Two Upcoming Events!

Hello Everyone.

We have several very exciting dates to share with you.

On Sunday, September 27th we will be holding a back to school night from 4:00-6:00. This event will begin with a conversation about our fall and our transition to the Waterstone Campus. We will be using that time to introduce you to our leadership team, share our vision, discuss logistics, and talk about roles at the new school. We will also be talking about children's portfolios and observations and the importance of these to our school.

Our conversation will be followed with classroom events in each of the SIX classrooms at the school. How exciting to have the half-day families joining us for the first time!

Next, the fall festival/bonfire/photo day will all be held on Friday, October 23rd.

Families are welcome to sign-up for family portraits beginning at 3:00 on the 23rd. There will be a sign-up sheet posted on the door to the main school building a week prior to the event. Families who are new to us should know that we love LOVE David Gellatly who is returning to take our photos for his 4th year. He is wonderful!

The fall festival will begin at 3:30 and will conclude by 5:00. We always need as many parent/grandparent volunteers as possible. Please let us know as soon as possible if you will be available to volunteer to help out with this event. As we are holding this event the week before Halloween it is going to be focused on Fall this year and not Halloween. CHILDREN WILL NOT WEAR COSTUMES TO THIS EVENT. We will be exploring the sites, smells, tastes and sounds of fall with a series of activities. This is always a great event!

*Our MTW families are very much invited to join us for all of the events of this day.

We will end the day with our annual bonfire. This is by far the most wonderful night of our year. Here are some important details for you to have:
1. This is a potluck. There will be a sign-up sheet on the door at the main school.
2. This event is usually attended by 90%+ of our community. This is a great chance for you to meet other families and make some new connections.
3. The event ends at 8:00 but it is very often the case that many families will sit around the fire much later into the night.
4. We serve s'mores so come hungry because the children love making them even more than they love eating them.
5. Chairs and blankets are a great idea.
6. The community photo will be taken at this event.
7. We really encourage you to attend this event!

There will be more information about all of these events in the coming weeks. Please contact us if you have any questions or if you can volunteer to help out at the Fall Festival.

Thanks so much!

Christa and Jennifer

Mid-Week Blog

As you can see in the photos, we now have walls and a roof. The second building will begin framing tomorrow.

This is very, very exciting.

That is not why we are writing though.

We are writing to tell you about the half-day program classroom progress. Here it is: THE CLASSROOMS ARE SO CUTE. Not a little cute. They are REALLY cute. We have been collecting so many materials that we really have three of everything to choose from. The cutest of the cute are going into these rooms and they are just sweet. The pictures that we have included are just snapshots of spaces. The rooms will be completely finished and ready to be seen by Monday's open house. PLEASE come on in to meet Mr. Sean and Ms. Rachel. They are working so hard to be ready for the arrival of the new children. In fact, the whole school is truly buzzing with excitement. We are expectant as we await their arrival.

To all of you new Half-Dayers: Know that we cannot wait to see you next week!

Christa Niven