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Greetings!
Dear Parents,
What would you do if there was a skunk in the building?  You would hunker down somewhere to avoid the smelly spray!  This is the developmentally appropriate explanation (or one similar) that we use with preschoolers as rationale for practicing "shelter in place" or "lockdown" procedures.
Each year Natick Public Schools works in concert with the Natick Police and Fire Departments to practice safety protocols including fire drills, lockdown and evacuation procedures.  The drills are intended to be brief in order to allow normal school activity to resume as quickly as possible.
Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions related to today's practice of safety procedures.

Have a wonderful weekend with friends and family,
~MaryBeth
School Council:
Karin Dupuis is mother to a Natick Preschool graduate, current attendee, and future hopeful attendee. She has been on school council for three years helping to make communication between schools and parents/guardians more clear and succinct.

Formerly, Karin was a senior project manager at Fidelity Investments and thrived on building and maintaining relationships resulting in the betterment of all projects.


If you are interested in serving on the Natick Preschool School Council, please submit a brief introductory statement, as Karin modeled for us above, including interests and why you wish to serve on the Natick Preschool School Council (the blurb is a stipulation of MA Ed Reform).  School Council is composed of parents and teachers and serves as a sounding board for curriculum, instruction budgetary, etc. issues relevant to Preschool. School Council meets 7-8 times per school year. We currently have three open positions. Parent statements will be shared through this eblast .  S tatements can be addressed to MaryBeth Kinkead, Preschool Principal or emailed directly to mkinkead@natickps.org .

Natick SEPAC

Kennedy Building Project Forum

JOIN US for the third Kennedy Building Project forum on October 10th at 7pm in the KMS auditorium. This forum will provide community members an opportunity to give input and feedback about the building project, as well as hear updates from the project manager and architect.

 

If you're unable to attend, we will be broadcasting on Facebook live, visit the facebook.com/natickps to tune in! For more information: bit.ly/kennedynps
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Calendar 2017 - 2018
September 27 - Early Release, professional development
October 9 - Columbus Day, no school
October 18 - Early Release, professional development
November 8 - Early Release, parent conferences
November 10 - Veteran's Day, no school
November 15 - Early Release, parent conferences
November 22 - Early Release, Thanksgiving break
November 23, 24 - Thanksgiving break, no school
November 27 - NILS professional development, no school
December 6 - Early Release, professional development
Project Play with Northeastern

"We at Project Play are writing again with a last plea for your help in recruiting a final sample of participants. We have collected data from over 450 children! Of those children, 181 are developing with identified delays; and 278 of the children are developing typically. Our age range is 8 to 60 months.
 
We are processing the data and obtaining interesting results that we would like to share. Our funding agency (The Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education are waiting for us to share our results, as are people in the field). We would be happy to present to your staff at your convenience. We also would be happy to present to parents.
 
In order to have the best possible results from our project, we still need to recruit preschoolers who are developing with identified delays. As you know, we try to observe the children within a couple of weeks of their birthdays or their half birthdays. At this point, we are in need of the following:

     6 children who are turning 3 ½

    11 children who are turning 4;

    14 children who are turning 4 ½; and

    10 children who are turning 5.


If you would like to participate, please contact the Project Play

team by calling (617) 373-3297 or emailing projectplay@neu.edu. Their website

for the project is https:ffwww.northeastern.edujprojectplayf.

Thank you!

Karin Lifter, PhD, Department of Applied Psychology, 404 International Village,

Boston, 02115



Dr. Lifter and her team are lovely!  Thank you for considering participating in this research so valuable to early childhood education! ~MaryBeth

A Great Resource!!

SpectrumSitter was established to help families requiring specialized care to connect with those who have the skills to provide it.  To learn more about SpectrumSitter, visit www.spectrumsitter.com

Family Resources of Natick

Family Resources of Natick is an excellent resource for
Natick families with young children.  
Their September-October schedule includes play-to-learn groups on weekdays and Saturdays, our annual Open House of preschool and child care providers, one group held in Mandarin Chinese and one in Spanish.  

You may view the latest post here
Family Resources of Natick http://www.natickfamilies.org
508-655-2557

Reminder
IF YOUR CHILD IS GOING TO BE ABSENT FROM SCHOOL,PLEASE CALL THE PRESCHOOL OFFICE 508-647-6583 BY 8:30AM 
even if you also notify the teacher. (Notice of planned absences can be given in advance.) 
Natick Public Schools is employing a new safety procedure PreK-12 that will notify parents if a child is absent and the school has not been previously notified by the parent. 
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