SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
There is so much to do and so little time! That’s how we feel at the end of our school year. At Preschool we always go out with a BANG! Half of our students will be graduating from our school and be off to their various school districts for kindergarten. We will miss them but we know they are well prepared for the next step. We will celebrate that progress plus the accomplishments of our younger students in the month of May. During our last month of school we will have many visitors including Paxton Schmidt’s dad, Philip, who will demonstrate throwing pots (He is a potter. Had you worried didn’t I?) and teach the four year olds how to create their own pots with real potter’s clay. The New Brighton Police and Fire Fighters will visit all of our classes this month as will Julie Philbrook the Safety Educator from Hennepin County Medical Center.
We like to get out a bit in the spring. Our four year olds will be spending a morning at Silverwood Park where the staff there will provide a program about birds and print making. The three year olds will be taking a school bus for a morning at Como Park Zoo. The animals are exciting to see but the real thrill is the ride on the bus!
Knowing that spring is bound to show up soon, our students have been planting seeds and making plans to get out in our Preschool Garden. Our students plant the garden each spring to grow food for the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf. Our Summer Session class and volunteer families care for the garden all summer, watering and pulling weeds. In the fall broccoli, carrots, potatoes, beets and zucchini are harvested by our students and donated to the food shelf. Planting and caring for our garden is one way we can give back to our community!
SUMMER SESSION
We say good-bye to our school year students in May but that leads us to the opening of our Summer Session. We want to keep the learning going and the fun happening as long as possible! Your 3-4-5 year olds can join us on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 9:00-11:30, June 12 through July 19 for science, gardening, outdoor games, stories, music, a bike rodeo and much more. During Salem’s VBS week we will join in some of the exciting activities planned for all the Bible School kids! We don’t want to miss out on anything. ( We will not meet the week of the 4th of July.) The cost of this program is $237 for five weeks of fun. To register email Pam Carlson, pam@salemcovpreschool.com. We would love to have you join us!
As you stroll through the church yard this summer make sure to check out our garden and perhaps snip a small bouquet of flowers to take home!
