We had a great last week talking about different helpers in our community! A BIG thank you to Dr. and Mrs. Szekely, Trooper Franks, and Mr. Brown for coming in and talking to our preschoolers this week. To hear about all of these adventures and more, please check out the newsletter! :)

April 23, 2010

Also, be on the lookout for pictures from this week to be posted soon!

Scholastic Books
If you would still like to put in a book order, I am extended the deadline through this weekend. Please put your order in by Monday. This will be the last chance to order this school year. I appreciate all the orders because it allows us to get more books and supplies for our classroom!

To order online, go to the Web address below and enter our class’s personalized user name and password in the sign-in fields on the right side of the page. Note: You do not need to create your own user name and password.

www.scholastic.com/bookclubs

User Name: preschoolstfrancis
Password: preschool

PreK Parents

Getting ready to enter Kindergarten? St. Francis is offering two exciting summer workshops concentrating on math and reading readiness skills. All are welcome! Please sign up early to reserve your spot. A Math Dr. Seuss workshop is being offered July 19th-22nd, 9 am – 12:00 pm. Or, join us for our beach themed Language Arts camp July 26th-29th, 9 am – 12:00 pm. Check out the flyer for more information.

Kindergarten Summer Workshops

Photos and a Video

The Penguins trying some bread after learning how a baker bakes bread.

The Seals being bakers and showing off their B cookies!

These Seals are pretending to be community helpers!

The Polar Bears reading their sentences!

Community Helpers

What a great week we had learning about community helpers. Please check out the newsletter to hear all about what we did!

April 16, 2010 Newsletter

We look forward to learning even more about community helpers next week!

A couple of reminders:

• If you would like to order books from Scholastic, please do so by next Friday, April 23rd. This will be our last time ordering this year. I included the June order form online, as well as May's.
• Please don't forget about our Mother's Day celebrations. More information down below from April 9th.
• If your child has a summer birthday and you have not yet set a date to celebrate in the classroom, please do so soon!

Scholastic Book Orders

Place Your Book Club Orders Online
It’s Convenient, Easy & Secure

Dear Parents,

This month’s flyer from Scholastic Book Clubs features some terrific new books—along with some time-tested classics—that your child is sure to enjoy reading.

Please take some time to explore the flyer with your child. Make your selections and return the order form to me along with your payment.

Or, give online ordering a try!

It’s fast, easy, and you get instant access to hundreds of additional titles plus online-only specials and discounts. Best of all, our class earns a FREE book for our classroom library every time a parent places their order online!

To order online, go to the Web address below and enter our class’s personalized user name and password in the sign-in fields on the right side of the page. Note: You do not need to create your own user name and password.

www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
User Name: preschoolstfrancis
Password: preschool

Shop online to get instant access to over 500 additional titles plus online-only specials and discounts. Of course, you can always use the printed flyer instead and have your child hand in a Book Club order form and payment at school.

Thank you for continuing to help our classroom earn FREE books. Remember, every time a parent places an order online, we earn a FREE book for our classroom library!

Go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs now to get started.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,


Jenny Noward

Spring Happenings

Here are some pictures and a video from the past week!

Happy Friday!

April 9, 2010 Newsletter

Mother's Day Celebrations - Each class will be having a Mother's Day celebration in May. Since the celebration will be in our classroom, space is limited. We are asking that each student only has one guest. If Mom is unable to attend, please feel free to invite Grandma, Aunt or another special female. We are looking forward to sharing this special holiday with you!

• Seals' Celebration will be Tuesday, May 4th, 11:00-11:30 a.m.
• Penguins' Celebration will be Friday, May 7th, 11:00-11:30 a.m.
• Polar Bears' Celebration will be Friday, May 7th, 2:30-3:00 p.m.