IUMC Preschool Newsletter
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IUMC Preschool Newsletter
IUMC Preschool Newsletter Mother’s Day Teas April and May 2016 This is a favorite day for teachers, students, and moms. The classes work very hard to make this a special time just for mom, and the kids love to get dressed up. They feel so proud for what they have accomplished. Be sure to mark your calendar, and make sure that a woman who is special in the life of your child can attend. This can be mom, grandma, aunt, neighbor, friend, etc. M/W/F Classes TEDDY BEAR– Friday, May 13th, 10:30 am, Parlor BUTTERFLY– Friday, May 13th, 10:00 am, LL123 PENGUIN– Wednesday, May 4th, 10:00 am, Parlor DOPLHIN– Monday, May 9th, 10:30 am, Parlor TURTLE– Friday, May 6th, 10:00 am, Parlor OWL– Wednesday, May 4th, 1:00 pm, Parlor Teddy Bear Butterfly T/TH CATERPILLAR- Thursday, May 12th, 11:00 am, LL123 TIGER- Thursday, May 5th, 10:30 am, Parlor LION– Tuesday, May 3th, 10:45 am, Parlor BUNNY– Tuesday, May 10th, 10:15 am, Memorial Lounge Graduations Tiger Bunny Penguin Dolphin Turtle Owl Caterpillar Lion Wednesday, May 18th Wednesday, May 18th Thursday, May 19th 10:00 am Sanctuary Reception to Follow 6:30 pm Sanctuary Reception to Follow 10:00 am Social Hall Reception to Follow IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 1 April 2016 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ART 16 GALA 6:30-8 pm 17 18 19 24 25 26 20 21 27 22 28 23 29 30 FUN WEEK IUMC Preschool Art Gala & Open House Friday, April 15th, 2016 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 2 May 2015 Sunday 1 Monday 2 Tuesday 3 4 Lion’s Tea 10:45 am Parlor 8 9 10 Bunny’s Tea 10:15am Memorial Lounge 16 17 Thursday 5 Penguin’s Tea 10 am, Parlor Owl’s Tea 1pm, Parlor 11 Dolphin’s Tea 10:30am Parlor 15 Wednesday 6 Tiger’s Tea 10:30 am Parlor 12 18 19 29 30 31 IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 Turtle’s Tea 10am, Parlor 14 20 Bunny Caterpillar Lion 10am 10 am Graduation Social Hall Sanctuary LAST DAY Tiger Turtle Owl 6:30 pm Graduation Sanctuary 24 7 13 OF SCHOOL 23 Saturday Caterpillar’s Butterfly’s Tea Tea 10am, LL1 & 2 11 am LL 1 & 2 Teddy Bear’s Tea 10:30am Parlor Teddy Bear Butterfly Penguin Dolphin 22 Friday 25 FOR T/TH CLASSES 21 Last day of school for all M/W/F classes. All classes, including the Owls, will dismiss promptly at 11:30 am. NO EDO 26 27 28 3 2016-2017 Registration & Scholarship Information We are continuing to accept registrations for next school year! Some of our classes are already full. Don’t get left out! Registration brochures are located in the main hallway on the Welcome Table. We have had an increase in parents interested in enrolling their children in multiple classes. If you enroll your child in a M/W/F class and a T/Th class, you will receive a 10% discount on the T/ Th class. Please remember, that in order to register for next year’s class, you must be current with this year’s payments. Scholarship applications for the 2016-2017 school year are available in the preschool office and are due back by July 31, 2016. If you are applying for financial assistance, go ahead and register your child for next year to ensure his/her place in class. We will notify you of your scholarship status prior to the beginning of the school year. Be sure to thoroughly fill out the scholarship application and include all required documentation. Incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant, and will only be considered upon completion. Any questions regarding the registration and/or scholarship process can be directed to the preschool office. Phone: 317-356-7232 Email: [email protected] Summer Adventure Program & Vacation Bible School Irvington United Methodist Church has scheduled the 2015 Vacation Bible School for June 20-24th. Information will be sent home in backpacks. If interested in volunteering, please contact Lori Steuer in the preschool office at 356-7232. Summer Adventure Program (SAP) information and registration forms are ready. A flyer will be sent home in backpacks. The 2016 SAP days will be July 11. 13, 15 and 18, 20, 22. Weather Changes Please remember, that as the weather warms, we will be spending more time outside. Please make sure that your child is dressed appropriately each day for the weather. This includes shoes that are safe for the playground. Open-toed shoes and sandals are hazardous on the playground. Also, if your child wears a skirt or dress, please have them wear shorts or tights that allow them freedom of movement and modesty on the playground. IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 4 Penguin Class The color of the month for April is purple, and our shape is a square. In April, we will be working on Art Gala, Mother’s Day surprises and Preschool Fun Week. practicing our graduation music, getting ready for our annual Penguin camp out, and, of course, preparing to say goodbye. We will begin Fun week by wearing our pajamas to class and cooking breakfast, my favorite! Wednesday day will be our music and Friday our spirit day. Our Mother’s Day Tea is Wednesday, May 4th, at 10:00 am, in the Parlor. This is a very important event for your child. Please make plans to attend, and please arrange a sitter for younger siblings. If you cannot attend, it is very important to send a grandmother or other special woman in your place. We would like to thank all of our parents in advance, for the success of our Preschool Art Gala. With the warmer weather, please make sure your child has a jacket and appropriate footwear for the playground. For May, we will review our shapes and colors. We will be finishing up Mother’s Day projects, working on evaluations, We are very excited and, also, saddened that we are coming to the end of our school year. It has been an absolute pleasure getting to know your children. We will miss them all dearly! A special birthday shout out to Mrs. Rudicel, Sophie, Amos, Trixie and all the Penguins who have summer birthdays. Mrs. Bridget Heffren Mrs. Mary Rudicel Our annual pretend camp out is in May, check bulletin board for details. Don’t worry, we “camp” right here at school, with tents, a “fire”, and even fishing!. This is a super fun event, so check backpacks for upcoming info. Lion Class Wow, can you believe our school year is almost over? We still have lots of great events before summer break, like our circus day, where we explore colors, shapes, math, science, and fun. On Thursday during preschool Fun Week, we will enjoy wearing hats and learn about music. If you have a musical instrument and/or a musical talent, we would love for you to share it with the Lion class, or the entire preschool. On Tuesday we will wear our pajamas and make breakfast. The month of May will begin our preparations for our Mother’s Day Tea Tuesday, May 3th at 10:30 am. This is a wonderful event for a special woman in your child’s life. In May, we will also explore nature and enjoy an all school IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 picnic. Our last day of school is the same day as the Lion class morning graduation. We are wishing God’s blessings on all of our preschool families! Thank you for a GRREAT year! Love, Mrs. Rudicel & Mrs. Reuhs 5 Caterpillar & Butterfly Class Winter is over and we are looking forward to spring! We will plant our green bean seeds in paper towels. We will put them in plastic bags and hang them in the window so we can watch the roots grow in the sun. We will be sending home our poster boards for our all about me project. We will use them for the Art Gala. Our lovely little friends, the caterpillars, will arrive soon. We will patiently watching them grow from caterpillar, to chrysalis, to butterfly. We are also working on special surprises for the Art Gala, Mother’s Tea and graduation. Graduation is rapidly approaching. We will miss all of our school friends during summer break! Ms. Linda & Ms. Shannon Teddy Bear Class Happy Spring! purple, oval and the number We can’t believe 8. We will be pasting 8 purple that the year is ovals in our books that we almost over! We have been working on all year. have discovered In May, we will be discovering so much about 9, black and white, and ourselves and our friends and reviewing all of the shapes we the world around us this year. have been exposed to all year. The verbal skills in our class are exploding right now! They are talking to each other and expressing their needs. In April, we worked on learning We are looking forward to Mother’s Tea!. Formal invitations will be coming soon. Miss Lisa and Miss Maeve IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 6 Owl Class I can’t believe the end of the year is almost here. We have been blessed this year with a truly unique bunch of children. Each one has something special to offer this world, and we are proud to have been part of that. Thank you for sharing your children with us. April hosted Spring, Easter and Butterfly Fun. Preschool Fun Week is the last week of April. Monday, the is Pajama Day and Breakfast. Please send your child in play appropriate pjs and footwear as we will go outside or downstairs to play. House shoes are OK for the classroom, but bring tennis shoes for play time. Wednesday, is Music Day. The children love seeing the many different instruments and hearing them played. Friday, is Spirit Day. LAST DAY OF SCHOOL: IS A 1/2 DAY. DISMISSAL IS AT 11:30 AM. Mrs. Bratton & Mrs. Lee Our Mother’s Tea preparations are getting started, and the children will be working hard to make a special day for their moms. Please keep in mind this is a special event for moms and their preschooler, so this is an early reminder to start finding childcare for siblings. Check parent board for further details! Dolphin Class The months of April and May will be busy with units on "Art", "Spring", "Bugs", and "Oceans". We will be observing the changes in our outside world, exploring how and why things grow, and we will even raise our own caterpillars into butterflies! We are also preparing for our Annual Mother's Tea Party and getting ready for the end of the school year. At the end of April, Preschool Fun Week will kick off with "Pajama Day" on Monday, followed by "Music Day" on Wednesday, and closing out the week with viewing a live performance of the book Brown Bear on Friday. Bunny Class Spring is here! It was lovely relaxing during Spring Break but we are glad to be back. We have so much planned for April and May: Art Gala, Fun Week, Mother’s Tea and graduation. The Bunnies continue to explore their world but now, more than ever, they are doing it together. Miss Lisa & Miss Maeve Mrs. Steuer and Mrs. Walk IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 7 Turtle Class Hi Turtle friends. March was loads of fun. All of our activities involved Dr. Seuss. In the month of April, we learned about Spring, how the seasons change and how the flowers and bugs come out. We will do a thematic unit on Eric Carle. Feel free to bring in your Turtle’s favorite Carle story. With this, we will have real life caterpillars and watch them grow into butterflies before we release them. Preschool Fun Week is the last week of April. Monday will be pajama day, Music Day will be on Wednesday, and Friday will be dress as a book character day. If you play an instrument, let us know! Please check the bulletin board for dates. We will have a thematic unit on the Skippy Jon Jones books and use our imaginations like him. We will have a Cinco de Mayo party to finish up our “Skippy” unit. We will take a walking trip to see “music man”. In May, we will be busy making gifts for our moms. Mark your calendars for our Mother’s Tea. Check backpacks for invitations! We are busily learning our song for graduation. We are really enjoying our time with your children and wish them the all the best next year! Happy birthday to Wynn in April! Mrs. McKiernan & Ms. Walk . Tiger Class Hi Tiger friends. March was loads of fun. All of our activities involved Dr. Seuss. In the month of April, we learned about Spring, how the seasons change and how the flowers and bugs come out. We will do a thematic unit on Eric Carle. Feel free to bring in your Turtle’s favorite Carle story. With this, we will have real life caterpillars and watch them grow into butterflies before we release them. Preschool Fun Week is the last week of April. On the Tuesday we will have pajama day and Thursday we will have music and dress like a book character day. See bulletin for details! We enjoyed our trip to the fire station. We are very busy with art projects for our upcoming preschool Art Gala and Open House. We encourage all family and friends to visit our classroom and see all the children’s wonderful creations! In May, we will be busy making gifts for our moms. Mark your calendars for our Mother’s Tea. Check backpacks for invitations! We are really enjoying our time with your children and wish them all the best next year! Happy birthday to Shawniace in April. Mrs. McKiernan & Ms. McGinley We’d like to give a huge thank you to Maggie and Sam’s Dad, Dr. Cloud for coming in with their dog Holden and helping us to become “junior veterinarians”! It was a great experience. IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 8 Preschool Action Committee News HELP MAKE YOUR CHILD’S PRESCHOOL EXPERIENCE EXTRA SPECIAL. VOLUNTEER! Our next PAC Meeting is Thursday, May 12th 12:30 pm, in the Parlor. Childcare is provided. If we want to continue to offer such amazing events as Dad’s Day and the Art IUMC PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER April/May 2016 We would like to send a big thank you to our hard working volunteers who made this year’s Art Gala such a huge success. Thank you to our awesome teachers who put so much heart into turning our children into artists. Thank you to all who attended ! 9