Working on Paypal

We are in the process of setting Paypal up and you may notice it on the right hand side of this blog.  Please do not try to use it at this time until we are sure it is ready to go.  We will be doing some initial testing.  I will let you know when it is good to go!  

THANKS!

Silent Auction Benefit

The Prichards, one of our MDO families,  are associated with a non-profit called Mending Limbs which provides prosthetics for amputees.


Mending Limbs is having a Benefit Concert and Silent Auction on November 12 from 6:00 - 9:00 PM.  Tickets are $75 individually and $135 per couple.  Dinner, concert and silent auction are all included.


To see who will be performing, and how to purchase tickets, please check out their website at www.MendingLimbs.org.

Reminders

Scholastic Orders - the deadline for October is the 24th.


If you ordered Scholastic books last month and have not received them, please e-mail me or contact your teacher.  I have one unidentified order!


If your class is collecting $1 or $2 for Fall Parties, please send in.


Class pictures for Toddler 2, Preschool, and Pre-K Thursday


Tuition is due for November!

Thank you!

Pictures

Yes, the picture taking that just would not end...


Last Thursday, the Nursery and Toddler 1 had their class pictures taken.  And we took the individual and sibling pictures that needed to be done.  And then the rain came down...and down...


So we will try to take class pictures of Toddler 2, Preschool 1 & 2, Pre-K 1,2, 3 this Thursday.  We are doing outside shots for everything, so we wanted to be consistent.
They do not need to wear what they wore for their individual shots unless you just want them to.


Thanks for your patience!

Correction on dates!

Correction on costume parade and fall parties!  I seem to have trouble keeping dates straight!


Fall Parties - Wednesday, October 26 and Thursday, October 27.


Fire Safety Day - Wednesday, November 9 and Tuesday, November 15 - more details to come.


See you later this week!

WOW!

Turnout at Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night was fantastic!  Thanks so much to all the parents, children, and teachers who came to support FCC MDO.  I don't have the final count yet, but I have to think we did an awesome job raising funds.  And I had many tell me that they enjoyed seeing and visiting with other MDO families.  I know the teachers enjoyed spending some time getting to know their class parents a little better also.  We hope to have another one in December, so if you didn't make this one, hopefully you will be able to come to the next one.


Kely and I have been working on finalizing playground details.  I believe that we are a few weeks away from breaking ground.  We will keep you updated!  As I mentioned at the beginning of the year, we are doing a community installation, so we will need all the volunteers we can get once the equipment arrives.  If you would like to help out organizing the work day, please let me know.  I would love some help!

Hope everyone has a blessed and safe Fall Break!  

We will see you Wednesday and Thursday, October 19 and 20!

MEET OUR STAFF

I would like to introduce you all to our staff for the 2011-12 year.  Let's begin with our Specials Teachers for Music, Chapel and Spanish.

Maria Schatz teaches our music classes as well as our chapel music.  She is also the creator/director of our Christmas and Spring programs. She is married to Ryan and proud "mom' to a Westie named Murphy.  Maria has a degree in fine arts and taught Kindermusik for eight years.  She has been a part of MDO since it began in the fall of 2006.  She thoroughly enjoys singing, dancing, and making music with the kids!  In her spare time she enjoys cooking, scrapbooking, crafting and Zumba!  Maria and Ryan attend Rolling Hills Community Church.

Kellie Johnson teaches our Chapel lessons this year and works in each classroom helping the children with memory verses and reviewing the Bible lesson.  Kellie was formerly one of our Pre-K teachers and is currently working on her Masters in Education.  She is married to Greg and they have three children, Libby, Jessica and James.  Kellie enjoys crafting, interior decorating, and movies.  She and Greg have been members at FCC for many years and she is a favorite Sunday school teacher here.

Kassie Marte teaches Spanish for us at MDO and has returned this month from maternity leave.  She and her husband Melchor now have four children.  Kassie has lived on and off as a missionary in the Dominican Republic where she met and married her husband.  They are currently building a house in the Dominican in order to continue their mission work.  Kassie loves to invent recipes and try them out on her family.  Kassie has been a member of Franklin Christian Church since she was just a little girl.