Dear Parents,

Happy New Year! We are glad to be back with everyone. The year started very well and the kids settled in very well.

Calendar 

Monday, Jan 16th- School closed in observation of Martin Luther King Day

Wednesday, Jan 18th at 9 am- Green Room Parent Coffee

Tuesday, Feb. 7th at 6:30 pm- Green Room parent potluck dinner.

Thursday, Feb. 23rd, 6:30 pm- Yellow Room parent potluck dinner

Family transitions

We are delighted to be welcoming three more families into the Green Room over the next two months.( names removed for web posting) Please introduce yourselves. Then our classroom and the school will be full. Hooray!

Parent Potlucks

We will be having the Green Room first parents potluck on Tuesday night, the 7th of February and the Yellow Room’s potluck will be on February 23rd.. It is a chance for parents to gather together and enjoy an evening of community and conversation. Please arrange babysitting now so you can join us for this fun evening. There will be a sign-up sheet at the front table for food and beverages. If someone would like to help decorate the tables in the afternoon, please let me know.

Tuition Payment

I want to review the tuition procedures as there were a few questions.

A few days before the end of the month, you will receive an invoice for the next month tuition. It will  give a summary of current charges ( tuition, after and morning care, etc)  and any past due amount. These charges are due at the first of the month. Afterschool and morning charges will be computed to the 25th of the previous month and added to the bill. The remaining days of previous  month’s afterschool and morning charges will appear on your next month’s bill.

Late payments per the contract arrangements will incur a $20 late penalty on the 10th. If you know your payment will be delayed, please talk to Deborah to make arrangements.

Curriculum

We have some exciting things going on this month. In the Yellow Room, four families will be helping us celebrated “chinese” New Year the way that their countries have adapted it.During the week of Jan. 23rd,  we will have costumes and discussion about new year’s in Tibet; we will be making dumpling soup with two Korean parents; we will be making also be making paper dragons, as this will be the year of the dragon. We will decorate the room with traditional red paper cut into festive designs.

We will also be making Stone Soup as we cook from the book of that name. Every child will bring a vegetable to add to the vegetable broth on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 17th and 18th. We will  throw in some barley and herbs and enjoy a feast together with parents at going home time.

We look forward to a wonderful month together.

Warm regards,

Deborah, Ty, Aracely, Maya, Marilyn, Esme, Mye, and Allison

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