Presentation ECC Weekly Update 02/16/2018
Our Lady of the Presentation
Early Childhood Center
ECC Families,

Good morning as I sit here typing this update on a rainy Saturday morning I realize we are well into the second half of our school year! We have really been enjoying all of the time spent with your wonderful children and we are excited to share their progress with you at conferences on Monday. This past week Fr. Tom and Fr. Olvin joined us on Ash Wednesday to help us begin our Lenten journey as a school by distributing Ashes and talking about why Lent is important. I encourage you to stop by our Lenten resource table and take some items to share at home with your family. Thank you to all of our room parents and volunteers who made our Valentine parties so much fun! We appreciate the time it takes for parents to plan these parties and attend and the children really look forward to them. Our website provider has been having a rough week so our website has been intermittently unavailable. They believe the problem has been solved so if you have not yet registered your child for 2018-2019 please take some time this weekend to get this done. We have extended the deadline for current families through Monday. As we move forward into March we have lots of activities planned and we will start to prepare our Pre-K students for graduation! Please make sure to read through the weekly update and your child's teacher newsletters for important information about upcoming events. Enjoy your weekend!
God Bless,

Catherine M. Koob
Director 
Current Student Enrollment
2018-2019 *Deadline Monday*
Below you will find a link to the web page of our website which has the enrollment form to fill out for 2018-2019. You will need to give information on each student separately and add information if you will have a new student starting for the 2018-2019 year. Please remember when filling out the enrollment form we have two different programs. Our full-time program is M-F year round and our part-time program is 2 or 3 days a week and students are school year only. If you have questions about program choice, schedules or fees please call the office or email me at ckoob@olpls.org. You may also find the enrollment page at our website. It will be under 2018-2019 Student Registration in the Current Families section. The password is register18-19. We have also included information about program choices and fees.

Conferences are Monday!
*If you are signing up late or making a change please email your child's teacher so they can be prepared* Parent/Teacher conferences are Monday and we are looking forward to touching base with our families. Conferences are a chance for you to sit down with your child's teacher and let them know how your families experience has been so far and address any concerns you may have. To the right you will find a link for each age group with a sign up tab for each teacher. If you have siblings in different age groups you do not have to go into each link separately. Once in the first child's age group link you can choose the show more signups button and navigate to your other child's age group. Each teacher will have their own tab along the top of the sign up for their age group. Please make sure you are on the correct tab for your child before you sign up for a time. Also we will have staff here in our indoor play area to watch children during your conference time if needed. Please do not bring sick children in we will be happy to reschedule your conference for another time. If you are unable to make it on 2/19 and you want to conference with your child's teacher we will be happy to schedule another time which will work for both you and the teacher. Our Assistant Director, Teresa Button will be available if you have tuition questions and I will also be available if you have any questions or concerns.
Lenten Resources
We began Lent as a school on Ash Wednesday. All of our teachers have been given resources to help students understand why we talk about Lent and what it is all about. We will concentrate on three main objectives in Lent. Fasting, Prayer and Giving. We will talk about these in ways little guys can understand. Fasting - sacrifice, Prayer - growing closer to God and Giving- following Jesus example to help others. All students will have a Lenten calendar sent home so families can discuss and follow along. We also have items on our Lenten resource table up front for families to take.
Closed for Conferences 2/19
Our center will be closed on President's Day, Monday, February 19 for Parent/Teacher Conferences. On this day our center will be closed for normal business but we will be open from 8am-5pm to allow families who sign up for conferences to meet with their child's teacher.
Kindergarten Information Night
Presentation School will be having a Kindergarten Information Night on Tuesday, February 20 from 4-5:30 PM or 6-7:30 PM. Please RSVP to Mary Kay at mkay@olpls.org if you would like to learn more.

Spring Picture Time!
Lil' Angels will be here the week of March 5th to take spring pictures. Our hope is the pictures will be available for purchase before Easter. More information from Lil' Angels will be available soon. Below you will find the schedule for when each class will take their pictures. Remember if you want sibling pictures or your child to have their picture taken on a day different then when they are scheduled you will need to let your child's teacher know in advance. This is a service we provide to our families and purchase of pictures is always optional.

Open House 2018
Our Open House to kick off open enrollment for new families will be held on Thursday, March 8 from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM. If you know a family who is looking for a preschool make sure to tell them to give us a call. We are sending out postcard reminders and families may RSVP online at our website. This evening is the first opportunity for new families to enroll and the one time enrollment fee is $80 and $60 for each additional child.
Easter Egg Hunts March 20 & 21
We will have our annual Easter Egg Hunts on Tuesday, March 20 and Wednesday, March 21. Hopefully the first day of Spring will bring great weather for this fun event! For now we are asking you make note of when your child's class will be attending and later we will be asking all students to bring in eggs stuffed with candy to their teachers. More information what to bring in and when will be going home in March.

Remind Updates
Please make sure you have signed up for our Remind updates. This application will be used anytime we need to send out a quick update or reminders to our families. Information about how to sign up is included in the link below.

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Upcoming School Events
AUCTION BUZZ: Get ready to go back to the 80's, kickin' it old school, fast times at St. Michael the Archangel High School! Grab your leg warmers, glow sticks, banana clips and stone washed jeans! Most importantly, grab your auction gift while there are some amazing sales going on NOW! Invite your homeys to join the OLP Annual Auction Facebook page in order to stay up to date on the 411. You don't want to miss this wicked awesome event! 
Upcoming Parish Events
Catherine M. Koob | Our Lady of the Presentation Early Childhood Center | 816.251.1140 | 816.251.1132 | ckoob@olpls.org | www.olplsecc.com