Buddy Day and Retro Games

Check out the pictures from the Buddy Day, Wedensday, April 29, 2009 on the Student Council Blog- http://studentcouncilgs.wordpress.com/

Friday, May 1,2009

Happy Birthday Ms. Miller!

In Honor of Ms. Miller’s Birthday, the whole school will celebrate by having  FREE DRESS on Friday,May 1, 2009!

(Please refer to the Parent Handbook for  proper free dress guidelines if necessary)

Buddy Day!!!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Good Shepherd will be having a Buddy Day on Wednesday, April 29,2009. Children are allowed to dress in Spirit dress, but please remember to folllow the Spirtit Dress Rules. Boys may wear their Spirit Shirts, Blue Jean Pants, and all black tennis shoes. Girls may wear their Spirit Shirts, Blue Jeans, and all white tennis shoes. 

Calling All Pre- K Mommies!!!

Mommy and Me Day in Pre- K!

Please join us in celebrating our Mothers in Pre- K!

When: Friday, May 8, 2009

Time: 8:45am – 12:00pm ( you may come in and out as you choose)

We will have lots of fun activities, yummy food, and much more! The best part is that we will be able to have all this fun with our Mommies! We really hope that you will be able to join us!

(Please speak to Ms. Franco if  you are interested in being involved with an activity or if you just want to hang out. Either one is great!)

Things to turn in!

There are a couple of things that  need to be turned into school.Spring Pictures and The Walk-a-thon T-shirt Form(Due April 30th). Please turn these in as soon as possible.

Field Trip

On Tuesday, April 28, the Pre-K students are going to visit the Beverly Hills library. We need you, the parents, to help drive us there. We will leave school around 8:40am and return at 10:00am  when the library opens to the public.

The Three R’s- Reuse, Reduce and Recycle

Dear Family,

Tomorrow is Earth Day and our class is beginning an exciting Science unit on reducing, reusing, and recycling. We will be learning how to conserve our natural resources and protect the earth. We will also be exploring and investigating recyclable products and trash decomposition. Many of our investigations involve trash items that you may have at home. If you can send any of these items to class with your child, we would greatly appreciate it.

• Empty cans

• Pizza boxes

• Milk and egg cartons

• Six pack plastic rings

• Cardboard tubes

• Styrofoam meat trays

• Film canisters

• Wide-mouthed glass jars with lids

• Paper and plastic cups and plates

• Plastic bottles

• Liquid soap bottles

• Empty food containers

• Margarine containers

• Fabric scraps

Our study of the three R’s, reduce, reuse, and recycling will be fun and exciting for everyone. Thank you in advance for being a part of your child’s learning experience.

Sharing From Home

Spring is here and we have been talking quite a bit about gardening in pre-k. Please share a picture of your home garden or any other garden you may like, favorite flower, and  some fresh flowers for our  class (you don’t need  to spend any money on fancy arrangements,  a flower from your garden will be just fine.)

If you could also bring in some seeds that produce a fruit or veggie that would be very helpful !

Thank you

-Ms. Franco =)

Welcome back!!

On Monday, April 20, we are returning from Easter break. We hope  you all had a great vacation.

Earth Day is on Wednesday, April 22. On this day we will help clean our school yard. During this week we will talk about reuse, reduce and recycle. We need magazines to cut pictures of items that are made out of paper, plastic or aluminium. Please bring some to school if you have any at home.

Read more about Earth Day here:

http://earthday.gov/

http://earthday.gov/kids.htm

Participate in America’s Biggest Bedtime Story on April 14, 2009!

America’s Biggest Bedtime Story on April 14th 

Brought to you by the BOOK IT!® Program

 

 

The Pizza Hut® BOOK IT!® Program will once again celebrate the love of reading with a special bedtime reading of I Got Two Dogsby John Lithgow. Mr. Lithgow himself will be reading (actually singing!) the story and it can be viewed at www.bookitprogram.com  (available all day long).

 

Help Us Help First Book

In its inaugural year, more than 60,000 families logged in to watch America’s Biggest Bedtime Story.  If we break our record – First Book will receive a  $10,000 donation to make sure no child grows up without a great bedtime story!  

 

View a special message from John Lithgow! 

 

 

Click Here for a send-home parent flyer,  pajama party invitation, bookmarks, fun activities and more! 

 

We’re collecting photos of dogs to add to our furry photo album for all to see on April 14th.  Submit yours!

 

Dear Pre-K Parents,

Normally I would not encourage participation in activities by a company like Pizza Hut. However, this program will provide more children in our country access to literature. As we all know literacy and reading is a life skill everyone need to master to be successful in our world today. Pizza Hut’s BookIt! program provides access to books for more children. If we were not off on this day we would do something in our classes… Please help other children get access to quality literature! (Follow the links below to find activities you can do at home.)

Have fun reading!

God Bless,

Ms. Hellstrom

Read about America’s Biggest Bedtime Story-http://www.bookitprogram.com/bedtimestory/images/abbsparentletter.pdf

Get your child excited about reading- sign a contract, print bookmarks and/or a certificate of participation: http://www.bookitprogram.com/bedtimestory/images/abbscontract.pdf

http://www.bookitprogram.com/bedtimestory/images/abbsbookmark.pdf

http://www.bookitprogram.com/bedtimestory/images/abbscert.pdf