Author: Katie Bugge

Dear XDC Families,

This week students in XDC have been making St. Patrick’s Day crafts. Some of the students’ favorite projects from last week were; a “green-jello cooking project, painting “shamrocks” and a “Leprechaun treasure-hunt.”

Morning XDC Pre-K News!

March 13^th– 17^th

Happy Monday and the letter T week! Hopefully you enjoyed a restful day off on Friday. Preschool teachers attended an informative workshop on Literacy Development and I’m looking forward to incorporating some of what was taught into our day.

Your children are so naturally curious and often inspire me to expose them to places, concepts, or instruction not on the “scheduled” plan. Last week was an example! Many of you may have heard about our Mount Rushmore project. A few of the children were looking at a book from our library that included several national monuments. They were so intrigued by Mt. Rushmore we made a mold of the monument, and learned about the presidents who adorn it, how long it took to complete, and several more facts. I encourage you to check it out and apologize to those of you who are being forced to plan your next family vacation there! (Although I highly encourage it!)

Last week we did not finish the lifecycle of a Ladybug science unit, so beginning Monday we will start this.

Math centers will include writing numbers, counting and measuring with shamrocks.

We will learn about St. Patrick, and of course incorporate some fun art projects!

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns.

Have a wonderful week!

Mrs. Flood

mflood@st-johnschool.org

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 enjoyed the “winter-themed’ crafts and activities they are busy working on. Some of the students’ favorite projects from last week were; making “valentine hearts,” making “feather-doves,” creating paper-owls for the letter “o,” and beginning “Valentine-crafts.”

Reminder to parents:

Thursday, February 16th is an all school noon dismissal. No PM preschool. Day Care will be open, but you must be signed up for the additional time. Please talk with Rachelle if you have further questions.

NO DAY CARE OR PRESCHOOL Friday, February 17th and Monday Feb. 20th
Tuesday Feb. 21st NO SCHOOL. Extended care is open.

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

XDC Morning Pre-K News!

Hello preschool families and Happy Monday. This newsletter will be fairly brief because much of what we were to accomplish last week we didn’t get to due to our snow days!

This week we will celebrate Valentine’s Day and learn about St. Valentine. Our letter will be P.

We will learn about some important African American inventors and will read a story about Rosa Parks. Our inventions with recycled materials will be on Thursday.

Our peace corner is now in place and the doves surround the word PEACE. The purpose of this is to have a place the children can talk about conflict resolution with one another and hopefully come to a peaceful solution!

Given the circumstances last week, the children did a beautiful job adapting even though recesses were missed and schedules were changed. On Friday, we had a special snack of mini blueberry and chocolate chip muffins as a reward!

Have a great week and as always, please let me know if you have any questions!

Thank you,

Mrs. Flood

mflood@st-johnschool.org

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• Thursday, February 16^th is an all school early dismissal. No PM preschool. Day care will be open, but you must be signed up for the additional time. Please talk with Rachelle if you have further questions.
• NO DAYCARE OR PRESCHOOL Friday, February 17^th and Monday Feb. 20^th
• Tuesday Feb. 21^st NO PRESCHOOL. Extended care is open.

Dear XDC Families,

This week students in XDC are continuing to work on “Fall-themed” crafts and activities. Some of the students’ favorite projects last week were making “scarecrow” pictures, “fall trees,” and beginning  to create “Halloween decorations.”

A reminder to parents:

• There is no school on October 26th, 27th and 28th. XDC is open. Please register for XDC in advance.
• There is noon dismissal on November 10th. Please register for XDC in advance.
• There is no school and XDC is closed on November 11th.
• There is no school on November 23rd. XDC is open. Please register for XDC in advance.
• There is no school and XDC is closed for Thanksgiving on November 24th and 25th.

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

XDC Morning Preschool newsletter from Mrs. Flood:

Morning Pre-K News!

October 17^th-22^nd

Hello Preschool families,

Happy Monday! I continue to be amazed at how quickly the weeks go by. As we enter into this 3^rd week of October, please take note that the fall walk is Tuesday the 18^th.

Our letter will be F, and we will continue a review of all sounds and letters learned thus far.

We will continue with the fall theme this week, and explore through group games; positional words and directions.

Science Friday will be a continuation of “Fall Harvest.” We will cut into various fall veggies and describe what we see and note differences and similarities. (Unfortunately, we didn’t have time last week to complete this.)

As always we will pray each day during group time and before snack and lunch; and continue to practice ways to communicate our feelings and express our emotions.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you and have a wonderful week!

Marcey Flood

mflood@st-johnschool.org

Dear XDC Families,

This week students in XDC will continue to work on “fall themed crafts.” Some of the students’ favorite projects from the previous week were; making “leaf pictures,” going on a “leaf-walk,”  learning about spiders and creating “spider-web” paintings.

A reminder to parents:

• Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 is school picture day.
• 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

Morning XDC Preschool letter from Mrs. Flood:

Morning XDC Pre-K News!

October 10^th-14^th

Hello Preschool families,

Happy Monday! Hope you all enjoyed a restful weekend. This week your children will be learning the letter Ee both in morning care and afternoon preschool. Using many different mediums such as sand paper, shaving cream, and play dough the children will practice letter formation.

Our science unit will be “Fall Harvest.” We will learn about the different vegetables that grow in the fall, how they grow, and their differences and similarities. Messy pumpkin art, and fall leaf creations will adorn our bulletin board too! Lots of fun Math comes with this unit as well, such as counting seeds, grouping, and sorting. We will also continue our unit on Spiders.

As always we will pray each day during group time and before snack and lunch; and continue to practice ways to communicate our feelings and express our emotions.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you and have a wonderful week!

Marcey Flood

mflood@st-johnschool.org

Dear XDC Families,

XDC is off to a great start of the school year! Students in XDC have been busy working on projects and activities.

During the first few weeks of school, some of the students’ (K-5th) favorite art projects were; “where the wild things are” art project, a “yeast-science” project, “leaf-art”and painting.

Reminder to parents:

• Friday, October 7th is a No school day. XDC is open. Please register in advance for XDC.

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

Morning XDC Pre-K News from Mrs. Flood

October 3rd-6th

Hello Preschool families!

Happy Fall! This week, afternoon Pre-K is only in session Monday-Thursday. (Extended Care will be open all day.) We will review shapes, begin a brief unit on Spiders that will continue into next week and learn the letter D.

Last Friday, we explored the phases of water. The children enjoyed playing in the water, freezing it, and then melting the frozen cubes.

This week our science unit will feature creating spider webs and a spider “discovery bottle.”

As always we will pray each day during group time and before snack and lunch; and continue to practice ways to communicate our feelings and express our emotions.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you and have a wonderful week!

Marcey Flood

mflood@st-johnschool.org