MS. MARGARET
“Cheep, cheep, cheep” and “baa, baa, baa” are the sounds coming out of our classroom! We have had more fun this month with farm animals and nursery rhymes. We painted, glued, feathered, and pasted pasta on different shapes and have got acquainted with different types of media. The twos are doing great with learning to recognize and name the colors and shapes. Our circle time together is really progressing. The little ones can sit longer, focus in on the activity, and participate in the game or song. I am so proud of them. I have really noticed how their eye and hand co-ordination is improving and the growth in their vocabulary. What a fun day we all had at the school wide picnic! Thank you parents for your participation and thank you school board for the delicious cook out! I also want to give a big thank you for helping out at the Jumble Sale. It was truly appreciated and a fun way to get together! Don’t forget we have Mud Day coming May 13th and we will also be participating in the 4 year old graduation on May 20th.

MS. STEPHANIE
School is almost out and I would like to thank all of you for a wonderful year. I have loved having your children in my class. Ms. Alyson and Ms. Debra are very lucky to get such wonderful families next year.

I would also like to say a very big thank you to Ms. Marty for doing such a wonderful job teaching class while I was taking care of garage sale business. I know the children really enjoyed it. Thank you to all the parents, grandparents, church members and friends of Grace who helped with the garage sale. I could not have done it without you all.

May 6 – Book orders due
May 6 –Schlotzsky’s Fundraiser
May 13 – MUD DAY!!!
May 21 – End of year program 7:00 pm

Our lessons will focus on God making the fish, water, making the grass grow and teaching us to be kind to one another. We will focus a lot on water and how important it is. I wish you all a safe and happy summer.

As always if you have any questions or concerns I am always available.


MS. LINDA
WHERE HAS THIS SCHOOL YEAR GONE? CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS ALREADY MAY? THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL SCHOOL YEAR AND A LARGE PART OF OUR SUCCESS HAS BEEN DUE TO THE HELP OF OUR WONDERFUL MOMS! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! OUR CLASS WILL CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT SPRING. WE WILL, ALSO, TALK ABOUT SUMMER AND SUMMER ACTIVITIES AND HOW TO STAY SAFE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW OUR LETTERS A-Z AND OUR NUMBERS 1-10. WE ARE, ALSO, WORKING ON PRINTING OUR NAMES. WE WILL BE HAVING MUD DAY ON THURSDAY, MAY 13. (DETAILS TO FOLLOW IN NOTE).
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Ally Garcia who turns 4 yrs. old on May 8th. Happy summer birthdays to Preston Molsberry who turns 4yrs. old on June 5, to Michael Pena who turns 4 yrs. old on June 6th, and to Rory Ramirez who turns 4 yrs. old on July 16th!!!

MS. ALYSON
April has flown by and I cannot believe we are almost to the end of the year!  Since finishing the alphabet, we've been practicing our alphabet recognition, as well as working our writing muscles!  All the kids are doing a great job recognizing their names, and everyone is working hard at tracing the letters of their names correctly.  Some of us have even been practicing writing our names independently! :)  Our remaining units are focused on water and the outdoors, and we'll of course be cooking, doing science experiments, and learning new things every day.  Some important upcoming dates are as follows:

Thursday, May 13th: MUD DAY!  (11 a.m. - noon)
Thursday, May 20th: End of Year Program 7 p.m.
Tuesday, July 27 - Thursday, July 29th: GEP Summer Camp!  9 a.m. - 1 p.m. $90/child  See Ms. Ginny to register!

Progress reports will go home the first week of May.

MS. DEBRA
Wow, I can’t believe the end of the year is so close. The kids have grown and matured so much over this past school year . I feel so blessed to have just spent time with your children, they are an amazing bunch. They have learned all the letters in the alphabet and can count to 30. They flew through colors and shapes and excelled at sign language. Our school field trip to the park was again a success, thank you parents for helping out.

This month we will be reviewing everything we’ve learned and having fun doing it. Our yoga, singing and dancing with continue until the last day of school. Our end of the year party I will be providing happy meals for the kids. Look for more info in the next week.

The kids have been working hard on the end of year program on May 20 at 7pm. All the kids participate, so I hope you can make it. Please arrive by 6:30pm.

May 6- Schlotzsky’s fundraiser
May 6- Last book & software orders due
May 13- Volunteer appreciation breakfast
May 13- MUD DAY!!!!!!!
May 20-End of year program

Again thank you for all you have done, and for allowing me to teach your children. Have a blessed summer.

DON’T FORGET TO REGISTER FOR THE GRACE SUMMER CAMP

MS. HEATHER
The month of May has come so quickly! I have really enjoyed this year with your children and continue to be amazed and excited by their growth. As we close out our time together, we will be having lots of fun things happening in our room. The first week we will continue exploring water with plumbing experiments and a fishing game in the Sensory table. The last two weeks will be "The Great Outdoors". Fun things for those two weeks include chalk drawings outside, having a picnic in the playground and making "S'mores"! All month we will be practicing with Ms. Evelyn for the End of Year Celebration on May 20 at 7pm.

Thank you for sharing your children with me! It has been a blessing and an honor.
Happy Birthday to Lola on May 25th. Summer birthdays are Hadley on June 1, Tabor on June 7, Trent on July 12, Zachary on August 10, and Ainsley on August 23.

MS. MICKI
It is so hard to believe that it is the last month of school.  We have many fun things planned for this month.  We will continue working on word families and our numbers.  In April, we finished our study of the letter of the week and celebrated our counting to 100.  The 100 party was much anticipated and very much enjoyed.
 
In the midst of our word and number studies we will also study outer space, oceans and bugs.  We will explore these themes during our centers, group time and story time.  We will be cooking and continuing our science.
 
We will plant our sunflower seeds in dirt as we found that they did not sprout with just water.  Our compost jug is coming along quite well.  It decomposed half way down the jug and we added more material to the jug. 
 
Congratulations to all my students for a most wonderful year.  I hope all of you have a most safe and fantastic summer.

MS. KARA
We will finish up the year reviewing the alphabet, concentrating on numbers and working on our handwriting. There will also be a lot of fun science, cooking and great art! Our units of study will be Water World and The Amazing Outdoors.

I can not believe this is our last month! It truly has been a joy to work with all of the children. The progress and positive changes have been monumental in this important year of their little lives. They all have amazed me by their growth! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to teach your children. They are all little angels! Have a great summer!