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Friday, 28 May 2010 06:51
Newsletter May 28, 2010BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL Crozet Newsletter Upcoming Events: Monday, May 31st, closed completely for Memorial Day It’s that TIME again! Water Park Update:
We are waiting on the fencing people to come and set up our fence again. Once that is complete we will open our playground and sprinkler park!! We will have a grand-ribbon-cutting-opening! As soon as we know when the fence will be up, we will let all of you know when that special day will be! Some parents had voiced a concern about the concrete. We just wanted you to know that we have been working very closely with our licensing inspector and the concrete has been approved. A rubber or plastic surfacing is not a good surface, because it causes children to slip and fall. We used a rough texture on the surface to keep the children from slipping (but not too course that it would hurt their little feet). Once the concrete has settled and cured, we will be painting the concrete with concrete paint. This will not make the concrete slippery, but will add a little more color to the sprinkler area. Concrete paint is used at most water parks around the country! ACAC outdoor pool has the same type of surface for their baby pool area. Water Park Rules: Bike Day will be on TUESDAYS!
We will still have bike day and it will still take place in the parking lot. For those new parents who have never had a bike day, we block off the parking lot from cars and have the children bring their bikes to school on that day. Parents can bring the bike/tricycles and park them on the sides of our front porch. Weekly Financial Memo:
June tuition is due. Pay by May 30th to avoid late charges. All students must have a signed contract on file and a set schedule of attendance. This is necessary to provide a consistent, high quality, nurturing environment for each child. Tuition is due each week for the length of the contract since tuition is calculated on a yearly basis. No discounts or tuition adjustments will be given for illness, family vacations, holidays, snow days, teacher workdays, etc. Class Notes: The Pelican Class: The Pelican week started off with reading about dogs. We read Clifford The Big Red Dog. The story talked about him from a puppy to a big dog. Keaton is pulling up on the table and shelves pulling everything down. Ashlyn really likes to throw everything on the floor and then helps to clean it up. We made a dog by rolling a golf ball around in a box with brown paint and white paper. This was so much fun. Everyone enjoyed stacking and knocking blocks down. We had fun laying on the blocks too. Have a great weekend!
This week for gross motor, we played with a jump rope while using our vocabulary words: over, under and around. In music and movement, we played a listening game. When the music stopped you stood still and when it started you danced around. In art, we made dogs. We put a cut out of a dog in the box. Next, we put balls and paint in the box. Finally, we rolled the balls to paint the dogs. We enjoyed finger painting, shape sponge prints, and coloring a mailbox. For fine motor and sensory, we played in the sand. We enjoyed filling and spilling. We used our scent bottles and sponges in the water table. We had fun with guess what is inside the can. In practical living and self-help, we pretended to be postal workers and deliver the mail. We lined up chairs and pretended to go deliver the mail in our cars. We had a great week. Have a safe and fun Memorial weekend. Ms. Jen The Peacock Class: Hello Peacock families and friends! This week we have enjoyed learning/practicing our shapes and numbers. Every morning during group time, we practiced shapes with our flash cards. We counted to one to ten in English and Spanish also using our fingers. This week we have been talking about our families: mommies, daddies, siblings and even our pets. We are working very hard at school to learn that our hands are nice hands and that they are not used for hitting or hurting our friends. Monday was Ms. Lee’s birthday so we had yummy strawberry short cakes to celebrate. Please remember to vote for Bright Beginnings Preschool in Daily Progress! If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to stop by! P.S. Book orders are due now! Thanks, Ms. Lee The Bunny Class: Hello Bunny families and friends! The Bunnies have been hard at work this week. In math, we have been working hard on our class counting book. Along with that, we’ve been practicing counting in English and Spanish. For science this week, we discovered zoo animals. We learned about what kinds of animals live at the zoo. We even took a “trip” to the zoo which Carter and Makayla loved. We also enjoyed reading a story called My School is a Zoo. Conner and Jake enjoyed telling the rest of the class their favorite zoo animals. During language arts this week, we concentrated on rhyming stories and zoo stories. Elara and Nathan did a great job the week picking out and saying rhyming words. We did lots of cool art projects this week. Emily and Elisabeth had fun making coffee filter butter flies. Addie and Martin enjoyed making our Mexican hats. For children humanities, we continued to learn the importance of recycling. We learned about what can be recycled and where recycling goes. We finished the week off with the Lorax by Dr. Seuss, a great story about the importance of conserving. I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend. See you on Tuesday! The Walrus Class: The Walrus class has been busy learning about time and making our own time clocks. We enjoyed working with Ms. Ryan and learning to use our bodies to make shapes of different hours. Time does flies when you are having fun. We have continued to learn to count to ten in Spanish. The children can do this pretty much on their own. The letter of the week is “U”. We came up with many words that have the letter “U”, including Walrus. Way to go Lucy for thinking of the word “you”, which has a “U” at the end! We also enjoyed looking at a real butterfly that Lucas brought to share. The Walrus class is looking forward to the new Water Park to open! Ms. Ann The Rooster Class: In language arts, we introduced a new letter of the week “U”. We brainstormed words that contain the letter “U”. We practiced writing “U” in our journals. The Roosters did a fantastic job Ms. Amanda and Ms. Sherri
Friday, 28 May 2010 06:51
Newsletter May 28, 2010BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984 May 28, 2010 Upcoming Events: *Monday, May 31st, closed completely for Memorial Day *Friday, June 4th, Children’s Night Out (5:30-8:30) Get ready for a night filled with Space Adventures! *Wednesday, June 9th: Pre-K Graduation and Sundae Social *Friday, June 11th we are closed for Staff Training and Development! Pelicans Kangaroos Peacocks Bunnies Walrus Rooster Financial Memo: June tuition is due. Pay by May 30th to avoid late charges. All students must have a signed contract on file and a set schedule of attendance. This is necessary to provide a consistent, high quality, nurturing environment for each child. Tuition is due each week for the length of the contract since tuition is calculated on a yearly basis. No discounts or tuition adjustments will be given for illness, family vacations, holidays, snow days, teacher workdays, etc. Refer a friend and they enroll… you receive a FREE week of tuition! Water Park Rules: parked along side of the building. The Pelican week started off with reading about dogs. We read Clifford The Big Red Dog. The story talked about him from a puppy to a big dog. Keaton is pulling up on the table and shelves pulling everything down. Ashlyn really likes to throw everything on the floor and then helps to clean it up. We made a dog by rolling a golf ball around in a box with brown paint and white paper. This was so much fun. Everyone enjoyed stacking and knocking blocks down. We had fun laying on the blocks too. Have a great weekend! Thank you Cheryl Sandridge for donating some great toys! Ms. Sue This week for gross motor, we played with a jump rope while using our vocabulary words: over, under and around. In music and movement, we played a listening game. When the music stopped you stood still and when it started you danced around. In art, we made dogs. We put a cut out of a dog in the box. Next, we put balls and paint in the box. Finally, we rolled the balls to paint the dogs. We enjoyed finger painting, shape sponge prints, and coloring a mailbox. For fine motor and sensory, we played in the sand. We enjoyed filling and spilling. We used our scent bottles and sponges in the water table. We had fun with guess what is inside the can. In practical living and self-help, we pretended to be postal workers and deliver the mail. We lined up chairs and pretended to go deliver the mail in our cars. We had a great week. Have a safe and fun Memorial weekend. Ms. Jen Hello Peacock families and friends! This week we have enjoyed learning/practicing our shapes and numbers. Every morning during group time, we practiced shapes with our flash cards. We counted to one to ten in English and Spanish also using our fingers. This week we have been talking about our families: mommies, daddies, siblings and even our pets. We are working very hard at school to learn that our hands are nice hands and that they are not used for hitting or hurting our friends. Monday was Ms. Lee’s birthday so we had yummy strawberry short cakes to celebrate. Please remember to vote for Bright Beginnings Preschool in Daily Progress! If you ever have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to stop by! P.S. Book orders are due now! Thanks, Ms. Lee Hello Bunny families and friends! The Bunnies have been hard at work this week. In math, we have been working hard on our class counting book. Along with that, we’ve been practicing counting in English and Spanish. For science this week, we discovered zoo animals. We learned about what kinds of animals live at the zoo. We even took a “trip” to the zoo which Carter and Makayla loved. We also enjoyed reading a story called My School is a Zoo. Conner and Jake enjoyed telling the rest of the class their favorite zoo animals. During language arts this week, we concentrated on rhyming stories and zoo stories. Elara and Nathan did a great job the week picking out and saying rhyming words. We did lots of cool art projects this week. Emily and Elisabeth had fun making coffee filter butter flies. Addie and Martin enjoyed making our Mexican hats. For children humanities, we continued to learn the importance of recycling. We learned about what can be recycled and where recycling goes. We finished the week off with the Lorax by Dr. Seuss, a great story about the importance of conserving. I hope everyone enjoys their holiday weekend. See you on Tuesday! -Ms. Whitney The Walrus class has been busy learning about time and making our own time clocks. We enjoyed working with Ms. Ryan and learning to use our bodies to make shapes of different hours. Time does flies when you are having fun. We have continued to learn to count to ten in Spanish. The children can do this pretty much on their own. The letter of the week is “U”. We came up with many words that have the letter “U”, including Walrus. Way to go Lucy for thinking of the word “you”, which has a “U” at the end! We also enjoyed looking at a real butterfly that Lucas brought to share. The Walrus class is looking forward to the new Water Park to open! Ms. Ann In language arts, we introduced a new letter of the week “U”. We brainstormed words that contain the letter “U”. We practiced writing “U” in our journals. The Roosters did a fantastic job making sentences using our sight words. In math/science, we reviewed coins and their value. We discussed clocks and talked about telling time. We voted for our favorite animal and graphed the results. We had fun with a tortilla tasting this week. Be sure to ask your child about this activity. In social studies/awareness this week, the Roosters learned how to count to ten in Spanish. We enjoyed listening to Latin music and doing a Mexican hat dance! We talked about piñatas and created our own! For art, we painted dogs and made colorful turtles. We made clocks and used them to work on telling time. The Roosters were excited to make and wear sombreros. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! Ms. Amanda and Ms. Sherri
Friday, 21 May 2010 15:07
Newsletter May 7, 2010BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL Crozet Newsletter Upcoming Events: Monday, May 31st, closed completely for Memorial Day Sunscreen Policy: Blessings: We say please and thank because it’s polite.
Speech Weekly Notes from Stacy Torrence: Toddlers and young 2’s Older 2’s 3’s and 4’s Reading Specialist: Class Notes: The Pelican Class: Monday started off being a very rainy day. We set up the tent to crawl threw and blew bubbles all around the room. Watching the rain fall down out over our window was fun too. We sang the Bumble Bee song and Good Morning to you during community meeting. Ashlyn and Keaton love playing with the animals so we dumped them out and counted them one at a time as we cleaned up. Playing with the puppets to make different sounds made everybody laugh. Making the sound “O” made everyone watch the shape of our mouth, some children tried to make their mouth the same shape. We thank you all for bringing your children to the picnic. It was so nice to see each of them perform. Enjoy your weekend and see you on Monday! Ms. Sue The Kangaroo Class: This week the Kangaroos enjoyed playing with potting soil, fake bugs, fake flowers and hand shovels. We made ladybugs, drew a picture of our pets, colored a cat and drew a picture of ourselves. We pretended to go to school and ride the school bus. We lined up chairs in a row and pretended to drive. We talked about water reduction and ways that we can help, turning the water off while we brush our teeth for example. We worked on rolling balls and tumbling. The children especially enjoyed hotdog rolls. We played I Spy with my little eye and played can you do what I do. Have a great weekend. The Peacock Class: Hello Peacock families and friends, this week in the Peacock class we had fun learning about farmers and farms. We talked about how farmers work with animals and plants. We discussed jobs that farmers have, for example feeding animals, taking care of animals and riding tractors. We were able to look through some of our classroom magazines to see pictures of real farms, farmland and farm animals! This week in our community meeting with the Bunny class, we had a lot of fun talking about bees and singing one of our favorite songs, “Baby Bumble Bee.” In our social awareness section this week, we have been learning our mommies and daddies first names, so if you hear your name come up, don’t be surprised because we are learning them in class. Fun, fun, fun in art this week with watercolors, finger-painting, coloring and tissue paper art! If ever any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to stop by! Thanks for all of your support at the family picnic! I hope everyone enjoyed the performance! Ms. Lee The Bunny Class: Hello Bunny families! I hope everyone enjoyed our picnic last week. I would like to thank everyone for their participation and for making the picnic such a success. The Bunnies have been working very hard this week. We’ve been doing a lot of practice with our counting, especially in Spanish. We have become very good at counting all the way to 10. We’ve also been working on number recognition, numbers 1 to 3. Emily and Makayla love using Dora to help with our Spanish counting! During science this week we’ve been talking about all sorts of animals. We discussed the types of animals that could live on a farm and the types of animals that could live in your house. Martin, Elara and Nathan did a great job sorting farm animals and house pets! In language arts, we are continuing to discover poetry. All of the Bunnies have enjoyed listening to poems; Jake especially liked the ones that rhymed. During social awareness, we discovered Spanish culture. We learned about the different types of food, the different language and the different customs. For children’s humanities, we discovered the 3R’s- reduce, reuse, recycle. Addie and Conner enjoyed coming up with ideas for each us to do. Next week we will continue to discover ways to make our planet healthier! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! See you Monday! Ms. Whitney The Walrus Class: The Walrus Class did a lot of fun activities this week! In language arts we read and learned about poetry and how words rhyme! In Science, we created our own adventure of imagination by discussing all sorts of animals and the sounds they make! In math, we played games and read counting books to help us with our blast off numbers one through ten and even made rocket ships! In social awareness, we focused on rules, teasing, and behavior to all friends! In art we made animal masks and put on a show for each other! We had a great new week in our new room! We created our very own class constitution that we are learning to follow!! Thanks for a great week!! Ms. Melissa and Ms. Ann The Rooster Class: Thank you all for attending the family picnic. I hope everyone enjoyed the performance! Ms. Amanda and Ms. Sherri School News and Notes: Family Picnic: Water Park Update: When the park is open, we will have a sprinkler day everyday of the week. This will allow ALL the children to be able to participate! For those parents who are not familiar with sprinkler day we would like to give a little more information: Each day the children will have a sprinkler play time to go out and play in the sprinklers. We ask that parents sunscreen their child and send them with a bathing suit and towel. Please label your child’s bathing suit and towel, so we make sure everyone has the right one. We will hang the bathing suits to dry during the week and send them home on Fridays to be washed. (If you would like to take the bathing suits each day that is perfectly fine too!) Water Park Rules: We will still have bike day and it will still take place in the parking lot. For those new parents who have never had a bike day, we block off the parking lot from cars and have the children bring their bikes to school on that day. Parents can bring the bike/tricycles and park them on the sides of our front porch.
Friday, 14 May 2010 09:41
Newsletter May 14, 2010BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PRESCHOOL
Experienced Quality Child Care Since 1984 www.brightbeginningsva.com Crozet Newsletter May 14, 2010 Upcoming Events: Sunday, May 16th, Family Picnic and Art Show! 4-6pm Monday, May 17th, Rain date for Family Picnic 6-8pm Monday, May 31st, closed completely for Memorial Day Sunscreen Policy:
Understand that Bright Beginnings does not provide or apply sunscreen. It is recommended that sunscreen is applied liberally in the morning before arrival.Weekly Financial Memo:
We ask for one month’s notice when you plan to vacate your child’s spot. Your deposit that was paid upon enrollment will be refunded to your account and a refund check will be mailed within six weeks of your last day. If you have a balance on your account the deposit will cover any balance due. Please return your security pass cards to your director. There is a $20 charge per card that is not returned. If you plan on returning in the fall, please pay your re-registration fee now to ensure your child a spot in our program.On your child's last day, please return your security card. We are able to recycle these. If we do not receive your card back, a $20.00 charge per card will be applied to your account and deducted from the deposit that was paid upon enrollment. Speech Weekly Notes from Stacy Torrence:
Emergent LiteracyChildren start to learn language from the day they are born. As they grow and develop, their speech and language skills become increasingly more complex. They learn to understand and use language to express their ideas, thoughts, and feelings, and to communicate with others. During early speech and language development, children learn skills that are important to the development of literacy (reading and writing). This stage, known as emergent literacy, begins at birth and continues through the preschool years. Children see and interact with print (e.g., books, magazines, grocery lists) in everyday situations (e.g., home, in preschool, and at daycare) well before they start elementary school. Parents can see their child's growing appreciation and enjoyment of print as he or she begins to recognize words that rhyme, scribble with crayons, point out logos and street signs, and name some letters of the alphabet. Gradually, children combine what they know about speaking and listening with what they know about print and become ready to learn to read and write. Are Spoken Language and Literacy Connected? Yes. The experiences with talking and listening gained during the preschool period prepare children to learn to read and write during the early elementary school years. This means that children who enter school with weaker verbal abilities are much more likely to experience difficulties learning literacy skills than those who do not. One spoken language skill that is strongly connected to early reading and writing is phonological awareness-the recognition that words are made up of separate speech sounds, for example, that the word dog is composed of three sounds: d, aw, g. There are a variety of oral language activities that show children's natural development of phonological awareness, including rhyming (e.g., "cat-hat") and alliteration (e.g., "big bears bounce on beds"), and isolating sounds ("Mom, f is the first sound in the word fish"). As children playfully engage in sound play, they eventually learn to segment words into their separate sounds, and "map" sounds onto printed letters, which allows them to begin to learn to read and write. Children who perform well on sound awareness tasks become successful readers and writers, while children who struggle with such tasks often do not. What Parents Can Do: You can help your child develop literacy skills during regular activities without adding extra time to your day. There also are things you can do during planned play and reading times. Show your children that reading and writing are a part of everyday life and can be fun and enjoyable. Activities for preschool children include the following: Talk to your child and name objects, people, and events in the everyday environment. Repeat your child's strings of sounds (e.g., "dadadada, bababa") and add to them. Talk to your child during daily routine activities such as bath or mealtime and respond to his or her questions. Draw your child's attention to print in everyday settings such as traffic signs, store logos, and food containers. Introduce new vocabulary words during holidays and special activities such as outings to the zoo, the park, and so on. Engage your child in singing, rhyming games, and nursery rhymes. Reread your child's favorite book(s). Focus your child's attention on books by pointing to words and pictures as you read. Encourage your child to describe or tell a story about his/her drawing and write down the words. This information is from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (2006) Class Notes:
The Pelican Class Pelicans started off the week by singing Good Morning and trying to repeat everyone’s names. Squeaking toys in water made Ashlyn splash it all over the place, but she had so much fun. Shaking a ball in a box with black paint to make cows- everyone was laughing! Keaton loves to watch everyone dance and roll to the music so we let him roll too. Reading about Spot going to the farm and seeing all the animals and seeing if they could find Spot! Practicing for the picnic is so much fun, so we hope to see you there on Sunday, May 16 at 4:00pm until 6:00pm! Come join the fun and watch the children perform. Ms. Sue The Kangaroo Class This week the toddlers have been busy practicing for the family picnic. We have been talking about the different kinds of animals, what they eat, and what sounds the animals make. It has been really fun! In gross motor and movement, we have been playing games such as Duck Duck Goose, Pee-a-Boo-Tent—where we make a tent out of a blanket and use the vocabulary words to go in and out, and under. We also have been climbing while using our words to go up, over, down, and under. We have had so much fun! In fine motor/art/sensory, we have been busy in our sensory table with sugar, flour, seeds, sand, and water. We have made sunflowers with noodles on paper plates, then painted them. We used a big box and a ball to paint spots on our cows, we made caterpillars by cutting out five big circles of different colors and glued down paper and the children drew a face on the caterpillars. In music, we sang Old McDonald while pretending to be a farm animal around the room. In practical living, we pretended to visit a farm and talk to the animals with the sands. We learned that they make-? We made a garden out of blocks and brought fruit and veggies from the kitchen. We talked about, “How does our garden grow?” We used little shovels to move the fruit and veggies around to the grocery store which is in the kitchen area. Have a super weekend! Hope to see everybody Sunday the 17th at the family picnic from 4:00-6:00! Ms. Jen The Peacock Class Hello Peacock Families and Friends, This week in the Peacock classroom we have had fun learning about life on the farm and farm animals. We have had fun using animal lacing cards, animal flash cards, and also animal puzzles! We have also been practicing our numbers one through ten in English and even in Spanish! This week we have been busy busy busy with artwork; from cutting and pasting animal pictures from magazines, to painting a big red barn farm mural! We also have been very busy practicing for our family picnic. We will be singing two songs there, so we hope that everyone will come out on Sunday, May 16, 2010 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm! If you ever have any comments, questions, or concerns, please feel free to stop by! P.S. Welcome Willa May Gerlach to the Peacock class! Thanks, Ms. Lee The Bunny Class Hello Bunny families! The Bunnies had such a great week discovering new things! For math, we were introduced to the idea of estimating. First, we discussed what estimating is and when/why you would use it. Then, we got to practice estimating ourselves! Connor and Martin like estimating how many beans were on the plate, and Jake liked estimating how many blocks were in the cup! During science time we talked about pets. We learned what kind of animals can be pets and what kind of animals cannot be pets. Emily and Makayla enjoyed telling the class about their pets! For language arts this week, we read stories about pets. We also continued to work with rhyming stories. We also practiced recognizing the letters in our names. Addie and Nathan have such a great job recognizing and naming their letters. Elara has improved in the past couple weeks on making the right sounds for her letters! For art, we were super busy getting our costumes and art work done for the family picnic! We all hope you enjoyed our performance and artwork. Have a wonderful weekend! See you at the picnic! A few reminders- Don’t forget Family Picnic is on May 16th from 4-6- the whole family is invited!! Also, don’t forget to make your Scholastic orders- it is a great way to build up your home library! Hope everyone has a great weekend! Ms. Whitney The Walrus Class This week is an exciting and challenging one for the Walrus class. The walruses are still trying to adjust to their new teacher and they are doing great! Any help with the transition would be more than appreciated! In language arts, we are reading and discussing all sorts of animals. This week we went over the structure of a story and how to retell one. We also focused on the letter “Oo”, came up with all sorts of words that begin with “Oo” and practiced writing it in our journals! Ms. Melissa tested us in all sorts of stuff to see how much we know and we did great! In math, we graphed how much litter we picked up after a litter game we played and that tied into our social studies/awareness unit on keeping America beautiful. We went on a nature walk and talked about all the things we want to keep beautiful. Hopefully next week, we will be more adjusted to the change and be able to have even more fun activities like the cow we made in art and singing songs like Old McDonald! Have a great weekend and enjoy the song the Walruses will perform at the family picnic on Sunday, May 16 from 4-6pm! Ms. Melissa and Ms. Ann The Rooster Class In language arts, we worked with the letter “Oo.” We practiced writing “Oo” in our journals. An and your were added to our sight words list. The Roosters had fun using sight words to create sentences! We had an exciting week in math/science. The Roosters played farm animal addition. They really enjoyed measuring ingredients and making butter. We talked about different animal sounds. Finally, we discussed how to keep America beautiful and what role each of us plays in doing this. For art, the Roosters continued with the farm theme. We made a farm mural. We used cotton balls and tissue paper to make sheep. They enjoyed drawing pictures for “What’s in your barn?” In social studies/awareness this week, we talked about what farms are and how they help us. We discussed which animals live on a farm and our favorite one. Our family picnic is May 16, 4 to 6pm. The Roosters have been practicing a special song to share! We look forward to seeing everyone there. Have a great weekend! Ms. Amanda and Ms. Sherri School News and Notes:
Ms. Stephanie has been a great addition to our staff and has transitioned quickly into the Rooster room! As you know, Ms. Amanda started working part time this passed Monday and her schedule will be 8:30-12, Monday through Thursday, which will allow her to continue teaching during our preschool hours. Ms. Stephanie has been Co-Teaching along with Ms. Sherri. Ms. Stephanie started working here on April 12th from 4-6 in the afternoons, I hope you all have gotten a chance to meet her! Stephanie graduated from Towson University with her Associates Degree in General Studies, Psychology. Stephanie comes to us with several years of preschool experience in Maryland. She worked mainly with ages two through four. After moving to Charlottesville, Stephanie worked in the Albemarle County Public School system as a teaching assistant. Stephanie is also CPR and First Aid trained. Since Stephanie will be supplementing Ms. Amanda’s role and time in the classroom her schedule will be, Monday through Thursday 12:00-6:00, and Friday, 8:30-6:00. Ms. Melissa Parsells, the new Walrus teacher has done a fantastic job this week, working with the children. As we expected this transition has gone very smoothly. Melissa graduated from Mary Baldwin College in 2009 with her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Social Work and a minor in Education. She is currently working on her Masters of Education at Averett University which she will complete in 2011. Melissa interned in the public school system in Staunton, and at Child Protective Services in Verona. Melissa has also worked as a substitute teacher in grades pre-k through fifth at Thomas Dixon, A.R. Ware, and Bessie Weller Elementary Schools. Most recently, Melissa worked as a PALS (Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening) aide at Riverheads Elementary Schools where she worked with Pre-K and kindergarten students. If you haven’t already, please welcome her by introducing yourself and feel free to set up a personal or phone conference with her. As always, please feel free to ask any questions. Thank you for your help with this transition! As for our administrative team, we are looking forward to having PJ Gilbert, our Forest Lakes Program Director, continue her position as Assistant Executive Director for our company. As you know, Ms. Casey will be transitioning out of her role as director this summer. We are pleased to announce that PJ will be specifically responsible for both the Forest Lakes and the Crozet locations. She will be the Program Director at both locations spending approximately 50% of her time at each site. In order to continue to provide desk coverage to ensure a manager is consistently available for questions and to assist teachers and children when necessary, PJ will be supported at each location by a full time Office Manager. The Office Manager for Crozet will be Brittany Veith who graduated from JMU with a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. Brittany has taught at Bright Beginnings since she was 14 and attended Bright Beginnings as a child! Starting next week, Ms. Casey will be working with Bright Beginnings on a part-time/substitute basis throughout the summer at all three locations. Water park update: This week we have installed the piping and the sod to our playground area. The mulch has been spread and the toys will be set up to go! The fences should be put back up soon. The sprinklers will be installed and tested, and we will be planting some trees to grow and be our shade on our playground. |
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