Parents’ Page – December 2018
For unto us a Child is born…… Isaiah 9:6
The Christmas season is upon us and the Staff and I wish you and your family a month full of wonder, joy and the spirituality that the miracle of our Savior’s birth brings. We make every effort at preschool to convey the true spirit of Christmas to the students. You may see some evidence of Santa, for he is the symbol of the spirit of giving. You may hear some reindeer songs, but we will emphasize the celebration of Christ’s birth, for this is the real reason Christians celebrate!
Scholastic book orders are due no later than Dec. 7th. This will allow them time to arrive before Christmas break. If you orders directly through the book club, please place your order on or before this date. The points we earn with each book purchased allows us to get new books for the classrooms. Scholastic also has educational items, games, books with tapes and puzzles we can use the points on. Many of our puzzle and listening center books with tapes have come from Scholastic.
Books are excellent gifts for young readers or any reader for that matter. This is a wonderful way to promote literacy at home. I know many families use our public libraries which is great but for a child to have a favorite book they can have read over and over to them and not have to return it is special. I have many of the books my own children loved and will give them to my grand children as they become readers. Many are out of print now and it will be nice
to pass them on.
Our Christmas Program is Monday, December 21st at 11:15 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. Please enter through the double glass doors by the Church Sanctuary.
I know it seems like our Christmas Break is longer than last year but it really isn’t. We are just getting out later. In previous years, we usually ended around the 20th. This year we are following the schedules for the Mad River Local School District and East Dayton Christian School, since most of our students have siblings attending these schools.
We have had some parents asking if it is too late to send their children 5 days for the rest of the year. Beginning in January, any (Pre-K) parent interested in signing their child up for the 5 day program is welcome to do so. Some parents don’t always want to start 5 days at the beginning of the year but find their child has matured enough to try it in the second half of the term. This is especially helpful for students going on to kindergarten in the fall. It allows students to experience attending five days that can make the transition to elementary school a little easier. If you are interested, please speak to your teacher to see if it is a good idea for your child. The tuition for five days is $260 per month.
Mark your calendars for:
* December 7th Scholastic book orders due
* December 21st Christmas Program 11:15 a.m.
parents arrive early 11:00a.m. Fellowship Hall
* December 24th Christmas Break no school
* January 7th classes resume Monday
HO! HO! HO!
HAPPY DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
December 5 ~ Tatum S. December 22 ~ Christany P. JESUS
December 30 ~ Ada D December 28 ~ Mrs. Bange
Classroom News
Early Beginners
Winter is almost upon us. There are not a lot of school days for us to get everything done for Christmas. We will be working on the number 4 as well as the letters J, K & L and the color red.
Don’t forget to sign up to bring something for our Christmas Party on Friday, December 21st. Our party and the Christmas Program are on the same day. The Christmas Program will be Friday, December 21st in Fellowship Hall. Please be on time preschoolers get very fidgety and are not good at waiting.
Friday, December 21st is our last class day in 2018 so we will see you back on January 7th.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Ms. Schroder and Mrs. Bleifield
Middlers
Merry Christmas! Christmas time is here and we will spend this month talking about Jesus’ birthday.
This is a short month of school with so much to pack into it. Letters I, J & K and the color red worked into our daily lesson plans. Our projects will reflect the Christmas season, along with the books and songs.
We will have a Christmas Program on Friday, December 21st at 11:15 a.m. Please arrive before then as our program will begin promptly at its scheduled time. You will not want to miss any of the event.
Our class Christmas party will also be on Friday, December 21st. There will be a party sign-up sheet on our bulletin board outside the classroom. This will be the last day of school for 2018. Class will resume on Monday, January 7th.
Have a Blessed Holiday Season and a Merry Christmas!
Have a Blessed Christmas,
Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Misutka
Pre-Kindergarten
We wish all our students and their families a Blessed Christmas. Jesus is the reason for the season. We are so grateful for Jesus in our lives. We talk about how we see Jesus in our friends and how to treat our friends as Jesus would treat them.
December is going to be a fast paced month in the classroom with all the special projects we will be working on for the holiday. We will be enjoying this special time of year in the classroom with all of our friends.
We will have a Christmas Program on Friday, December 21st. Parents, please arrive around 11:00 a.m., as our program will begin promptly at 11:15 a.m. If Friday is not your usual day for school, we encourage you to bring your child to school that day by 10:45 a.m. to the classroom to prepare for the program. Then you may proceed to Fellowship Hall to wait for the program to begin. The students have been practicing long and hard for the performance.
Our Christmas party is also Friday, December 21st we will have a sign-up sheet for party goodies on the bulletin board.
The school Christmas Holiday begins December 24th and will go through
January 4th. We will see you back in class on Monday, January 7th. We wish you
and your family a blessed holiday.
Merry Christmas!
Mrs. Bange and Mrs. Espinosa