Hey PreKPals Families!
We are going buggy and learning all about insects this week in PreK! We have some fun insects and spiders for the light table, a brand-new insect hunt for the sand and water table, and tons of insect themed centers to learn with this week! We are waiting on our caterpillars to arrive! They will come in the mail and we can watch them metamorphosize into painted lady butterflies! This is always a fun and exciting time in PreK! We cannot wait to share it with the PreKPals!
Gather up your 5 snacks, backpack, Library book, water cup, jacket and rest mat (if you took it home) for school tomorrow. Your Bear Binder is full of forms! Kindergarten registration, bus transportation forms, field day volunteer forms, Family Engagement forms…..all kinds of things! Be sure to get those in asap. We are still missing 2 fieldtrip forms.
Just a reminder- You have a green half note with the Kindergarten registration information on it. Since your child is already a RQES student they will be considered a “returning” TCS student and you will follow the infosnap directions. This will get you into the system no matter which TCS school you will attend for Kindergarten. I cannot believe we are already talking about Kindergarten!!
We’ve had several questions about graduation. It is a RQES tradition that we do not “graduate” from PreK or Kinder. In PreK we have a PreK celebration and this will occur on the SAME DAY as Kindergarten Breakfast. That way, parents only have to take off one day, and your kiddos only have to dress up for one day! (Aren’t we smart?) May 16 is the day for Kinder Breakfast and the moving up celebration. Please let me know if you are NOT coming to the kinder breakfast, so that I can make arrangements for your child to attend with another adult. with another adult. You will NOT need to sign up for a time for Kinder screening because our kinder teachers will do that for RQES PreKPals during the school day, before school is out for the summer.
This week in PreK, Mrs. Minifield and I are going to be in Montgomery for a Conscious Discipline training on Tuesday and Wednesday. We are leaving the PreKPals in the capible hands of two retired TCS teachers. Please talk with your child about having good manners while we are at our “boring meeting”. (Last week was a little “full-moon-ish” so we are a bit concerned about both being out at the same time! Thanks for your help!
NEW DATES…….
13: Romp and Read (Government Plaza) 9-12 noon FREE
18: International Day/Field Day at RQES
19: NO SCHOOL
24: Fieldtrip to Johnson’s Nursery to make Fairy Gardens or Dinosaur Gardens. Parents are welcome to attend! We will have some space on the buses and we will need some parents to drive and carry the fairy/dino gardens back for us. We are super excited about this event. If you want to make a garden yourself, the cost is $10 and you will pay at the door. Let me know if you want to make a garden and which kind you’d like by April 18 so we can make sure they have the items needed. If you do not want to make a garden, the trip is free for you.
26: CHOM on Wheels comes to RQES for “All About Bugs”
27: Mayor’s Cup- 5K for PreK, 8 am. Please join us for this exciting event. Register below!
www.tuscaloosamayorscups.com
May:
16: Kindergarten Breakfast 9 am
16: PreK Moving Up Celebration at 12:30
16: Spring Fling (After school!) FREE fun carnival event
23: Half Day for students and the LAST DAY of PreK
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Have an awesome week! Alicia