Fall 2014

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!  I can't believe this gorgeous weather; it reminds me of fall!

Speaking of fall, we are gearing up for a great year of fun at Shining Light.

Here are some dates to put in your calendar:

August 18 & 19 will be our Teacher Inservice days as we prepare for the arrival of all the children.

August 20 & 21 will be our Meet the Teacher/Parent Meeting days.  We have divided the morning up into two sessions.

9:15 - 10:15 - Walkers/Toddler 1/Toddler 2 - You will drop your child off in his/her classroom for the hour and then meet in the chapel room for a parent meeting.

10:30 - 11:30 - Preschool/Pre-K - You will drop your child off in his/her classroom for the hour and then meet in the chapel room for a parent meeting.

If you have two children in the different age groups and have never attended Shining Light before, please attend the FIRST session.

If you have two children in the different age groups and are returning to Shining Light, please attend your oldest child's session.

***Please make sure that you have forms filled out (medical, photo release, permission to pick-up, etc.) before you come on August 20 & 21.  You can find these forms on our church website - click here.  Look for "Students Currently Registered for Fall 2014".  Having this already done will make that morning much easier and quicker!

Immunizations

Due to the rise of infectious diseases in the U.S. right now, Shining Light is following the recommendation of the state of TN that we require immunization records.

Now with your registration form, we will ask that you get a copy of your child's immunizations from your pediatrician.  We will keep these on file.

You may drop your child's immunization record off at the preschool any Tuesday or Thursday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm during the summer (exceptions:  week of June 23 and Thursday, July 3rd).

A copy must be in our office no later than August 15th.

For more information about vaccine requirements, you may check online at http://health.state.tn.us/CEDS/required.htm

If you have any questions about this, please contact Lynne Davis at shininglight@franklinchristianchurch.com.

Have a Great Summer and August Dates

We hope you all have a fantastic summer with a lot of quality family fun.  We will pray that you have safe travels, and if you are not returning to us next fall, we will miss you!  If you are returning, please look at the dates below and mark them on your calendar.  We will be updating you periodically throughout the summer.

Teacher Inservice (no children):  August 18 & 19
Meet the Teacher/Parent Meeting:  August 20 & 21
First Full Day of Shining Light:  August 25 (M/W) & 26 (T/TH)

NO CAR LANE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

Just a reminder that there will be no car lane on Wednesday and Thursday because of the Spring Program/Pre-K Graduation.  There will be car lane on Friday!

Wednesday - program begins at 9:45 - parents may wait in upstairs foyer until 9:30 when doors will open to worship center.  Please do not sit in seats reserved for classes.

Thursday - program begins at 9:30 - parents may wait in upstairs foyer until 9:15 when doors will open to worship center.  Please do not sit in seats reserved for classes.

Thank you!

Final Week of Shining Light

Dear Parents,

It has been a wonderful year full of change, excitement and enthusiasm for Shining Light.  We appreciate you going along on the ride with us!

Please read the following carefully:

• Program - Wednesday at 9:45 am; Thursday at 9:30 
• Dress for program - All children except Pre-K wear  Shining Light tees and jeans or khakis. 
• Pre-K - wear your Sunday best!  You are graduating!

• Pre-K children and families are invited to a reception downstairs in the Pre-K classrooms after the ceremony.  Bring your camera for photo taking opps!

• Families - be sure and check out our flower garden that your child helped plant!  The classes did a great job!

• Final day for Tues/Thurs program will be Thursday, May 15th.  Final day for Mon/Wed will be Friday, May 16th.  Monday, May 19th will be a teacher inservice day - no children.

• If you are enrolled for summer program, first day is Tuesday, June 3rd.  
• If your plans change over the summer, and you will not be returning to us in the fall, please e-mail us at shininglight@franklinchristianchurch.com to let us know.  We have waiting lists for some classes now, so that would allow us to fill the vacancy.

Thank you, and we look forward 

to seeing you this week!

Week of May 5

We have a lot going on the next two weeks of Shining Light!

• Teacher Appreciation week is this week.  Show your teachers how much you love them with a card, note, letter, snack, flower, or other small gift!  Hadley has the Teacher Favorites lists if you need them.
• Lynne Davis is enjoying herself at DisneyWorld this week, so please direct all questions to Hadley Elkin at hadley@franklinchristianchurch.com.
• And the note above reminds me to welcome Hadley Elkin to everybody at Shining Light as our new Assistant Coordinator of Shining Light! Hadley has been teaching for a couple of years in the preschool classes, and we decided to pull her out of the classroom to assist Lynne.  We are excited to have her here!
• We will be practicing our Spring Program and Pre-K graduation this week, so please make every effort to have your child here and on time.
• Pre-K children will be having graduation pictures taken this week.  Look for more information in your weekly teacher e-mail.
• We are planting this week, so you may want to bring your child in old clothes that don't mind a little dirt!

And I can never tell you enough how blessed we all feel to have your children each week.  

Thank you for allowing us to be a part of your lives.

NO CAR LANE APRIL 24 and CHUCK E CHEESE

There will be no car lane tomorrow, April 24th as we set up a tent for the Yard Give in the front parking lot. Please do not park in this lot either as there will be large trucks and people jack hammering into the asphalt!

Once the tent is up though, you should be able to park in the lot that afternoon.

Also, if you have large items to donate to the Yard Give, you may begin bringing on Thursday afternoon or all day on Friday, the 25th.  If you have clothing or bagged items to donate, you may bring in to Shining Light, and we will see that they get to the right place.

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Also, we raised $224 from our Chuck E Cheese Spirit Night!  Thank you so much!  We have targeted the money to go to our gardening activities with the children.  Ms. Nancy and Ms. Larinda in Toddler 1 are spearheading a naturescape for our children with plans for flowers, vegetables and herbs to be planted around the property.  We are so excited about this new endeavor!  Studies have shown huge benefits to children learning about the growing process and caring for our earth, and it has inspired us to add this to our curriculum.