Presentation ECC Weekly Newsletter
12/14/18
Our Lady of the Presentation
Early Childhood Center
ECC Families,

Good afternoon. We are entering our third week of Advent and on Tuesday we will be lighting our third candle. Our pink candle represents joy! We rejoice that it is almost time for Jesus to be born. On Monday and Tuesday our two year old classrooms will be performing their Christmas songs for the camera and our toddler classes will join in on Tuesday. The video of both performances will be posted to our website and made available for parents. We find the young ones sing so much better this way and there are no tears for mom and dad! We will be collecting the holiday attendance sheet outside your child's classroom on Monday and Tuesday thank you to all the families who took the time to fill this out. We appreciate your help this allows us to staff sufficiently over the holidays. Don't forget to check out our Advent resource table located up front it has several options to help you prepare. Many parents have asked about a collection or Christmas donation for teachers and staff. We no longer do a formal collection instead we leave it up to each individual family if they would like to give gifts or not. We have listed all of the teacher and full-time support staff sheets of things they like on a seperate page on our website, there is a link to the lists on our front page. If you would like to know information for the afternoon staff those papers can be found at the front desk. A big thank you to all the families who attended our Christmas programs this week. The children always do a wonderful job! I know Thursday was hard for those die hard Chiefs fans but we had a great turn out! Bummer the outcome of the game wasn't as good as our program! Have a great weekend!

God Bless,

Catherine M. Koob
Director 
Year End Statements
Ms. Teresa, our Assistant Director, will start working on year end statements after our last tuition billing run on 12/31. All tuition payments for 2018 must be made on or before 12/31. When statements are ready for pickup we will have them located in a file at the front office. If you would like your statement emailed you must request this by emailing Teresa at tbutton@olpls.org. This is a busy time of the year for Teresa so please allow 24 hours from the time of request.
Christmas Season Attendance Sheets Come Down Mon/Tues
During the Christmas season we realize many families will be spending additional time together, traveling out of town or just taking a break. Many of our staff and teachers will be doing the same and in order to make sure we are adequately staffed during this time we are asking families to fill out the Christmas attendance sheets located outside your child's classroom. We appreciate you taking the time to do this so we can prepare with the appropriate amount of subs for classrooms whose teacher will be gone.
When Do the Children Go Outside?
We have had several parents wondering when we go outside. We follow a state recommended temperature guide to determine if it is safe for the children to be outside. We also take into account the conditions of the environment they will be playing in. For example if it is too wet even though the temperature might say we can go out we could choose to stay in. For the most part unless we are in a red zone we try to take the children outside for some time everyday! It is important for children to have fresh air and be able to run and play during their day here. It is important for parents to send their child in appropriate clothing for the season everyday regardless of what the weather is like when you leave in the morning. A copy of the tool we use to determine if and how long we will go outside is linked below. You may also find this document on our website. If you have questions or concerns about our outdoor policies please feel free to send an email to ckoob@olpls.org or give me a call at (816)251-1140.

Inclement Weather Information
With winter right around the corner we will be dealing with inclement weather from time to time. Our center does not automatically close when OLP school closes or LS school district. We make the determination on our own. We take into account several different factors when we decide to close or close early. It is never an easy decision to make so we appreciate your understanding. Below you will find our closing procedures. You should always receive a remind and be able to find updated information on our website as well.

Closed for Christmas
Our center will be closed on Monday, December 24 through Wednesday, December 26. May you have a blessed Christmas with your family and friends.
New Remind Group for 2018-2019
In an effort to keep our communications as up to date as possible we will have a new remind group for the 2018-2019 year. I will keep both groups up until after the first week of school then I will delete the current remind group and only the @eccfam1819 group will remain. Remind is the text app we use to keep all of our families up to date on important information. Below you will find a link to the new remind group for this year.

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