2008-2009 School Year Letters to Red Door Parents From

Ms. Murielle,  Ms. Luz, and Ms. Hermelinda

 November 21,  2008

This week, our main topic was "Thanksgiving". We were very busy preparing our decoration for the Thanksgiving Feast. During circle time, we learned vocabulary starting with the letter L.

On Monday:            The children colored inside the letter L.

On Tuesday:            They painted on a construction paper to make feathers for an Indian hat.

On Wednesday and Thursday: they decorated a turkey with tissue paper and feathers.

Friday:        They made a pilgrim hat.

The student of the week is Jacob Miller, Congratulations! Please bring a poster.

Little reminder: please label your child belongings especially when you bring something new (jacket, blanket, cups…) Thank You.

 A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS:

      Thank you to all the families who have sent in Publix Gift Cards to share with families in need this Thanksgiving season.  Those who donated, your child moved their heart onto the graph of giving for sharing their heart with someone else.  We will still be collecting gift cards in any amount until November 26^th.  Remember, lots of little donations make a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast!

      Thank you, thank you, thank you to Holly’s dad, Inaki’s Mom, Angeline’s Dad (from blue door) and Adelise’s Siblings Ramón, Leesia & Britney  (Yellow Door) for helping spread the mulch on the playground.

      A word of thanks for everyone who has turned in their already read magazines to recycle for others to read.  If you would like to borrow one, they are on the last set of bookshelves outside of Blue Door.  When you finish, just bring it back.

      Please plan accordingly…we will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28^th in observance of Thanksgiving.  Weekly parents are asked to please pay on Monday.

      If you plan to shop on line on “Black Friday” instead of standing in line at the store, please go through our portal to do your holiday shopping.

o       http://www.kidsforkidsacademy.com/shop%20to%20earn.htm

      Do you like to bake or to have great baked goods in your house around the holiday time?  If so, sign up to be part of the Great Cookie Exchange.  Here is how it works:

o       Sign up and bake 4 dozen cookies using your favorite recipe.  

o       Put 2 cookies in each zip lock bag with a label or insert in the bag with the recipe.

§         If you need our help, email us the recipe and we will print out 24 little inserts for you to put in the bags.  

o       Bring in the 24 bags on December 17^th.

o       We will but your bags on the assembly line and in return, you will get 24 different bags with other cookies and their recipes.  

November 14, 2008

This week the main topic was "Animals and their Babies". During Circle Time, the children learned the name of the different babies animals such as duckling, chick, cub, calf, colt, kitten, etc…. They also learned more vocabulary starting with the letter L.

 For the Art Project, the children made the following:

On Monday:            the children colored inside the letter K.

On Tuesday:            No school

On Wednesday:      They decorated a lamb with cotton balls.

Thursday:                  They made dog puppet bag.

Friday:                       They made a collage representing a mother duck and her ducklings.

 Welcome to our new friends Orlando Garcia.

A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS:

What a wonderful week we had!  Not only did our teachers enjoy getting a ton of new things for their class from the NAEYC conference, but I was happy to be back enjoying our students.  I especially had a great time at our Family Reading Night.  For those of you, who missed it, please consider joining us next month on December 4^th. 

We have a lot of things coming up in November.  We will be introducing our students to the Graph Of Giving as we teach them to share their hearts with someone else.  In November, we usually collect food and grocery gift cards for needy families outside of our school, but this year we have 6 families we have recently lost their jobs and are falling on hard economic times.  If you are able, we are collecting $5 Publix Gift Cards to help those families from our own school to have a Happy Thanksgiving.  Any child who brings in a $5 Publix Gift Card will move their heart onto the Graph of Giving on the Pantry Door.

For those of you who ordered cookie dough, it will be arriving on Wednesday, November 19^th.  Please plan to pick it up that day and either deliver it to the individuals you sold it to or have a place in your refrigerator or freezer until you can deliver it.  It is ok to refreeze or refrigerate, but we do not have space at the school to store it overnight.   In all, we raised $1400 on the sale, $850 will be used on a truck full of playground mulch and the rest will be used to enhance our multicultural toys and books in the classrooms.  If you are able to help in spreading the mulch, we are looking for help around noon Saturday.  Rakes, wheel barrels, and shovels are welcome!  If we have a lot of volunteers, it should take about an hour.

We will be holding a Family Turkey Decorating Event.  Please check your child’s mailbox for an outline of a turkey.  Use your creativity to decorate it any way you wish.  Some ideas include using beans, rice, feathers, buttons, or anything found around your house. Please return it before Monday, November 25^th so that we can hang them for all to see.  Be sure to write your child’s name and class on the back.

Finally, we will be holding Thanksgiving Feasts in all our rooms.  Please check your child’s class door to sign up to bring an item for the feast.  VPK sign up sheets will be on the pantry doors by the kitchen.  Families are invited to join us for this special day so mark your calendars.  Remember, we will be closed on Thursday, November 27 and Friday, November 28^th in Observance of Thanksgiving.

November  7,  2008

This week the main topic was "Rainforest". During Circle Time, the children discovered what kinds of animals live in the Rainforest: toucan, iguana, monkeys, snakes and much more. They also learned vocabulary that starts with the letter J.

For the Art Project, the children made the following:

On Monday:            the children colored inside the letter J.

On Tuesday:            they made a monkey puppet bag.

On Wednesday: they make a frog collage.

Thursday:   they made snakes with play dough (practicing rolling),

Friday:        they glued different parts of a toucan and decorated it.

The student of the week is Chloe Arana. Congratulations! Please bring a poster.

A special thought to Annalise who is sick. We hope she will recover very soon.

A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS

I am writing you from Dallas where I am attending the NAEYC conference.  I want to take a moment to thank my wonderful staff who has worked so hard in my absence to make sure things ran smoothly, especially Miss Jeanne who stood in for me, Miss Delly, and even cooked in the kitchen for Miss Maria.  I have learned so much at the conference that I can’t wait to share with the parents and staff.  I am always looking to improve my skills as an administrator since my primary training is as a teacher.  I had a chance to look at some great new innovative things for the classroom and made some purchases that I know the teachers and students will really enjoy.  One of the things I learned was how to put up a Staff Compliment Tree.  In the weeks to come you will see it going up.  I am asking parents to think of a compliment you can give to the teachers and assistants in your child’s class and turn it in to me on a post it note.  Each week, I will add the compliments to the tree.  It can be general or specific (I really appreciate it when I pick up my child and Miss X always hugs them as they leave the class.  Or I loved the monkey activity that was done in Miss X’s class this week.  My child really learned a lot.)  You can also mention a quality that makes the teacher special.  You will be surprised how special just a few words can make someone feel and it only takes a moment out of your day.  Also feel free to submit compliments for our office and kitchen staff.  If you do not have any post it notes, just cut out a 3 inch square of paper and use that.  I can’t wait to get back and see everyone on Monday.

October 31, 2008

This week the main topic was "HALLOWEEN" of course. During Circle Time, we talked about Halloween, the costumes and the colors Orange and Black. The children enjoyed hearing the "5 little pumpkins" poem.

For the Art Project, the children were very busy to make:

On Monday:            The children made a ghost with glue and wax paper but our little experiment didn't turn good for some of us.

On Tuesday:            The children decorated a pumpkin made with construction paper and we used some of them to decorate the classroom.

On Wednesday: They decorated a paper bag.

On Thursday: They made a collage to illustrate the "5 little pumpkins" poem.

On Friday:    On Friday we all participated in the Halloween Happening.  The kids went from room to room and participated in various events.  They made pumpkin bats, decorated and filled bags with candy for homeless kids, made Halloween necklaces, took part in a costume parade, decorated cupcakes, and watched Dora The Explorer Halloween.  A great time was had by all! The children were beautiful in their costumes.  Thank you to the parents who came to help us.

A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS

It was so incredible to have more than 40 parents volunteering at our Halloween Happening.  Thank you so much to those who came and helped at the event, but also to everyone who donated candy for the bags for the homeless (we made 150 bags), non candy treats for the Halloween parade, and mini pumpkins.  We hope you liked the Pumpkin Bats!  Also a special thanks to all the parents who took home pumpkins to put holes in and those who cut out bat body parts out of felt.  With Halloween behind us, we look forward to Thanksgiving and helping families who are not as fortunate as we are.  More details to follow!  In a few days, we should have the Halloween photos on our website.  If you took photos and bring them in on a disk, we can upload them as well.  For those of you getting a head start on holiday shopping, please remember if you plan to shop on-line, if you go to your shopping destinations through our website, our school can benefit from your shopping.  K-Mart on-line is even doing lay away!  To shop, click on the link below and then go to your favorite merchants.  www.shoptoearn.net/kidsforkidsacademy

October 24,  2008

The main topic of this week was "Colors". During circle time and story time, we stayed focused on the learning of the colors. We named and recognized colors on a poster and we also made matching game. The children extended their vocabulary learning words that begin with the letter I.

For Art activity, we made the following projects:

On Monday:            The children decorated the letter I with tissue paper.

On Tuesday:            They painted with different colors on a construction paper: The result was beautiful. We have real artists in Red Door!

On Wednesday:      They colored with chalk on a black paper.

OnThursday:                        They colored circles traced on a paper with do a dot crayons,

On Friday:                            They made a group painting: a rainbow handprints.

·          Our student of the week is: Isabella PUCCIO–Congratulations! (Please bring a poster).

·          Happy birthday to Hashem (10/26). 2 YEARS OLD!!!!!

A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS

We are so excited that now 85% of our parents are getting their communications through e-mail.  What a great way to save paper!  Please continue to check your child’s mailbox to get their free books and work for the week.   I also wanted to mention that we have had several parents who have lost their jobs in these hard economic times.  If you have a company that is hiring, please let us know so that we can try and help out those who need jobs.   Next Friday is our annual Halloween Happening!  It is a really fun day not only for our students, but for anyone who wants to come and help out at the school.  All kids expect green door are invited to come dressed up in costume.  Classes will travel from room to room doing different activities.  Parent volunteers will travel with their child’s class and assist.  When their class is watching the Dora Movie, those parents will help pass out treats at the Halloween Parade.  We are still short a few mini pumpkins, candy for the homeless bags, and non food treats for our students.  We will be accepting donations until Thursday, October 30^th.  We will be mailing the remaining school picture packets back on Monday so if you still want to purchase them, you have until Monday to do so.

HALLOWEEN HAPPENING SCHEDULE

October 17^, 2008

 This week, our topic was Friends and Family. During circle time, we talked about our best friend and about our family. We looked at our Family Picture Book and talked about the members of our family. We also learned vocabulary that starts with the letter H.

For Art, we did the following:

On Monday: the children decorated the letter H with tissue paper.

On Tuesday, they painted with their fingers on a fish paper shape.

On Wednesday, they decorated the fish.

On Thursday, they made rolls with play dough.

On Friday, they started to work on their family tree.

 Welcome to Paloma who joined our class this week.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Red Door Team – Ms Murielle, Ms Luz and Ms Hermelinda

PS: We are still collection the Family pictures pages and questionnaires. Please return them. Thank you

 A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS

What an exciting week we had together.  I think the highlight of the week was our Family Reading Night.  We had 33 families in attendance and everyone had a great time.  Next time I will have to make more cookies!  Below is a picture of everyone together.  If you missed this one, the next one will be on November 12^th.  Come early to get a good seat.  This weekend is our garage sale.  Please come by and shop or if you have donations, feel free to drop them off on Saturday morning.  Our next big event is our Halloween Happening.  If you would like to sign up to volunteer, it will be a fun morning.  It will start at 9 am and go until 11:30 in all classes except green.  We will be accepting donations of candy (for the homeless kids), mini pumpkins, and non-candy treat like fruit snacks, cookies, and small trinkets to pass out at our Halloween Parade.

October 10, 2008

The main topic of this week was "Bats". During circle time and story time, we learned interesting facts about bats: they sleep up side down, they can fly but they are not birds, they have fur and strong claws and they eat fruits and insects. We also learned vocabulary that starts with the letter G.

For Art activity, we made the following projects:

On Monday:      the children colored inside the letter G.

On Tuesday:      they made a collage (pasting the head and body of a bat)

On Wednesday: they make handprints to make the wings of the bat.

OnThursday:      they painted a piece of carton to make a bat mask,

On Friday:          they decorated a bat with tissue paper.

·          Our student of the week is: Amy CABRERA –Congratulations! (please bring a poster).

·          Welcome to our new friend Hashem who joined us on Tuesday,

·          Thanks to Felipe for his birthday party last Friday.

·          Our next topic is Family and Friends, SO YOU REALLY  NEED TO BRING BACK THE PICTURE FAMILY PAGE AND THE QUESTIONNAIRE.

A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS:

Our school is a very busy place these days!  If you have not already seen them, school photos are here.  You can purchase single sheets or the entire package.  Hopefully you saw the double sided flyer in your mailbox or on the front door.  Family story time is Wednesday, October 15^th from 7:00-7:30 pm.  This month we will be giving away a Halloween story.  If you cannot attend, you will find the story in your mailbox next week.  Also if you have not signed up for the Parents Night Out next Saturday, there is still space available.  Also happening next Saturday is our school garage sale.  If you have items to donate, we will have a truck here Thursday and Friday.  You can also drop off items Saturday morning.  Not only will we have a lot of stuff, but on the same day, Country Walk will hold there garage sale.  So, please donate and also come and shop…What a great way to recycle.  If you have not made an appointment with your child’s teacher to go over their progress, please make an appointment with them as soon as possible.  Finally, please be sure to see the back of this letter for information regarding our annual HALLOWEEN HAPPENING!  It will he held from 9:00 am – 11:00 here at the school.  It is a great time for parents to come and volunteer.

Join Us For The 4^th Annual

Halloween Happening

All children ages 2 and up are asked to come to school in their Halloween Costume with a change of clothing.  

(Please do not send guns, knives, or other weapons or toys)

 Students will rotate from room to room and participate in the following events:

Ø     Cookie Decorating

Ø     Mini Pumpkin Decorating

Ø     Dora Halloween video

Ø     Decorating and filling candy bags for Homeless Kids

o       Please donate a bag of candy for this activity

Ø     Halloween Art Project

Ø     Decorate Halloween Bags for Costume Parade

Ø     Costume Parade

o       Please send in any of the following NON CANDY ITEMS for the kids to get at the parade:

§        Fruit snacks

§        Mini bags of cookies or goldfish

§        Halloween gummies

§        Mini bags of pretzels

§        Halloween trinkets like:

·        Rings, bubbles, necklaces, or other age appropriate Halloween toys.

 We will also need parents to volunteer to hand out the treats at the Halloween parade. 

We are also looking for 4 parents in each class to donate 5 mini pumpkins.  They have them at Publix or at the pumpkin patches and range in price from $0.50 to $1.00 each.  We will need all pumpkins at the school no later than October 30^th.

October 3, 2008

This week, our main topic was "Garden". During circle time, we talk about the vegetables and fruits we could find in a garden. We also learned vocabulary that starts with the letter F.

Our projects for this week were:

On Monday:            the children trace horizontal and vertical lines in the letter F (the youngest only colored inside the letter.)

On Tuesday:            they made fingerspaint for our project on Wednesday.

On Wednesday: We made flowers out the fingerpainted paper and the children pasted them on a construction paper they previously colored in green.

Thursday:   they made flower with play dough.

Friday:        they made a vegetable and fruits garden (pasting activity).

 A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS:

We are about to begin doing the Ages and Stages Assessments with our students.  This is a screening tool that can help tell you how your child is developing.  Please see your child’s teacher to set up a 10 minute appointment to go over the assessment.  This assessment is done as a cooperative interview with the teacher.  Once the results are available, we will get them to you.  If you cannot arrange for a face to face conference, please call and arrange a phone conference.  It takes about 10 minutes to complete.

 We are still collecting donations for The Harbin Family who lost their home and their 4 year old son in a house fire.  Any donations are greatly appreciated.  To make matters worse, the hotel they are staying in was robbed.  The child’s funeral is on Sunday and they are still short $2500 to pay for it.  Please Help!  Cash of checks can be left at the front desk.  So far our school has raised $600.

 Todavia estamos collectando donaciones para la familia Harbin, quienes perdieron a su hijo de 4 años y su casa en un insendio.  Cualquier cantidad de donacion que puedan darles se le agradecera.  Como si no fuera suficiente, les robaron lo que tenienan en el hotel donde se estaban quedando.  El funeral del niño sera este domingo y necesitan recaudar $2,500 para poder pagarlo.  Por favor de ayudar !  Los cheques o efectivo se puede dejar en la oficina al frente.

 UPCOMING EVENTS FOR OCTOBER:

1. October 3^rd:  VPK SUPPLY FEE BILLED
2. October 7^th :  FIU FAMILY SAFETY CLASS:  , 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
3. October 15^th:  Family Storytime & Pajama Jam 7:00 pm – 7:30 pm
4. October 18^th:  Country Walk/School Garage Sale, please save us your unwanted items, they can be brought in October 16 & 17
5. October 18^th:  Parents Night Out 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm Reservations Required
6. October 20^th: Frozen Gourmet Cookie Dough Order Forms Go Home
7. October 31:  Halloween Happening- 9:00 am – 11:00 am (Parents Invited!)

September 26, 2008

The main topic of this week was FALL.

During circle time, we learned that in fall, the leaves change colors, from green; they turn red, yellow, orange or brown and fall down.

The projects of this week were:

Monday: The children decorated the letter E.

Tuesday: They made a tree handprint.

Wednesday: They decorated the tree with leaves they found in the playground.

Thursday:. They made leaves and tree with play dough.

Friday: They decorated a leaf.

The student of the week is: LEILA NUA – Congratulation! Please bring a poster

Attached to this letter, you will find a very interesting article about Potty Training. It may be helpful if you want to start potty training or if you already started. We have already 7 children who go every day to the toilets and they are doing great!!

Help Us Go Green, and register for a chance to WIN GREEN!

Many of you have told us that you are computer literate.   In an effort to save paper and be better to our environment, we are giving parents the opportunity to receive the Friday Letters via e-mail.  If you do not want to get the Friday letter by e-mail, but would like to get other info like upcoming event by e-mail, you can submit your e-mail and check the box below.  All parents who register their e-mail will be entered into a drawing for a one year family pass for Miami Metro Zoo.   Simply fill out the form below, cut it and return to the front desk.  If you would like to receive the e-mail at more than one address, list all addresses and we will send the letter to each one.

FIU FAMILY SAFETY CLASS STARTS NEXT WEEK

If you have a child who is between the ages of 3 and 5 there is still time to sign up for the FREE class being offered by FIU.  All participants must turn in a completed registration form in order to participate.  Forms are available at the front desk.

Signing in and Out

PLEASE remember in order for us to make a lunch for your child, you must sign them in on the computer.  Please also remember to sign out at the end of the day.

WELCOME TO BROWN DOOR

After much anticipation we are thrilled to report that our new classroom is completed.  There are still a few spaces left in our PRE-K program in you have friends who are interested.  I would like to thank all the teachers and support staff in the school who helped to make the transition to our new class so successful.

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If you are interested in getting your Friday Letter via e-mail, please fill out this form and turn it in to the front desk:

Child’s Name:______________________________________     Class___________________________

E-mail address:_______________________________________________________________________________

PLEASE PRINT

______ Do not send the Friday Letter, but send other  _____ I wish to get the Friday Letter by email      

announcements to my email.                                             as well as other announcements.

On Monday, Shamese Harbon picked up her Pre-K (4 year old) child and left him home with his grandmother and 12 month old baby brother for a nap.  She went to pick up her 4^th grade daughter from school and returned to find that her house had burned down.  Her mother and infant child were safe, but the 4 year old perished in the fire.  The family is left to deal with not only the loss of a child, but the loss of their home and all their belongings.  The Red Cross is providing a hotel for two days.  Kids For Kids Academy will be taking up a collection for the family which includes a boy and girl, both in elementary school, the mother, father, aunt, and grandmother who all lived in the home.  Mr. Davis and I will start the collection with $100.  We will collect for two weeks, please remember no donation is too small, a lot of small contributions will make a big difference.  If you are able, please send in either cash, checks made out to cash, or Publix, Walmart, or Target Gift cards to assist the family in starting over.  Let’s take this opportunity to count our blessings for all we have!

September 19, 2008

 This week, the main topic was Community Helpers. During the week, the children learned who community Helpers are, such as the firefighter, the policemen, the doctors, the teachers and the mailmen, etc. We also learned the letter D and the words that start with D (Dog, door, doll, diamond, Dad, dinosaur, etc..).

For Art, we were busy to make the following projects:

On Monday: the children colored inside the letter D with markers.

On Tuesday, the children made a police officer's hat.

On Wednesday, the children made a doctor bag.

On Thursday, they made rolls with play dough.

On Friday, they colored a firefighter hammer with mosaic squares.

The student of the week is Holly GORDON – Congratulations! (please bring a poster).

Happy birthday to Annalise (09/21) & Emilio (09/24).

 PS: We are still missing some Family picture pages and questionnaires. Please return them on Monday. Thank you

 A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS

Please note on the last letter the dates for upcoming events were listed as October.  The dates below are the correct ones.

September 23:  Picture Day for Rainbow and VPK

 September 24:  Picture Day ALL other classes, you many wear any clothing you wish.

September 12^,  2008

The main topic of this week was: Fire safety

 During circle time, we talked with the children about the danger of the fire. They learned what to do if there is a fire at home or in the school: GET OUT! and we practiced to dialing 911.

For Art activities, we made the following:

Monday: The children decorated the letter C.

Tuesday: They made a. smoke detector.

Wednesday: They painted the fire (they used the colors orange, red and yellow).

Thursday: They made a fire truck collage with shapes.

Friday: They made a firefighter hat.

Little reminders:

Please don't allow your children to bring toys or personal belonging (big or small) from home. They are sources of conflicts and tears. Our class is supplied with enough toys for everybody. Thank you.

 Check regularly if your child is provided with enough diapers, wipes and change of clothes. We usually put a note on the white board on the front door
Every Friday, check your mail box (outside of the classroom)
Please, bring back the questionnaire and the family page pictures.

 A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS:

Thank you to all the families who attending our parent meeting and open house.  If you did not attend, please see someone at the front desk for a copy of the powerpoint presentation.   If you did not sign up for the FREE FAMILY SAFETY CLASS being put on by FIU, there are still a few spaces available.    Please note the following upcoming events:

 September 17:  FREE MOBILE DENTAL UNIT (Miami Children’s Hospital)  If you would like your child to receive a FREE CHECK UP, please sign a consent form available at the front desk.

 September 20:  Parents Night Out:  $25 for the first child and $15 for each additional child.  Drop off children in their Pajamas at 6 pm and pick up by 11 pm.  Reservations required, a sign up sheet will be at the front desk on Monday.

 September 24:  Picture Day, you many wear any clothing you wish.

September 5th, 2008

This week, the main topic was apples. During the week children learned interesting facts about apples: where they grow, what colors are the apples, what kind a food is it? We also learned the letter B and the vocabulary starting with this letter. For Art activities, we made the following:

On Tuesday, he children colored inside the letter B.

On Wednesday, they assembled 3 pieces of construction paper to make an apple and glued it with the help of the teachers.

On Thursday, they decorate an apple.

On Friday, they painted with an apple.

Please, it's very important that you bring back the questionnaire and the family pictures for next week. Thank you for your kind cooperation.

PS: For next week, we will start to name every Friday the “student of the week”. When your child is designated as student of the week, we will ask you to make a poster with pictures of your child and family and bring it on Monday to be posted in the classroom.

A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS:

Open house is currently scheduled for Thursday, September 11^th at 7:00.  We will watch the weather to determine if it will need to be rescheduled.  Also please keep in mind that we follow the advisories of the Public School System.  In the event of weather emergency, will be open as long as it is determined safe for Public Schools to be open.  If Public Schools are closed, we will be closed as well.

August 29th, 2008

For the second week of school, the main topic was All about me, so we spent the week getting to know each other better. During circle time, we learned the Letter A and the words that begins with the letter A. For Art, we had a special project: making a book “all about me”.

On Monday, the children colored inside the letter A.

On Tuesday, they decorated the first letter of their first name.

On Wednesday, they painted with their fingers.

On Thursday, they colored on a construction paper.

On Friday, they made their handprints.

Many of you have asked me if we “potty train”: Yes, we do!. If you have already started at home, please bring pull ups and no more diapers ; we will be glad to go to the bathroom with your child.

 Be informed that we have made some changes in our daily schedule

Red Door Team – Ms Murielle, Ms Luz and Ms Hermelinda

PS: Please don't forget to return as soon as possible the questionnaire about your child as well as the page with the family photos.  A reminder, we are closed Monday for Labor Day.

August 22,  2008

It has been a real pleasure to welcome everybody in Red Door. It was a short week but we had enough time to know each other. Little by little, we will get use to the routine and the different activities of the day, such as Tabletops, centers, Art activities, circle time and story time. During all this year, we will help your child to grow and develop their fine and motor skills. But our immediate and main goal is to make them feel secure and happy with us. This week, the main topic was Back to school:

On Wednesday, the children colored and decorated a visor.

On Thursday, they made a friendship wreath (handprints).

On Friday, they colored on a construction paper.

Please note that our lesson plan is posted everyday on the door.

Attached, you will find a questionnaire, please fill it as soon as possible and return it to us. We thank you in advance.

We wish you a wonderful weekend.

Red Door Team – Ms Murielle, Ms Luz and Ms Hermelinda

A NOTE FROM MRS. DAVIS:

We would like to welcome back all our old families and sent a special welcome to our new ones.  We had a great turn out for the Family Fun Day.  If you were there, we took pictures that are on our website and you can take one copy off the pantry doors.  When you stop by your child’s class, please pick up the “My Family Page” and take it home.  Please return it to school as soon as possible filled with family photos.  We will be making a booklet to be kept in the Quiet Area for when students need time to reflect.  Sometimes having family photos is comforting to them.  If you have not gotten your copy of the school calendar, please see someone at the front desk.  The calendar has the food menus for the year as well as events that will take place at the school.  You will see on the calendar that the Oral Health Fee will be billed on August 25^th and must be paid by September 25^th to avoid late fees.  This fee, about $0.09 per day is to cover the cost of the disposable toothbrushes we use after lunch.    Also please mark your calendars now for our Open House on September 11^th.  The mandatory parent meeting will take place at 7 pm followed by classroom visitations.  This is the only event we have all year that is not very “Kids Friendly”.  If it is possible to leave one parent at home with your child, it would be a better experience for everyone.

2007-2008 School Year Letters to Red Door Parents From

Ms. Murielle,  Ms. Luz, and Ms. Lisette, Ms. Ivelisse

April 25th 2008

This week the main topic was "Earth". During circle time, we talk and learned how to take care of our environment such as: recycling, taking care of the trees and plants, throwing garbage in the trash can…. 

For art activity, we were busy to make the following:

Monday:   The children decorated the letter E.

Tuesday:   The children made the Earth (coloring and collage).

Wednesday:      The children made a drawing on a recycled paper.

Thursday and Friday:  The children made a book.

The student of the week is Sophia NUNEZ. Congratulations! Please bring a poster.

 UPCOMING EVENTS :

Monday May 12^th                Family Reading Night & Pajama Jam

Saturday May 17^th               Garage sale fundraiser, save up your items

 Friday, April 18, 2008 

This week the main topic was "Weather". 

For Art activities, we made the following:

Monday:    the children made an umbrella.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; the children made a wheel of weather.

Friday:        the children made a rain stick.

 The student of the week is: James VARGAS  – Congratulations! – Please bring a poster.

 UPCOMING EVENTS:

Saturday August 26^th         Parents Night Out 6:00-11:00 PM

Monday May 12^th               Family Reading Night & Pajama Jam

Saturday May 17^th              Garage sale fundraiser, save up your unwanted items

March 21,  2008

The main topic of this week was Easter. We had a very busy week preparing for our egg hunt:.

Monday: The children painted a shamrock to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

Tuesday: They decorated a paper bag.

Wednesday: They made bunny's ears headband and did gymnastics on the Fun Bus

Thursday: They went on an eggs hunt and had music with Miss Michelle.

Friday: They decorated and colored an egg shape.

Thanks to all the families who brought plastic eggs, our eggs hunt was so fun.

We have 2 new students this week: Anaiss Garcia – Welcome!

and …a little adorable bunny (we will tell you his name as soon as we find the perfect one).

Our student of the week is Anne Marie P