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CLC Quarterly
Volume 4, Number 1
CLC ACHIEVES MISSOURI
ACCREDITATION
Midwest Rifle Master
Benefit Challenge
CLC is hosting a 2nd annual precision
marksman, sporting event coming
March 8—10 with an amateur event
slated for March 16. The event draws
professional and competitive riflemen
from around the country, including the
top-ranked shooter in the United States
this year. This year the event is a
sanctioned Precision Rifle Series (PRS)
match with 70 competitors.
The
contenders were blown away by the
organization,
hospitality,
and
accommodations of last year’s event.
Please consider helping in the
preparation of side dishes and desserts
for the competitors. We will have a
sign-up sheet later.
If you are
interested in finding out more
information about the amateur event,
contact coordinator, Brian Butts, at
[email protected].
After a 3-year self-study, enrollment in Missouri’s Accreditation
Project, an on-site evaluation by the state’s accreditation director, and
numerous hours of training and college coursework, Children’s
Learning Center has achieved accreditation.
Missouri Accreditation functions in areas beyond the scope of state
licensing for early childhood and school age programming. To
receive accreditation, a program must exceed the minimum licensing
requirements. Missouri Accreditation focuses on qualitative aspects
of the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth
opportunities made available to children enrolled in center-based,
home-based, school age care and education programs.
With CLC being the only center-based program in the Camdenton
area to hold Missouri Accreditation, we remain the proven leader in
high quality education and care for infants, toddlers, and
preschoolers.
Save the Date!
PNO
Early Release
FEBRUARY 8
6:30PM—10PM
FEB 11, MAR 11,
APR 8, MAY 13
CLC Staff
Meetings. Center
closes at 5PM.
Parent’s Night
Out! Don’t miss
this!! See article
on back page.
President’s Day
Parent-Teacher
Conferences
Spring Break
FEBRUARY 18
MARCH 12
11AM—6PM
APRIL 1—5
CLC will be closed
in observance of
President’s Day.
Spring Conferences
to discuss your
child’s progress.
Spring Break 2013.
CLC closed.
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THE
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LOREM IPSUMS
WINTER 2012
Winter Weather
Colder weather means the chance for school cancellations
and the necessity to dress warmer for outdoor play
School Closings
CLC will close or release early due to inclement weather
when the Camdenton Public Schools are closed. Please
listen to the following local radio stations or Springfield
television stations for closings: KRMS 1150 AM, 93.5 FM,
KY3, KOLR 10, KSPR 33.
All therapies will be canceled, as well, unless other
arrangements have been made with the child’s therapist(s).
Dress For The Weather
CLC classes will continue to have outdoor recess as long as
the air temperature is 40º and the wind speeds are less than
15 mph. Please dress your children appropriately for the
weather, layering clothing most of the time. Sending hats,
gloves/mittens, and/or scarves is necessary. It is fun to
play in snow with a group of friends, so sending snow boots
would also be appropriate.
Stay Connected
CLC website offers variety of ways to stay in
touch and keep tabs on CLC
CLCforkids.org
If you want to stay in touch with CLC, your child’s
teachers, and classroom happenings, just visit our
website, www.clcforkids.org. It was redesigned last fall
and now offers the best opportunity for catching up on
all of the most current information. From classroomspecific blogs, center events/calendars including the
current menu, and fundraising/donation opportunities
to name a few. Classroom teachers email you links
directly to their blogs but you can also access them from
the website. At www.clcforkids.org you will also find
links to our Facebook and Pinterest pages. The Family
Handbook is there as well.
This website is a
comprehensive way to stay in touch with your child’s
school, their teacher, and their days here at CLC.
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WAYS TO PREVENT INFECTIONS THIS WINTER
When it comes to avoiding viruses, pediatricians say that these are four essentials.
By Sharlene K. Johnson from Parents Magazine
Vaccines
Good Food
In addition to making sure your child has a flu
vaccine, keeping her up-to-date with all her
regular immunizations will protect her from
pneumonia, meningitis, ear infections, and
whooping cough.
Serve a variety of fruits, veggies, whole grains,
dairy products, and other nutritious foods. If
your child gets less than 400 IU of Vitamin D
daily from her diet, she should take a
supplement. A vitamin D deficiency could
increase the risk of many illnesses, including
cold and flu.
Clean Hands
Wash them often—especially before eating or
after coughing or sneezing. Tell your child to
scrub with soap or use alcohol-based hand gel.
Also teach him to keep his hands away from his
eyes, nose, or mouth, says pediatrician and
Parents advisor Ari Brown, M.D.
Sleep
Well-rested children are less likely to get sick, so
make a regular bedtime non-negotiable. A lack
of sleep can disrupt the function of white blood
cells called T cells, which play an important role
in helping fight off infections.
Originally published in November 2009 issue of Parents magazine.
Too Sick For School?
CLC Board of Directors To Reevaluate Illness Form
The CLC Board will be reviewing the Illness Form and attendance
policy currently used by teachers when a child is observed by CLC
teachers to have illness symptoms. At issue is if/when should a
physician’s note be used to override the Illness Form information
and classroom teacher’s professional judgement. In the past
CLCs policy has been to defer to physician’s recommendations
when it comes to matters of illness and attendance in school
rather than the Illness Form recommendations. Parents will be informed of the Board’s decision. In the
meantime, take this quiz (http://www.parents.com/kids/too-sick-for-school/?psrc=R12124SI7739R710SHb)
provided by Parents magazine to help you determine if your child is too sick to go to school or childcare.
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THINK SAFETY
Emergency & Evacuation Plans
Children’s Learning Center developed a
comprehensive emergency plan in 2011 to assist
in protecting the health and safety of the children
in their care should disaster or emergency, be it
natural or deliberate, affect the facility, operation
or its community. The safety of the children and
staff is the primary goal of CLC. Safety and
security is a responsibility shared by both
Children’s Learning Center and its employees. It
is our policy to provide safe working conditions
for our employees and safe facilities for our
employees and the children who are our clients.
backpacks contain any necessary medication,
including insulin and Epi-pens, for currently
enrolled children, first aid supplies, sanitary items,
snacks, child appropriate entertainment,
flashlights, portable radios, weather band radios,
batteries, and child and staff emergency contact
information. A first response checklist has been
developed to help guide CLCs response to
emergency situations.
At this time the Emergency Management Agency
for Camden County has been informed of
Children’s Learning Center and their needs. The
EMA will handle any back-up service for food or
shelter in times of widespread emergency. EMA
will not provide transportation but instead rely on
the staff of CLC to transport children to their
EMA designated safe shelter area in cases of
widespread emergency.
In cooperation with state and local emergency
management officials CLC has formulated
Shelter in Place, Lock Down, and Evacuation
procedures for a variety of emergency situations.
Information about the evacuation procedures as
they relate to natural disasters was included in a
letter in your child’s Enrollment Packet. Specific
emergency procedures in relation to deliberate
acts remains confidential among administration,
staff, and the Board of Directors and is
formulated with input from local law officials.
CLC is in contact with local emergency officials,
law enforcement and public works personnel to
aid in our disaster preparation.
Staff are educated on CLCs emergency plans,
what role they will play during emergencies,
procedures for responding to various emergencies,
using fire alarms and fire extinguishers during
annual orientation programs and in monthly staff
meetings.
Missouri accreditation regulations require
monthly fire drills and a monthly rotation of
tornado/earthquake/intruder drills. Children’s
Learning Center has followed these requirements,
which are more extensive then Missouri licensing
regulations, since October 2012.
In a widespread disaster CLC is prepared to care
for the children and adults in our facility until
assistance arrives. Our emergency supplies are
stored in one location, easily transportable to our
safe room or another location if we must
evacuate. These supplies are updated every six
months.
Children’s Learning Center takes the safety and
security of our employees and the children in our
care very seriously. Although impossible to
anticipate every possible emergency scenario,
with the assistance of local authorities our
protection is better ensured.
Each classroom and the office are supplied with
an emergency backpack that includes supplies
and CLCs emergency plan. The emergency
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PNOPNOPNOPNOPNO
CLC will once again be providing a night out for our
hardworking families. Proceeds from this event will support
the CLC General Operations Fund. Friday, February 8 from
6:30—10:00 PM parents can drop off their children, ages birth12 years, at CLC. Staff, as well as volunteers, will be
available to care for the children. There will be age
appropriate craft activities, games, a hearty snack, and the
ever-present movie entertainment. Cost is $10 per child.
Space is limited to the first 8 children under 2 years of age and
the first 25 children ages 2-12 years. Reservations will not be
taken after Tuesday, February 5th.
Happy Winter!
Children’s Learning Center
88 Third Street
Camdenton, MO65020
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