Valentine’s Day Party, Feb. 12!

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Thursday, February 12th is our Pre-K Valentine’s Day party.  We will begin our celebration at 1:45.  Please note the following:

  •  All children are invited to stay for the full day
  • Party is at 1:45 – pick up normal routine (with ½ day kids included in the 2:30 pick-up)
  • Please do NOT specifically address Valentine’s to individual children.  Instead, please simply have your child write their own name on each card.
  • The children will be making boxes in class to hold their Valentines. No box or other container is needed from home.

 

Valentine’s Day Tomorrow!

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Hello Parents
Tuesday February 14th is the Pre-K Valentine’s Day party at school at 1pm. Please note the following:

  •  All kids are invited to stay for the full day
  • Party is at 1pm – pick up normal routine (with ½ day kids included in the 2:30 pick-up)
  • Please do NOT specifically address valentine’s to kids (just sign the valentine but have blank envelopes to make passing out much easier)
  • The children have already made bags to hold their Valentines. No box or other container is needed from home.

Thanks!
Brandie, Mary, & Nicole

Halloween Party Notes

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Just a quick note (from our fabulous room parents) regarding next week’s party:

  • Children wear regular clothes to school and pack costumes. Mrs. Forst/Pless will help them change into their costumes
  • No weapons are permitted as costume accessories, and please, no scary costumes
  • Kids will parade at 2pm – if you want to watch – stand outside along the sidewalk or driveway (Party at 1pm for kids)
  • Pick-up is same as usual – front area near library 2:30 (kids will duck in through the back door)

Don’t forget the Halloween party for parents Friday at 7pm.

Have a great week,
Nicole, Mary, and Brandie

Party of Love

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Our Valentine’s Day party yesterday was a big hit! A special thanks goes out to our Room Parents for organizing and preparing this event.  The children were geared up to pass out their valentine cards as soon as they arrived in the morning.  We had a few finishing touches we needed to attend to first.

A couple of students still needed to make their valentines bags.

Some of the children were completing their family gifts.

A few were finishing their “Who Do You Love?” books.

Many were trying their hand at sewing for the very first time.

Then finally, at rest, the children were able to take turns placing valentines in all of their friends bags.  Each child read the names by themselves and found the correct bag to place the card in.

Rest time was followed by the much-anticipated PARTY!!!  The children ate yummy strawberries and cute turkey and cheese sandwiches shaped like hearts.  They also played with an amazing puzzle book made by the Room Parents.  Every child was given one of these books to bring home.  If you haven’t yet played with it yourself, make some time tonight to look at it with your child.

Halloween Celebration

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Wow! What an exciting Friday! We have been gearing up for Halloween for the last two weeks, and the children are certainly excited. The day began with an exploration of masks in  our drawing center.  Many of the children choose to create their own spooky, silly, or simply amazing masks.  Later in the day, our party was a fabulous success. A huge thank you goes out to our room parents who organized silly activities and snacks for the party.  The children truly enjoyed decorating pictures of their friends.  Using dry erase markers on laminated photos was a huge hit!  After our party, we joined the rest of the school in the Multipurpose Room for a sing-along prior to our parade. Mrs. Hanczar taught us many, many spooky songs for the occasion. Finally we led the school in a parade around the main building.  What a busy day!  Happy Halloween!

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Halloween Party and Parade Tomorrow!

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Please bring costumes, without make-up, for our party and parade on Oct. 30.  The children will change clothes after lunch.  Our Room Parents have organized the activities for our party at 1:15.  The North Campus parade will begin around 2:00.  We will be walking along the sidewalk, in front of the schools.  While the rest of the classes make a circuit around the main building, the Pre-K will be stopping at our back porch and returning to our room.  This way we will be able to be ready for dismissal at 2:30 as usual.  Tomorrow is going to be such an exciting day.  We are really looking forward to it!

 

 

Dear Pre-K Parents

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Just a reminder that Applefest will be held on Saturday October 9th at the North Hills Campus from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  There is still time to bring in your ‘COOKING WITH KIDS’ raffle basket items.  Please drop them off at the school. 

There are still spots available to volunteer at the Pre-K / Kindergarten booth.  Please see sign-up sheet on the door of the Kindergarten room if interested.

Other dates to keep in mind:

  • Saturday October 23rd – All Parent Social Halloween Costume Party 7 PM – 10PM.
  • Friday October 29th – WTN Halloween Parade and Parties 2 PM – 3:15 PM.
    (Note inserted by Mrs. Forst: The PK party will be from 1:00 to 2:00, followed by parade.)
  • Thursday November 4th – WTN Speaker Series ‘Easeful and Joyful Parenting’ 6:30 – 8 PM.

Any questions, comments, concerns, criticisms, self doubts or other related stressors or anxieties, please feel free to contact one of your room parents.  Hope to see yinz at Applefest!!!

Steve Cooper (Zoë’s Dad)

Applefest 2010

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September 20, 2010

Dear Pre-K Parents,

Applefest 2010 will be held on Saturday, October 9th, at the North Hills Campus of Winchester Thurston School from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. It will be filled with a fun day of games, crafts, music, rides, prizes, and of course, raffle baskets bursting with treasures!

Help us collect items for the WT Applefest Raffle Baskets. Last year’s baskets were a huge success thanks to the outstanding help from WT parents. The Pre-K class theme will be “Cooking With Kids”. Parents are asked to donate related items for the “Cooking With Kids” basket. Please deliver your donations for the basket to the classroom where the teacher will have a spot for collecting the items.

If you would prefer to make a monetary donation for a Pre-K room parent to purchase items for you, please send a check payable to Stephen Cooper or Melissa Awais so that it will arrive by Oct 6th.

There is no obligation to participate or a set amount to give. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at the phone numbers and or e-mail addresses below.

This year’s Pre-K booth is ‘Fishing for Apples’ that will be shared with the Kindergarten class. Please sign up for a shift on the sheet located on the Kindergarten door. The assignments are in 30-minute intervals and parents are encouraged to have kids work with them! Look for the sign-up sheet for the booth if you did not have a chance to sign-up on Parent’s Night.

Thank you!

Kind regards

Melissa Awais [email protected] &

Steve Cooper – 724-290-9442 or [email protected]

WT Pre-K Room Parents Extrodinaires

Hello From Your Room Parents

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Hello, my name is Stephen Cooper.  I am Zoë’s dad and one of the room parents for the Pre-K.  Melissa Awais, Amir’s mom is also a room parent this year.  We want to welcome everyone to a new school year and to remind you about Parents Night Tuesday Sept 21st from 6:45 PM to 9PM.   During the evening we will briefly introduce ourselves as well as provide an overview of upcoming events (Applefest Oct 9th, All Parent Social Party Oct 23rd, Halloween Parade/Party Oct 29th) and volunteer opportunities (classroom, school, field trips, lunch, washing the room parents vehicles).  If you should have any questions or comments please feel free to contact either of us at [email protected] (Steve) or [email protected] (Melissa) or meet us at Parent’s Night.  We look forward to seeing you there.
Thanks, Steve and Melissa