Upcoming Events

This will be a busy time for us over the next couple of weeks!

• Muffins with Mom (Toddler 1 - Pre-K) - Tuesday and Wednesday 9:00 - 9:45 AM.  Food and drink will be set up in the hallways.  Stop by your child's room first and then fill your plate and come back to visit with teachers, children, and other moms!  Please feel free to send another loved one if mom can't make it!
• We had about 14 to 15 book orders for Scholastic this month.  Thank you to all who ordered!  Those books should be arriving toward the end of this week.  We will send them home as soon as they come in.  October's orders will be due October 18.
• Car lane begins Monday, October 1st!  Directions will go home in folders.  Information will also be on the blog, and teachers will be sending e-mails about it.  If you still have questions, please ask!  We would like for everyone to consider trying car lane at least once.  It helps so much with your child's transition, and it just gets our day off to a great start!  Moms and Dads who use it regularly love the ease of not having to find a parking spot, unload everything (especially other siblings) and come inside.  Considering that each afternoon you will still come in and see the teachers, room and others, it makes sense to try car lane!  And have I mentioned how great it is for you on rainy days?  Our teachers...not so much :)
• And finally, please check out www.SpoiledRottenPhotography.com to schedule your child's portrait.  They will be here on site Thursday, October 4th, and Monday through Wednesday, October 8th, 9th, 10th.  A brochure went home on Thursday and Mon/Wed classes will get theirs on Monday.  Packages begin at $20, and this year's backdrop is called Masterpiece.

Portraits

This year we are excited to use SpoiledRottenPhotography to do our portraits.  This will be done differently than in years past.  You are able to set an appointment for your child's portrait to be taken.  It will be taken here while they are at school, but you will sign up online.  You even have the option of making suggestions to help the photographer in terms of type and style and you will be able to bring in siblings if you would like a picture of your whole crew!

The photographer will be here October 4, 8, 9, 10.  We were very impressed with the quality of the photography and think that you will be very pleased.  This is a completely optional event; however, this is a fundraiser for us as we receive a percentage of total sales.

Please take a moment and go to www.SpoiledRottenPhotography.com and take a look at their work.  More information will be coming home with your child on Wednesday and Thursday.

Hand, Foot and Mouth

We've had one known case of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease at Shining Light.  It is viral and is contagious.  Please check website for further information about it.
http://children.webmd.com/tc/hand-foot-and-mouth-disease-topic-overview.

Fire Drill

Fire Drill this week has been moved to Wednesday and Thursday due to weather!  We like to practice in the sunshine :)

FYI

I hope that all of you are now receiving blog posts if you subscribed to the Follow by E-mail.  There had been a few glitches, but I think we've got them fixed.  If you are checking this and DID NOT receive the e-mail post, please contact me.

Tuition is due on the 15th of each month.  I realize that that the 15th is Saturday.  Thanks to all who sent your tuition in this week.  If you did not, please just send on Monday or Tuesday.  You may place your tuition check in your child's folder located in his/her tote bag.  All checks need to be made payable to Franklin Christian Church.  You can also pay on PayPal if you prefer located on the right side of the blog.

Some of you received tote bag tags this week.  Tues/Thurs did not as we had to place another order.  They should be in next week sometime.

Next week is Fire Drill week.  We are planning a fire drill for Tuesday and Wednesday weather permitting.  It will take place in the morning before any naps.  We will not set the alarm, but I have this fancy whistle that Ms. Nancy gave me that I will use for the drill.  We make it very non-threatening and non-scary for the children.  Last year we managed to get everyone out of the building in less than two minutes.  We are extremely efficient!  You may want to prepare your child for the event but please emphasize obeying the teachers and not the scary aspect of the drill.

Upcoming events:  Muffins with Mom on September 25 and 26.  Moms, please join us from 9:00 - 9:45 that morning for some treats and fellowship.  If mom can't make it, please feel free to send another loved one such as a grandmother, aunt, or even dad!

Nursery - you are the exception to the rule for Muffins with Mom.  We would love to have you join us; however, your little ones are not ready for the trauma of you hanging around and then leaving.  We are still working on them becoming comfortable with us, and we do not want to lose the good work that we've done so far.  Next year when your child is in Toddler 1 or Toddler 2 will be a much more enjoyable experience for you and your child!

There are Scholastic catalogues on the front foyer desk if you would like to take one.  There are three different catalogues.  September 20 is our deadline for this month's order.  We have 8 orders so far and are shooting for 50 each month!  Please help us by purchasing $5 worth of books.  Shipping is always free for us because we are Red Apple members.  The scholastic website is www.scholastic.com/bookclubs.
Our school access code is GPTH7.

And finally, have a wonderful weekend!  

I'm off to see my Vols beat Florida (I hope!)

I hope that the "Follow by Email" is now working.  I knew it had something to do with something called FeedBurner, but for the life of me, I couldn't fix the problem.  Our wonderful Chapel teacher, Ms. Jeanette, hopefully fixed the glitch this morning!  If you are checking this but did not receive an e-mail of the posting, please contact me again, and we will start over.

For those of you who want the details of the problem - FeedBurner had all the e-mails set for CritterBuzz.  CritterBuzz wasn't doing posts anymore, so no e-mails were showing up in your box.  Ms. Jeanette re-routed everything to Shining Light, so CritterBuzz subscribers as well as our new subscribers should now receive e-mail postings.

I have just enough computer skills to be dangerous.... :)

Miscellaneous

• Please make sure that your child is here no later than 9:10 unless you have an appointment somewhere.  Our teachers like to get started right on time, and it can cause a disruption when one or two enter late consistently.  We appreciate you helping us get our day started off promptly!  We have a lot to do in our classrooms!
• Some of you are not getting e-mailed posts even though you did for CritterBuzz.  I have been trying to determine the problem and not having much success.  One thing to try is to deactivate your account completely.  I believe that you can go in and say that you no longer want to receive any e-mails.  Then I would wait 24 hours and sign up again.  That's the best advice I have right now.  If this does work for someone, would you shoot me a quick e-mail and let me know that it worked?
• Finally, don't forget to order Scholastic this month!  Our cut-off date will be September 20, so we can get all the books in by the end of the month.  Thank you to those parents who have already placed an order.  If you are new to scholastic, you will need to set up an account.  Our school number is located on the right hand side of this blog. The website is:  www.scholastic.com/bookclubs.
• And don't forget to bring in your used inkjet and toner cartridges!  We recycle them!