Weekly Director's Update

The children all did such a great job the last two days with the school pictures. They all looked so cute and there were no tears!! All of the children did get their picture taken even if the parents didn’t place an order. Both individual and class pictures were taken. The pictures should be back in 3-4 weeks. I will send the pictures home in your child’s backpack when they come in. The company, Photo Design, does give SCDC back 10% of the total sales they make from our schools photo orders. Thank you for placing an order and we hope you will enjoy the pictures!

The children had a busy and fun week! Now that we are officially into fall please make sure and send a light jacket with your child as we will go outside for recess unless it is raining. Please also pack an extra set of clothes in your child’s backpack daily – thank you!

Bike-A-Thon:
The information sheets with the pledge envelope went home yesterday and today for the Bike-A-Thon. The Bike-A-Thon is on Wednesday, Oct. 14th (rain date, Oct.15th) during your child’s recess time. You may go ahead and start collecting pledges and we will have you turn them in by Oct. 21st. If your child does not attend school on Wednesdays we encourage you to bring them at their scheduled recess time to ride their bikes with their classmates. Sign up sheets for parent volunteers for each classroom will soon be posted at your child’s classroom door. We encourage you all to come and cheer your child on and take pictures and just enjoy the morning. We had such a great time last year!!

Next week:
Family Chapel:
We invite our parents to join us next week for family chapel in the sanctuary at 9:15. We do this on the last week of each month.
Mondays – Rainbow and Green
Tuesdays- Sky Blue & Red
Wednesdays- Yellow & Blue (1:15 – Purple)
Thursdays- Rainbow, Orange and Green

Fire Drill: Wednesday – 9:45

Oct. calendar:
Vision & Hearing Screening: Oct. 7th & 8th (Ages 4 & up – 3 year olds may at parents choosing)
Oct. 12th – SCDC Closed – Columbus Day – Allen ISD holiday
Oct. 14th Bike-A-Thon
Oct. 21st Fire Drill 9:45 & Two Girls That Make Crosses will be here to sell their beautiful items. They give 10% back to SCDC and have been here for the past few years, they are a favorite!! Check them out at www.twogirlswhomakecrosses.net

Illnesses:
I have seen quite a bit of illness this week and it has been flu. If your child has a fever of 99 or higher I will be sending them home. Please do your part in keeping your child home if they show signs of being sick. We have several children and staff members in the pre school with compromised immune systems and cannot afford to get the flu. Because we are a shared space with Suncreek UMC we do have other members of the congregation with flu and swine flu so I will be very vigilant with our sickness policy to keep our children and staff healthy. I appreciate your patience and assistance with this matter J

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, see you next week!

Blessings~

Lisa Newman

David Chicken is Coming To SCDC!

Please join us on Friday, September 11th at 6:30 p.m. in Palmer Hall for a fun evening with David Chicken. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. for a picnic prior to the concert. Bring your picnic blankets, a dinner, and lots of energy to dance and sing with David Chicken. This will be an evening that you won't want to miss. Get ready to Scakle with David Chicken and his superhero dog, Super Chachie!

Welcome Back to SCDC!

Our first few weeks at SCDC have been wonderful! It has truly been a joy to have the children back in our halls. We are so impressed with how well the children have transitioned into their new classes. They are making new friends and quickly building bonds with their teachers. Speaking of teachers, we are blessed to have an incredible staff of loving, nurturing, and extremely dedicated women as our SCDC teachers.

We will update this blog weekly with new information and updates from Lisa. As we are trying hard to save our environment and "go green", we will be using this blog, our website and frequent emails to communicate with our SCDC families. Please feel free to email or call with any questions or concerns. Happy September and Welcome Back!

Lisa, Susan, and Tricia

FIELD DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Field Day is this Wednesday, May 13th from 9:30 to 12:15, and we need lots of volunteers! Please contact susanvankirk@suncreekumc.org if you can help. Thanks SO much!

Weekly Director's Update

What a busy week at SCDC!! The Spring Program & Open House on Monday was a HUGE success. The children had so much fun with their songs and seeing allthe families was such a wonderful thing! The total amount brought in fromthe silent auction baskets, pizza sales, bake sale and the bike donationswas $2,021.81. A special thank you to all of those families that madedonations. The Ternan Family and the Wartluft Family each purchased a bikefor the new playground for our youngest students. We have the best families here at SCDC!! You support us in so many ways and we are so blessed for that :-) The money raised will be used on things we would like to add to our program. A special thank you to all of you!

The staff has enjoyed teacher appreciation week. Thanks for all you do for each of us!! The end of the year is quickly approaching! Here is what's coming up:*

Monday - Kathy Walden will be here to take pictures of those students in Red, Purple & Sky Blue who are graduating. The students will have their picture taken in a cap & gown and the proofs will be on her website to order and purchase. I will let you know when the pictures are onthe site to view.

Wednesday - Field Day (am) We do need parent volunteers so if you are interested in helping please contact Susan Vankirk at susanvankirk@sbcglobal.net

Wednesday (May 20th) - End of the year parties for: Red, Purple, Sky Blue, Green, Orange and Rainbow. If you have not yet reserved a spot outside and plan to have a water activity, you need to let me know ASAP. Last day of school for Green, Orange and Rainbow classrooms. Friday (May 22nd ) - Class party for Blue and Yellow Rooms & last day of school for all students. Graduation is at 11:00 am in the Sanctuary. Catered lunch for the graduates immediately following in Palmer Hall.

Happy Mother's day to all of our SCDC moms!! Have a wonderful weekend.

Blessings~
Lisa Newman

Weekly Director's Update

Happy May Day!! I can’t believe we are into May already; this school year has flown by. We have enjoyed your children so much!! We have a busy month ahead of us!

Just a few reminders:
· Monday is the Spring Program & Open House from 6-8pm. Please drop your child off in their classroom by 5:45 dressed in nice (church) clothes. The program will start promptly at 6 pm in the sanctuary. Immediately following the program we invite you to come back to the new building to pick your child up from their classrooms and enjoy the open house. Pre-ordered pizza & drinks will be on hand as well as the bake sale items for purchase.
· Bake sale items are needed for Monday!! Please bring them individually wrapped to the new kitchen area on Monday. If you have questions please let me know.
· Silent Auction baskets will be available to bid on starting on Monday. We will also have a table to display our new bikes for the younger playground. We need to purchase two more bikes in addition to the two we already have. The cost is approx. $150. We will accept any donations toward this purchase and families may purchase a bike and donate to the school in their name. So look for that on Monday as well.
· Teacher Appreciation all next week!!!
· Wednesday – Ms. Natalie’s birthday & Fire Drill
· Ms. Tori’s birthday on Saturday (10th)

Update on the swine flu:
I sent an email on Tuesday I hope you all got. The staff of SCDC is doing what we can do here to fight germs. We use two types of sanitizers on all the items the children use as well as hand sanitizers and hand washing. We need your help though to keep your children home if you even suspect they are not feeling well. I will send you another email I received yesterday from the CDC. Please watch the news this weekend and keep your eye on what Allen ISD does. If the district closes we close. If a child at SCDC is confirmed to have the flu virus we will close. If this does happen you will be notified by email and phone. Please help us keep our “community” healthy!

Have a great weekend~
Lisa

Weekly Director's Update

We are getting all settled into the new space! The children seemed to have adjusted very well, and we appreciate your patience with the process. We are very excited and hope you all plan to attend the Open House and Spring Program on Monday, May 4th from 6-8 pm. This will be a great opportunity to see the entire building and enjoy food and fun. **Reminder** If you plan to have pizza and drinks please return your form (sent in your child’s folder earlier in the week) and money to your teacher by May 4th. There will also be a bake sale that night that you can purchase yummy items.

· Silent Auction baskets – Will be on display all next week in front of the SCDC office area. Bidding will not begin until Monday, May 4th and will end at a set time at the open house. The baskets are awesome!!

Here’s what’s up next week:
· Family Chapel 9:15 in the sanctuary

Mon.- Rainbow, Orange &Green
Wed. – Yellow & Blue
Fri. – Sky Blue, Purple & Red

· Faith Creations will be here all day on Monday & Wednesday in the area in front of the SCDC offices. 10 % of her sales will come back to SCDC. She hand makes beautiful faith based jewelry that you can check out at www.faithcreations.shutterfly.com

· Wednesday – Fire Drill 10:00 am

Here’s what’s coming up in May:
May 3rd – New education building dedication immediately following the 11:00 a.m. service
May 4th – 8th – Staff Appreciation Week
May 4th – Spring Program & Open House 6-8 pm
May 6th – Ms. Natalie’s Birthday & Fire Drill
May 10th – Ms. Tori’s Birthday
May 11th – Graduation Pictures with Kathy Walden (More information to come)
May 13th – SCDC Field Day
May 20th – All classroom end of the year parties
May 22nd – Graduation and Last Day of School
· Graduation will begin at 11:00 am in the sanctuary and a catered luncheon will follow (more information to come)

As you can see we have a lot of things coming up in the next few weeks! The children have had fun this week with the story of Noah and talking about their pets and some classes oceans. I asked the children today to look for rainbows in the sky after it rains and remember God’s promise to all of us! Have a great weekend!

Lisa