GJPS Preschool Weekly Update
October 18, 2024
Save the Date
Join Us to Celebrate Accessibility At Our Parks!
Here are the communication board that you will see installed at the following parks in Gahanna this fall!
Sunpoint
Woodside Green
Friendship
Hannah
Click HERE to sign up!
Frog Street Curriculum
Dear Families,
Next week we’re beginning a new theme in our classroom, “Safe, Healthy, Helpful Me”. In the first week of this theme, we will learn about the people in our neighborhood and community that help us stay safe and healthy.
Next week’s Family Connections activities can be found at https://lilypad2.frogstreet.com/public/resouce-detail/a013a763-5d63-47e1-9174-699d066d7d03
This week’s storybook, “Workers in My Community” can be found at https://lilypad2.frogstreet.com/public/resouce-detail/e0f9f5c6-7ca0-4900-bede-2ad967df27d6
We look forward to exploring this new theme in our classroom!
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Caring Cubs Club Food Drive
Family Resources
Sesame Street in the Communities
Provides information and videos to help children thrive and deal with issues that affect children’s lives. Resource topics include health and wellness, social-emotional skills, trauma, diversity and inclusion, and school readiness. They offer videos, games, and worksheets for children to explore, and free webinars for parents and educators.
- Managing Asthma
- Autism
- Divorce
- Parents in Prison
- Eating Well
- Grief
- Handling Emergencies
- Foster Care
- Displacement and Resettlement
Sesame for Families: sesameworkshop.org/resources
sesamestreet.org/home
Imagination Library
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five, through funding shared by Dolly Parton and local community partners in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and Republic of Ireland.
Inspired by her father’s inability to read and write Dolly started her Imagination Library in 1995 for the children within her home county. Today, her program spans five countries and gifts over 2 million free books each month to children around the world.
To be a part of the Imagination Library and receive a book each month, you can check out the link below.
Sign up for Imagination Library - Free Books!
SPARK
SPARK is a program in various counties across Ohio that supports families and students eligible to transition to Kindergarten with the following services:
- Monthly in-home or virtual visits
- FREE storybooks and learning activities
- School-readiness lessons based on Ohio’s
Early Learning and Development Standards - Kindergarten registration support
- Connections to community resources
https://www.actionforchildren.org/spark/
Learning Aid Ohio
Check out this funding resource for students on IEPs:
Franklin County Board of Developmental Delays
Do you have a child with an identified disability? FCBDD can provide a variety of supports, from private therapy, camps, and parent support.
-click "getting started"
-click "apply for services:
Visit this website for more information. https://www.prc-saltillo.com/articles/Fall-2023-AAC-App-Sale?mode=view&mc_cid=04cc8904be&mc_eid=c3da3b2120
Nationwide Children's Parenting Classes
Date: Tuesday, October 15
Time: noon to 2 p.m.
Topic: Dealing with Disobedience Location:
Online via Zoom, link will be emailed the week of the group
Registration: Contact triplep@nationwidechildrens.org or (614) 355-8099
Date: Monday, October 28
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Topic: Hassle-Free Shopping
Location: Online via Zoom, link will be emailed the week of the group
Registration: Contact triplep@nationwidechildrens.org or (614) 355-8099
Date: Thursday, November 7
Time: noon to 2 p.m.
Topic: Hassle-Free Mealtimes
Location: Online via Zoom, link will be emailed the week of the group
Registration: Contact triplep@nationwidechildrens.org or (614) 355-8099
Date: Wednesday, November 13
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Topic: Developing Good Bedtime Routines
Location: Online via Zoom, link will be emailed the week of the group Registration: Contact triplep@nationwidechildrens.org or (614) 355-8099
Date: Thursday, November 14
Time: noon to 2 p.m.
Topic: Hassle-Free Shopping
Location: Online via Zoom, link will be emailed the week of the group
Registration: Contact triplep@nationwidechildrens.org or (614) 355-8099
Date: Thursday, November 21
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Topic: Dealing with Disobedience Location:
Online via Zoom, link will be emailed the week of the group
Registration: Contact triplep@nationwidechildrens.org or (614) 355-8099
Date: Tuesday, November 26
Time: noon to 2 p.m.
Topic: Managing Fighting and Aggression Location:
Online via Zoom, link will be emailed the week of the group
Registration: Contact triplep@nationwidechildrens.org or (614) 355-8099
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Instagram: @cubby_GJPreschool
Tik Tok: @cubbytok2024
Important Information
Drop Off Reminders
As a reminder, it is the families responsibility to walk students up to the door versus letting them out of the car and the students walking up independently. Please be mindful about this when you are dropping students off.
Preschool Tuition
Tuition should have been paid in Infinite Campus by October 15, 2024. If you did not pay it, you will be receiving communication from Mary Ann Stevens.
Letters will be sent home next week if you have not paid the $17.50 instructional fee.
Late Pick Up Fees
LATE PICK UP FEES
Parents/Guardians of peer model(s) who pick up their child after the scheduled pick-up time will be charged a late fee equal to $1.00 per minute, per child. Teachers will be asked to complete a Late Pick Up Acknowledgement form for parents/guardians who pick up their child after the scheduled pickup time. Parents/Guardians will be asked to sign the Late Pick Up Acknowledgement form and will be given a copy before leaving the preschool with their child. The fee must be paid in cash or check to the receptionist at Clark Hall, 380 Granville St., Suite B. Gahanna, Ohio 43230 before the child can be admitted back to their preschool class. If there are more than six violations, then your child may be dismissed from the program.
Student Medical Statements
If your child needs a medical statement, you should have received notification from the school nurse that it needs to be updated. You can find the medical statement below.
Exclusions will begin next week for immunizations and medical statements.
Upcoming School Events
Mark Your Calendar
October 21 No School- Comp Day
October 22 No School- Teacher Work Day
October 23 Trunk or Treat 4:30-5:30 at Clark Hall
380 Granville St. Suite B
Gahanna, Ohio 43230
(614) 269-4780
