First week of Fall and it is a hot one! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Last week we had a great time watching all of the classes getting their pictures taken. I might be a little biased but I think we have some pretty cute little students here at Presentation ECC! I will post more information in the next update about how and when to view your child's pictures. If your child is attending our first field trip to the pumpkin patch please make sure their permission slip is turned in this week. Don't forget this Thursday is the first opportunity for family members to attend a Protecting God's Children training. More information regarding time and location can be found below. I will leave the sign up genius for room parent and volunteers available through 10/1. Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far we really appreciate everything our families do to support us! If you have signed up to be a room parent remember you need to attend the Protecting God's children training if you have not done so in the past also make sure to touch base with your child's teacher to let them know what your plans are for the upcoming Halloween parties. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and as always let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Protecting God's Children Training First Opportunity This Thursday!
If you plan on being a room parent, co-room parent or want to volunteer on a regular basis family members must attend a Protecting God's Children Class. Below you will find links to the PGC information sheet and our volunteer information sheet. This information is also available on the volunteer section of our website.
The room parent and volunteer sign up genius link can be found below. Please make sure to let your child's teacher know if you have signed up to be their room parent. Also all room parents must attend the Protecting God's Children class if they have not done so in a previous year.
Below you will find a link to a save the date flyer for our upcoming Thanksgiving Feast days. This is one of our favorite family events we look forward to hosting every year! More information will come out in October but we want to make sure you know early what day your child's class will is scheduled so you can make plans to attend.
Our teachers here at Presentation ECC use an assessment and lesson planning support system called Teaching Strategies. We want to invite our families to start to learn about the new platform Teaching Strategies has moved to by getting to know the new app. More functionality will continue to be added as the year progresses. All family members should be added to each child's student profile as of Friday. We were having some slow response times for the website so if you are unable to access your account please let your child's teacher know so they can check to make sure you were added. Once you have been added as a family member to your child's profile you will be able to navigate to the family section of my teaching strategies and set up your account. Below you will find links. Please be aware you will not be able to set up your account until your child's teacher adds you to their profile.
We don't want to leave out our littlest students when it comes to the pumpkin patch! Since they are not able to go to Faulkner's Farm we bring the pumpkin patch to them. On Monday, 10/9 the scarecrow from Faulkner's Farm will be here to read a story to each group and then they will head outside (weather permitting) in the side yard to pick a pumpkin to take home. Parents are welcome to come and join in the fun. If your child normally does not attend on Monday you are more than welcome to bring them in for the event but if you can't we will make sure to save a pumpkin and they can pick it from the patch with their teacher the next day they attend. Below you will find information with times and groups.
Field trip permission slips went home and are due back into school by 10/3. We will take all of our preschool and pre-k classrooms to the pumpkin farm. This annual field trip is always alot of fun for the students and families are welcome to join us. Below you will find information about which classes are going on each day. We take bus transportation to the farm and we ask family members to drive separately. If you would prefer your child does not ride the bus just let their teacher know in advance.
Halloween parties will take place on Monday, October 30th for our M/W/F classes and all other classes will have their parties on Tuesday, October 31st. Family members who have signed up to be room parents or party helpers etc. should touch base with their child's teacher before finalizing any party plans. Below is a link to our classroom party guidelines. All parties are held from 10:00 am - 11:00 am. If your plans include lunch your child's teacher must know so we can make adjustments for the lunch service.
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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