We are thrilled that your child and family are a part of CWECC! This has been a great beginning to the year and we are excited to watch your children learn and grow. Our school-wide theme this year is "In My Pre-K Era". Beginning school is quite an adventure for children and we are thrilled that your child is beginning their school era here with us!

Creekwood Early Childhood Center (ECC) serves Broken Arrow’s youngest Tigers through purposeful play centered on students' interests, reading, writing, mathematics, creativity and music. This all-day Pre-K program gives four-year-old students the opportunity to develop social-emotional, early reasoning and problem solving skills that lay a foundation for future learning.

Our goal is to preserve childhood learning experiences and foster the development of self-regulation skills which will help students achieve academic success in core curriculum as they advance through school. The students will progress through the developmental stages at their own rate of growth.

Website: www.baschools.org
Location: 1351 East Albany Street, Broken Arrow, OK, USA
Phone: 918.505.5280

Each month, we will showcase some of our fabulous CWECC staff in our STAFF SPOTLIGHT section of the newsletter!

In order to best help your child have success in all areas of school, please practice the following things at home:

Toileting - children should be fully potty trained. They should be able to: identify when they need to use the toilet, enter the restroom, use the toilet, clean themselves, change their own clothes if they have an accident, and wash their hands with minimal assistance from an adult. Our school staff is not allowed to wipe children, change their clothes, or apply pull-ups or diapers. If a child cannot attend to their toileting needs, a parent will be called to assist.

Lunches - practice opening baggies, including commercially prepared snack bags, juice box straws and inserting the straw in the box, cookies, or anything else your child might have to eat during the day. **If you send a food that could potentially be a choking hazard (grapes, blueberries, etc.), please cut them up into small pieces. Grapes should be cut into 1/4ths. We do not have the ability to cut things up for students, so please be sure you do this at home.

Attention - plan purposeful times for your child to complete a task that does not involve technology. Working puzzles, looking at books, lacing cards, and other similar tasks help build your child's attention stamina.

Please make plans to join us for back-to-school night on September 5 at 6:00. This event is designed for you to get information about our school and your child's class. We will begin with a whole-group session in the Multi-Purpose room, followed by breakout time in your child's classroom where you will hear lots of information about the pre-k year from your child's teacher. There will be no child care provided, so we ask that only parents attend.

Soon your child will be bringing home information about our school-wide fundraiser, "The Big Kahuna". This is a great opportunity to raise funds for much-needed supplies and equipment for our school. We thank you in advance for your help your child sell the awesome variety of goods offered by Big Kahuna!

Parents will pull through one of our two car loops to unload students. Staff will be present to escort the children to the classrooms. For safety, students need to exit the vehicle on the CURB SIDE ONLY. If your child needs assistance unbuckling, please pull over and assist them prior to arriving at the car unloading area. If needed, teachers will assist students with stepping out of the car, putting on backpack, etc.

Please pull your car up as far forward as possible before unloading your child.

Cars of students in the following classes enter the Creekwood ELEMENTARY loop (BLUE ARROWS on attached map): Converse, Tackett, S Morgan, Havens, Bules, Speer, L Morgan, Staurovsky. The unloading zone for this loop is at the curve closest to CWECC/by the flagpole. Teachers will be stationed at that curve to receive students.

The loop that enters at the Creekwood ECC loop (traffic light) will follow the GREEN ARROWS on the attached map and are students in these classes: Shaw, Smiley, Brown, Waits, Turner, Taylor, Schon. The unloading zone for this loop is just past/east of the main entrance. Teachers will be stationed in this area to receive students.

Arrival time is 8:15-8:45. Our staff on duty for drop-off must go inside to begin the instructional day at 8:45. If you arrive to drop off after 8:45, you will need to park and walk your child in to the office to sign them in.

Parents will walk in to pick up students all year. The doors will unlock at 2:20. Every adult entering the building must have the Family ID badge displayed. If someone new or different will be picking up your child, they must be listed as a student contact in our system. They will need to bring their driver's license to scan in the office. We ask that you not give your Family ID badge to anyone who has not scanned into the SafeSchool ID system.

Anyone picking up a child before student dismissal at 2:20, must bring in driver's license to present in the office. Students will only be released to people listed in our system with a valid ID.

Thank you for your patience while everyone is learning these procedures. We realize that they may add an extra step or an extra minute to your timeline, however they are in place to keep your child safe.

Any adults coming in to the school building will be required to have the Family ID badge upon entering for any reason. If you forget your badge, you will need to sign in with your driver's license in the office and obtain a visitor's badge. No one will be allowed past the office without a Family ID badge or a visitor's pass. This system is in place to keep our students and staff safe.

If your family needs more than the two badges that were provided, or if you lose yours, you may purchase another one for $5.00 per badge.

If your child will not be at school for any reason, please contact the school office at 918.505.5280.