Presentation ECC Weekly Newsletter
8/03/20
Our Lady of the Presentation
Early Childhood Center
ECC Families,

Good afternoon. I am looking forward to the cooler temperatures coming this week. A little out of the norm for August but I get the feeling nothing is normal in 2020. I can't believe this is the last full week of the summer session. I'm not quite sure where the weeks went! This will be the last weekly update for summer. Next week instead of a weekly update I will be sending out an update about school year 2020-2021 and Meet Your Teacher. I know everything has been crazy and last minute this year we are just trying to stay on top of the changes as they happen. We appreciate the support of all of our families who have been here with us through this crazy and sometimes frustrating summer session. Your support and understanding during these trying times has been much appreciated. I would like to take this opportunity to say goodbye to the students and families in Pre-K who will be leaving us. Myself and all of the teachers and staff hope your time at Presentation ECC has been something you will look back on and remember fondly. We will miss all of you and wish you the best in the years to come! Please let your child's teacher or the office staff know if their last day will be something other than 8/10 or 8/11. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

God Bless,

Catherine M. Koob
Director
Countdown till End of Summer Session

7 Days
Morning Arrival Signup
Below you will find a link to the morning arrival before 7:30 AM information and sign up. However if you did not sign up for this week and you need to do so or make adjustments such as add if your child will be eating breakfast or not please click on the link below and update the sign up.



Supply Lists 2020-2021
Below you will find a link for the different supply lists for each age group. If you have a question about which list you should use for your child please email ckoob@olpls.org. These lists can also be found on our website.
Water Play Schedule This Week!
Below you find the schedule of which classrooms will be having water play. Your child's teacher will be able to tell you what time on your child's day and what your child should bring.


Wednesday - Ms Annie & Ms. Kay

Thursday - Ms. Caitlin & Ms. Char

Thursday - Ms. Amanda & Ms. Nancy (these two classes will attend together and they switch off between Thursday and Friday each week)

Friday - Two's Groups (Ms. Brooke & Ms. Kristin will be one group and Ms. Jacara & Ms. Susie will be the other group)

Friday - Toddler Group (Ms. Kelsey & Ms. Chase will be together for water play)

Friday - Ms. Abby & Ms. Abby (these two classes will attend together and they switch off between Thursday and Friday each week)
COVID-19 Liability Waiver
Please sign and return the waiver in the link below. There is also a letter from the superintendent of Kansas City - St. Joseph Catholic Schools linked below.


Staff Changes
At the end of the summer session we will be saying goodbye to a few of our teachers. Ms. Abby Stephan, Ms. Annie, and Ms. Ashley who has been out taking care of her daughter Stella will not be returning this year as we hoped. Please take sometime this week to stop by and say goodbye to Ms. Abby and Ms. Annie we wish them all the best as they set off on a new path.
These changes along with the retirements of Ms. Susie Scott and Ms. Carmen We have needed to make some changes. Listed below are some of the changes we know so far:

  1. Ms. Gabby from toddler room 2 is moving to teach part-time preschool in room 7/8
  2. Ms. Susie Wade from twos room 18 is moving to teach part-time preschool in room 7/8 with Ms. Gabby.
  3. Ms. Carlene from part-time preschool room 7/8 is moving to teach full-time Pre-K in room 17.
  4. Ms. Alexis from toddler room 3 is moving to be the lead teacher for toddler room 2
  5. Ms. Kristin who was a long term sub for Ms. Ashley Henry in twos room 19 is going to stay on as a lead teacher in twos room 19.
  6. Ms. Brooke Bell who has been a TA received her BA in Early Childhood and will be moving into the lead teacher role in twos room 18.

We still have two open lead teacher positions for early preschool and pre-k. We are doing our best to look for qualified candidates but have not had a good response. As you know we have not completed our 2020-2021 classroom rosters yet and one of the reasons we have been holding off is due to the staffing challenges we are facing right now. Please keep us in your prayers that we will find wonderful, loving and qualified replacements for the teachers who are leaving us.
New Entrance Procedures
We are excited to try out our new entrance this week. We do still have some programming work which needs to be completed before everything is fully functional. The new doors which have been added are not yet functional with our security program. This will be completed hopefully on Monday this week. Until these updates are made you will continue to use your fob to gain entrance through the first set of interior doors and the second set of doors will be unlocked. Once you enter through this set of doors your child's temperature will be checked and you can sign them in at the kiosk. Once the door is fully integrated with our system it will only open when an authorized person signs your child in or out. I am sure we will have some kinks to work out but we are excited to offer our families this new layer of added security. A huge thank you is going out to the following businesses who are owned by or employ Presentation families - Design Supply Doors, TPC Interiors, and North Kansas City Electric. Without their donation of time and materials this beautiful addition would not have been possible!
New Kitchen Manager
We are happy to introduce Darsetta Wood who will be our new kitchen manager. Darsetta will be easing her way in over the next couple of weeks. .

Tuition Rates for 2020-2021
Below you will find a link to a letter regarding the tuition increases for the 2020-2021 school year. The new rates will be charged beginning August 1st. A new rate sheet will be included in enrollment paperwork.

Calendar for 2020-2021
Attached below is a copy of the calendar for school year 2020-2021. A hard copy of the calendar will go out with paperwork for the new year.

Summer Calendar
In the links below you will find the activities calendar for each month. We may be adding activities as we are allowed throughout the summer.



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 which 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.

Email goes to all office staff ecc.office@olpls.org


Cathy Koob Director - ckoob@olpls.org
Teresa Button Asst. Director - tbutton@olpls.org
Kim Brummett AM office - kbrummett@olpls.org
Deanna Driskell PM office - ddriskell@olpls.org
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