Hello top-notch preschool parents!
What an phenomenal open house today! Wow... it was so great to see all the new and returning students. I loved that grandmas, grandpas, and the godparents that came too. What great supportive families you have. God has certainly blessed you all.
I want thank all the parents that brought in their paperwork. This certainly makes my record keeping much easier so I really appreciate it. If you have overlooked or forgotten about the state required paperwork, I will send a reminder home in your child's folder.
Every child must have in their file, the following: Birth Certificate, Social Security card, Baptismal cert. (if not baptized at St. Francis), photo authorization form, authorized pick-up form, emergency contact form, official and updated registration form, medical form, and of course, yearly updated immunization and physical form. I keep very close eye on those expiration dates on the medical forms. When your immunization/physical form is a month away from expiration, I will send a reminder of when it expires and when your new form must be in. If you do not immunize your child, you must have an updated exemption form on file. Those forms can be obtained from me. Please understand that I am very vigilant on these forms as they are state-mandated requirements.
Also, thank you so much to the families that brought in their Clorox wipes! We strive to keep our classroom very clean and TRY very hard to prevent communicable sicknesses. We try our best to keep your precious ones healthy! You may have noticed that we also have bottles of hand sanitizer around our classroom. Of course this by no means takes the place of hand washing but when the children sneeze or touch their noses, we do ask them to use hand sanitizer.
DRESS CODE:
Many parents asked about if our preschool has uniforms. We do not reqire the children to wear uniforms however there are a few policies I want to highlight:ALL children and staff must wear closed-toed and back-supported shoes. Crocs and sandals with straps supporting the back with closed toes are acceptable. Jeans, shorts, exercise pants/sweat pant are also acceptable as well.
If the girls wear dresses, please have them wear little shorts or leggings underneath. We sit on the floor during group calendar station and this just ensures their modesty a bit more. Spaghetti strap dresses are not permitted.
I understand that your young one may like certain clothes but just please keep in mind that we are physically active all day and we tend to get messy! I suggest that the dressy (Sunday type) clothes are kept for special programs and not for everyday.
I will be sending home a parent handbook on the first day of school (along with a sign off sheet that you have read our policies) so you are able to delve a bit more into our policies. PLEASE do not hesistate to ask if questions or concerns arise. My door is always open:)
DONATION of SLIDE SET!!
After our preschool was given the grant from the Round Up Foundation, I sent letters out to the area businesses for help with either discounts on equipment or, if they felted called, donations. A man from our area LOWES called today (Sunday) to say that he would give us a discount on some equipment and installment tools. He also personally donated a gently used slide set. It has a tube slide and a straight side! What wonderful "candy from heaven" this is! We will need to put the slide set together so I may be calling on willing parents to help me set this up. Thanks to Mr. Lennon from LOWES! God is so good!Start dates and times:
The start dates and times for the classes are as follows:SEALS: Tuesday Sept. 4th from 8:05am-11:00am
PENGUINS: Wednesday Sept. 5th from 8:05am 11:00am
POLAR BEAR: Tuesday Sept. 4th from 11:55am to 2:55 pm
Remember that we require you to accompany your child into the school at drop-off, wash their hands, have your child put their back pack and snack bags in their cubby and escort them to the classroom.
At pick-up time, preschool staff with bring your child to you to your car.
The MORNING classes will have their pick up line along Pearl Street on the side of the preschool door. The children will line up outside the door and we will bring them to you. Please do not get out of the car unless you need to meet with me. If this is the case, you will need to park in the sacristy parking lot and come to the preschool.
The AFTERNOON Pre-K class will differ a bit in pick up. We will still bring your child to you however the traffic pattern will follow the elementary pick-up pattern. I meet this week with the elementary principal to discuss how this will work. I will post details later this week to update on what this pattern will be. If you have a child that attends the elementary, we will have the elementary student meet up with your preschooler and we will load them together. I suggest that you do not come too early to pick up your afternoon preschooler (come as close to 2:55 as you can) as you will not be able to wait to long in line. Thanks for your patience with us on this.
Our prayers out to....
We will be praying for Makenzie Gebhart's mom as she will be delivering TWINS within the next couple of weeks! Makenzie is in our Penguins class. We will lift Mrs. Gebhart up in prayer so that things go smoothly and she has a stellar delivery! St. Gerard Majella...pray for us!Office hours this week:
I will be in the office until noon on Monday. I will be out of the office on Tuesday all day as I will be spending the day with my own children the day before they start school. I will hold regular office hours Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (8:00- 3:00). May your week be filled with wonderful blessings!God bless.
Mrs. Burd & Mrs. Martin
