Wonder Years Academy
October 2021 Newsletter

Thank you so much for your patience as we dealt with our COVID situation at school. It feels so great to have such a supportive preschool community, and feels even BETTER to be back at school! It has been a busy month at Wonder Years - your children are doing GREAT learning the routines at school. They are making friends, and are good helpers. During Sept we learned about school rules/routines and each other during our Back to School unit. We also learned about Germs, and Transportation.

This month we begin with D is for Ducks, our Farm unit. This will coincide nicely with our Field Trip to Hee Haws later in the month! This will be followed by a 2-day Review (which we do frequently throughout the year so the kids don’t forget what they’ve learned!). After Fall Break we come back in for a Numbers unit with E is for Eight, and then F is for Frankenstein – can you guess what unit that is?!?

PLEASE BE SURE YOU ALWAYS HAVE YOUR PHONE WITH YOU WHEN YOUR CHILD IS IN PRESCHOOL IN CASE WE NEED TO CONTACT YOU! And if you need to contact a teacher with an immediate issue, please TEXT Miss Brittany at 801-372-4595. (Text only; voicemails & emails are not seen until the end of each day.) Administrative duties such as tuition, sign-ups, registration, etc. are handled by Miss Heather and can be emailed, but she is not at school each day and will not be able to deliver messages (such as notifying of sickness or different pickup arrangements). Please enter Miss Brittany’s contact number in your phone so you won’t have to hunt for it in an unexpected situation!
 
FALL BREAK IS OCTOBER 13TH THRU THE 18th-
NO SCHOOL

IMPORTANT DATES
PLEASE SEE CALENDAR ON REVERSE SIDE OF NEWSLETTER!

FIELD TRIP TO PUMPKIN PATCH:
Thursday Oct 21st at 11 AM we will be visiting Hee Haws in PG with all their fun Fall & Halloween activities! This field trip will take the place of all regular classes that day, and there will be no classes on Friday Oct 22nd due to MWF students having attended the field trip on Thurs. The 11 AM start time will hopefully span both the morning and afternoon classes – you may stay as long as you want after we enter as a school. Parents will need to provide their own transportation. (You may certainly organize carpools with other parents, of course.) The field trip costs $4/per person (2 & under are free) and the fee must be paid in advance via Venmo by Friday, October 15th. This is a special discounted cost for schools; regular admission is $10/person, but we must enter as a group and pay in advance to get this discounted price. Please note “field trip” on your Venmo payment. More details to come later; watch for emails!

Just FYI, in the past we have done School Pictures in October, but we are trying a new way this year and will be doing them in the spring instead.

BOOK ORDERS –Scholastic books are a great way to build a children’s library at home and encourage reading! BOOKS MAKE GREAT HOLIDAY GIFTS, OR EVEN TO KEEP A FEW HANDY FOR BIRTHDAY PARTY GIFTS! You may order online or turn in order forms to teachers, but please use school code N9GGD, as we earn free books each time you buy. 

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