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In This Newsletter...
  • Learning About Vegetables
  • Professional Development - ASL as a Heritage Language
  • Family ASL Classes begin January 10
  • Reminders/Important Dates
  • Black Lives Matter at School - seeking family participation
  • TLCPA Winter Celebration Photos
Note: Translations provided by DeepL
Hello!

There are a couple of things that I would like to share with you this week:
 
Our Preschool Spotlight:
Recently in preschool, we read “The Ugly Vegetables” by Grace Lin. The book is about a child named Mickey who wonders why their family garden looks different from the neighbors’. Mickey’s family grows Chinese vegetables that grow in many different shapes, colors and textures. The family makes a soup to share with their neighbors.

We had a special opportunity to explore three of the vegetables from the story (Kōng xin cài, sī gūa and kū gūa). One of our preschool students brought these vegetables in to share with us, along with a soup that their Ying Ying makes. The vegetables were different from the ones many of us eat at home. We enjoyed exploring them through smell and touch. It was so wonderful having a member of our preschool community share part of their culture and part of their home with us! 
Professional Development
This week on Wednesday, our ECC staff participated in our TLC’s school wide professional development - ASL as a Heritage Language workshop. This gave us an opportunity to explore the ASL standards and figure out how we support our students’ language development and their varying cultural background or relationship with other heritage languages. We also had an opportunity to reflect by describing which ASL standard(s) we would use when teaching one of our lessons. This workshop was definitely a learning experience for all of us.

Family ASL Classes
We have ASL classes starting again on January 10, 2022, and they are free for our TLC families! Our Winter Session will offer Level I and II. Please watch this video:
If you are interested in taking class with us, please fill out this Registration Form:
We also hope to offer classes for the general public next year, and those will require payment, as well as registration.

If have specific questions about our classes, please reach out to Community ASL Class and Interpreting Services Director Andy Veith.
Starting in January, we will share a community newsletter for all MPS/WS families which will alternate every other week. This will be shared by our Advancement office. The first community newsletter will be on Friday, January 14th in lieu of individual department newsletters. 
 
Don’t forget that we will begin winter break next week. Thursday, December 23rd is a half day for our MPS students with a noon dismissal. MPS will reopen on Monday, January 3rd. 

Please remember that families are asked to self-monitor their children and keep them home if they or family members are sick. We notice that many families have already been doing this, and we appreciate your efforts in preserving the health of our community. Families are encouraged to contact the TLC Nursing department with any questions about their child’s health.

Anti-Bias Education Corner:
We are looking for volunteers on our Black Lives Matter at School committee. For more information on this committee, please see the information below. If you are interested, please let me know!

Have a wonderful break!
A black signature for Milmaglyn Morales
Milmaglyn
Director, Early Childhood Center
Reminders:
  • December 23: Early Release 12 PM
  • Winter Break: December 24 through January 2
  • MPS reopens January 3
  • If your child arrives late, please go to our White House/Admin Building to sign in and then bring your child to the front entrance at ECC building to wait for a staff member
  • ECC Handbook: Please Review and Sign Consent Form
  • If you want to join our Parent/Caregiver Directory, Click Here 
Save the Date: TLCPA Meeting
Thursday, January 6
6:30 PM EST
Meeting ID: 975 3235 2448
Passcode: 912661

To request multilingual interpreting, please email theacabral@gmail.com 
Black Lives Matter at School is a national coalition organizing for racial justice in education. Every year during the first week of February, Black Lives Matter at School hosts an annual week of action.

The TLC Educational Community at Walden and Marie Philip Schools are seeking interested staff, students, and families to join our committee to plan this event on campus for the week of January 31-February 4, 2022, as part of our planning for our Year of Purpose. 

If you are interested in joining this committee in preparing for the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action event at TLC, please contact your department principal/director by Wednesday, December 15, 2021.

Our first tentative meeting will be held on December 21, 2021 at 1:30 PM on Zoom.
TLCPA Winter Celebration
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