Spring is here! We are so lucky to live in a part of the world where spring means no snow! Our classrooms are transforming as we speak.

I have a request/reminder about the sign-in/out books. Most of you are really good about signing in and out appropriately, thank you! Please remember that you need to be signing the time, not an x in the appropriate box for checking your child in and checking out. For example, if you drop off at 8:30 a.m., there is a box that has 8:30, please write the 8:30 in that box. This also applies when signing out your child. Please continue to sign out in the signature box you have always signed out, not on the line where the time is. I have attached an example to help you out. The State Licensing is requiring the time in the box and your signature. It is not an option. Also, it helps the office when totaling time for billing if you use the box instead of a random place to put the time. We have 140 sheets to review at the end of the month and it can become confusing for us.

I would like to thank an anonymous donor, who helped make it possible to paint the entire preschool during spring break. I know the poles and doors were obvious, but the entire school was painted, stucco was repaired and the trim was repaired and painted as well. It has been over 20 years since the preschool has been painted. Jeff Ostrowski gave the preschool an amazing price and his workers did an amazing job. We had over 5600 square feet that needed repairing and painting and they were able to do it in a week! I highly recommend his company to anyone who needs painting done now or in the future.

I want to remind parents, since it is now spring, if you would like a conference with your child’s teacher to chart their progress please ask for one. We don’t set up specific days for a conference; we leave it up to the parents to ask their teacher for one if they would like one. This is available the entire year.

We are working on classroom assignments for summer and fall. We will be sending out a letter at the beginning of June with classroom assignments for summer fun. Please note that school is going through June 24th and the picnic is on June 25th. For those of you who have been with us for awhile, this is a change from previous years. It is on the calendar we gave you at the beginning of the school year.

Our next big “event” is our Art Celebration night on May 19th 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. We have some special things planned, so please mark your calendars for this fun and memorable event. We had an amazing turnout last year and would love to see you all again this year.

I would like to thank all the parents who attended the pancake breakfast last month. What a beautiful day we had! This event was sponsored by Fred and Janet Schwend. They are both members of Northminster and Janet was the Director of the preschool for many years. We had a great turn out and the church members and Pastor Markus would like to thank all of the parents for attending.

The Director’s door is always open. Please stop by anytime if you have any questions, concerns or comments!