Patti's Preschool Newsletter, April 2025

Our theme this month is All About Nature.  Our lesson plans will focus on planting and growing, nature collages, leaf rubbings and nature scavenger hunts.  We will be working in the garden on our playground as well as doing planting projects in the classroom. The children will also be learning about spring weather and the life cycle of plants and animals.  Each classroom has butterfly larvae so the children will learn all about metamorphosis.  They will see the caterpillars transition into chrysalides and emerge as butterflies!

Book orders are due on Friday morning, April 11. Go to https://clubs.scholastic.com/ and search the preschool with our class code, GW3RF. We receive free books for our school library with your order!  

Celebrating birthdays this month are Raiden, Ryla, Erica, Isla, Sura, Amelia, Brady, and Beatrice. Our fantastic teachers, Ms. Jennifer and Ms. Lauren, as well as our Administrative Director, Vesselin Iankov, are celebrating this month also! Our music teacher, Vanessa Ceballos has a birthday in April too. What a special month! We hope everyone has a memorable day!

Our Assistant Director, Sandy Salgado, is celebrating her 7-year anniversary at Patti’s Preschool! She is dedicated to the success of the preschool and ensures everything runs smoothly. We are thankful for all that she does!

We are looking forward to celebrating Earth Day at school this month. We will be teaching our students about recycling, taking care of our planet, preventing ocean pollution, and more! Some of the classes will be making crafts with recycled materials and others will set up recycling centers in their classrooms. What are some ways you take care of the Earth? Your child might inspire you to join the next Coastal Cleanup event!

School will be closed on Friday, April 18, to give staff extra time to spend with family. If your child is taking additional time off for spring break, please alert the front office. Thank you!

We will wrap up parent/teacher conferences this month. Evaluations will be sent home prior to conference dates. Sign-up sheets will be posted in the classrooms so you can find a convenient time for a phone conference.

Thank you to the many parents who donated items for Dr. Seuss Week and our St. Patrick’s Day party at school. It was a festive month for all!

We appreciate Lindsay and Jonathan Kimmes for donating a large car ramp and Laura and Weston Zellmer for their continuous donation of scratch paper! The many toys donated by Bethany and Daryll DeSantis were a great addition to our playground! Many thanks also to Kendall and JJ Baccari for their donation of a car ramp and counting toy!

Enrollment for our Stepping Up to Kindergarten class is currently taking place! This is our transitional class that is designed to prepare your child for kindergarten. The children who graduate from this class stand out in our local public and private schools because of their strong academic skills along with their ability to express their feelings in socially appropriate ways. If interested, please contact the front office to schedule a time for you to observe the program in action and meet the teacher, Ms. Jennifer. 

Please remember to park in the appropriate parking stalls when dropping off or picking up your child. The red zone is for emergency vehicles only and handicap parking is for vehicles displaying handicap placards. Never leave your child/children unattended in your car. Please notify front office when you notice someone violating this policy so we can follow up. Thank you for your cooperation.