August

Family Picnic - Saturday August 15th 11am to 1pm. We provide the main dish and you bring a side. It is a great day to socialize with old friends and make new ones, say goodbye to old teachers and hello to the new ones coming on board. It will be at Alta Canyon Park Pavilion 9500 south and 2000 east. we hope to see you there!

Also, we would like to help grant the wish of a child through the Make A Wish Rubber Ducky Derby. We have chosen Brian, a 16 year-old boy who has a type of bone cancer. His wish is to have a woodworking shop of his own. We will be selling ducks for $5.00 a duck. You will be entered into a drawing for prizes including a new car! This is a wonderful cause and we want to help out anyway we can. Our goal is to sell 200 ducks. That would be $1,000 towards Brian's wish. We hope if each family purchases on duck, we can reach our goal! We will post more information in the foyer.

The Children's Academy has very generous parents and we know that this is a goal we can achieve! Thanks again for your desire to help.

Fund Raiser Info

Dear Parents,
*Tickets for the fund raiser go on sale June 8th. They are $35.00 each. This includes a wonderful buffet at Market Street Grill, not to mention if you purchase your tickets BEFORE June 26th, it will also include a FREE Kid's Night Out ticket for you child the night of the event.
*We will be having a sign up sheet for parents who would like to volunteer as our classroom representatives. This parent will help us with a live auction basket for their child's classroom. We need one parent from each room. We will be having a fundraising/parent involvement meeting on Thursday, June 11th at 5:00 p.m. to discuss in more detail what is needed. We hope you can make it!
*Again we love all donations! If you know of any companies who would like to get some advertising, please email Lynn at lynn.curtis@comcast.net. We have some fun ways to help marketing for businesses. We have some great stuff already and are looking forward to an amazing event!!!

It's Almost Fund Raiser Time!

Mark your calendars now! Our 5th annual fundraiser will be Saturday, July 11, 2009. It will be held at the Cottonwood Market Street Grill. We will be hosting both a silent and live auction. Tickets will be $35 per person and include a FREE Kid's Night Out, if purchased before June 26th! This is a great night to socialize with other parents, relax and just have fun!

We are raising money for our “New Building Fund”! We are leasing our current property and would love to have our own. So, we are working hard to raise the capital needed for this large, but essential investment.

To help make this fundraiser the best possible, we are looking for a parent representative from each class. They will help us with creating a live auction basket. The classroom that raises the most money will win a great party!!! Please sign up at the front desk.

We are also in need of donations – both big and small – everything helps out. We appreciate all contributions and will publicize the companies that are kind enough to participate. If you know anyone interested, contact Lynn and lynn.curtis@comcast.net for more information.

Spring Is Here!

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8. Please take this time to let your child’s teacher know just how much you appreciate all they do. A thank you card, a picture drawn by your child, etc. are some simple ideas. We as management will be doing some special things for each teacher and will let you know secretly if we need any help with these. Please see Lynn, Lori, or Candice if you have any questions about any of this.

Please start planning now and get a head start on things. Teachers really look forward to this week and get very excited. Thank you very much for your help and support with this.

March

March means St. Patrick's day! And St. Patrick's day means the annual St. Patty's day parade. The parade is Saturday March 14th at 10:00a.m. We will be having a pot luck breakfast starting at 9:15. This is such a fun time to get out and be festive! We will be decorating the float as well as ourselves. Parents must stay with their children.
*This year we are not able to do T-shirts so feel free to wear ones from prior years or just wear green! We do have shirts on sale from the prior years at the front desk.

Also, this year we will be requiring each child to purchase their own field trip shirt. This will help keep our costs down and ensure that every child has the proper identification required by the state. Shirts will be available for $10.00 and we will be sending out order forms in April.

St. Patty’s day is just around the corner!

It is time once again for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade. This year the parade will be Saturday, March 14th. Mark your calendars now. This is so much fun!! We have participated in the parade now for 7 years and it just gets better and better every year. We have a float that we decorate while we mingle with all our friends. The parade goes right through the middle of the Gateway Mall. It is in the morning so we will be having a pot luck breakfast. There will be more specific details closer to the event.

We also get matching T-Shirts for the parade. For this we will be having a contest. Everyone is welcome to enter. Whomever’s design is picked will be the design that goes on this years shirt. The information for this is at the front des. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Happy New Year!

Seeing as how we are almost half way done with this school year that means it is time for Parent Teacher Conferences. These conferences are a great time for you as parents to meet one on one with your child’s teacher. Teachers have been preparing developmental guidelines and assessments to track how your child is developing.

Please fill out a sign up sheet in the foyer at your next visit. We look forward to seeing you there.