Dear XDC Families,
XDC Summer has been off to a great start! This week our theme is: “Olympics.”
Our next field trip (Kindergarten-5th grade) is on Friday, July 6th. XDC Kindergarten through 5th grade will be going to the Seattle Children’s Museum. *Please sign a permission form located at XDC front desk
Check out XDC Summer Field Trip pictures! (Woodland Park Zoo)
Dear XDC Families,
This is our second week of XDC Summer Camp! The theme this week is: “Rock Me Amadeus.” Tomorrow there is a Field Trip for Kindergarten through fifth grade!
6/20/18 MoPop Museum (formerly EMP)
Depart: 9:30AM
Return: 3:15PM
Cost is $20 cash per student. We are traveling by King County bus. Please bring a sack lunch and wear your Field Trip T-shirt!
Preschool:
Preschool will be going on a field trip on Thursday, June 21st. Preschool will be walking to Greenwood Library.
Depart: 10:00AM
Return: 12:30PM
Please wear your Field Trip T-shirt!
*All permission forms are located at the XDC front desk.
Dear XDC Families,
XDC is closed on Monday, January 15th. XDC will resume on Tuesday, January 16th. Have a great weekend!
Please see the below message from the NewsViews this week:
The school is asking for your prayer requests for one of our faculty members. We learned recently Mrs. Marcey Flood, Director of Early Learning at St. John School, has vascular cancer. She started chemotherapy this week and will be away from school. We will continue to keep you updated as she undergoes treatment. At this time we are asking for your prayers for healing and strength for Mrs. Flood and her family. If you would like to help in a more tangible way, please visit the Meal Train site created to help organize food and donations for the family during Marcey’s treatment.
God Bless,
Bernadette O’Leary
Dear XDC Families,
Happy New Year! Welcome to the first week back at school after Christmas Holidays.
During this winter, students in XDC have enjoyed working on “Winter crafts and activities.”
Check out the XDC preschool bulletin board; “Waddling into Winter.” Preschoolers in XDC decorated the “Rainbow Room” bulletin board with paper-snowflakes, paper-penguins and paper-cut outs of The Star of Bethlehem.
Students in XDC (Kindergarten-5th) have also enjoyed “cooking projects,” science experiments, and playing “snowball fights” with the XDC teachers.
Reminder to parents:
You can reach the Extended Day Care staff from 7:00 AM-6:30 PM at the following phone numbers:
206-782-9915 or 206-920-0151
Sincerely,
Rachelle Overby & Katie Bugge
Dear XDC Families,
Students in XDC enjoyed this week’s theme of “Shipwrecked.” Some of the students’ favorite activities this week were; making card board ships, “melting beads” and going on a field trip to the park.
Next week our theme is “Lab Rats.”
You can reach the Extended Day Care staff from 7:00 AM-6:30 PM at the following phone numbers:
206-782-9915 or 206-920-0151
Sincerely, Rachelle Overby & Katie Bugge
Dear XDC Summer Families,
Students in XDC have been having fun this summer! We have had field trips, “water days” and numerous themed projects throughout the weeks. Some of the students’ favorite projects this summer are; making “tie-dye t-shirts,” “melting beads” and “weekly themed crafts.”
Next week’s theme is “Shipwrecked.” (see picture above for each day’s theme)
You can reach the Extended Day Care staff from 7:00 AM-6:30 PM at the following phone numbers:
206-782-9915 or 206-920-0151
Sincerely,
Rachelle Overby & Katie Bugge
Dear XDC Families,
Students in XDC are excited for the last week of school! XDC Summer program begins on Monday, June 12th.
A reminder to parents:
There is no school and XDC is closed on Friday, June 9th.
Morning XDC Pre-K News
June 5th– 9th
Good morning and Happy Monday! This will be the final newsletter of the school year from me. I will not be working in XDC this summer, but look forward to seeing you in August! Thank you for your kindness and support this year. I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know each of your children and your families.
This week in morning care we will continue to review letters and numbers; sorting, counting, and patterning.
We will continue with the Ocean theme and Summer! We were unable to do some of the intended activities and projects because of the short week.
Please remember that there is no day care or preschool on Friday, June 9th but I hope to see many of you at the preschool picnic!
As always, if you have any questions or concerns please let me know.
Thank you and have a wonderful week and summer vacation!
God Bless,
Mrs. Flood
You can reach the Extended Day Care staff from 7:00 AM-6:30 PM at the following phone numbers:
206-782-9915 or 206-920-0151
Sincerely,
Rachelle Overby & Katie Flanigan
Dear XDC Families,
Students in XDC have been working on spring-themed crafts and activities. We announced our “Summer T-shirt” contest winner last week. Some of the students’ favorite projects this week were; painting, learning about “human anatomy,” creating “summer posters” and making play-dough structures.
A reminder to XDC parents:
There is no school and XDC is closed for Memorial Day on Monday, May 29th, 2017.
Morning XDC Pre-K News
May 29 – June 2
Good morning and Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone enjoyed the long beautiful weekend.
This week in morning care we will continue with the review of letters and numbers; sorting, counting, and patterning. Just like last week, we will continue to practice the letters b & d as well.
Your children completed the anatomy aprons on Friday and were anxious to take them home. Hopefully they could share with you a little about what they learned.
Check out the day care webpage for a picture or two!
This week we will be learning about the ocean. The unit includes a Math fishing game, a fish flop prediction game, and the creation of a “Wave bottle” for Science.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns please let me know.
Thank you and have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Flood
You can reach the Extended Day Care staff from 7:00 AM-6:30 PM at the following phone numbers:
206-782-9915 or 206-920-0151
Sincerely,
Rachelle Overby & Katie Flanigan
Dear XDC Families,
Students in XDC have been working on “Spring-themed” crafts and activities. Some of the students’ favorite projects from last week were; “Earth Day worksheets, creating Earth Day globes with painted handprints, easel paintings and entering the “Summer XDC shirt design contest.”
Morning XDC Pre-K News
May 1st– 5th
Hello morning day care families! Thank you for your support of our auction! Your children will benefit immensely from the generosity of so many in this wonderful community.
Last Friday we witnessed what happens to water when we throw garbage into our oceans and streams. Using coffee grounds, plastic, dirt, and a few other materials we made predictions about what might happen to the water when we put certain items into it.
This week in morning care we complete the alphabet with the letter Z. The children are very excited about this, as you may have heard! I told them that we would have an “alphabet party” to celebrate. (Something simple such as mini muffins for snack, and a classroom game.)
We will also honor Mary, our blessed mother, in various ways this month. The pre-k teachers do a beautiful job teaching religion to your children in the afternoons, and I will reinforce what they are teaching as best I can.
Science Friday will involve building small structures using craft sticks and testing their strength in various ways.
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Flood
You can reach the Extended Day Care staff from 7:00 AM-6:30 PM at the following phone numbers:
206-782-9915 or 206-920-0151
Sincerely,
Rachelle Overby & Katie Flanigan
Dear XDC Families,
The students in XDC have been working on “spring crafts.” Some of the students’ favorite crafts last week were; making “stained-glass windows” with tissue paper, decorating paper “Easter eggs” and creating “paper-butterflies.”
A reminder to parents:
Morning Pre-K News!
April 3rd – 7th
Happy April and Spring! It was wonderful to have a little sunshine last week; let’s hope for more!
Both in afternoon preschool and in morning care, the children have been working on proper letter and shape formations. We practiced and reinforced this on Friday using shaving cream. (They loved it! Check the web site for a few photos.)
This week we will explore plants, seeds, and gardens. We will learn what is necessary for seeds to grow and plants to thrive.
Our letter is W. W crafts, watermelon math, and spring story problems will keep us busy in math and science.
We have also begun a meditative writing/drawing time one morning a week. Quiet music plays while the children draw anything they are moved to. It can be a picture of family, friends, an activity they did over the weekend, something they would like to do, or an abstract picture. It is entirely their choice. When finished they are encouraged to tell me about their picture and together we write.
As always, please let me know if you have questions.
Have a wonderful week!
Mrs. Flood
You can reach the Extended Day Care staff from 7:00 AM-6:30 PM at the following phone numbers:
206-782-9915 or 206-920-0151
Sincerely,
Rachelle Overby & Katie Flanigan
