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GJPS Preschool Weekly Update

October 18, 2024

GJPS PreschoolWeekly UpdateOctober 18, 2024
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No School October 21 or October 22

There is no school on October 21 or October 22.

Save the Date Save the Date

Join Us to Celebrate Accessibility At Our Parks! 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

Monthly Kindness Cart 2024

Monthly Kindness Cart 2024

Each month, we are looking for family volunteers to shine some kindness through small treats/kind gestures with our staff at Goshen Lane Prechool and Clark Hall Preschool. This could be cookies, donuts, coffee etc. The kindness carts will take place the last Friday of each month.

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Click HERE to sign up!

Frog Street Curriculum Frog Street Curriculum

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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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Drain Breathing From Conscious Discipline - Pre-K

Caring Cubs Club Food Drive Caring Cubs Club Food Drive

Family Resources 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:

https://www.learningohio.com/


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.

https://fcbdd.org

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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

Follow Cubby To See All The Things That He Can Help Our Children Do Follow Cubby To See All The Things That He Can Help Our Children Do

Search to Follow On:

Instagram: @cubby_GJPreschool

Tik Tok: @cubbytok2024

Important Information 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.

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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.

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Upcoming School Events Upcoming School Events

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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

Gahanna-Jefferson Preschool Program

380 Granville St. Suite B

Gahanna, Ohio 43230

(614) 269-4780

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