month:

· March 11th – Fire Drill 10:30, Chick-fil-a night & Green Room Parents provide staff lunch
· March 16 – 20th Spring Break – SCDC Closed
· Staff birthdays for the month: MS. Cammie - March 11th & Ms. Gladis - March 31st

The March newsletter will be posted next week.


*Just a reminder, please make sure you are signing your child in/out daily. Thanks! Please follow the sick policy and keep your child home if they are sick. We’ve had a lot of children out sick this week with various illnesses. I hope everyone feels better soon!

Lisa

Friday, February 20, 2009

Weekly Director's Update

The children all looked so cute in their pajamas this last week! They also enjoyed the pizza for lunch this last Wednesday. Yummy!!

Tomorrow is our Sweet Susan’s birthday! Have a great day!!

Next week is family chapel at 9:15 a.m. We invite you to come and share this time with your child. The children have been studying the bible verse “His steadfast love will endure forever” during the month of February.

On Wednesday, Hillary the Hippo from Dr. Gough office will be here at 10 am to discuss dental health month with the children. Please check your child’s backpack for a special treat on that day (toothbrush, etc.)

Just as a reminder, a note was sent home on Wednesday about the bad weather make up day conflicting with the move date (April 10th). You have the choice of having a credit on your account for the month of March or a love offering back to SCDC. We appreciate your help with this matter!!

We are deep into cold and flu season. We have had a lot of students out due to illness. Please follow the policy in the parent hand book regarding illnesses. If your child has a fever, vomiting or diarrhea they need to be a FULL 24 HOURS FREE OF IT BEFORE THEY CAN RETURN TO SCHOOL. Thank you for helping us out with this!!

We wish you all a wonderful weekend~

Lisa

Friday, February 13, 2009

Weekly Director's Update

Happy Valentine’s Day! (A day early!)

What a fun week the children have had! The younger classes, as well as, Sky Blue had their parties on Wednesday. The older class parties are today. The older classes are all dressed in their pjs today in honor of the letter “P”. In honor of the letter “P” and the President’s Day holiday on Monday the children will have a pizza party on Wednesday (the 18th) and the younger classes (Rainbow-Blue) are encouraged to wear their pjs that day. Please send a drink for your child’s lunch that day and SCDC will provide the pizza. Thank you Yellow Room parents for the yummy lunch provided to the staff this past Wednesday. It was so appreciated!!

Here’s what’s up for next week:

NO SCHOOL this Monday (16th) – President’s Holiday

Wednesday (18th) – Pizza & Presidents (SCDC will be providing pizza for lunch – please provide your child a drink!)
· Fire Drill @ 9:30 am

The rest of February:
· Susan Vankirk’s birthday is Saturday the 21st

· Family Chapel will be the week of Feb. 23rd - 27th

· Wed. 25th Dentist visit from Dr. Gough 10:00 am

Enjoy the long weekend with your families! We wish you all lots of love!!


Lisa