Newark
Cooperative Preschool
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NEWARK COOPERATIVE PRESCHOOL NEWSLETTER APRIL 2003
UPCOMING EVENTS APRIL CURRICULUM April 1st Final Tuition is due (3’s $75.00; 4’s $85.00) *What Happens in spring 11th Field Trip to Frawley Stadium * Butterflies 16th Spring Party & Egg Hunt (4’s Class) *Community Helpers 17th Spring Party & Egg Hunt (3’s Classes) 18th-25th No School-Spring Break 30th & May 1st T-Shirt Picture Day. Children should wear a preschool t-shirt/ sweatshirt or a favorite t-shirt for a group photo. Each child will receive a copy of the picture.
*PLEASE NOTE THERE IS NO PARENT MEETING IN APRIL.
ODD JOBS Jobs for the next school year are beginning to fill up! If you haven’t already, please call Shirley or Marylee Dichiaro (Murphy 4 p.m.) to choose which job is best suited for your family. Remember that you do not automatically get the same job you are currently holding. Jobs are given on a first come, first served basis.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: v Amy Mullins (Noah 4AM) for being our tuition coordinator: we miss you! v Joeli (Jhaney 4AM) for taking care of Scholastic Book Orders v Our “cutters”: Diane Flaherty (Katy 4PM) and Jeri Kalinowski (Christopher 3’s) * All of the families who donated rolls of paper towels and craft supplies. * Utta Plass-Jungbluth (Lily 3’s) for organizing the picture days and our picture day helpers: Alison, Paula and Diane.
FROM THE PRESIDENT- Marylee Dichiaro 453-0603
Spring has
Sprung! What’s the saying? “In like a lion, out like a lamb!” Dress your child
accordin gly. We will go out. I love the newness of Spring and get a kick out of
Murphy’s amazement at the brave little crocuses pushing
through the ground. Conversations with your child about Spring is a great way to
prep them for the Spring curriculum. Thanks to all the families who attended the
March meeting. We have elected a new board for the 2003-2004 school year and
they are as follows: Ø President Alain Nana-Sinkham Ø VP of Admissions Deserae Mace Ø VP of Education Jeri Kalinowski Ø Secretary Mike DeCampli Ø Treasurer Krista & Alan Fleetwood Ø 3AM Coordinating Parent Cheri Rodriguez Ø 4AM Coordinating Parent Christine Wallace
2003-2004 REGISTRATION UPDATE
Neither AM class is full, therefore there are no children registered in PM sessions. The preschool will advertise at the Nursing Mothers Parenting Conference in May. Please continue to tell friends, neighbors and family about our program. Deserae Mace (Colleen 3AM) can provide registration forms; call her at 731-7677.
FROM THE EDUCATONAL DIRECTOR –Shirley Glines 738-9512
Scott Vogel visited the 3’s and the 4’s classes to talk about pet care in March and the children learned about Sammy the dog. What a fun day. Thank you Mr. Vogel for sharing your story with us.
As the school year winds down, we need your commitment to being here on time for start up and dismissal. I cannot begin to adequately express my thanks to Michelle Pierce and Alison Early for the many hours they spent organizing our Human-I-Tees Fundraiser and the Friendly’s Fun Nights. To all of you who so diligently took orders, “Thank You.” I know for many of you it was difficult to remain dedicated to fund- raising because this is your last year at NCP. Your support will enable the Newark Cooperative Preschool to continue to offer one of the best preschool experiences in the area. Your support also proves that the cooperative aspect of our preschool can accomplish lofty goals because we all work together for the children.
If you have had a job that required keeping records (housekeeping, fundraising, holiday party, snacks, coordinating parent). Please write the directions for doing your job down. Include where you purchased supplies, if you posted a sign-up sheet what is included, how you contacted parents who volunteered to help, etc. Make it detailed so the person taking over the position next school year will know how to do the job. Give the file to Shirley.
The 4’s will be visiting Frawley Stadium on Fri. April 11th. Each child participating in the event must be accompanied by an adult. Since we will meet at the Stadium at 10 a.m., you will provide your own transportation. Carpooling is a great idea. You can all work together to plan that. The 3’s are welcome to participate. Please remember, siblings may not participate due to insurance restrictions. If a family attends with a sibling, they will be asked to leave. An information/sign up sheet will be going home. We need an exact count of the children, since they will be receiving lunch. If you have food concerns, it is fine to pack a lunch for your child. Thank you Bobby Dichiaro for arranging our trip (Murphy 4 p.m.).
End of the year conferences will be held May 27th, 28th, and 29th. End of the year clean up will be Friday May 30th. Since our families all cleaned during the school year, we will post a sign-up for any volunteers we can get to scrub the walls, chairs, and tables. It takes about 1½ hours to complete. Starting time will be 9:30a.m.
FROM THE 4’s- Shirley Glines 738-9512/new e-mail : shglines@gonowmail.com
Happy Spring! This month we will continue to explore the different ways we can tell Spring is here. We will be watching our caterpillars turn into butterflies in our Garden Box.
The 4’s have been growing and maturing so much this spring. They are all cooperative in completing one and sometimes two projects. Their self help skills are wonderful, they are able to get their belongings into cubbies, hang up coats, pour water at snack time, put on a smock, write and/or identify their name (some are even beginning to identify friends’ names), and many are beginning to zip their own jackets. Please help me to build upon this foundation by teaching your child (please do not sing) their full name and address. This should include house number, street name, city, and state. When we discuss community helpers this will supplement our discussions about mail carriers and police officers. Please encourage your child to count, cut out coupons, select rhyming words and opposites and continue to read lots of books to him/her.
FROM THE 3’s- Karen Peterson 322-5340
The weatherman has assured me that spring really will arrive. With any luck we can have “April Showers” only on Mon., Wed. and Fri. (Just kidding Shirley!). I appreciate your patience and extra effort with all our indoor recesses.
Beginning in April, we will introduce our Spring Unit. We will talk about seeds and flowers and baby animals. As a follow-up to the food unit and healthy eating we will talk about other ways to stay healthy.
Our Spring Party will be on April 17th. Enjoy your Spring break!
Read Aloud Corner- Goofy Stories By Valerie Stenner 453-0527; valneric@voicenet.com
I have yet to meet a child who doesn’t enjoy a goofy story! The sound of my girls laughing, or any other children laughing, always brings a smile to my face!! These books are usually worn out before they are outgrown. My personal favorite in the "goofy" category is a book by Charlotte Pomerantz called The Piggie in the Puddle (PreK-2). It is a story of a pig family having trouble with the little sister’s determination to stay in the mud puddle. It isn’t the content that brings on the smiles but the choice of words, cadence and repetition that makes the story goofy. James Marshall’s illustrations are clean which adds to the charm of the book. Most recently we have been reading The Princess Tales by Gail Carson Levine (Gr.2-6). This quick to read collection is loosely based on familiar fairy tales. The tales have been tweaked to make them funny. Author Robert Munsch writes some of the goofiest stories I’ve ever read! In his story Mud Puddle, the narrator, Jule Ann can’t step outdoors without a mud puddle jumping out to dirty her fresh clothes. He taps right into the nonsense kids like best. Other books that we have read repeatedly since they are so much fun are: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric A. Kimmel, Imogene’s Antlers by David Small, Morris the Moose stories by Bernard Wiseman, Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm by Jerdine Nolen, Martha Speaks (and other Martha stories) by Susan Meddaugh, Miss. Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard, The Napping House, Silly Sally, and King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey and Don Wood. So, indulge yourself by reading a silly story and enjoying the smiles and laughter.
Policy Change-At the Annual Business meeting in March, the members approved a policy change regarding the number of children attending the 4’s classes. In the past the 4’s classes could each have 16 children enrolled. Beginning with the 2003-04 school year, the classes can each have 15 children enrolled. This enables us to abide by the State Licensing requirement that each student have a cubby in which to hang his/her coat so it does not touch another child’s coat.
HUMAN-I-TEES FUND-RAISER
Watch the bulletin board for the final numbers. Thanks to all of the families who placed orders. Your orders should be in for distribution before Spring Break.
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