School Hours

7:45 a.m.– 3:45pm Office Hours

8:25a.m -2:50 pm Student Hours

Carrie Weedon Early Education Center

911 Galesville Road

Carrie Weedon Compass

December, 2019

Dates To Remember:

Upcoming December Events

5 Two hour early dismissal

day

5 Unity Day ( Wear Orange)

6 Grown– Ups Night Out

( 5:00-9:00)

11 Picture Re-take Day

( Dec.23– Jan 1) Schools &

Offices Closed for Winter

Break

Principals Message :

Dear Carrie Weedon Families,

The entire faculty and staff have been working diligently to foster a safe, positive and nurturing learning environment

that promotes student success. September 10, 2019 was the first day that all 60 students entered the doors of Carrie

Weedon EEC at the same time. Students have grown tremendously and are well versed in school routines. Teachers

continue to plan and deliver differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students.

I would like to thank all the parents who visited their child’s classroom for American Education Week! It’s a great way

to strengthen the teamwork between school and home. Mrs. Nabinger, our music teacher, and Mrs. Braithwaite, our

art teacher, planned a beautiful age-appropriate Veteran’s Day program to honor veterans in our community. Veter-

ans and active duty family members attended the assembly. The American flags created by students were displayed.

Students sung patriotic songs that touched the hearts of each person present at the program.

Carrie Weedon families were so generous with their giving for the Harvest for the Hungry. We collected nearly 100

non-perishable items to donate to the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. Thank you! At this time, we are collecting Toys

for Tots and gloves and hats for children in need. If you do give, families in need will truly appreciate it.

Thursday, December 5th is Unity Day, and our students will receive a Unity Day shirt paid for by our very generous Art

Teacher, Mrs. Braithwait’s Artworks Studio. Unity Day is a time where students participate in activities that promote

unity and kindness.

Carrie Weedon families we need your help!!!! Carrie Weedon EEC has been sponsored to participate in the Rotary’s

LIGHTS OF KINDNESS tree decorating contest at Homestead Gardens. This is a huge fundraiser for our school. We need

your family, extended family, and friends to vote for Carrie Weedon’s tree. Our theme will be “Like puzzle pieces, we

are all unique but with love and kindness, we fit together.” For every dollar that you donate, Carrie Weedon EEC will

receive a vote and $.50. For example, if you donate $20.00, Carrie Weedon EEC will receive 20 votes and $10.00. Vot-

ing options:

Online voting: 24 hours a day at www.RotaryLightsofKindness.org Dec. 6th-Dec. 9th at 4:00pm On-site voting hours: Dec. 6th -7th , 9:00 AM-8:00PM Dec. 8th 9:00 AM-5:00 PM ****Remember, that every dollar counts as a vote, and benefits our local community!

Our next parent meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 21sst.. We look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Harris

Teeter’s Together in Education program is established for Carrie Weedon EEC. The account number is 6438. Present

the number to the cashier during check-out and give the school’s name. Tell the cashier that you want the school’s

account number to your Harris Teeter VIC card. Once the account number is linked, every time you shop during the

program, 5% of your Harris Teeter brand purchases will be contributed by Harris Teeter to the school’s account.

Pre-K Registration will begin on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Registration will be from 8:30-2:00. After February 6th,

registration will be from 8:30-12:00 noon daily. Kindergarten registration will begin April 1, 2020. More information

will be coming for kindergarten registration.

Carrie Weedon Family, please be mindful of the speed limit as you drive on Galesville, Road to enter the school. We

have received complaints from the community about people speeding between 8:15am and 8:30am.

Parents, a reminder to provide your child with jacket, hat and gloves during the cold weather months. Children will

have outdoor recess when the temperature is 32 degrees or above. Listed below is the Cultural Arts schedule.

Monday STEM

Tuesday Art and Music

Wednesday N/A

Thursday P. E. (Tennis Shoes)

Friday Media (Return Book)

Please refer to the website regularly. Newsletters and upcoming events will be posted. I welcome your comments,

concerns and recommendations as we prepare our children to reach their dreams!

Have a wonderful and blessed holiday season!

Mrs. Shirlette Boysaw

About Attendance

• If your child arrives after 8:40

a.m., he/she will be late.

• If your child leaves before

11:15 a.m., he/she will be

absent for the day.

• If your child leaves after

11:15 a.m., but before 12:45

p.m., he/she will receive an

early dismissal with half day

absence.

• When a child is absent, please

send a note. When these pro-

cedures are not followed, the

absence code must be as-

sumed to be unlawful and will

be coded as unexcused.

• After 12:45p.m., early dismis-

sal will be given any student

who leaves before 2:50 p.m.

Parents, keep in mind that habits

are formed early. It is more diffi-

cult to break a bad habit. For ex-

ample, when a child begs to stay

home and parent says, “just this

once” rather than saying “no” in

the beginning.

Cafeteria News

Meal Prices for 2019/2020 School Year

Breakfast/Reduced: $1.50/Free

Lunch/Reduced: $2.75/$.40

Milk: $.55

NOTE: Applications for free and reduced lunches are accepted online

at applyformeals.aacps.org throughout the school year. Paper applica-

tions are available to families without access to smart phones or com-

puters. Check out the online payment system for setting up a lunch

account by visiting MyPaymentsPlus.com. Menus are sent home every

other month, ( i.e. Sept/ Oct.) and are available on the AACPS website.

Emergency Forms

Emergency Forms and other important documents were

distributed at Parent/Teacher Conferences. Please re-

turn these forms ASAP. Make sure the forms are com-

plete with up-to-date phone numbers, email and emer-

gency contacts. Also remember to sign the form.

This is vital information for the office, health room, and

the staff in case of an emergency.

From The Health Room

Please keep your contact information updated with office, as well as the health

room. Also, if your child is absent because of a visit to the doctor, we must

have a doctor's note for that date. Also, no over-the-counter medicine is permit-

ted without a doctor’s note This includes cough drops

If your child has a fever, is ill, or has vomited, please do not send them to

school the next day. Students should be fever free for 24 hours, without fever

reducing medicine. We can’t prevent the flu, but we can do our best to keep it

at bay.

Check out the complete newsletter on our website for important information

from our Nurse, Tracy Marcalus, and our Health Assistant, Brenda Robinson.

EMERGENCY DRILLS

During each school year, various drills are conducted at every school to

ensure that staff and students are prepared in the event of an emergency.

These drills include monthly fire/evacuation drills. In addition, five drills

with scenarios developed by the school system’s Office of School Security

and based upon various possible emergency scenarios are done each year.

These include, but are not limited to: evacuation for natural gas emergencies;

shelter for tornado and earthquake; shelter for outside hazardous materials

release; lockout for danger outside of the school building, reverse evacuation

back into the school for students and staff outside; and lockdown for a dan-

gerous situation inside of the school.

These drills are discussed with staff prior to the drill and evaluated once the

drill is complete. In some cases, age-appropriate essential drill information

may be discussed with students before they take place. Please know that

visitors may not be able to access the building for a few minutes during the

drills.

A message from the Pre—K Team: Mrs. Barber, Ms. Frank, and Mrs. Pumphrey:

During the month of December, we will complete our unit about communities. We will discuss ways to help our community and discuss what is a world community. In Language Arts, we are continuing to learn our let-ters and sounds. Please review all letters, sounds and proper letter strokes for the letters in your child’s name. We will also be exploring letters Kk, Dd, and Ff. The everyday words that we will learn are have, what, a, and do. The best way to help kids learn the alphabet is through fun and games. Here are some resources you might like for your youngsters. Alphabet Fun I Spy: One of the oldest games, this is nevertheless a great one as it needs no equipment and can be played anywhere. If you see a piano for example, you would tell your child, "I spy with my little eye, something begin-ning with "p." Your child tries to work out what it is. Alphabet Books: Look for printed alphabet books with pictures that will interest your child, and large simple letters. Children will often learn such books by heart, an important stage in the road to real reading. Also con-sider making your own alphabet books, perhaps from photos of your child's toys or of family members. Making Letters: Tracing, painting, and modeling letters from play dough are all excellent activities to help chil-dren focus on the way a letter is made. Keep it fresh by painting outside with a wall painting brush and water-color or trying other different paints, brushes, and surfaces. I like to teach kids from the start how to make a letter according to the correct model for their school, but some people think this is me being a fuddy-duddy. Hide the Letter: It's great to have letters printed on cards, or plastic letters or even foam ones for the bathtub. Incidental remarks like "Oh, what is that 'W' doing under the tap?" or "Mummy has hidden the 'B.' Can you find it?" take only a few seconds, but constant repetition means that over time it aids letter recognition. Magnet Letters: Having magnet letters attached to the fridge or a simple metal baking sheet means you have a ready source for simple games of hide-the-letter, word making, word muddling, etc. Alphabet blocks are won-derful too. Make it a habit to leave little messages or muddled up words on the fridge each day, and your child can do the same. Toy Letter: One simple way to encourage letter recognition is to tape letters to toys or blocks. LEGO Duplo is great for this, especially once kids have moved on to making words from letters, because the blocks link to-gether. Try incidental questions like, "Where is the D truck?" or even games where you are the traffic controller and your youngster needs to bring certain vehicles of the alphabet to designated places. If your child has a large doll collection, try matching letters to the dolls' names. Build towers in turn with toddlers, naming the letter facing you as you do. Letter Sentences: Try making sentences where each word mostly starts with the same letter, e.g., Andrew Ant accidentally ate an apricot.

In Math, we will complete the unit about measurable attributes. Be sure to keep using the words small, big, short, long, tall, heavy and light during everyday activities. We will then explore numbers 5-10. We will prac-tice writing, identifying and making sets to 10.

The Reading Corner with Mrs. Kasulke, Carrie Weedon Reading Teacher

Write to A Friend Month

December is Write to A Friend month. Children enjoy drawing pictures and “writing” about their

pictures, too. Children begin writing at first by simply scribbling with a crayon, pencil or marker. Later,

they begin to write random letters, letter strings and finally conventional spelling. It would be a fun expe-

rience during the winter break for your child to “write” a letter to a friend or relative. Ask your child what

they wrote about. I’m sure that they will have a lot to say to that special person.

Winter Picture Books

Making time each day to read together is a wonderful way to promote literacy. Visiting your local

library is a great way to find some new books to read at home during the approaching winter break. Here

are a few titles that you might want to consider checking out from your local library:

Bear Snores On by: Karma Wilson

Froggy Gets Dressed by: Jonathon London

Katy and the Big Snow by: Virginia Lee Burton

Red Sled by: Patricia Thomas

Snowballs by: Lois Ehlert

The Mitten by: Jan Brett

The Snowman by: Raymond Briggs

When the Snow Falls by: Linda Booth Sweeney

It is very important to make time each day to read together at home. Routines that are estab-

lished at home while your child is in Pre-K will be very valuable for Kindergarten success.

I hope that you have a wonderful winter break! I look forward to seeing each of you in 2020!

Important Visitor Information

For the safety and security of our students and staff, all visitors

are required to show a photo ID and have your driver’s license

scanned in our Raptor System.

Thank you for helping to ensure our student’s safety.

The Counseling Connection

With School Counselor Mrs. Zitofsky

Attendance

Research shows that too many absences - excused or unex-

cused - can keep students from succeeding in school. Carrie

Weedon Early Education Center will be implementing a

school-wide program to support daily school attendance,

where every student strives to be an “Attendance HERO”-

Here, Everyday, Ready, On-time.

Here is a List of our Attendance HEROS!! Keep Up the great work !!!!

September and October Perfect Attendance:

Adrian Aguilera– Garcia

Eryn Brady

Alison Buckler

Rachel Collison

Joselyn Fisher

Stephen Fletcher

Nixon Greenwell

Greidy Hernandez– Guardado

William Lanham

Jeremiah Meredith

Angel Salavarria– Torres

Camden Sudduth

Gabriella Turner

Cole Vanorsdale

Here at Carrie Weedon Early Education Center, our teachers are selecting students to be the “ Sailor of

the Week”. A “Sailor” is a student who:

Shows Responsibility

Always Respectful

Includes Everyone

Listens, Learns and show love.

Congratulations to the Sailor's for the Month of November!!!!

Melody Poling,

Greidy Guardado– Herrnandez

Chloe Stewart

Khamila Hernandez

Dayton Vincent

Julian Bedard

Keep up the great work!!!!

Extra Clothes

Please be sure your child has an extra set of seasonally-appropriate

clothes (including socks and underwear) to keep in his/her locker in

the event of accidents, spills, etc.

Thank you!

Camera Notification

Carrie Weedon Early Education Center is equipped

with a video camera system. It covers selected inte-

rior and exterior public portions of the building and

grounds. It is NOT monitored constantly, but it is

monitored during emergency situations. During

certain events, when the safety or security of stu-

dents may be in question, authorized personnel

from local, state, or federal police or fire emergency

units may be given access to view images projected

on the camera system. If you have any questions

about the system, you should call the Supervisor of

School Security at 410-222-5083.

From Mr. Brumfield:

Hello Carrie Weedon families. I look forward to working with your little one this year. Here are a couple

things to keep in mind on P.E. Days.

• Thursday’s are P.E. day.

• Please remember to send your child in the appropriate shoes. (No boots, flip flops, etc.) Thank you!

Please dress them in comfortable clothing, that will be easy for them to move in and participate in