Please be sure to read all of the updates below including the information about the DFP Carnival on 3/10. It has been a wonderful week - lots of play with snow themed activities, doctor's offices, art activities with melting snowmen and "germs", and hands on activities including chipping animals out of the ice! We could have some real snow in our sensory tables next week - we will soon find out. Thank you for your partnership and as a reminder Report Cards and Progress Reports will be available on Tuesday, 1/30.

Warm regards,

Julie Martin

If you do not plan to return to DFP next year, please contact me as soon as possible. If you have a child at DFP currently and a younger sibling will attend next year, please be sure to register your future preschooler by March 1, 2024.

We use a curriculum called Heggerty to work on expose students to phonemic awareness. Below is an example of what it looks like in our classrooms (this is taken from YouTube).

Fundations exposes children to early letter/sound association. These are brief lessons embedded into the school day and it is vertically aligned to the district curriculum so students will be familiar with Foundations when they enter Kindergarten.

For writing and letter formation, we use the Handwriting Without Tears program.Students will use the Fundation letter writing program in Kindergarten.

https://www.wilsonlanguage.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Fundations-Pre-K-At-A-Glance.pdf

Save the date! Our second annual DFP carnival is set for Sunday, March 10 from 1-3. Our PAC is actively planning this event and we need your help!

A Sign Up Genius for the event will be shared with you soon- please consider signing up!

If you want to help but have limited time, we are looking for raffle donations: gift cards, tickets to sporting events, golf outings, yoga classes, etc. If you are able to donate anything or are willing to call restaurants and other businesses in the area please contact me.

Last evening, School Committee approved a 2% tuition increase for the 2024-2025 school year. Please take note of the table below.

January

30 - Report Cards and Progress Reports available on Aspen

February

7- DFP School Governance Council 8 am

8 - DFP PAC Meeting at 6 pm

9 - Early Release

19-23 - February Break

Julie Martin, Director: jmartin@walpole.k12.ma.us

Liz Martinez and Tina DiCicco, School Nurse: 508-660-7374 ext. 5620

Annmarie Khokha, School Business Office, responsible for tuition payments: akhokha@walpole.k12.ma.us

Christina Lazzara, Secretary at Elm/DFP: clazzara@walpole.k12.ma.us