Hello Beautiful Preschool Families!
I hope this note finds you doing well and everyone staying healthy! Lots of respiratory yuckiness going around all over St. Francis...not just the preschool. ;( We continue to lift up and pray for healing for all of our preschool friends who are out sick. We miss you!!!! Please continue to encourage your precious little one to cover their cough/sneeze and keep those fingers off their noses and mouths;)
SCHOOL DELAYS/CLOSING Policy due to snow/ice:
I just wanted to remind everyone about the policy of delay/cancellations. IF St. Francis Elementary has a 2 hour delay, there is NO morning preschool for that specific morning group that comes that day. IF St. Francis Elementary is closed, then the preschool is closed as well.
Please check the blog site if you are in question of anything. You will want to go directly to the blog site. Do not wait for the email for your notification. The email notification for our blog is a bit inconsistant. I strongly encourge EVERYONE to check the St. Francis blog site directly if you are in doubt regarding snow delay and or cancellation.
Hibernation Theme for the weeks of Jan 17 and Jan 23rd:
We wrapped up our Polar Animal theme last Thursday. Check out all the Polar work in the hall that your beautiful children have done!
**We are now starting our Hibernation theme. Lots of great things planned. Our Imagination Station has now become a "Hibernation station". We have a hibernation den set up with different books about hibernation and all the different animals that hibernate. If anyone happens to have a large refrig. size box you would like to donate for this station, we will happily take if off your hands;)
**The sensory table has sand in it so the children can build dens for the plastic bears and other hibernating animals.
**Hibernation Science!!
**Lots of great songs to teach(..Going on a Bear Hunt!) and super books to read regarding the different animals that hibernate.
**Next week (the week of Jan. 23) will have a day for "Hibernation day" where the children can wear their jammies to school, bring their favorite hibernating animal, and we will have popcorn and hot cocoa!
**Seals' "Hibernation Day" is: THURSDAY January 26th
**Penguins' "Hibernation Day" is FRIDAY January 27th
**Here is a silly story I share with the students about the meaning of hibernation.
I have a friend named Bernate who gets real sleepy when the weather gets
cold. Whenever I see her, I wave my hand at her and say Hi Bernate!
Usually the very young ones stare at me wondering why I told this goofy story but the older Pre-K's get it and think it is so ridiculous!
** Next week, your student will be bringing home a bear that they have painted. Their "homework" is to place their bear in a hibernating spot for the night. They are to bring the bear back and tell us where their bear has hibernated!
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK OPEN HOUSE:
St. Francis will have open registration and open house visitations on Sunday January 29 through Tuesday January 31. Families who are interested in our preschool or in the elementary school are strongly encouraged to visit our school. If you know of anyone who is interested or looking at preschools, we humbly ask you to invite your friends and family to visit us!
Optometrist Dr. Dietz visits Polar Bear class!
Last Thursday, Dr. Brett Dietz visited our Pre-K Polar Bear class. He discussed how he helps our community stay healthy. Dr. Dietz is also a parent of 3 beautiful girls at St. Francis and does the eye screening at kindergarten registration. Many thanks goes to Dr. Dietz and to our wonderful Polar Bears! They were perfectly behaved and asked great questions. My FAVORITE was when one student ask Dr. Dietz if he is "able to see through me with your glasses?"
ENROLLEMENT AGREEMENT:
Please make sure you return your enrollment agreement as soon as you can so we can ensure a spot for your child. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to come in and ask.
PARENT SURVEY:
Within the next week, I will be sending out a parent survey to all families. Please keep on the watch for this in your child's folder. This helps me tweek things in the program and improve as a teacher and director so our preschool continues to grow and improve. I humbly ask you to take some time to fill this out and return it to me as soon as you can. We appreciate you input;)
Concluding thoughts:
To all our little ones who are out sick, we will pray you get well quickly!
"My son, when you are ill, delay not, but pray to God who will heal you:"
Sirach 38: 9
