What a full week we have ahead!

Hello Wonderful Preschool Parents!

          WOW! What a great and full week we have ahead of us! 
This week we have our firefighter community helper coming in to speak with the SEALS and PENGUINS about fire safety.  The Pre-K POLAR BEARS will have their walking field trip to the firehouse for a tour of the 4th street Newark Fire Station. Please dress the children for the weather.  We will only not go if it is raining.   IF IT IS RAINING on Wednesday afternoon, our firefighter friend will come to us instead.
         On Thursday of this week, the Pre-K POLAR BEARS will also start chapel time.  Chapel time will be where I introduce the 5 year olds to children's Eucharistic adoration time, parts of the church, and have a time where we sing praise and worship to Christ the Lord.  The POLAR BEARS will have chapel the first Thursday of every month (except for October) from 12:30-1:00pm.
The PENGUINS will start their chapel time within the next month and have it on the first Monday of every month. 
I do not do an organized chapel time with the SEALS due to their young age, however, we do occasionally take the SEALS class into church and talk about reverence and how we act in church.  I also take them into the small day chapel and we talk about how Jesus is on the altar and do praise and song at this time.   We do this about 3-4 times within the school year. My experience in the past is that the 3 year olds are not quite ready for an organized chapel time every month.

DEVINE FARMS:

On Monday of next week the PENGUINS and POLAR BEARS have their field trip to Devine Farms.  ** PENGUINS will need to be to Devine no later than 9:00am as our tour is scheduled  soon after our arrival.  Our time at Devine will end at 11:00am
** POLAR BEARS will need to be to Devine no later than 12:30. Our time at Devine will end at 2:30pm.  If parents of elementary parents need to leave sooner to pick up your school aged child, that is perfectly fine as the last hour is free exploration time on the farm.
WE GO RAIN, SNOW, OR SHINE so please, please, please, dress for the weather. (I recommend mud boots if it is wet out)
***ALL children will need a snack and drink as we will be breaking for snack at some point of the tour.

BookMobile Visit the PENGUINS today!

     Today our Penguins got a very special visit from the Newark Library Book Mobile.  The children were able to pick out 3 books to check out to bring back into our classroom.  Once a month, the bookmobile will visit the preschool morning class.  Eventually, the children will be able to bring their choice books home but for this visit, I opted for them to stay in the classroom so all classes can enjoy them as well.  I would love for all the classes to be able to visit the Book Mobile however, they were only able to come to
St. Francis one time per month as their schedule is quite full.  This year it happened to fall in the morning. Hopefully, we can schedule more visits for next school year;)

PASTA Fund Raising:

The end of October, we will start our Fun-Pasta Fundraising Sale.  We have had a great success with this product. Our fundraising will last for about a month this school year.  I will have a sample pamplet from last year's fundraising out on small desk for you to look at. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to come on into the classroom to ask. 

REMEMBERENCE Tree:

Next week, we will send home leaves with your child.  These leaves will be for our Rememberance Tree for the observance of All Saints and All Souls Day.  You are invited to write down the names of deceased friends and family members for our classes to pray for during our observance of All Souls & Saints Day.  If you would like more leaves than provided, please let us know and we can get you more.  Please look for these starting next week in your child's folder. 

Speaking of folders....  Please try to remember to send some type of folder for your child in his or her back pack. This keeps projects and hard copy communications safe and able to reach you securely.  Also, please remember to check your child's folder frequently.  Thanks;)


  Concluding Thoughts...
       May your week be a beautiful and blessed one.  We thank you for your continuous support for their Christian education you all show your wonderful children.  I am seeing so much growth from them and I know it is because of your love and support.  We appreciate all you do.  May God bless your week.

                                                                       Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Burd
                                                                      " Overcome evil with good."
                                                                                       1 Peter 3:9