Friday Newsflash
December 18, 2009
Happy Friday, CHA!
The Children’s Hour Academy information for the week:
1. Pageant, Potluck, and Silent Auction Baskets: What a wonderful display of CHA Fellowship!! The kids did such a GREAT job in the pageant, the food was tasty (conversation even better!) and what amazing generosity on the baskets! Thank you to everyone; I feel blessed to be a part of this fabulous extended family!
2. Where do YOU go to church? : I REALLY need some families willing to be contacts for the Children Pastors and possible new families. Please let me know what church you attend and I will do the rest! Don’t forget that you can earn $250 for each new family that joins from your recommendation. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
3. New and Improved Meridian After-School Program: Kids will now have a rotating daily activity schedule from 4:40-5:30pm. This new program provides age-appropriate enriching activities for our after-school hours. We offer four stations: experimentation with different art medium in the art room, supervised exploration of websites and keyboarding skills in the computer lab, organized group PE activities in the gym, and teacher lead games, yoga, or reading in the library. For the youngest kids, they will have “exploration of the five senses” in Sally Ann’s room in lieu of computer skills.
4. Jean Road News: Patty is happy to report that things are going well at Jean Road! We have a wonderful returning teacher, Michele Boyce who will be re-joining the Jean Road Team as a teacher. Welcome, welcome! We also have two qualified teacher candidates and are looking for interested parents for the parent interview panel on Monday 12/21 at 4:30pm in the Meridian Campus Library. Please contact Patty if you are able to participate! Thank you; we value your input!
5. Checking In and Out Procedures: Please log on and off the computer (or sign-in sheet) with your child’s times. We are required by law to have a record of when children are here. In addition, the Meridian Campus Academic Day is from 8:30-4:00. Please remain within 5 minutes of those times or we will have to charge your account a late fee. We need to keep our staffing appropriate for the number of children in regular attendance to maintain a safe and nurturing environment. Thank you for your understanding!
6. Portland Roasting Company’s Coffee Orders: Coffee orders will be due on Jan. 6th with delivery on Jan. 8th due to Christmas Break. Please open the attachment and turn your form in with your tuition check. A WONDERFUL and tasty fundraiser for the school; we make almost $5 on every pound of coffee!
7. CHA Merchant Program: We are starting a CHA Merchant Program and are looking for interested businesses to participate. The program would allow businesses to advertise to our CHA community through posters, community boards, our blog and website in exchange for a school donation/sponsorship and possible discount on services for our CHA families. Please contact Susan Stober for more information.
8. Laptop Computer Donation: Thank you to Carrie Koranda for our lap top computer for the lab! We will have the new projection station set up soon!! In addition, if all students please could have individual headphones labeled in Ziploc bags by January 4th, the lab would be better utilized. (The headphones can be the under $5 ones from Radio Shack.) Thanks for helping our kids become more technologically savvy!
9. KATU and The Children’s Hour Academy: We will be featured on KATU’s local businesses page for schools in Lake Oswego! Starting next week, check out our Bio Profile at http://lakeoswego.katu.com/business-directory. If anyone knows of other possible great partnerships, please let Susan know!
10. No Uniforms: From 12/21-12/30, students ARE NOT required to wear uniform as we have “non-curriculum days.”
11. Classroom Christmas Parties: Most parties will be on 12/23 from 3-5pm. Please ask your classroom teacher for specifics.
12. School Closures: Both Campuses will be closed on 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, and 1/1 due to the holidays.
Warm Regards,
Susan Stober
Staff/Marketing Director, Meridian Campus
The Children’s Hour Academy
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