UPDATES

• Pictures will be rescheduled for early November. Specific dates will be sent out next Thursday, 22nd.
• Remember Fall Break is next week; no MDO on Tuesday; we will return on Thursday, 22nd.
• Scholastic orders for the month of October will be due 10/22.
• M.O.M. outing for tomorrow (Pinkerton Park) will NOT take place IF it is rainy! Will reschedule for...you guessed it...Thursday, 22nd!
• Tuition is now due for November. Thank you so much for your prompt attention to this!
• We have a few openings in the Preschool (3-4 years) classes if you know anyone who is interested.

A big thank you to some of our moms who also substitute for us! We appreciate your help in the classroom so much!

I will be out of town October 15th through the 18th. Melody Brooke and I will be visiting her big sister at Arizona State University. We are very excited since we haven't seen her since August! If you should e-mail me, I will get back to you on Monday, the 19th. Thank you!

Car Lane

There were a few glitches with the afternoon car lane on Tuesday and Thursday. The pouring rain hampered us on Tuesday and my ineptness with the walkie-talkies contributed to it on Thursday. The good news is that our teachers keep our little ones busy until right before you arrive, so we were a little delayed in having them ready! We will begin loading a little earlier next week (and test the walkie-talkies!).

We appreciate your patience!

PICTURES

Due to circumstances beyond anyone's control, we will not be taking individual pictures next week. They have been postponed, and we will let you know when we reschedule. Thank you.

FYI

Tomorrow 10/8 - class pictures in the morning
Tuesday 10/13 - Nursery, Toddler and Sibling individual pictures taken (outside weather permitting)
Thursday 10/15 - Preschool and Pre-K individuals (outside weather permitting)
No school 10/20 - Wms. Co. Fall Break
Make-up pictures 10/22

Blog correction: Fall Parties (with costumes) Thursday, October 29

SCHOLASTIC

One thing I love about this blog is that when something comes up and it's not a Tuesday or Thursday, I can still get the word out without innundating parents and teachers with e-mails!

If you tried to order Scholastic in the past couple of days, you will see a notice that says the teacher disabled it. What I found out after calling them is that I have to set up parent online ordering every single month. I assumed that I could do it for the year. Nope...

I have to specify each catalogue, each month. They were sending me copies of SEESAW which I liked for the older classes, but they didn't this month. I have requested it, but you can find it online now as of five minutes ago when I set it up again. HONEYBEE and FIREFLY are also on there.

So my apologies if you tried recently to order and couldn't. You should be good to go now, and I will know better next month!

Upcoming Events for October

• October 6 - car lane begins
• October 8 - class pictures
• October 13 - individual pictures
• October 15 - individual pictures
• October 20 - no school/Williamson Co. Fall Break
• October 22 - make-up pictures
• October 29 - Fall Parties with costumes
• October 31 - Fall Festival and Chili Cook-off at FCC

Andrea Davis will be doing photographs of the children. She will have different packages available for purchase. A portion of the proceeds will go to the playground fund. She is going to try and take all pictures outside weather permitting. More information will be sent next week about the schedule of individual pictures or you can check out her website now at http://www.andreadavisphotography.com/ and click on the Critters logo.

CAR LANE

CAR LANE begins this coming Tuesday, October 6th. When you come into the parking lot, you will see a row of orange cones. Please form two lines with the orange cones in between. Please have your permit in the windshield of your car. This will help our teachers know which classroom your child is in. In the afternoon this permit is imperative for safety and for those of us who are calling children outside!

The map on the back of the permit shows how you should enter the parking lot. It does not show that if the line becomes long, you are to use the upper turn around to help the flow of traffic. Ms. Maria will be outside directing you up the hill if necessary, so please follow her instructions.

Please help us by:
1. Staying in your car while we unbuckle your child. Please have tote bag ready.
2. Staying off your cell phone so we have your complete attention.
3. Pulling into the other parking area if you would like to talk with another parent in a car.
4. Paying attention as Ms. Kely or Ms. Maria intruct cars to move forward.

If you are bringing your child inside:
1. Do not park in the car lane parking lot. Park in the lot adjacent to Clovercroft.
2. Cross the pedestrian bridge in front of the church - not the main bridge that car lane cars will use to exit.

Thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation! The car lane involves much more planning and preparation that you would imagine to make sure that it is safe, effective and quick!