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Lakeside Presbyterian Church Weekday Preschool

May 2010 Newsletter

May 2010

School News
2010 “Little Hands, Big Art” Show and Spaghetti Dinner Recap
Thank you to all of the parents, sisters, brothers, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends who supported this year’s annual fundraiser for the God is Good Scholarship. The proceeds from the dinner and the trays added $1,000.00 to our God is Good Scholarship Fund. We would especially like to thank Mrs. Lawton for making her homemade spaghetti and those delicious cheese cakes, all the staff for the “behind the scenes work” picking out the art work and helping in the kitchen and last but definitely not least our parent “servers” who served everything up with a smile. You are all simply the best!  We couldn’t have done it without you!

Teacher Appreciation Week May 3 - 7
We love our teachers!  Please take the time to write a personal note to your child’s teacher. Even a picture drawn by your child with a nice note would do fine! Thanks to all the parents who offered to send in treats for the teachers this week to celebrate teacher appreciation week. It’s shaping up to be a feast!

Muffins with Mom
Thanks to everyone who sent an RSVP back for the Muffins with Mom celebration for Friday, May 7.  If you have not let us know you are coming please do so as soon as possible.  Plan to meet your child in the Fellowship Hall at 9:00am. We look forward to seeing you!

Donuts for Dad
Attn: DADS!  Don’t miss the chance to come to Donuts with Dad on Friday May 14, at 9:00am.  R.S.V.P.’s for the Donuts with Dad event are due back on May 5. 

Opposite Day
Second only to Pajama Day, this is a student favorite! We plan to have fun “mixing things up” on Wednesday, May 19!  Look out for more information about Opposite Day in your child’s folder on May 17.

End of Year Program & Picnic
Save this date: Friday, May 21 plan to join us for another awesome End of the Year program! Parents, extended family and friends are welcome!  We will begin the program at 10:30am, so plan to arrive no later than 10:15am. Each class is practicing their special part and from all indications it promises to be another memorable show. We are requesting that parents of all Tuesday/Thursday children send their child that day and plan to attend the program and picnic. (Attention Tuesday/Thursday parents: 2day Preschool children should be dropped off at 8:45am using the regular arrival line. 2day Playgroup children should be dropped off at 10:00 am using regular arrival procedure.) Don’t forget to bring a picnic for your family to enjoy on the playground immediately following the program. Popsicles will be provided. Look for an invitation with more information and an RSVP to come home the week of May 10. ALL CHILDREN WILL BE DISMISSED TO THEIR PARENT(S) OR DESIGNATED ADULT AFTER THE PROGRAM. THERE WILL BE NO PM EXTENDED HOURS ON FRIDAY, MAY 21!

Field Day
Our first annual LPC Preschool Field Day will be held on Wednesday, May 26.  We need volunteers to help run the field day stations. If you are available, please or call the preschool office.  We are tie dying the t-shirts that were sent in with your school supplies at the beginning of the school year to wear on field day.  If you did not send in a t-shirt in September with your child, please do so ASAP.  If you would like to help Mrs. Lawton with the tie dying the week of April 12, please call or email the preschool office.

“See you later Alligator!”
This is the theme of our final week, May 24 - 28. Each day holds a special surprise for the children!  We’ll let you in on it though, look for a note about this special week to go home on May 17.

Volunteer Ice Cream Social
We would like to invite everyone who has helped out this year at LPC Preschool for a volunteer appreciation ice cream social on Wednesday, May 26 at 11:00am.  Look for an invite and RSVP to come home with your child on May 17.

2010-2011 School Year Open House
Our final Open House for 2010-11 will be held on Tuesday, June 1 from 9:00 - 10:30 . Returning families are welcome to attend especially if you are not familiar with the classrooms where your child will be next year. If you know of someone who is still looking for a program for their child please invite them to come. We still have one or two openings in each program, but not in all classes.

Annual Yard Sale
Our annual Preschool Yard Sale will be held on Saturday, June 5 from 9:00am - 1:00pm. We will start accepting any and all gently used, clean, working items with all their parts on Monday, May 10 7:30am - 5:30pm Monday - Friday only. We are in need of parent volunteers to help for 1 hour shifts, if you can help please or send in the volunteer form attached to your May newsletter.

Birthdays
Happy Birthday to Rhys Baker/15, Mia Helmlinger/17, Kaitlyn Foster/29,

For your thoughts and prayers
Mrs. Gill, Mrs. Spalding, Mrs. Dunkelberger, Kai Williams, Sawyer Gill, Leah Dunkelberger - their mother, grandmother and great grandmother died Friday, April 30
Cassidy & Trevor Read’s great grandmother - was seriously injured after a fall and has been in the hospital

Congratulations
Leah Dunkelberger - she has a new sister, Hailey!

Reminders
2010-11 Enrollment Packets
A packet has been sent home with every child for whom an Intent to Enroll was returned. All enrollment forms with the $100.00 enrollment fee are due no later than Friday, May 14 unless other arrangements are made with Mrs. Amrhein prior to the due date. Please let the Preschool office know immediately if you did not get your packet or if your plans have changed.

Boxtops 4 Education
Box Tops collection is year round, so keep clippin’ all summer long.  During the summer stick them in a ziploc and return them when your child starts school in September. We just received a check for $210 for our last box top turn in to which we’ll add to the $273.00 we received in the Fall for a grand total of $483 to purchase something new for the playground

Summer Camp
Still trying to firm up your summer plans? Our LPC Preschool Summer Adventure Camp still has openings in the Preschool and Playgroup camps for most of the weekly sessions.  Please click here for more information about the summer camp or to apply.  Final summer camp tuition payments are due on May 3. 

End of the Year Photo Discs
If you notice fewer photos posted in the forums from now until the end of the year, don’t worry! Each student will bring home a disc with all of the photos taken of their class during the year. This allows you to retain and print out any of those pictures you saw posted in the forum. It also is a great memory for you and your child.

From the Director’s Desk
“It never occurred to me that she didn’t love me.”
This is a truth the son of Edna Ruth Fleming revealed about his mother at her funeral last month. Many of you will not know that his mother was the Director of our Preschool before me. She served faithfully in the position for 28 years, retiring in 1985.
I would not be here if it had not been for her. God brought me here of that I have no doubt, but it was Edna Ruth who chose to keep me here.
When I heard Stephen say those words an incredible light bulb went off for me. In that moment I got it and it was humbling. What a foundation she laid and legacy she left. In those words is the philosophy we strive to live by so that whatever we do for and however we interact with the children in our care, the parents and families that come with them and each other as staff, we do so in such a way that it never occurs to them that we don’t love them. aamrhein

From the Church
For the summer months there will be one worship service at 9:30am - child friendly! If you are searching for a church home come check it out! 

Classroom Updates
This section will regularly feature a snippet from your child’s teacher’s monthly updates that are featured on our parent discussion forum. The Discussion Forum is here to allow parents more access to their child’s preschool day. It is open to parents and family members of currently enrolled students only.

Toddler Morning Out: The kids have had so much fun doing the tray for the Art Show and we cannot wait to share what we have done. We now have our very own TMO section of the playground complete with a fancy new fence, it is a wonderful space where the kids can run and play ...read more.

Playgroup:
Mrs. Bobbie’s Class - We made recycling bins for the classroom and had fun sorting recyclables. We also made marble paint earth magnets and used our handprints to make trees. We also learned the signs for Reduce, Reuse and Recycle...ask your child to show them to you!...read more
Mrs. Jackie’s Class - Next week’s theme is Flowers, Lady Bugs and Mom’s!  With Mother’s Day coming up, we are making something special, and looking forward to those moms/ladies who can join their special little person for Muffins with Mom on Friday, May 7th.  ...read more.

Preschool:
Mrs. Hudson’s Class - It is so hard to believe our year is almost over.  We completed our alphabet and all of the boys and girls are so proud of themselves.  We continue to talk about our letters and whose names begin with which one.  We have also been playing games with flashcards reviewing our numbers, colors, and shapes.  They will all be ready for Pre-k in the fall....read more
Mrs. Johnson’s Class - Because it is spring, the children all planted some marigold seeds in a cup that we are keeping in the windowsill of our classroom.  It is amazing to see that they have already sprouted over the weekend and we can see the little plants growing.  We will continue to watch our plants grow and change. read more.

Pre-K:
Mrs. Oliver’s Class - We read the book “Harold and the Purple Crayon” and colored a mural using only purple crayons.  For the book “Duck on a Bike,” the children imagined what animals they saw riding a bike and what the animals did.  I took their thoughts down on paper, and they illlustrated what they “wrote.” ...read more.
Mrs. Parent’s Class - We painted with chocolate pudding, which they made the “mud” that our paper pigs wallowed in. That’s always a fun craft, and licking their fingers clean is always a yummy treat....read more.
Mrs. Riley’s Class - I have seen so much growth and progress with all my students.  I know all the kids are looking forward to summer.  Can you believe your little ones will be in Kindergarten soon?...read more.

Kindergarten: We did an experiment with water and learned that only about 1% of the Earth’s water is fresh drinking water.  Ask your child about the other 99% of Earth’s water.  We also learned that just by turning off the water when we are brushing our teeth, we can save 18 glasses of water....read more.

We would love to hear your comments and suggestions! 

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