WENDY'S NOTES

. . . from the desk of the Director

NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER

Dear Parents,

Thank you to everyone who participated in the catalog fundraiser last month. (We will add those proceeds to the fund for our next special playground project.) We expect those items to arrive and be distributed to you the week of Thanksgiving. We also appreciate those of you who have purchased the Entertainment Book ($20) and ongoing Scholastic Book orders. These small fundraisers help us out with our budget.

Did you know that we have a library? You may have noticed shelves full of books when walking through the office to the yard. We are grateful to parent volunteers Christine and Allison who have spent several days on organizing and cataloging books for us, and have it ready for moms who want to stop in (with or without their children) to peruse and borrow books for children or parenting books for themselves.

I’d like to remind parents to please not use their cell phones while in the parking lot and while dropping off and picking up children. There have been some near-misses due to cell phone use while driving, and we want you to be aware and pay attention to the children especially around the school grounds.

Our Parent Seminar on “Setting Limits” was very well received, and so we are looking forward to scheduling more of these talks. Lots of good information was shared, and parents were given direct answers to solve some issues. We hope you’ll plan to come to the next one after the holidays.

Pizza Night at Casa di Pizza is Tuesday, November 4 (after you VOTE!). Please note that school will be closed on Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran’s Day – And we’ll be closed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Thanksgiving week, November 26, 27 and 28.

Looking ahead to next month, please mark your calendar for Wednesday, December 17 for our Christmas program! This is a change from usually having it on Friday so we want to give you plenty of notice. We’ve also scheduled a “Parent’s Night Out” for Friday, December 5 and will send out a sign-up notice later this month.

Finally, during this month until Tuesday before Thanksgiving, we will collect nonperishable items to donate to the Guadalupe Center, a food pantry near our Preschool. Your children may want to bring items to put in the collection box in their classrooms. In this way we’ll be showing how we can share with others who are in need.

We wish everyone a wonderful season of Thanksgiving!

Wendy