Week of November 23, 2020

 HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Mrs. McDonald and I are so thankful for your sweet little children and so incredibly grateful that we get to spend our days with each and every one of them.  Thank you for sharing them with us and entrusting us with their care.  They bring us so much joy each and every day! 💗🦃

We loved learning about the First Thanksgiving!

Our Little Engineers had so much fun hiding their turkeys

from the cooks in their amazing structures!

Sewing our Native American necklaces was so cool!

We loved sharing what we are thankful for during Show and Tell!

We are so THANKFUL for our playground!

Weekly Recap:  We loved learning all about the First Thanksgiving this week and about how grateful the Pilgrims were to the Native Americans for all of their help.  We also focused on what we are most thankful for and realized how blessed we all are!  Ask your little one to tell you all about it!  We started learning Letter Hh and had fun making and learning about Hippos and horses.  Ask your little one to gallop like a horse.  We were amazed at their galloping skills!!  We also made adorable get well soon cards for our favorite Principal, Mr. Dunnigan, who is in our daily prayers for a speedy recovery.

A Sneak Peak at Our Upcoming Week: This week we will be finishing up letter Hh, number 3 and squares.  We will be reviewing our letters as well as wrapping up some Thanksgiving activities.

Reminder: PreK-3 will be in session full day during the Main School's Conferences on Nov 23rd and 24th.  The Main Building will be having early dismissals during their conference days which will affect our Noon Dismissal. We ask that the families who pick up at noon to please join the Main Building Carline.  We will be dismissing your children from the Main School's Main Entrance during those days as well as on Nov 25th.  THE LINE IS LONG and WILL TAKE MORE TIME as well as a great deal of  patience.  The good news though, is that the main building will start dismissing at 11:30.  PreK however will dismiss at 12:00 but will be in the Main Building from 11:30 on to accommodate pick up with siblings.  Hopefully this will alleviate some of the anticipated congestion!  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.  Please refer to the note that come home with your child on Friday for more details.

This Week's Focus will be on:
Letters of the Week:  Hh and letter review Aa-Hh
Number of the Month: 3
Color of the Month:  Brown
Shape of the Month:  Square
November Themes:  Signs of Fall, Counting 0-3, Sorting, AB Patterns, Pumpkin Science, Thanksgiving, Families, Sharing
Religion:  Sign of the Cross, Simple Prayers, Grace before meals, Thankfulness, "My Family Cares For Me"

Show & Tell:  NO Show and Tell this week due to the shortened week

Dates to Remember:

November 23rd and 24th: Regular School Days for PreK/ Half Days for the Main Building.  Noon Dismissal from the Main Building, 2:30 dismissal from the Learning Center

November 25th: NOON DISMISSAL for all students- No After School Care- Dismissal from the Main Building starting at 11:30

November 26-27:  NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

December 5th: HSA possible Breakfast with Santa

December 18th (snow date Dec 21st):  TBD PreK Christmas Show with virtual audience info to follow
December 23rd: NOON DISMISSAL for all students- No After School Care
December 24- January 3rd: NO SCHOOL - Christmas Break

Happy Thanksgiving!

Paula Dobres