P4K Post
February 2017
Serving children ages 6 weeks - 12 years old in the following programs:
Day Care
School Age Care
Nursery School
Pre-Kindergarten
Summer Camp
Quick Links
Tax Time! 
If you are in need of a year end tax statement for your 2016 child care payments we are happy to provide that for you. Tax statement request forms are beside each payment box and on the parent bulletin board by the school age mailboxes. Complete the form and deposit it in a payment box and a statement will be sent to you via the route you indicate on the request form. If you have any questions email Beth Antes or call the P4K Office.

*If requesting your statement by email, be sure to check your Spam for Beth's reply.
Free Vision Screening
For the 3rd year, Day Care/Nursery School/Pre-K parents of 3-5 year olds have the opportunity to have their child's eyes screened with a SPOT vision screener, a free service offered by the Lions Club. Trained members from the Lions Club will be at P4K in March to administer the screening to those who are interested. P4K partnered with the Lions Club SEE program last year and several children who were tested were given a recommendation to have an eye exam with their optometrist and ended up getting glasses.

The Welch Allyn website describes the Spot Vision Screener that will be used to screen the children as "a handheld, portable device designed to help users quickly and easily detect vision issues on patients from 6 months of age through adult. Spot screens both eyes at once from a nonthreatening 3-foot distance. The touch-screen display allows for one-touch activation, simple management of patient data entry, and easy configuration for both vision screening and auto refraction applications." Your child will simply feel like they are having their picture taken!

If the SPOT Vision Screener detects an issue with your child's eyes and recommends an eye exam you will receive a "Vision Screening Summary" the day of the screening to take with you to your child's ophthalmologist or optometrist.
 
Spot accurately detects the potential indication of these common vision problems:
  • Myopia (nearsightedness)
  • Hyperopia (farsightedness)
  • Astigmatism (blurred vision)
  • Anisometropia (unequal refractive power)
  • Strabismus (eye misalignment)
  • Anisocoria (unequal pupil size) 
The Lions Club will be at P4K on the following dates:
  • Mon. 1/30 @ 10am and 1pm (Nursery School & Pre-Kindergarten Classes)
  • Thu. 2/2  @ 10am and 1pm (Nursery School)
  • Fri. 2/3 @ 10am (3 & 4 Year Old Day Care Classes & any make up from previous days)
If you would like to have your child's eyes screened you will need to complete and turn in a consent form to your child's teacher by Friday, January 27. Screening Consent Forms will be sent home with your child - or you can obtain it by clicking on this link:  Vision Screening Consent Form
 
The Lions Club does not keep any information about your child on file. All consent information is kept at P4K, in the children's files.
Jump Start - Extended Nursery School
Jump Start is coming! Keep your preschooler active and learning while the big kids are still in school. Starting May 22, after our regular Nursery School & Pre-K classes end, Sue Smout will offer an extended preschool class which will include kindergarten readiness skills, games, art projects, camp activities, and lots of recreation time.  Below are some of the details about the program:
 
Class Days: Monday - Thursday
Dates: Monday, May 22  - Thursday, June 15
Time: 9:00am - 1:30pm
Place: Nursery School Classroom
Cost: $320 for 4 weeks (children will bring their lunches)
Registration: begins February 1 (no registration fee)
*Minimum of 8 children must be registered in order to run the class for the 4 weeks
 
For more information and/or registration forms contact the P4K Office or  Sue Smout.

We're Having a Baby!!              
We are excited to announce (though I think most of you know by now) that P4K Assistant Director Mattie Laley and her husband, Kevin, are expecting a baby the first week of July! Baby Laley will eventually join the infant room but for the first 8 weeks will enjoy the summer at home with mom and dad. Congrats to Mattie and Kevin!!

What will Summer Camp look like without Mattie?
Mattie and Leandra Cooke are working together to get all of the Summer Camp plans in place for the 2nd - 6th graders and Leandra will oversee that program this summer. Her 3 year old day care class will be well cared for in her absence for the 8 weeks of Summer Camp! Leandra worked for years as a school age counselor prior to moving into the day care as a lead teacher. She was Mattie's assistant Summer Camp Program Director last year and she has overseen the After School program this school year. We are confident that she has the experience and leadership skills to provide the children with a fun and safe summer! Sue Smout will continue as the Summer Camp Program Director for K/1st. 
Family Fun Night         
The next Pearce Family Fun Night is on Friday, February 10, at 7pm in the Family Life Center. Break the winter monotony with a fun evening of kickin' around a soccer ball with your family! (Parents must stay with their children.) If you have questions, contact Dave Mantegna at 585-752-8221.
Why is Wegmans in Pearce?              
Have you ever noticed the Wegmans shopping cart in the lobby and wondered why it's there? Pearce Church has a Food Cupboard ministry that serves families and individuals in our community during their time of need, providing non-perishable food and personal care items. Donations to the food cupboard are left in the grocery cart and those who volunteer in the Food Cupboard ministry add those items to the stock on hand. So, no, Wegmans is not setting up shop here but they did graciously donate the cart to Pearce for our use in the Food Cupboard!
The Pearce Food Cupboard

The cart serves as a place to collect donations as well as a means of transporting bags to the cars of those coming in to pick up food. If you are interested in donating to Pearce's Food Cupboard, feel free to drop your donation off in grocery cart!

Summer Is Coming! 
Believe it or not, Summer Camp will kick off in just over 5 months!! Warmth, sun, green trees, flowers, shorts, flip flops...all of it sounds marvelous right now doesn't it?
  
Beginning Wednesday, March 1st, brochures and registration forms for school age Summer Camp and Fall Before/After School Care will be in the mailboxes of the children who are eligible for those programs. 
  
Summer Camp is an 8 week program starting on Wednesday, July 5 for children who are entering Kindergarten in the fall through children who are 12 years old (or who turned 13 during this current school year). 

Stay in the Loop! 

Are you signed up for our text messaging system? If you haven't already done so, be sure to opt in to the service. Text messaging will be one of our primary means of communicating closings and emergency information with you. We suggest that you "opt in" to each program in which you have children involved. 

 

You will find instructions to opt in to our text messaging system in the "Quick Links" block above or by following this link: Text Message Opt In Instructions.

 

Besides our text messaging system, information about closings, start delays and emergencies will be posted on local television stations (13 WHAM, WROC 8, WHEC 10), WHAM 1180 and the P4K Facebook page. We will also send emails to our email contact groups so please keep the P4K office aware of any address changes.

 

All notifications about full day closings or start delays will be posted/texted/emailed no later than 5:45am.
Check Out the Web!     
Be sure to take advantage of the calendar on our P4K Website. To find it, go to our website, click on the Calendar  tab on the top toolbar and you will be into the P4K calendar. On the calendar you will find things like:
  • Day Care lunch menus (click on the tab for the full menu)
  • Holiday Dates
  • School Age full and half day schedules
  • Nursery School & Pre-K days off, field trips and other events
Each program is color coded so you can easily search for information that is pertinent to your family. When in the calendar, if you want more information about a particular event posted, click on the event box and we will have more detailed information listed in description.
  
Be sure to go check out  P4K Facebook Page! We use our FB page to post events happening in P4K and Pearce Church, communicate emergency information/closings and to share fun pictures or stories about something happening at P4K. "Like" us today!