ELC at George Earle Weekly Update

We sent home raffle tickets on Monday 4/7 for a raffle that benefits our Brickies from the Start program. We would love if everyone was able to participate and sell the 12 tickets sent home with them. However, if you are not able to participate- please just leave the envelope in your child's folder and stick a little note on it that says "Not Participating" so we know to take them out of their folders.

If you are participating, once your tickets are sold send the payment and stubs back in the envelope that is provided. If you want to join the 24 club, please let your child's teacher know that you would like to get 12 more tickets.

All stubs and money will be due back by 4/25/25. Thanks in advance for your participation!!

The Week of the Young Child® is a time to recognize that children's opportunities are our responsibilities, and to recommit ourselves to ensuring that each and every child experiences the type of early environment—at home, at child care, at school, and in the community—that will promote their early learning.

Dr. Buffington and Mayor Huddleston were on hand to help Mrs. Gutierrez and The Early Learning Center staff and students kick off The Week of the Young Student with their annual Bubble Bonanza! The weather was less than perfect this week, so we celebrated by blowing bubbles in our classrooms!

Order forms are coming home in their folders today! Pictures are on Tuesday!!

Thank you to everyone who shopped the Book Fair. We so appreciate your support. Shopping the fair helps to get books back in to the hands of all the kiddos here at The ELC... so we SO appreciate your purchases!!!

This week, the kids were introduced to our coding mice! We started very simple and were introduced to the concept of coding and got some hands on time with the mice to see if we thought what we were telling it to do with the buttons is what happened when we hit go. We are going to build on this and spend the next few weeks in both library and STEM working on becoming coding masters and will eventually be able to tell Colby the mouse how to get from the start of the maze to the end. Not only will the mice travel through mazes we make through programming and sequencing, the mice also light-up and make sounds. Ms. Fraze started the lesson in library this week with reading If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, which introduced them to the if/then thought process. If one thing happens, then another thing happens, and so on and so forth. Moms and Dads, we sure hope you can join us at the Makers Fair on Wednesday, April 16th, at the High School to see what we have learned to do! We can't wait to show you! There will be kiddos aged Kindergarten-12th grade showing off all their talents as well. There will be SO MANY COOL things to see, so please pencil in the date to join us at the Hobart High School Fieldhouse anywhere between 6 & 8pm on Wednesday, 4/16, to check it all out!

Coming soon…. The Kindy 500 will be zooming in to The ELC! Be on the lookout for a box and get your creative juices going! See picture below for inspiration (and appropriate sized boxes) keeping in mind your child will have to carry this on them for more than a hot minute! More info to come home soon!!

Did you know that you as parents can nominate a staff member to be recognized as someone who is Being Excellent On Purpose? Dr. Buffington LOVES to know about and celebrate the positive!

Click here to check out the April edition of Ms. Louie's Counselor's Corner newsletter!

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If your child isn't feeling well, please keep him or her at home. You must report the absence IN SKYWARD before 10:00AM. There is no need to call the school to let us know. If there are any questions about the absence, we will reach out to you.

Brickies from the Start needs your help! We are a non-profit, self funded program that relies on donations to provide services like developmental screenings, parent support and Community Playroom to Brickie families. During our Month of Giving, you can create a team and collect donations to win a prize. Sign up here: https://secure.qgiv.com/event/monthofgiving/

The School City of Hobart Building Brickies' goal is to strengthen families by empowering parents as their child’s first and best teachers. Every day, we advocate for families so every child-in every neighborhood-can thrive.

School City of Hobart families with children under the age of 5 are invited to join Brickies from the Start for Cabin Fever Frenzy on Saturday, March 15th from 10:00 a.m.- noon. We will meet in the ELC cafeteria for active indoor play! Please RSVP at: https://forms.gle/RTfDBdnwGSxyfXYc6