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N E W S LE TTE R
D E C E M BE R
2012
Explorer’s Club Information: Paying it Forward
December 24 - January 4: Pay it
Forward Holiday Camp; What
better gift to give this season than
“the gift of service.” Juniors and
Seniors will be paying it forward
by participating in community
service projects that will help
those who do not expect assistance
and simply cannot meet their own
needs.
December 3-21: School-age
Explorer’s Club Adopt-A-Family
Project; Each Explorer’s group
will adopt-a-family. Gift donations
Q uic k Reminder!
2012
will be collected December 3-21
to be delivered to families
December 22.
December 3-31: They will host a
bake sale every Friday in the
month of December. Proceeds
collected will go to the San
Antonio Humane Society.
visiting the San Antonio Humane
Society.
In This Issue
December Activities
Random Acts of Kindness
Their field trips during the holiday
break will also be service related.
On December 27 they’ll be going
to the San Antonio Food Bank and
on January 2 and 3 they’ll be
Holiday Hours:
12.24.12: Close at 3pm
12.25.12: Closed
12.31.12: Close at 3pm
1.1.13: Closed
Delicious Cookie Recipe
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December Activities
December 1: Eat a Red Apple Day
December 7: Letter Writing Day
December 8: National Brownie
Day
December 13: National Ice Cream
Day; San Antonio Fire Department
presents “Basic Fire Safety with
Sparky the Dog” – Rooms 450550; Suite 600 Field Trip to
Downtown San Antonio, 10-11am
December 14: Suite 650 Field Trip
to Downtown San Antonio, 1011am
December 17-21: Holiday Spirit
Week (see below for details)
Kids R Kids Named
Pre-K Center of
Excellence!
Why Does a High Quality
Educational Preschool
Program Matter?
Kids R Kids of Liberty Field
Named Pre-K Center of
Excellence. Based on the
statewide Kindergarten Readiness
System (KRS) methodology, the
Texas Education Agency (TEA),
in partnership with Regional
Education Service Center (ESC)
17 has given Kids R Kids its most
recent award: Pre-K Center of
Excellence. The purpose of the
KRS system is to measure and
recognize the effective practices
already in place in Pre-K
programs and the impact these
practices have on student
achievement.
When children begin learning with
the best possible educational
experience, it gives them a
superior education start. In the
past, most people believed that
children should start their
educational experience in
Kindergarten. Today, we know
that waiting to start school in
Kindergarten puts children behind
their peers educationally and adds
the extra strain of trying to play
“catch-up.”
We strive to deliver the highest
quality of education to our
students. Due to the exceptional
standards we place on our Early
Childhood Education Programs,
we have received numerous
awards this past year for our
outstanding accomplishments in
this area.
December 18: Bake Cookies Day
December 20: Go Caroling Day
December 21: Parents Night Out,
7-11pm
December 22: Parents Day Out,
10am-2pm
December 24: KRK CLOSES @ 3
December 25: KRK CLOSED
December 31: KRK CLOSES @ 3
January 1: KRK CLOSED
Q uic k Reminder!
Dear Parents: Please do not park
in the pass-through lane in front
of our building (the lane farthest
from the building.) When
someone parks there, it stops the
flow of traffic for parents who
want to pull through to the other
side and park. We’ve had some
parents voice concern over this
and would like to make drop-off
and pick-up as convenient as we
can for ALL parents. Thanks in
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Random Acts of Kindness:
Teaching Your Child to
Pay it Forward
A random act of kindness does
not have to be a major
production. Kindness comes in
many different shapes and sizes
– and it is free. Teach your kids
by doing, but also plan some
actions with your child. Talk
about nice things that you can
do for others. Try some of
these "random acts of
kindness" with your child:
-Let someone go ahead of you
in the checkout line.
-Smile at people and say “good
morning” or “hello.”
- Tape the exact change that is
Reminders and Updates
Holiday Spirit Week
Monday, 12/17: Crazy Tie Day
Tuesday, 12/18: Santa Hat Day
Wednesday, 12/19: Support Our
Troops This Holiday Season
(Camouflage Day)
Thursday, 12/20: Polar Express
Pajama Day
Friday, 12/21: Kids R Kids Spirit
Day (wear a school t-shirt) and
Classroom Holiday Parties
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Parents Night Out will be held on
Friday, December 21, 2012, from
7-11pm. Cost: $15/child, and an
additional $5 if you’d like to
arrive at 6:30pm.
Parents Day Out will be held on
Saturday, December 22, 2012,
from 10am-2pm. Cost: $15/child.
These are great opportunities to do
some holiday shopping!
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Parents - When making tuition
payments, please indicate the
name of your child on your check
or credit card receipt (both their
first AND last name). This helps
us to get your payment into the
correct account. Thank you!
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Cody Harris Photography will be
onsite to take holiday photos. See
the front desk for more
information.
Monday, December 10: Infant – 2s
8:30 – 11:30am
Friday, December 14: 3s – Pre-K
8:30 – 11:30am
needed for a soda on a soda
machine. If you like, add a
note, "This one's on me!"
-Visit a retirement home.
-Tell someone you love them.
-Do something nice for
someone when they are ill like
wash their dishes, cook a meal
or tidy up their house.
December Books!
The Three Snow Bears –
Jan Brett
The Lion and the Mouse –
Jerry Pinkney
How the Grinch Stole
Christmas – Dr. Seuss
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
The Snowy Day – Ezra
Jack Keats
Snowballs – Lois Ehlert
Katy and the Big Snow –
Virginia Lee Burton
Snow Crazy – Tracy
Gallup
Sam the Snowman – Susan
Winget
The Biggest Snowman
Ever – Steven Kroll and
Jeni Bassett
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W atc h U s!
Simple Sugar Cookies
December 18 is Bake Cookies
Day. Bond with your child in the
kitchen!
- Bake 7-8 minutes until just
starting to brown around the
edges.
Ingredients
1 cup softened butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
Dough can also be rolled out to
use cookie cutters. This is a great
way to make Holiday Cookies.
Use Alphabet cookie cutters to
make edible educational cookies
for school.
Instructions:
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees
-In a large mixing bowl, cream
butter, sugar, egg, and vanilla
extract, until blended. Add flour
and baking powder and mix well.
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These Simple Sugar Cookies are
great with or without frosting.
Food coloring can be added to the
dough before cooking to make
sugar cookies of all colors.
Enjoy!