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2/5 - Visit from Dr. Ghandi
and the Tooth Fairy
2/13 - Mardi Gras/Shrove
“Fat Tuesday”
Children’s Parade 5:00 p.m.
Pancake Supper ($5 plate)
2/14 - Ash Wednesday
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
Ashes to Go in the
Labyrinth
10:00 am Chidren’s Chapel
and Ashes to Go with
Vicar Scott Painter,
Officiating
2/24 - Spring Picture Day
2/28 - Pre-registration
Deadline for 2018-2019
School Year
Evan S. 2/1
Ms. Demetrice 2/8
Hannah L. 2/16
Jason D. 2/18
John “Tripp” M. 2/20
Julian B. 2/24
February is…
American Heart Month
Black History Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
Great American Pie Month
National Cherry Month
2/19 - President’s Day
UPCOMING BIRTHDAY’S
UPCOMING EVENTS
DID YOU KNOW…
This month our thoughts turn to Mardi Gras also called Shrove or Fat Tuesday and Valentine’s Day.
Mardi Gras (Shrove “Fat” Tuesday) refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after
the Christian feasts of the Epiphany (Three Kings Day) and culminating on the day before Ash
Wednesday. The association between pancakes and Shrove Tuesday may have arisen as it permits
foods which are discouraged from being eaten during the Lenten season, such as butter, eggs, and fat
to be used up. The specific custom of Christians eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday dates to the 16th
century. In celebration of Mardi Gras/Shrove Tuesday, we will have our traditional Mardi Gras
Children’s Parade on Tuesday, February 13th starting at 5:30 p.m. with music, dancing, masks, beads
and so much more. We will then enjoy some delicious pancakes cooked by the Men of Grace Episcopal
Church for only $5.00 per plate. Come out and meet our new Vicar, Rev. Scott Painter.
Hope you join us!
Valentine’s day is originally meant to honor St. Valentine or the Feast of Saint Valentine. This annual
holiday is celebrated to express love for our sweethearts. It has become a day to express love and
gratitude to anyone we hold dear…friends, spouses, teachers, children, or any other acquaintance.
For National Children’s Dental Health Month, Dr. Piya Ghandi of West
University Pediatric Dentistry, accompanied by none other than the
Tooth Fairy will be visiting our school on Monday, February 5th to give a lively and
fun presentation to our 2 – 4 year old children about the importance of
brushing their teeth and dental health. After her visit, the kiddos will truly look
forward to brushing their teeth!
February is our annual Food Drive month!
In support of our Children Rock Our Community, please
donate non-perishable food…we will have boxes in the Narthex lobby for your
donations. We are collecting for the Food Pantry at Braes Interfaith Ministries…so
many people in our city and community go hungry every day and whatever you can
contribute will make a huge difference to them!
Thank you so much for caring!
Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!
Thank you to all the children, families, Church members and friends, who joined
us on January 18th at Fuddruckers for our Spirit Night. Our attendance was
terrific and a fabulous time was had by all! The food was sooooo delicious and our
school netted about $220 that evening…Yay!
Children, parents and teachers had a blast with our first STEAM Science Fair.
We truly appreciate and love the feedback we have received about your families
and friends experiences at our school events.
February 2018
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Love is in the air as always in the First Steps class as we prepare to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Our little kittens are doing exceptionally well. Ramsey
is singing his all-time favorite song, Old MacDonald! You can always count on a smile and silly dance from Patrick and Gabriel, while Henry enjoys taking
the lead on naming colors at circle time. He likes showing off his skills! Guess who is walking….Micah. Hurray for Micah! We have so much going on in
our class. It’s always filled with excitement and joy! The month of January was a cool month. We made “snow” and delicious melted snowman cookies.
Our first ever Science Fair was a blast! For the month of February our theme will be Valentines. We will be making Valentine flower handprints, footprint
hearts, and Bee My Valentine footprints. We will have our Valentine’s Day class party on February 14th, so please dress your child in something special
for the holiday. Red, pink or something with hearts. If you would like to bring treats for our party please remember they have to be store bought and
cannot contain nuts. We would like to say a loving farewell to Henry who will be moving up to the Pre-toddler class soon. You will be missed by all your
friends! We would like welcome Avery, Isabel, Owen and Sage to our First Steps room. As always, parents, thank you for all your support!
Ms. Candice Ms. April
January saw an increase in our little kaleidoscope of butterflies with the inclusion of 5 month old Henry! The swarm welcomes
you! Emma is doing really well with sitting up straight without assistance. Micah, in addition to eating Stage 1 foods, is also
working on getting teeth 3 and 4. Go Micah! Mary Catherine is doing exceptionally well at standing. Now, if we could just get
her to take a step. Hmmm….Jack is now 5 months old. He has become very skillful at holding his own bottle. You go, Jack! Kate
Louise, who daily crawls the entire circumference of the Baby Room and pulling up on her own. Finally, Tripp, the oldest of our
babies. He continues to improve at walking with assistance, talking, singing, and clapping, as a transition to the First Steps room
looms in the horizon. Our theme for this month is Animals and Valentine’s Day. Baby class curriculum, the Butterflies and
Honeybees will be working jointly on the same art/classroom projects such as handprint sea animals, textured star fish, and foot
print horse. We will work on BSL for Love and Hug. Additionally, some of the books we will be incorporating into our studies
will be “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish” by Dr. Seuss, “Put Me in the Zoo” by Robert Lapshire, and David McPhail’s
“Animals A to Z.” We look forward to your continued support and cooperation as we press forth into the New Year.
Ms. Julia Ms. Cynthia Ms. Keonte’
Happy February to all! “Heart” day is coming soon…Valentine’s Day is the highlight of this month! Last month the
babies created fun and fabulous penguins. This month we will be incorporating hearts and heart shapes into our art
projects. The babies will love it! We want to extend a warm welcome to Isabel and Milana to our class…both of them
are adjusting really well. Our babies continue to grow and change day by day and sometimes it seems they are growing
much too fast! It’s amazing to watch how each individual child develops. Avery is walking on her own. Isabelle is
officially taking a few steps on her own and will be an independent walker fairly soon, right before our very eyes!
Cooper is always on the move and likes to wait for the door to open so he can try to escape to the hallway! Cora is
talking up a storm. We don’t quite understand her language yet, but she loves to vocalize. We are looking forward to
a wonderful month. Thank you to all of our parents for your continued support. We wish you all a terrific Valentine’s
Day!
Ms. Janice Ms. Roxana
INFANT ‘A’ BUTTERFLIES
INFANT ‘B’ HONEYBEES
FIRST STEPS KITTENS
PRE-TODDLER PUPS
After a wonderful 2017, our class is excited to explore and learn something new every day in 2018, as well as welcoming
new friends to our classroom! In January we made Kindness Collages, painted the letter K red, and made kangaroos
out of construction paper. We are constantly reinforcing our knowledge of shapes, colors, numbers, our body parts,
and the ABC’s. Our Science Fair was so much fun. We showed everyone how to make their own SLIME…Ewwwww!
During the month of February we will be making Valentine’s Day cards out of construction paper for our families and
decorating Mardi Gras mask. We will continue learning about our bodies and reading books like “Me and My Body,”
“Touch and Feel,” and “How Do I Feel?” We will also be making finger puppets from gloves, and tracing the children’s
hands and an outline of their bodies, as well as doing some fun finger painting. We look forward to dancing, eating
and showing each other love at our very own Valentine’s Day party on the 14th. Parents are welcome to join in the
celebration. As always, we want to say thank you for always helping and supporting us and trusting your children to
our care!
Ms. Demetrice Ms. La’Carmen
TODDLER DOVES
As we get ready for the month of February, we were very happy last month to begin the New Year with excitement for learning so much more this year. We have lots of new skills to share. We welcomed Ava to our class at the end of January and the Doves are very happy to meet their new friend. Gaspard has transitioned with us and enjoying his new class experience. We are looking forward to February, the month full of love, with joy. The children will be learning about loving, caring and sharing. Our lesson plan will incorporate all the loving colors red, pink, white and purple. Insects will also be featured in our theme for the month…among them are the ladybugs, bees, and butterflies. We will work on our fine motor skills by coloring, painting, and pasting cut out materials. We will advance our language skills by listening to stories and talking about them. Math will consist of counting, sorting and grouping. For exercise and gross motor skills we will have yoga class every Friday at 9:00am. This helps the children know their bodies are very important, and helps them move all the muscles in their bodies, small and large, and teaches them how to balance. Our children love this class. Once again, thank you for allowing me to be your child’s teacher.
Ms. Bertha Ms. Amelia
BRIDGE ROOM TURTLES
In the month of January, we learned how to count objects and recognize the numbers 1 – 10. We had a wonderful
Science Fair and our class had a very fun Skittles experiment, where they turned Skittles into rainbows. In February,
a month in which to celebrate love, we will be talking about love for our parents. The children are going to make
Valentine’s Cards for their parents. We will also be a making special Valentine’s Day bears. We would like parents
to please bring Valentine’s Cards for each of the children (14) by February 9th because we will be playing a fun game
called “Who’s Got Mail?” The teachers will have a list of the children’s first names so you can address the cards.
Please also bring a healthy store bought snack to share with the class. We will be making a counting book for the
children to take home to help you practice numbers with your children. This month we will be working on the
numbers 1 – 20, and recognizing the letters A through J, as well as learning about our Five Senses. Thank you for your
continued support of our class! Happy Valentine’s Day!
Ms. Dina Ms. Eva
PRE-K THANKFUL 3’S
Happy New Year! What a way to start 2018…snow and ice, but what an experience for the children. In the month of January
we learned about why Martin Luther King, Jr. was such an important figure for our country during his time and why he continues
to be so vital for us now. Last month we are continuing down the alphabet line stopping at letters Q, R, and S. We are getting
further in our counting chart counting from 1 – 100 with the newest addition of counting by 10’s. We had a fantastic turn out
for our Spirit Night at Fuddruckers and STEAM Science Fair in January. We are looking forward to February, the month of love.
We will share with each other what we love about ourselves, our families, and our friends. We will be celebrating and sharing
with each other at our Valentine’s Day class party nice treats. Our letters for the month of February are T, U, and V. We will
also talk about the colorful holiday of Mardi Gras. Come see us as we show our pearly whites and smiles for our school Mardi
Gras Parade around the Parish Hall. We saved the best for last…in addition to our parade we will have the annual yummy
Pancake Supper put on by the Men of Grace….please come join us! Let’s work together and help our children learn and succeed.
Grace and Peace,
Ms. Julie Ms. Beatrice
PRE-K FOUR GIRAFFES
Happy Valentine’s Day to you. Thank you to all of you who came to Fuddruckers to support our school’s Spirit Night. We had a
great time! Thank you for coming to our Open House and Science Fair so you could see all the wonderful science experiments
conducted by our students. In January we welcomed two new students to our class, Jason and Kiana. We are so happy to have
you in our class! Our theme for February is Friendship. We will be focusing on how to treat others. Our students will be
encouraged to speak kindly to each other, they will be engaged in activities that promote team work, kindness and taking turns.
For language arts, the students will write letters to each other expressing positive qualities. We continue to work on recognizing
sight words and we will be reading many books, among them “My New Shoes” and “My Bear.” Thank you for practicing reading
and counting with your child at home. We will be working on math, and learning to write our last names without any help,
progressing in spelling and learning the sounds of the letters, and continuing with our Spanish lessons. Our curriculum is always
posted in class. I am so proud of the children in my class. On February 14th we will be exchanging Valentine’s Cards and having
a party…I will have a sign up list for snacks! Thank you as always for all your support.
Ms. Maritza
This month we highlight Roxana Baires, one of our fabulous Infant Room teachers. Roxana has the
perfect temperament for working with babies. She is always calm, relaxed, unfazed, on an even keel and
always very gentle and sweet! Roxana originally hails from El Salvador and has been a teacher for 12
years. She is in the second process of receiving her CDA certificate. She has two children, a boy of thirteen
and a ten year old girl. When her busy life as a teacher and mom permits, she enjoys working with
crafts. Roxie tells us she knew from a very early age that she had a passion for working with children
and it shows.
Her philosophy is that children begin learning from the time they are born and that at a young age they learning the most by
playing and interacting with other children. She firmly believes that teachers are role models and that open communication
between families and teachers is essential in understanding the needs of the children and building mutual trust between teachers
and families. We here at Grace are so lucky that Roxana has made a home here with us in the Infant Room. We thank her for
all her love and dedication.
THANK YOU Ms. Roxana for your dedication, love and compassion!!
