MCP3 Parent Newsletter-#6
September 29th, 2026
A Message from Ms. Peterson
Hello MCP3 Families,
As we step into the fall season, we’re reminded of how change can be both exciting and beautiful. Just like the leaves turning colors, your children are growing and transforming every day. This season invites us to celebrate their progress, embrace new routines, and enjoy the wonder of learning together.
This week our scholars begin Theme 2: My Family and Friends! Be sure to check out more details about what they are learning in the section at the bottom of the Newsletter. During this theme, your scholar will be asked to complete a My Family Project at home with your help. They will then be asked to share their projects with their classmates. Be on the lookout for more information from your scholar's teacher in the near future about this fun project!
MCP3 appreciates all of your support during this first month of school as we are working hard to establish solid routines and procedures for our scholars. Thank you for talking with your scholar at the end of the day about their choices and about what they are learning. When scholars are praised at home for their good choices at school and talked to about their sad choices it reinforces the relationship between school and home. Scholars learn that teachers and parents are a team and have the same high expectations for behavior.
We know that scholars are going to have difficult moments from time to time and make bad choices. Making bad choices doesn't make the scholar a bad boy/girl. However, when we make bad choices we do have consequences for those choices and we have the opportunity to learn from our mistakes to do better in the future. At MCP3, consequences may include time off the carpet (away from the whole group), loss of a privilege (playing in a certain center/using slides in Rauh Room), or a "time out." Please refer to our handbook procedures under Child Guidance for more details. Our goal is to help scholars learn to make positive, safe choices so that all scholars in the classroom can learn. Just like the first line of our Declaration of Excellence, "Today is a new day..." we will always welcome your little scholar back with the belief in their abilities and with love.
Billing Questions
Please reach out to our Office Manager Ms. Perine by emailing cassandra.perine@mkeprep.com or calling our office 414-264-6007 with any questions or concerns related to your payment or enrollment.
Our MCP3 payment policy states that payment must be made in advance of services. Be sure to make your payment on time so that your scholar's seat remains in good standing with our program.
With Love and Respect,
Ms. Peterson
Calming Strategies
Every morning during circle, the second step is "calm." This is an activity to disengage stress that offers adults and scholars an opportunity to actively calm themselves in order to have access to their prefrontal lobes and higher-order thinking. MCP3 scholars will learn five specific strategies this year....try practicing them with your child at home and encourage them to use them when they feel upset, frustrated, angry, or sad. The one they are learning now is called Balloon.
🤓What are the Scholars Learning?📚
Theme 2: My Family & Friends
Week 1: Immediate Family
A child's first interactions with others occur within his or her immediate family. These early experiences set the tone for future interactions with people outside the family. This week, children will discuss family members and their roles in the family unit.
Read Alouds
Three Bears' Rap
The Three Bears' Vacation
The Three Bears
Math: Attributes (Sizes and Sounds)
Scholars learn to use the words small, medium, large and to identify items based on their sizes. Scholars also learn to use the attribute words of soft and loud to describe sounds.
Vocabulary: siblings, mother, father, brother, sister, attributes, gigantic, lare, loud, medium, small, soft
STEAM: What makes a chair Sturdy?
This lesson is for exposure to the concept of sturdiness. The science principles of mass and force support their experimentation as they explore the required strength of one object to hold the weight of another object.
🎈🎈🎉Birthday Shout Outs🎉🎈🎈
Happy Birthday to you!! Cha-cha-cha!!
Happy Birthday dear October babies!!!
Happy Birthday to you!! Cha-Cha-cha!
Panthers🐈⬛
Braylon, Kiana
Tigers🐯
Ya'Moura, Armanti, Aniyah, Da'Chari
Antelopes🦌
Za'mylah
Bulldogs🐕
Skylar, Keizer
Golden Eagles🦅
Aniya, Kyree, Jersie
MCP3 Information
Email: allison.peterson@milwcollegeprep.com
Website: milwcollegeprep.com
Location: 1350 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone: 414-264-6007
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/milwcollegeprep