279 Egg Harbor Road Sewell, New Jersey 08080 SEPTEMBER 2016 Dear Chesterbrook Parents, Welcome to the 2016-2017 school year. The school year officially starts on Tuesday, September 6th. We are very excited to not only welcome back many of our returning families, but we also have many new additions starting school for the first time! Each year our family grows, and we couldn’t be more excited! Here are just a few friendly reminders… Please be sure to return the pink Emergency Contact form to the front office, for our Emergency Contact Book. Thank you! Tuition is due every Friday for the following week. We have an ACH program that allows us to automatically withdrawal the tuition from your account each week. If you would like to take advantage of this, please ask for the form. A $25 late fee will be automatically added if tuition is not paid by Wednesday morning of that current week. Please remember to sign your child in and out for every drop-off and pick-up. Please also remind any other family member or friend who may be picking up or dropping off, to sign the book as well. The book is located on the front desk and is labeled with each classroom name. Please provide a copy of your child’s immunization records along with the completed Universal Child Health Form. For security purposes, please do not share the code to the front door with anyone other than the people named on your child’s Authorized Pick Up List. If you are interested in signing your child up for any of our extracurricular activities, the sign-up sheets are on the table next to the front desk. Each activity is $13 per week per class. Each signup sheet lists the day and time for the activity so you can plan accordingly and arrive on time for each activity. Please make sure that all of your child’s paperwork is filled out correctly with all of your emergency numbers so we can contact you at any time if needed. Important Dates… All ancillary activities including Sing a Song Music Program, Soccer Shots, Karate, and Kick N Flips will begin the week of September 14th. Trial classes will be held the first and second week of school. Back to School Night is from 5:30-7:00. All parents are welcome to attend, but please do not bring your children so you can have an opportunity to speak to your child’s teacher. The new school year is sure to be exciting and very busy…we are all looking forward to it!! If at anytime you have a question or concern, please feel free to stop in the office to speak with us, our door is always open! Warm Regards, Stacy, Thien, & Adriane

Welcome to Chesterbrook… Infants Happy September in the Infant room. We have a many fun projects planned that are based on our four weekly themes. Some of the Links to Learning skills we will be working on are; smiles spontaneously for birth to 3 months, responds to own name for 3 to 6 months; uses toys to make noise for 6-9 months and walking with support for our 9-12 month old. We say goodbye to some of our infants moving up to the Toddler room, but hello to new friends joining our infant room. We look forward to a happy, playful, and fun school year! Toddler A Toddler B Welcome to another fun packed school year ahead! Lots of exciting and engaging learning activities are planned for our children. Some of our Links to Learning skills we will focus on this year are sign language, counting and using utensils. Wednesdays will be Share-A-Book Day. Also, Honeybee Book orders will begin this month. Happy Birthday to John, Luke, and Genice. We say hello to some new friends joining our class. Hello to Noah, Olivia, Carmen, Sophia, and Tanoak! We are excited to embark on yet another fantastic school year! Beginner A September is upon us and we would like to welcome you all to the Beginner A room. We are very excited to get to know each and every one of our new students and families. We can’t wait to watch our students grow this year. This month we will be getting used to our new room and new friends. Some skills we will be learning this year are differences in sizes, color, and shapes as well as, new vocabulary. We will repeat numbers 1-10 and follow 2 step directions. Please remember to pack weather appropriate clothes for your child to keep in their cubby. We can’t wait to start the new School year and build long lasting memories! Beginner B Beginner B is so excited for the start of another school year! This month we will work on skills such as stringing large beads, learning primary colors, new Spanish vocabulary, and sorting by color and shape. We can’t wait to meet our new friends who will be joining our class in September! Welcome to Maggie, Parker, Gabriel, Luca, and Eleanor! Please remember to bring in weather appropriate clothes for your child! We look forward to a fun, exciting school year! Intermediates PreK Kindergarten Calendar of Events Monday September 5th-School Closed for Labor Day Tuesday, September 6th- First Day of School First Two Weeks of School- Trial Classes for all Extracurricular Activities Week of September 14th Extracurricular Activities Start Thursday October 1st- Back to School Night 5:30-7:00pm Welcome to Chesterbrook… Abbey Garcia- Kindergarten Ms. Abbey is joining our team as our new Kindergarten teacher. Abbey’s positive energy, fresh outlook and experience with early childhood are only a few reasons that we are happy to have her join our Chesterbrook Family! Abbey graduated from Rowan University with her Bachelor’s in Elementary Education and Writing Arts. Not only is Abbey bringing her own fresh ideas to our curriculum, but she has been training with Ms. Domenica and other Chesterbrook Academy Kindergarten teachers to incorporate some best practices. We are all looking forward to a positive Kindergarten experience with Ms. Abbey! Breanna Galbally- PreK Miss Breanna joins our family as our new PreK teacher. Miss Breanna holds her K-6 certification as well as her Montessori certification for infancy- age 3. She is an experienced Preschool teacher and brings along a positive attitude and strong work ethic. We are looking forward to a great year in PreK! Welcome, Breanna!! Don’t forget to visit our website for the lunch menu, special event dates, reminders and so much more… sewell.chesterbrookacademy.com