Dear CCP Family,
Thank you for turning in your applications for next school year. The CCP Admissions Committee will meet in early February. We will email the results asap including details of the next steps to take.. We will do our best to honor as many first choices as possible.
Also, please remind your friends with young children that it is time to register for 2026-27! It happens early so they may not be aware. Hopefully our red and white sign by 15-501 will help awareness. New applications are due by Jan. 30.
TOY/CLOTHING DRIVE - We will continue to collect gently used children’s toys/clothing until the end of the month. Our FUNdraising guru, Carolyn Ziemer has brought multiple loads to the resale stores and will let us know the total of what YOU gave this month! When all is said and done, we will have surpassed what we would have made with our card fundraiser. Thank you!
Families, please mark your calendars . More details to come…
Pancakes & PJ’S - Wear your pajamas to preschool on Wed, Jan 28 (Ducks, MW Frogs, MWF Ladybugs) or Thurs, Jan 29 (Whales, TTH Frogs, TTH Ladybugs) We will eat at 10:00am in Ascension Hall. Parent representatives will be communicating with you about how you can help. If you are settting up or cooking pancakes, you may start right after drop off. I’ll be around to answer questions.
VALENTINE DANCE - February 13 - Please bring the whole family to dance and have fun with us from 6:00-7:30 in Ascension Hall. We will transform Ancension Hall into a party!! There will be snacks, a photo booth, and music for dancing!
Looking ahead with spring dates - more details to come, but make sure to mark the calendar for now:
March 1 - Please plan to come to Christ Church on Sunday, March 1 at 8:45 for Preschool Sunday. Your children will sing a special song near the beginning of the 9:00 worship service and we will celebrate the CUMC Preschool Ministry. The service lasts about an hour. There is a nursery provided in the 2’s classroom for very young children. I’ll send more details, but for now, please mark your calendar!!
March 11 & 12 - Conferences - School is closed for spring conferences, but feel free to plan with a friend to watch each others’ children on the playground during your conferences.
March 30 - April 6 - Spring Break!
April 22 & 23 - Casual music programs in the fellowship hall. (Shortly after drop-off on this Wed & Thurs, your child will sing a few songs with their class & Ms. Vicki for an audience of parents and special loved ones in Ascension Hall. So, if your child has music on Wed, then they will sing on Wed. If their music class is on Thurs, then they will sing on Thurs) More details to come…
A sweet chapel moment.❤️
From Dr. Bailey's Feeling Buddies Curriculum, "Much like adults create written to-do lists and record appointments on a calendar, picture outlines of everyday routines provide predictability and safety for children. Instead of expecting them to remember, visuals provide developmentally appropriate tools to help them remember." You may know that each of our classrooms has a picture schedule of their day. The teachers refer to it during the day to let the children know what comes next and how they are progressing through the school day. Some classes even have helpful visuals to remind children of toileting and hand-washing routines. You can post pictures at home for how to clean up toys, the steps to feed the dog, how to brush your teeth, or even how to get dressed in the morning! You can also put these pictures in a little book that you can "read" anytime you are preparing for an event. Check out Shubert’s house on the Conscious Discipline website, www.consciousdiscipline.com for ideas! It’s under “Free resources.”
❄️POSSIBLE WEATHER EVENT: As you all already know, there is a high chance that we will be hit with some kind of weather this weekend. Depending on when and what actually falls from the sky, I will keep you updated as the new week begins. Because Chapel Hill/Carrboro Schools are already out due to a teacher workday, I won’t be relying on that call like I normally do. Hopefully, it will be very obvious , e.g. travel advisories being issued, but I will also be in close contact with the Durham Orange Preschool Association so we are all on the same page. Saddle up everyone, it could be a wild ride! 😁
Peace,
Shelly
Bonus Tidbits: If it’s raining on a warm summer evening, go out and dance it!
*For this weekend, change raining to snowing and warm summer to cold winter ☃️.
