MCP3 Staff News

Greetings MCP3 Team!

Last week was a success as we celebrated The Week of the Young Child! Thank you for your hard work and participation in making this a special and fun week for all. The best times the team shared out from the week included the Paint & Sip, the Fruit/Cheese Tasting, Yoga, and the Read-In. The feedback about what didn't go as great was also helpful and we will NOT be doing fingerprints on shirts, we will have beans for paper plate shakers as well as a funnel for the rice, and will consider alternatives to berries since they were pretty messy. Shout out to Ms. Harrell for helping to paint the class of 2040 Leave your Mark Tribute on the wall- it looks fantastic!

Thank you all for your engagement during Friday's PD. Here is the Slide Deck for reference as needed. Let's ensure we are all living into our team commitments we developed during The Culture we Create session. They are listed below. It is OUR responsibility to ensure we are establishing and maintaining a positive environment for all stakeholders and recognize that our actions, words, and professional choices have an immediate impact on others as well as a "ripple effect."

1. We agree to give each other grace and assume the best.

2. We agree to build those loving relationships every day..(smiling, greeting, communication)

3. We agree to proactive communication.

4. We agree to maintain positive relationships...public praise, private problem-solving

Here are some important happenings and reminders:

Licensing Rules for Reminders

• Chemicals locked/out of reach of children at all times
• tables/chairs wiped & floor swept after every meal (breakfast, snack, lunch, and afternoon snack)
• drinking water from a drinking source- use the blue water jugs (not the sink faucet)

Positive Descriptive Feedback

Routine PDF is an expectation at MCP3. PDF refers to a teacher providing positive feedback to a child using words that describe the behavior for which the child is being acknowledged. "Good Job!" is not an example of PDF. "Thank you for sitting in your chair with your feet on the floor!" is an example of PDF. Let's be sure we are maintaining a 3:1 ratio or PDF to each redirection/correction we give.

New Parent Orientation

We will be having New Parent Orientation on the following dates/times in April:

4/27 @ 4:00-5;00

4/28 @ 8:00-9:00

We want to ensure to leave a welcoming and positive first impression on our new families. Let's make sure our spaces are free of clutter and neatly organized. Let's make sure we are continuing to show up with excellence by following/referencing the schedule, using PDF, and having intentionally planned lessons in our classroom. Let's make sure we are consistently engaged with scholars.

People who Love us Event- 5/15/26 4:30-6:30pm

MCP3 is planning it's 2nd Family Night event for the school year. This will be our "People who Love us" event and is how we celebrate all those we love and love us instead of putting on a Spring program. If you are interested in volunteering please let me know by filling out this form. If we don't have enough volunteers, we will need to come up with a special way to celebrate during the day- please fill out the form if you can't make it, but provide suggestions for how to celebrate.

People Who Love US Event- sign up form

With all the Love and Respect,

Peterson

Important Upcoming Dates & Events:

4/22 Earth Day (uniform top with jeans)

4/24 Q3 Awards Ceremony 8:45

4/24 MCP Game Night

Weekly Staff Coverage

Monday- Minor with Eagles and close aftercare, Keifer with Bulldogs

Tuesday- . Minor with Eagles and close aftercare, Keifer with Bulldogs

Wednesday- Minor with Eagles (leaves at 3:30). Keifer with Bulldogs and aftercare until ratio. Carroll closes aftercare

Thursday- Minor with Eagles and closes aftercare. Keifer with Bulldogs (leaves at 12:45). Stricklin works aftercare until ratio.

Friday- Minor with Eagles (starting at 10:30). Keifer with Bulldogs and aftercare until ratio.

Frog Street: Theme 8 Week 2

Portfolio Artifacts for the Theme

• Language & Literacy pg. 10 or pg.20 Re-Telling a story *Use Backyard Bugs instead of Critter Camouflage for W1
• Creativity Station pg. 31 *can use alternative to paint such as shaving cream, sand, rice
• Numeration Math Center
• Progress to Monthly Goal

Heggerty -Week 31

Second Step- week 23 Saying the Problem

Scope and Sequence

Benchmark Assessment Tracker

MCP3 Benchmark Assessment

small group document

Activities by Skill Resource

Skill Tracker for Progress

Daily on-site IT support @ North: Monday & Wednesday 8:00-12:00, Tuesday & Thursday 12:00-4:00. During these times, feel free to stop by your staff lounge for any IT questions, comments, concerns, or just to chat! We will also periodically walk around the building for those who might not be able to leave their classroom for more than a moment.

If you ever have an IT need and cannot find us at your campus, you are also always welcome to visit our MCP Help Desk (found on your homepage!) to submit a ticket, request a service, or view our self-help articles to try and solve your issue yourself:

Room 121- Monday @ 2:30

Room 122- Tuesday @ 2:10

Room 123- Thursday @ 2:30

Room 124- Friday @ 2:10

Room 125- Wednesday @ 2:30

*If there is a circumstance in which your classroom needs to wash on a different day/time, please refer to this schedule and be sure to do your laundry outside of these scheduled classroom times. If you plan to change your day/time- be sure to let me know so that I can edit it on our weekly staff newsletter so that everyone is informed.*