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A Letter from the Director...

Happy Birthday Yule M. 01/03/2007 Vada T. 01/06/2010 Nivaan T. 01/08/2013 Cedric T. 01/10/2011 Aaron B. 01/11/2013 Maxwell A. 01/23/2014 Cara B. 01/24/2012 Kylie S. 01/24/2014 Hayden C. 01/30/2007 Sawyer K. 01/31/2014

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Park’s Edge Preschool

Ms. Ruslana 1/29/2016

Dear Park’s Edge Preschool Families:

Treasure 2016 Christmas season’s happy memories…I hope you had the opportunity to join us for PEP’s Christmastime highlights. PEP’s Christmas Party with Santa Claus and ‘Jesus’ Birthday Celebration’ has become favorite ‘family’ traditions here. I also want to say ‘thank you’ for remembering staff at Christmastime. The gifts of love that are showered on the staff and me at this busy time of year are truly appreciated. Thank you!

‘The ABC’s of Christmas’ allowed small groups of children to walk down the center aisle representing symbols of Christmas correlated with each letter of the alphabet. After the program, all in attendance was treated to ‘Jesus’ birthday cake and ice cream. Thank you for bringing ‘Jesus’ Birthday Gifts’ (non-perishable food). The food donations collected will soon be picked up by the Hunger Task Force. Food donations are always welcome at Emanuel Church; hunger is year round, and affects all ages. A big thank you to the many Emanuel Church friends: Nancy Erenz-pianist; Ron and Judi Abramowski-greeters; John Zimmerman-sound system; and Hank Erenz-parking attendant. Their help makes Park’s Edge Preschool’s Annual Christmas Program a success. Special thanks to ‘Pastor Bill’ for his availability and a lesson shared with the children at PEP’s Jesus’ Birthday Celebration similar to ‘Children’s Time’ of Emanuel Church’s worship service.

Sunday, January 29th

is CHHSM Sunday. Park’ Edge Preschool has been a member of the United Church of Christ’s Council for Health and Human Service Ministries since June 1999. CHHSM Sunday gives Emanuel Church/Park’s Edge Preschool’s families an opportunity to celebrate Park’s Edge Preschool’s ministry serving Hales Corners and the surrounding community with Christian child care. Anyone who is in the health and human service professions is invited to participate in the ‘blessing of the hands’ ceremony. Park’s Edge Preschool families are invited to attend Emanuel Church’s Worship Service for an exciting opportunity to learn more about Emanuel Church and CHHSM. March 2nd-4th, 2017 CHHSM’s Annual Meeting will be held in Milwaukee, WI. The opening worship service will be held here at Emanuel Church on Thursday, March 2nd. Park’s Edge Preschool families are invited to attend. Watch for details in February.

The New Year at Park’s Edge Preschool gives us an opportunity to reflect on 2016 and set new goals for 2017. We fulfilled all our 2016 resolutions/goals: Continued NAC Accreditation until November 19, 2019; recruiting Jessica Klima, bookkeeper; and rolling out the ProCare Tuition Express for 2017!

Another goal of 2016 Park’s Edge Preschool’s was to ‘Support and Embrace Diversity’. This was accomplished for staff with training on Diversity in the Workplace. We celebrated diversity among our families with a pot luck dinner the WOYC in April 2016.

2017’s focus will

encompass two great books the staff will be incorporating in our program. When I was asking the Early Childhood Leadership Credential, this past year, I was introduced to a great book, ‘Mind in the Making: The Seven Essential Skills Eve-ry Child Needs’ by Ellen Ga-linsky. November 2016, the Whitnall School District introduced us to Tony Wagner’s ‘Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era.’ We are excited to ‘share’ this valuable information with parents. Please watch for upcoming details of each training discussion about these inspiring books. You will be invited to join us for both trainings in 2017.

As always, Park’s Edge Preschool’s #1 New Year’s Resolution is to continue to offer quality rated 5-star YoungStar child care services in 2017! Happy New Year & Good Tidings,

Ellen M. Kvalheim, Director

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family as they move to another state. We will miss them.

This coming year will be busy with lots of activities and venues. Please remember to bring snow

pants, snow boots, hats and snow gloves to school so we all stay

warm while playing in the snow. This month we learn how to stay warm in the snowy cold weather

with our “Mittens, Hats and Snowflakes” theme. We’ll have lots of fun with “Wacky Week” which includes a center wide PJ

Day. We’ll visit the arctic to learn about “Arctic Animals” and we’ll

learn all about “Shadows and Groundhogs” as we wait to see if

the groundhog will see his shadow

Happy New Year! It’s hard to believe we are already saying

Happy New Year, time sure has flown by.

December was a busy month for all of us. Santa stopped by for a

visit with lots of activities in each classroom. It was great to see all the children in their Christmas

best. We hope Santa brought all the presents the children (and

adults) asked for. Also, thank you to all who came to watch us for

our annual Jesus’ Birthday celebration. We had a tremendous turnout and the children did great

in our performance. We had to say a sad farewell to

our friend, Danielle, and her

this year. Our child of the month is William who likes to go, go, go. He enjoys

pushing the buses around the room, jumping and creating art but most of all, he loves to read. Some of his favorite books are, “Is Your

Mama a Llama?” and “5 Little Monkeys with Nothing to do.”

Stay warm this winter and many blessings to you and your family

this coming year.

Ms. Jacoba & Ms. Sanja

Beautiful Butterflies

Love Bugs

Darling Dragonflies

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from growing! Justin has mastered sitting up with

support and is now working on sitting up

without support Karyn is now holding her own bot-tle for an extended period Our child of the month is

Finley. He likes telling stories loudly to us,

laughing and acting silly. Finley always has a big

smile on his face for everyone.

We bid a sad goodbye to

our Love Bug, Ella, and her family. We wish them the

best on their new adventure. We welcome Kaden and his family to

our Love Bug Family. This month we encourage

parents to share their favorite wintertime activity

you do with your child. We hope everyone stays

warm and has a great start to the 2017 New Year.

Ms. Nicole & Ms. Ruslana

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Thank you for

all the gifts, they were very thoughtful.

As the weather continues to grow colder, please

make sure your child has warm spare clothing here.

We will also need slippers/shoes here

everyday. Their little feet get cold!

The frigid air isn’t stopping our Love Bugs

Since the Beautiful Butterflies enjoy their music so much, we are including their favorite songs this

month; Abram-Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.

Evan– Jesus Love s the Little Children.

Sawyer-If you’re Happy and You Know It.

Elaina– Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Ben E.– Father Abraham

Ben G.– Row, Row, Row Your Boat William– Wheels on the Bus

Mason– All the Fish Are Swimming in the Water

Vivian– This Little Light of Mine

We hope you all had a Merry Christmas. Thank you for your

generosity and sharing your children with us everyday! Happy New Year2017. The best is yet to

come! Our themes include; Mittens, Hats and Snow Flakes-Oh My, Wacky

Week, Bears and Hibernation, Arctic Animals and Shadows &

Groundhogs. The children are growing up really

fast and it’s so wonderful to see their progress. Abram and Mason will be our children of the month.

Every child has a different favorite . Thank you for providing winter weather gear, please continue to bring it in daily. We will still be exploring the great outdoors

whenever possible. This month we ask families to bring in your child’s favorite book. Also, enjoy spending some family time

outside in the crisp winter air. We hope everyone has a great start

to their 2017 new year.

Ms. Julie & Ms. Mary

What a wonderful December we have had! The children did an amazing job at our ‘ABC’s of Christmas’ play

as we celebrated Jesus’ Birthday. We hope

everyone had a great Christmas with your

families. We have had a very cold

December and haven’t been able to get outside as much. We would like to

remind parents that we will go outside if the wind-chill is

equal to 0

degrees or higher so please dress your child for the

weather daily. Also, please check cubbies to make sure your child has warm extra

clothing in case they get wet. We are going to be ringing

in 2017 talking about Mittens, Hats and

Snowflakes-Oh My! We will also be learning with Wacky Week, Bears & hibernation, Arctic Animals and finishing the month off with Shadows & Groundhogs. We would

like to invite parent to come in during the week of “

Wacky Week’ (1/9-1/13) to read a silly story and stay for

lunch. You can bring your own book or pick a story we

have here. Our child of the month is

Katherine. She enjoys reading books , listening to flannel stories and creating

art. Stop in and say, “Hello.” We hope everyone has a

wonderful January and very healthy and happy new year!

Ms. Beth & Ms. Emily

We have had fun playing in the snow on warmer days. Please

remember to bring in winter gear every day as we go outside when

the temperature in 0 or above with the wind chill.

Waterproof item are also recommended.

Our weekly themes for January will be Mitten, Hats and

Snowflakes-Oh My, Wacky Week, Bears & Hibernation & Arctic

Animals. This months family activity, we

would like to make a photo collage of how you spent your

holiday season and/or time spent

Happy New Year 2017! We hope everyone had a blessed Christmas season. Thank you for your kind generosity during Christmas with blessings of gifts and treats, they were greatly appreciated. We had fun at our PEP Family Christmas

Party, visiting the classroom activities and, of course, seeing Santa and telling him what we

wanted for Christmas. We topped things off with our ‘ABC’s of Christmas’ for Jesus’ Birthday

Celebration. Thank you to all our families who came out to fellowship on that brisk

December afternoon.

playing outside in the snow. You can e-mail Ms. Kristin at

Kristin@parksedgepreschool.com to print your photos if you would like. We would like to wish Aa-

ron and Nivaan very blessed birthdays and hope your

families have a blessed 2017 of good health, peace, prosperity.

Ms. Jodi & Ms. Michele

snow pants, etc. independently.

We will also have a full week of ‘Wacky Week’ and during

this time we will celebrate the wondrous joys of being a child while we kick back , relax and

have fun learning and interacting with one

another. Our other themes include, “Bears &

Hibernation” and “ Arctic Animals.” Parents, you are

welcome to participate in any one of these themes by

bringing in a theme related story or fun fact article to read

and share with the class. We also welcome parents to stay

for lunch as well. Please make sure you label

your child’s winter gear such as hats, gloves, snow pants, etc.

with their name or initials. We hope you have a blessed

month, thank you for your ongoing cooperation.

Ms. Syeda, Ms. Sandra & Ms.

Jenele

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a blessed

Christmas and a safe New Year. We are excited for 2017

and have great themes planned for the month of January. Themes for this

month are, “Hats, Mittens and Snowflakes-Oh My!’ A perfect theme for this cold weather.

During this theme the children will learn about the four

seasons and how different types of clothing play a big

part of each season. We will practice

putting on hats, gloves, coats,

Busy Bees

Fantastic Frogs

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This January we will

enjoy exploring

snowflakes, bears and

hibernation,

arctic

animals and the

always exciting, Wacky

Week. During

January-March we are

going to work on

creating a class book

about love. If there are

any pictures or

drawings that you wish

to share, we would

love to add them. If

you have any

questions, please feel

free to ask Ms. Jenele

or Mr. Cody. As a

reminder, please let

the office know if we

Happy New Year!

What do you tell

someone who you

don’t see on New

Year’s Eve? I haven't’

seen you all year!

Thank you for the

great joke Kate and

thank you one and all

for the wonderful

2016. We can’t wait to

continue in 2017.

We had a wonderful

turn out for the ‘ABC’s

of Christmas.’ The

children in our class

made all their own

costumes this year

with NO teacher help

and they did a great

job.

are not dropping off or

picking up your child

(ren) to school. There

is a $5 ‘finders fee’ for

anytime Park’s Edge is

not notified of a school

age child’s absence.

This is a safety

concern and we want

to make sure everyone

is

accounted for. One

last reminder, please

check “yes” or “no” for

any days off of school

so we will have an

accurate count.

Thank you again for an

incredible 2016 and

Happy 2017.

Ms. Jenele & Mr. Cody

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Happy 2017! I hope everyone had a wonderful New Years and great 2016. December sure went by quickly with all the

fun activities. The Christmas party was a great time. It’s always fun to see Santa and explore the classroom

activities. Our Christmas play went excellent for Jesus’ Birth-day Celebration. We had a wonderful turnout and the chil-dren did a great job. We also were very busy making par-ent gifts which I hope you loved. The children really enjoyed

making the potpourri and decorating the baskets. We are continuing to practice our letters and sounds along

with numbers up to 25. It’s very easy and beneficial to discuss letter sounds and number recognition with your

child at home. You can ask what letter objects from home start with and have children point out numbers on nutrition

labels or in magazines. Just a reminder, please restock cubbies with extra warm clothing and check folders daily. I hope everyone has a

great start to their new year.

Ms. Melinda and The Shining Stars

10627 W. Forest Home Ave Hales Corners, WI 53130 Phone: (414) 427-9561 Fax: (414) 427-1220 Email: Elen@parksedgepreschool.com CC: Kristin@parksedgepreschool.com

ATTENTION FAMILIES!!!

When dropping off or picking-up you child, please park your car in the

parking lot. If you can do this in less than 5 minutes you may park in the

entrance carport. Please be respectful of other parents in allowing access to the

entrance doors. Leave enough room for pick up and drop off safely at the

entrance doors.

January 2017

Important Dates: January 9th -January13th– Wacky Week Monday– Inside Out/ Backwards Day Tuesday– Favorite Sports Team Day Wednesday– Blue Out Day–Everyone Wear Blue Thursday– Crazy Hair Day Friday– PJ Day with Movie & Popcorn January 16th– Martin Luther King Jr. Day– Wear Red, White & Blue January 20th– No School for Whitnall & Muskego School Districts January 29th– CHHSM Sunday– Blessing of the Hands

Happy New Year to everyone! With a New Year comes ‘New Year’s Resolu-tions.’ My hope is that one of yours is to come to at least one meeting. We are

always looking for new input in our program. Our next meeting will be held Thursday, January 26

th. We will be brainstorming

topics for the coming year. If you have any ideas and cannot make the meeting please feel free to email me too. Our goal is to setup topics for the month and

possibly have guest speakers come in too. Please look in your mailbox for our fundraiser Lovable Labels. They are a great

way to label all snow pants, boots, mitten, etc. Thank you again for the dedication of all the parents who have made the Parent

Advisory Council a success.

Kristin Burr Assistant Director

Parent Advisory Council

We are excited to roll out Tuition Express (weekly Automatic Tuition Pay) beginning January 2017.

Please return your completed Tuition Payment packet to the front desk by Wednesday, December 28 th. Weekly drafts will begin January 2, 2017. All enrollments will go to this form of payment.

If you wish to continue using your Credit Card/Debit Card for payments, please note that our $5 per transaction fee

will still apply. There are no additional fees for automatic draft from your bank account when using your routing number and account number.

The balance on your Family’s Account Ledger will be drafted on Monday of each week. Allow 1-2 business days for processing through your specific bank. Insufficient Funds and Declined Credit Cards will be assessed a $25.00

charge. Tuition Express will streamline payments for our families and allow Park’s Edge Preschool to continue to provide

the high quality care for our children.

A friendly reminder, children are required to be enrolled at least 2 days a week. Your child’s enrollment is re-served. Therefore, we can add days but are not able to switch days. If you have any questions, please see our

Bookkeeper, Jessica Klima, or me, Ellen Kvalheim.

Ellen Kvalheim

Themes w/ Christian Sub Themes

Upstairs & Downstairs Themes

1/02-1/06– Mittens, Hats & Snowflakes-Oh My! *God creates us each unique like snowflakes

*Snow (Psalm 148)- Song of praise to God *God gives us new seasons

1/09-1/13– Wacky Week

*The joy of the Lord is our strength

1/16-1/20– Bears and Hibernation *God created all animals

1/23-1/27– Arctic Animals * God creates all animals

*White snow symbolizes purity *Jesus washed us white as snow

1/30-2/03– Shadows & Groundhogs

*God created light and dark *God determines when seasons change

Tuition Express Update

Happy New Year to Everyone! Our

catalogs for January 2017 are in. Please take a moment or two to look at all the

great January deals. Remember that every time you place a Scholastic order through

Park’s Edge Preschool it helps us add more great books to our library. The

children really enjoy visiting the library during the week. Language and literacy

are a very important part of our days here at PEP and we take pride in

helping your children develop the reading skills for their future success. I hope you

all have a blessed new year.

Ms. Sandra Scholastic Coordinator