May & June Calendar                                                      

• May 19, Saturday, New Parent Orientation, 10:00 – 12:00

• May 21, Monday, Switch a Roo Field Trip – switching schools for the day

• May 28, Mon. Memorial Day observed, no preschool

• June 6, Wednesday, Circle of Friends Celebration for all MWF & 5 day Classes – June 6 Church site @ 11:00  Grange site @ 12:00

• June 5, Thursday, Circle of Friends Celebration for all TTH Classes – June 5                    Church site @ 10:00   Grange site @ 10:10                                                                                    

  June 5 & June 6 Tues. & Wed. Last days of preschool – No Afternoon Enrichment

Mother’s Day Tea! Thank you so much for all your feedback on the Mother’s Day Tea.  It was a difficult decision to change from doing the breakfasts with the whole school in the parish hall to lunch with each child’s class. Mommies said it was a very special event and dads said their “Sweetheart Lunch” was perfect!  So we are off to a new tradition at preschool.

Fun!Raiser Totals:  Thank you for your donations to the preschool instead of doing another small fundraiser.  We have reached $1,100.00 in donations.  I am still praying for the additional $700.00 so if you have not put your $25.00 in please do so, if you can.

Summer Camp:  At this time, the camp sign-ups have been very slow coming in.  Please get your registration form for camp to me ASAP so that I can plan accordingly.  We have teachers who need to work so we hope you choose us for your camp plans for the summer.  If you want to register but don’t have the funds at this time please send in your registration form and you can turn the fee in by the end of May. Get your place at summer camp – bring friends too!  The camp is for children who will be entering 1^st grade too!

CHAPEL UPDATE:  I was looking through our story shelves and thought, “Oh, we haven’t told the story of Jonah and the Big Fish yet this year.”  Since time is ticking away, that’s what we’ll do this week.  The story can be scary if you think about it.  However, the emphasis of the story is that God didn’t forget about Jonah being in the belly of the whale and ultimately kept him safe.  We will talk about how God hears our prayers no matter where we are.  Chaplain Michelle+

CALENDAR

May 19, Saturday, New Parent Orientation, 10:00 – 12:00

May 21, Monday, Switch a Roo Field Trip

May 28, Mon. Memorial Day observed, no preschool

June 5, Tuesday, Circle of Friends Celebration for all TTH Classes -minimum day

June 6, Wednesday, Good-by Celebration for all MWF/5-day Classes – minimum day

Dear preschool families,

The end of the year is drawing near so quickly, it seems.  Thank you to all the room parents for helping with the end of the year teacher gifts and being flexible to have it during our Teacher Appreciation Week.  Please see below for end of year celebrations.  There are many things going on at local schools so we will be having minimum days the last two days of school in order for the children to have their special end of year good-byes!

THE MOTHER’S DAY TEA WAS A REAL SUCCESS! THE CHILDREN ENJOYED THEIR TIME WITH YOU.

Switch A Roo Field Trip for MWF and 5 Day classes:

On Monday, May 21, the whole preschool will switch sites – teachers and all. You will receive more information from your child’s teacher but plan on dropping your child off and picking them up from the opposite school!  This will be from 7:30 until 1:00.  If your child stays for Afternoon Enrichment we will transport him or her to their “home school.”

CHAPEL UPDATE:  The conversation continued this past week with a group of 3 year-olds telling me which story had been their favorite this year.  I asked the teachers too, and one of them, Ms. Jamie, said that The Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-35) was her favorite.  I realized that we hadn’t gotten to that lesson yet this year.  So, Miss Jamie, as they say…this one goes out to you!

Library Books:  Library books will be turned in the week of May 14. All parent library books are due as well.

New Parent Orientation:  As part of welcoming the new parents to the preschool we offer a New Parent Orientation. Current parents make lunch for the new parents.  There will be a sign-up sheet for the current parents next week. If you enrolled your child late in the year this is a fun way to understand our Play-based philosophy.

END OF YEAR CELEBRATIONS

TTH Classes Tuesday, June 5 minimum day–no afternoon enrichment

Rainbow & Green Families                  Celebration 10:00

Yellow Family                              Celebration 10:10

MWF/5day Classes Wednesday, June 6 minimum day–no afternoon enrichment 

Rainbow & Green Families                  Celebration      11:00 

Blue & 5-Day Yellow Families            Celebration       12:00

Prayers for mommies at chapel

May 10 & 11, Thurs. & Friday “Mother’s Day Tea” @12:15

May 19, Saturday, New Parent Orientation,10:00 – 12:00

May 28, Mon. Memorial Day observed, no preschool

June 5, Tuesday, Circle of Friends Celebration for all TTH Classes  -minimum day

June 6, Wednesday, Good-by Celebration for all MWF Classes

Dear preschool families,

I am very sorry that I dropped the ball about the amount that you raised at the Spring Fun!Raiser.  I wrote the information to the Off 68newspaper and then I guess that I must have thought that I had spread the word at preschool too!  You all brought in an amazing $ 27, 371.25.  Thank you all, I hope you know how much your support means to the stability of the preschool. You are the best! SANDY

The fundraising dollar amount that was budgeted to sustain the program is $35,000. This number keeps the program’s student/teacher ratio at 7 to 1.  With those numbers here is how we did all year.

Nob Hill (using your Nob Hill grocery card)                                         $389.07

Cookie Dough, Butter Braids, & Artwork for Education             $5,501.82

Spring!Funraiser                                                                                             $27,371.25

Total for the year                                                                                              $33,262.14

We need to raise an additional $1737.86 to make budget before the school year ends.  I am proposing to everyone and will send a separate email to support the school financially one more time if everyone gave an additional $25.00 donation to the preschool we would make our school year budget.  Please consider, Thank you

CHAPEL UPDATE:  I had a wonderful conversation with the T/Th Rainbow Family this past week.  They started talking about all the stories we have enjoyed this year, and I asked them which story was their favorite.  Many of the children offered a different idea about their favorite.  I was most amazed, however, by the recall that they had about the story details.  It was really fun to think back on this fabulous year!  This week’s story will be Jesus and the Paralytic.  Chaplain Michelle+

Mother’s Day Tea:  Please bring your own lunch or bring a little picnic lunch for the two of you.  The preschool children will help make the “Tea”, pink lemonade.

 Calendar

• April 27, Friday. Last Parent Group meeting! Please come at 9:15 – church site

• May 2 & 3, Wed. & Thurs. Last All School Chapel at 9:00 –lighting of the candles

• May 10 & 11, Thursday & Friday “Mother’s Day Tea”

• May 19, Saturday, New Parent Orientation, 10:00 – 12:00

• May 28, Mon. Memorial Day observed, no preschool

• June 5, Tuesday, Circle of Friends Celebration for all TTH Classes

• June 6, Wednesday, Good-by Celebration for all MWF Classes

Dear parents,

Wow we sure have had a spread of germs among the teachers this past week. Ms. Kay,  Ms. Jeana, Ms. Mika, and Ms. Jamie, have all been very sick. Please keep them in your prayers for a quick recovery! We have also had a great rush of “spring fever” with your preschoolers. It’s a time when children need to test boundaries and do a lot of physical exercise as their bodies start to go into growing mode. We encourage lots of large motor activities at this time of the year. Sandy

CHAPEL UPDATE: We enjoyed our “Follow Me” story last week and enjoyed exploring the Sea of Galilee. We will use similar materials for this week’s story, “Jesus and the Storm” (Mark 4:35-41). …and they wondered, “Who is the person? Even the wind and the waves obey him!” Chaplain Michelle+

Parent Group Please come and join in our last parent group meeting this Friday!

Summer Camp Sign-ups are available – look on sign-up tables

Summer camp flyers/registration forms are out. We have room in all the sessions. The camp is for 6 weeks: June25 –August3.

Mother’s Day Tea

We want the opportunity to appreciate moms and your child/children. This year, instead of the breakfast mommies or special guests will bring a lunch and enjoy a Mother’s Day Tea with your child. I will be looking for quite a few little teapots to borrow, if you have one please let me know! It will be a very special time with your preschooler. The children are making flowers for decorations and placemats for “mommy & me.” The children are also working on a very special gift too! The tea will begin at 12:15

Dear parents,

I want to inform everyone at the preschool that Ms. Lois, our Afterschool Play teacher, will be moving up north this summer to live near her daughter.  Ms. Lois has been teaching with the preschool for 14 years.  It was a difficult decision for her as the preschool is really like a family and it’s hard to leave family. Lois has been a strong advocate of our play-based program and she has shown this passion through all her years of teaching here and continues to do so.  We will miss her so very much.  Sandy

April 30, Monday, both preschools will be heading out for a field trip.  Sign-ups for drivers will be on the sign-in tables this Monday.

The church site will be heading to the Train Club/museum and station to learn all about trains.

The grange site will be heading out to Earthbound Farms in Carmel Valley to learn about organic farming.

Calendar

*APRIL 21, EARTH DAY 5K RUN

*APRIL 22-28, WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD BY THE NATIONAL ASSOC. FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG CHILDREN

*APRIL 27, LAST PARENT GROUP MEETING AT 9:15 AT THE CHURCH

Chapel update…

So many stories…so few chapel weeks left!  I can’t believe how fast this year is going.  This week’s story is called “Follow Me” (Mark 1:16-20 is one passage).  We will explore the Sea of Galilee and learn about people that dropped everything to follow Jesus. It’s a great story and I’m looking forward to sharing it with the children.  Love, Chaplain Michelle

A note from Pastor Linda:  This Easter one former preschool child was baptized (Mae Martin), and two who will be preschoolers in the future (Olivia Parachini and Seamus Martin.)  What a beautiful occasion it was!

If you are interested in having your child baptized, please speak with me. I  can be reached at revlinda@goodshepherdcorral.org.

SUMMER CAMP

Summer Camp Sign-ups will be available this week.  Check the sign-in tables for information. The camps will run for 6 consecutive weeks, June 25 – August 3, ages 3-6

Teachers for camp will be: Ms. Mika, Ms. Kay, Ms. Jamie, Ms. Bethany,  Ms. Ruth, and Ms. Nikki. Ms. Tina will be a teacher’s assistant.