I, once again, will be absent for a bit while I tend to my brother Mark's funeral arrangements. I know some of you wanted me to post details of Mark's arrangements, so here they are:
Viewing for Mark will be at N.J Hogenkamp Funeral home in Minster Ohio on Sunday May 5th. The funeral mass will take place at St. John Catholic church in Maria Stein, Ohio on May 6th. Tuesday I will be helping my sisters close his house down. I will be back on Wednesday. Thank you so much for the prayers as well as the continued support and love through this difficult time. You and your children are such blessing to me. I thank God everyday that they are in my life. There little faces and hugs help so much. I want to give a HUGE thank you to Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Wright, and Mrs. Martin. These ladies have taken wonderful care of the preschool, the well-being of the children and teaching the children in my absence. I thank you ladies from the bottom of my heart! God's blessing to you all!
New Playgroung Equipment !!!
With our Catholic Foundation Grant monies we were able to purchase many new and different sized tricycles as well as a Step 2 climbing summit. We will also be installing the spring dual teeter totter that I purchased last fall from the Project Round-Up grant. Newark Catholic students helped out with digging the (very large) hole for its installment today for their St. Joseph the Worker Day project. The Newark Catholic students also helped clean and rake the preschool play yard today as well. Thanks goes to Newark Catholic students: Rachel Bloom, Kat Bowman, Spencer Chapman and Caleb Burd for their hard work. (Yes...Mrs. Bloom and I lay claim to the Bloom and Burd students :)The Winner of the Thirty-One Fundraiser is....
Micheala Gress! Sister of Andy (penguins)and Jack (seals) GossettYEA!!!The Winner for the most tickets sold is...Joanna and Veronica Bailey!! YEA!! CONGRATULATIONS goes to Micheala ,Joanna and Veronical! Great work everyone for this fundraiser. We appreciated everyones support and efforts that sold tickets. A big THANKS goes to Jenalyn Shafer's mom Kelly for organizing and running this fundraiser. We so appreciate your work and efforts for our preschool. We cherish the help and support we get from our parents!
USBORNE BOOK FAIR COMING Soon!
With summer break just around the corner...and I do mean..just around the corner with only 3 weeks left, our preschool will be providing parents a GREAT opportunity to encourage beginning literacy to your precious little learners. We will be holding an Usbourne Book Fair the week of May 13. We will have a display table out with the many quaility books that you can obtain from Usbourne. You can also order online as well. Our preschool will also obtain free books for our classroom library with your purchases. If you have any questions about what Usbourne is or questions about ordering, please feel free to talk with Mrs. Burd. On a personal note, I LOVE Usbourne books. They have great non-fiction , fiction, and interactive books. My own children love reading these books. Lots of great learning in them! I encourage you to stop by the display and take a look.Our Butterflies!!! AND our Upcoming Theme!
We have BUTTTERFLIES!! At last, the class chrysalises have emerged to beautiful butterflies!3 of our painted lady butterflies have hatched! We will hold them for about a week or 2 and then we will take them out and let them go. The children have learned so much about the life cycle of a butterfly. I hope they are sharing lots with you at home.Our theme next week will take a "summer-y" turn. We will begin studying about Oceans and Ocean Animals. We will be learning about different animals and comparing different animals of the ocean.
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL WATER DAY!!
This year our last day of school theme will be WATER DAY!!! On your child's last day of school, students are asked to wear swim type clothes (girls -a 1 piece swim suit and cover-up & boys- swim short type trunks and either a swim shirt or a tshirt that can get wet ) We will have water games, little pools, and some yummy snacks.Before I go out and buy little pools, if any parent could lend us your small plastic pools for a couple of days, we would appreciate it. We will need about 3 or 4 total pools. Please let Mrs. Bloom or Mrs. Burd know as soon as possible. Thanks!
Clothing and Shoe Dress Code Reminder:
Just a reminder, that as it gets warmer, if girls choose to wear a dress, they MUST have little shorts underneath their dress. This is a modesty policy.Also, we also remind you NO sun dresses or spaghetti strap shirts. This is also a modesty policy.
Shoe policy in our handbook also states that all sandles/shoes must have a back strap or back support as well as the toe covered. Please be considerate of our dress code policies. These policies are put into place for the safety and consideration of your child. We are an active preschool so we want every child to enjoy and be safe with all the physical activity that goes along in an "active" preschool setting.
In Conclusion:
May you all enjoy the BEAUTIFUL weekend. May it be safe and joyful!
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 
Romans 15:13
Mrs. Burd and Mrs. Bloom
