Category: News

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:

• Preschool and Kindergarten open house Thursday, January 11th 7:00 PM-8:30 PM.
• XDC and School is closed on Monday, January 15th.

 

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 5^th– 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 9^th 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

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 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 1^st– 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

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,

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.