Presentation ECC Weekly Newsletter
8/29/2022
Our Lady of the Presentation
Early Childhood Center
Good afternoon I hope everyone is having a great weekend! The first full week is behind us. Teachers and students are starting to get comfortable with their new routines. Our Stretch-N -Grow classes will begin this Friday with our toddler and twos classes. If you have not turned in your medical paperwork for your student our morning office admin, Ms. Deanna, will be contacting you. Your students immunization record must be on file immediately when they start and the health exam needs to be turned in within 30 days of the start of school. Now that most schools have started we are going to start seeing more and more illness creeping in. Please understand in a group care setting, especially with younger children, illnesses spread quickly. If your child is not feeling well please keep them home. We also ask when you drop your child off in the morning if it is before 7:30 take them to the group bathroom sink area to wash their hands before sitting down at the tables to eat breakfast or play with the toys. If it is after 7:30 you may stop at the group bathroom sink area or let your child's teacher know they need to wash their hands and they will send them to the classroom sink to wash up before starting their day. If you plan to bring your child to school with their breakfast we ask you drop them off before 7:30 so they may eat in the lunch room. If you arrive after 7:30 and you have breakfast with you and you want them to eat it please sit with your child in the lunch room. Please do not leave food or drink items not in a lunch box in your child's cubby. We will be closed on Monday, 9/5 for Labor Day. You will be able to find the new sign up to stay past 5:00 PM below. Let us know if you have any questions or concerns. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and we will see you tomorrow.

God Bless,

Catherine Koob
Director
Current Family Secure Page
If you are looking for where alot of the information is stored that comes out in the weekly update make sure to check out the current family secure page on our website. You can find things like class schedules, family handbook, remind signups, and the school calendar. To access the page use the password OLP-ECC-2022-2023
Morning Prayer
Linked below you will find a copy of our morning prayer. Each morning over the intercom we recite this prayer together. Feel free to say it with your child it is so awesome to see how quickly they learn it and how it becomes an important start to their day!
Exiting and Building Security
Please make sure to use the exit door on the south side of the building when leaving after drop off and pick up instead of the main double doors in the front. This helps with the flow of traffic especially during morning drop off. Also for security purposes we ask that all non-employees enter and exit from the front of the building only. The only exception to this is if you are picking your child up off of the playground.
Theme 2022-2023
Each year we have a special theme for the year. This year we are again combining forces with the parish and the school and we will all have one theme for the year. The theme for the 2022-2023 school year is "Just Disciple". We are excited to start sharing this with our students and their families. Look for activities and ways the theme will be incorporated into our daily schedules. Leading others by example is one of the ways we can all be disciples to each other and praying is a powerful tool that we all have access to and I can't think of a better time in our lives to embrace it. The official logo is to the right.
Remind Texts
Please make sure to sign up for our Remind text group. Below you will find the instructions for how to sign up. Please use the instructions based on the first letter of your last name.
Drop Off & Pick Up Procedures
While our office staff is getting used to all of the new faces please don't be offended if you are asked to show identification when picking up a student, and parents make sure you are telling your pick up people to have identification on them when they come to pick up for you. This is mainly for those pickup people who are unable to check out a student on the computer and need to be let in. We will continue to get all of our new families' fingers scanned and issued fobs for entrance. If you need any additional fobs there is an add/replacement cost of $5.00 which may be billed to your tuition account.
Sign Up for after 5:00 PM Pick Up
Below you will find a link to the sign up for after 5:00 PM pick up. A new sign up will go out each week in the weekly update. We will reevaluate the need for this process at the end of September. Please read through the instructions in the sign up completely. If something changes and your child does not need a spot you signed up for please update the sign up so someone else can sign up on that day if needed. The sign up will remain available all week. The staff person closing in the office will print the list for each day.
Stretch-n-Grow & Spanish Classes Start in September
We try give our students many enrichment activities out of the classroom in addition to the teacher's lesson plans. Two of those activities are Stretch-N-Grow and Spanish. The cost for both of these activities are paid partly by the yearly activity fees. We have been working with Coach Patty and The Language Project for many years and they are both provide great services!







September Staff Birthdays
Please help us celebrate the following staff birthdays this month. Ms. Carrie's birthday is 9/1 Ms. Carrie works in one of our part-time preschool classrooms and she has done a great job since starting here in August 2021 . Ms. Char's birthday is 9/19. Char has been working at the ECC for over 10 years! She started off working in our front office part-time and then decided to put her teaching abilities to good work in both preschool and Pre-k. Make sure you swing by and wish them a happy birthday!
Ms. Carrie 9/1
Ms. Char 9/19
Center Closed for Labor Day
Our center will be closed on Monday, 9/5 in observance of Labor Day.
Pre-K Mass Attendance Begins Mid-September
One of the great things about being a part of Presentation ECC is learning and growing in faith. Beginning in September our Pre-K students who attend on Wednesday's will be going to the school Mass at Presentation Church. The students will gather in the morning at 8:00 AM and will walk over to the church together. Even if your child is not Catholic this is a great way for them to spend time learning how to pray and talk to Jesus. If you do not want your child to attend Mass you may bring them to school at 9:15 AM on their classes Mass day. Below you will find the schedule of when each class will attend (weather permitting). We will also have religion lessons in the church with Fr. Tom and Fr. Angel and this will be a chance for our T/TH students to participate. This schedule will come out soon.
Tuition Account Questions
If you have specific questions about your tuition account or need to make a payment you may contact Teresa Button our Assistant Director. You may also email her at tbutton@olpls.org or call the office at (816)251-1140.
Office Communication
We want to make it easier for you to stay in communication with us. If you need to send general information to the office we have created an email address that will send your email message to all of our office staff. You can still send sensitive information to an individual by sending your email to their personal email address but if you want to send general information to be answered by any of our office staff then please use the email address indicated below.

This email goes to all office staff ecc.office@olpls.org


Cathy Koob Director - ckoob@olpls.org
Teresa Button Asst. Director - tbutton@olpls.org
Deanna Driskell AM office - ddriskell@olpls.org
Emily Gaylord PM office - egaylord@olpls.org
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Unsubscribing to emails: 
Please be aware that Presentation ECC uses the same Constant Contact account to send emails to parents as the Parish. If you unsubscribe to receiving church emails it will also remove you from school list. If you have any questions or concerns about receiving communication from the ECC, please email ckoob@olpls.org.
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