Playing Learning and Growing! GICNS Newsletter October/ November 2017 Playing Learning and Growing! In both classes, we are talking about, watching, and exploring the changes that take place in autumn. We have looked for colored leaves and acorns on our walks. Farms and harvest time is another topic we are reading about and exploring. Halloween Party! This year’s Halloween Party will be Monday Oct. 30th for the 4’s and Tuesday Oct. 31st for the 3’s. There will be games and goodies. The students are encouraged to bring their costumes in a bag. No weapons. There will be a family parade at 11am, families are welcome to come! Both classes will be making treat bags in school, and do not need to bring one. The Room parent will contact everyone about treats. . Important Dates: Mark Your Calendars! No school Nov. 7th (Election day) No school Nov. 10th (Veterans Day) Thanksgiving Party Nov. 20th & 21st Thanksgiving Break Nov. 22nd-24th Breakfast with Santa: Dec. 2nd 9am-11am Picture Day! Picture day is Wednesday Oct. 25Th for the 4’s and Thursday Oct. 26th for the 3’s. An order form will need to be returned to the school the same day with selection and check.
Participation & Fundraising: Oct./Nov. Class Participation Schedule: GICNS Newsletter Oct./Nov. 2017 Participation & Fundraising: GICNS Fundraising There are a number of easy ways you can help raise funds for GICNS. Every little bit helps keep our tuitions low and our school running smooth! The Sabres Game 50/50 raffle ticket sale is January 30th! All families are required to participate and encouraged to bring extra volunteers. Scrip Gift Card Program: Gift cards to some favorite local stores (Tops, Sam's Club, Target, Tim Hortons and more) are available now! The school receives a percentage of every gift card purchase! In addition, families can order gift cards from hundreds of other Retail, Restaurants, and Specialty Stores. Orders are taken monthly throughout the year. Shop Amazon: You can help contribute to the school each time you shop on Amazon. To do so, go to gicns.com/shop and click the Amazon button before shopping. Note: Your shopping cart cannot contain preexisting items and must be empty. Additionally, you can set up GICNS to be your charity of choice to get additional percentages back for the school: 1) Go to smile.amazon.com and log in to your account. 2) Go to settings and click Change your Charity. 3) Search "Grand Island Nursery School" and select. Grand Island Bottle Redemption Bottle Junction is a fast and convenient way to return your cans and bottles, and you can choose to donate your bottle return amount to GICNS. Just visit the bottle return center, located at 2447 Grand Island Blvd in the Plaza, and let them know you would like to donate your refund to the school. As a reminder, tuition is split into 3 equal amounts of $383.33 for MWF and $316.66 for T/Th and is due August 1st, November 1st, and February 1st. Your November due date is approaching, please drop a check off in box at school or mail a check to: Grand Island Cooperative Nursery School PO Box 608 Grand Island, NY 14072 Tuition: Oct./Nov. Class Participation Schedule: Below is the September participation schedule. Parents (and/or guardians) assist the teachers in the classroom on a rotating basis and participate in the classroom activities along with providing snack for the class that day. MWF (4’s) Oct. 16th- Gravino Oct. 18th- Tucholka Oct. 20th- Ingalsbe Nov. 3rd - Miller Nov. 6th- Miller/Mallais Nov. 8th- Langenfeld Nov. 13th- Tucholka Nov. 15th- Ingalsbe Nov. 17th- Gravino Nov. 20th- Dodge T/TH (3’s) Oct. 17th – Reed Oct. 19th – Stapleton Oct. 24th- Cole Oct. 26th- Barr Oct. 31st- Kwiatkowski Nov. 2nd- Conshafter Nov. 9th- Armstrong Nov. 14th- Dewey Nov. 16th- Kalman Nov. 21st Krieger Nov. 28th- Schultz Nov. 30th- Slachiak