End of Year Activities and Celebrations

 Well, it may be time to start winding down the school year, but the month of May will be packed full of fun activities! Be sure to write all these dates on your calendar for reference.

April was so much fun with growing and releasing butterflies and ladybugs, participating in Easter Egg hunts, and enjoying a beautiful day at the park with yummy food and great friends! The garage sale was a huge success thanks to our chairwoman, Stephanie Link and her awesome committee of Debra Mason, Amanda Craig, Jennifer Zavala, Shelley Spencer, Alyson Desha, Rory Tyson, Trina Walter, Kay Cobb, Evelyn and Mackenzie Vance, Margaret Cromwell, Richard Diane, and Nicole Colangelo, Becky Wills, Judy Granger, Patty Holliday, Connor Link, Kaden Herbert, Katie Harris, Cathy Burrow, Wendy Graber, Amy Norton, Sharon Verlander, Amy and David Phillips, and Brad Currier. As you can see, it takes many hands to pull off a garage sale of this size, and this year we made more than $3000 which will help support our scholarship fund. Thanks everyone! On Thursday, May 6th, be sure to stop by Schlotzsky’s Deli here in Georgetown for lunch and/or dinner. The preschool will receive $0.50 for every sandwich sold on that day! Thanks for setting this up for us, Rachael Haynes!

 

Parent Surveys

Registration is currently underway and will continue until all spots are filled.  This summer some of the staff will be attending a 3-day preschool conference in Dallas and others will be attending the early childhood conference at Christ Lutheran.   We always learn so much valuable information on ways to improve our teaching skills and our program.  However, I also treasure parents’ input on ways to improve the preschool.  Please complete this survey and return it to the orange “SURVEYS” box located outside the office by May 19.  The questions will just take a few minutes of your time, but the information we receive from the survey will be invaluable.  Thanks in advance for your help.

End of Year Program

Our Graduation and End of Year Program will be on Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 7:00 pm in the Sanctuary.  We will have the nursery available for younger siblings.  If you need the nursery, please complete this form at the back of this newsletter and turn it in to Ginny as soon as possible.  All of our preschoolers will have a singing part, and then the four-year old classes will receive their diplomas and medals.   I hope everyone will be able to attend this very special time with us, and we will have cake and punch after the ceremony in the Parish Hall.

Parent Volunteer Appreciation

 In order to thank all of our wonderful Parent Volunteers for everything they have done for us, for the children, and for the school this year, we are hosting a special Parent Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast on Thursday, May 13th after drop-off  in Room 18.  If you volunteered at GEP in any capacity this year, please join us for fellowship and refreshments provided by all of the staff to thank you for a job well done!

ODDS & ENDS

Teacher In-service will be on Tuesday, May 25 if you left anything at the school, we will be here that day.  Be sure to check the Lost & Found before you leave for summer break.

Mud Day

Mark your calendars now— for our messiest event of the year!!   Mud day will be Thursday, May 13, 2010.  We are bringing in mud to play with, scoop up, build with, roll in, slide on, apply, jump over, measure, “cook”, squish in toes, etc. etc.!
 

This will be a fun day, but your child will get dirty.  Please dress them in old play clothes, include a change of clothes for afterwards, a towel, and a grocery bag for dirty clothes.  Also, I will be contacting the Mud Day Committee members soon, but if you would like to help out on that day, please see Ginny.  We need many hands to help with set up and clean up and throughout the day.