This year’s Holiday season has officially begun. With Halloween behind us, we have started preparations for Thanksgiving. We wrapped up October teaching the children about manners. Throughout November, we will continue to incorporate manners and gratitude into our weekly lessons. The teachers are very excited about our upcoming Thanksgiving Feast, which is always a fun event. We will end the month learning about Community Workers and having our 1st Career Day.

WEEKLY THEMES:

Nov 1 - 2 Creative Week Nov 5 - 9 Native Americans Nov 12 - 16 Pilgrims Nov 19 – 23 Thanksgiving Week

Nov 26 – 30 Community Workers

Happy Harvest

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S P E C I A L P O I N T S

O F I N T E R E S T :

Weekly Themes

Thanksgiving Feast

Important Notes

Career Day

Food Drive

Changes we have made

Martial Arts

Pictures

Google+ and Facebook

Administration Ms. Dona Deepthi

- Director

Ms. Tammy

- Administrator

Mr. Marc

- Administrator

Toddlers * Ms. Lupe

Preschool * Ms. Coco

Pre-Kindergarten

* Ms. Lyka

Jr. Kindergarten

* Ms. Shubhda

Kindergarten

* Ms. Shak

* Ms. Neomi

Others

* Ms. Jaya (floater)

P L A Y ‘ N ’ L E A R N

S T A F F

Thanksgiving Feast Our Thanksgiving Feast is a short, but very fun celebration. Throughout the month, your children will be working on making an Indian or Pilgrim costume to wear at the feast and will also cre-ate a special placemat. On N o v e m b e r 23rd, we will have a tradi-t i o n a l Thanksgiving meal for the entire school! We will be providing all the food, but we will need several par-

ent volunteers to help set-up for the big event. If you would like to help set-up, please sign-up in your child’s classroom. If you cannot come early to help set-up, you are still welcome to come join in on the fun. The day of the feast, we will be getting together by classes to discuss what we are

thankful for this year. Then, the Kindergar-ten & Jr. Kindergarten children will perform. We will then enjoy a traditional Thanksgiv-ing meal together.

Pictures from past Thanksgiving Feast

1. Email Notices - We try to keep eve-ryone up-to-date with the current events here at Play ‘N’ Learn through email. If you have not been receiving emails from the school, please let Ms. Deepthi know to correct your contact information.

2. Please LABEL, LABEL, LABEL - all your child’s jackets, sweatshirts,

blankets, etc. Now that jacket season is here, it is more important than ever to keep your belongings labeled.

3. SCHOOL PICTURES will be at the school for your viewing and pur-chase on November 15th and 16th from 3:00pm to 6pm.

4. FOOD DRIVE - Play ‘N’ Learn is hosting a food drive. This holiday season you can help those in need by donating non-

perishable boxed or canned items to the food barrel in your child's classroom. First class that fills their barrel gets a Popcorn and Movie Party! 5. PARKING - Parking has begun to create a problem some afternoons during drop off and pick up times. Please do not park/stop in the driveway. We would like to ask all parents to pull forward into a parking space.

Important Notes for Parents :

CAREER DAY Friday, November 30, 2012

During our COMMUNITY WORKERS WEEK

We Need Parent Volunteers!

We are looking for Parents to come in and talk to the children about what you do for a living. Whether you are a Police Officer, Secretary, Gardner, or Computer Engineer, we would like a few parents from each class to come in and tell the children about your job and how it helps in the com-munity. We want the children to realize that it takes many different peo-ple to make a strong community and build an appreciation for all the peo-ple in our community.

CAREER DAY

P A G E 3

Weekly Theme

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday Share day

Creative Week

1

2

Native American

5

6

7

8

9

Pilgrims

12

13

14

15 Your child’s

School Pictures Will be at here

to view and purchase from

3:00 to 6:00pm.

16

Your child’s School Pictures

Will be at the school to view and

purchase from 3:00 to 6:00pm.

Thanksgiving Week

19

20

Food Drive

Ends

21

Thanksgiving Feast @ 11:15

Kindergarten & Jr Kindergarten

Class performances at 10:30 our Feast will

begin at 11:15

22

SCHOOL CLOSED

23

SCHOOL CLOSED

Shop ‘til you drop !

Happy Birthday Ms. Lupe

& Ms. Shubhda

CAREER Week

26

27

Remember to sign-up for Career Day!

28 29 30

Please sign-up with Ms. Deepthi to

come in and speak to the children

Food Drive

Begins!

Don’t forget to sign-up for

“Martial Arts”

The FREE trial classes for our Martial Arts classes have ended. Don’t miss out on this GREAT opportunity for your child - spaces are limited. Parents are also wel-come to come in and observe a class if you would like. For more information or to sign-up, please pick-up a flyer in your child’s classroom.

Martial Arts is for Preschoolers through Kindergarten

OCTOBER’s ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

We are so excited that our Toddler Room is so close to being opened. The new floors are in, the bathrooms are complete, and the walls have been painted. We are now just working on decorating, furnishing, and completing all the final touches.

Please take some time to check out all the progress that has been made to our

new garden area. We have replanted grass on the outer portion of the area which has begun to grow. We are working hard to complete the watering system and finish building all the garden necessities.

Our Kindergarten and Jr. Kindergarten classes got to enjoy our first fieldtrip to

Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Patch. It was a HUGE SUCCESS! The children loved the bus ride. They learned about how a pumpkin grows, they enjoyed a wagon ride while learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly, went on a train ride, and each child even got to pick out a pumpkin.

Lastly, we have set-up a google+ page and a facebook page. Please come and

request to be our friend. This will allow you to see all the pictures from some of our recent events, get our post, and keep you better informed.

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Jr. Kindergarten & Kindergarten Pumpkin Patch Fieldtrip

2012 Halloween Party Pictures 2012 Halloween Party Pictures