Monday, October 5, 2009

early dismissal Wednesday for photos

Dear Families,

Please, if possible, be ready to greet your child in the hallway at 11:55am this coming Wednesday. We will walk together to have our photos taken outside or inside (depending on weather). If you cannot come early, please let us know so that we can support your child; if you arrive after noon, please look for us out front or in Forest Hall (where the photo session will be). Our intention is to conclude in time for kindergarten parents to greet their children.

As I believe you know, we have welcomed a new student, and she became part of our merry group right away. I will update the roster later this week.

As it turns out, we have many late summer and early fall birthdays to celebrate. We will celebrate on Tuesday and next Monday and Tuesday. Then we have a break until December and January 1, with another long break in birthdays until June.

Kindergarten teachers have distributed an article about toddler conflict as part of a discussion on how discipline is handled in early childhood classrooms. I have passed along copies to families in the nursery class--even though it is ostensibly about toddlers, the wisdom in the article can be helpful with older children as well.

With warmth and light,

William Geoffrey Dolde

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