April 2015

APRIL 2015

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Contact Us Phone: 06374 99 42864 Address: Siedlung 19B, Mackenbach 67686 Website: www.clamackebach.weebly.com Email: [email protected]

IMPORTANT DATES 1 2 Apr Easter Egg Hunt 3 Apr Teacher Work Day SCHOOL CLOSED 6 10 Apr Spring Break LIMITED CARE 20 24 Apr Returning Student Registration

This Month:

Come Join The Fun!!!

1 & 2 APRIL 2015

Baby Flea Market WHEN: 25 April 2015 8:30am 11:30am *Set up and Clean up are 30min prior and after WHERE: CLA Siedlung 19b, Mackenbach 67686 WHAT: Flea Market for baby and kid items only Spots at the Flea Market can be reserved for 20 Euros starting April 13th. Limited spaces are available. Cancellations must be made no later than 72 hours prior to the day of the flea market in order to receive a refund! Additional spaces will be opened up to the community starting April 22nd. **Questions please contact Desiree at [email protected]**

Childrens Learning Academy April 2015 Page 2 of 5

Preschool I - By Ms. Krystalynne Nelsen Our topic this month is Ecosystems! We will be exploring the environment we live in, how weather impacts our environment, the different creatures in their habitats, and what it means to BE GREEN! We will also continue working on our addition skills and number awareness, and introduce subtraction. In addition, for reading groups we will be starting BOB books and continue learning letter sounds. Hoppy Spring.

Preschool II By Ms. Kate Bugg April is shaping up to be an exciting month! Our theme is Eco Exploring, so lots of planned outdoor time. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate with us. On top of that we will continue working on our capital letters and numbers 11-20. We will be expanding our in class garden, and will be in need of plastic containers to use as planters. If you have some empty liter bottles, please bring them in.

MDO By Ms. Maria Helms Hello wonderful MDO Parents. Our little ones love the outdoors and the fresh air. Please have some extra clothes in case we get messy. The annual Easter Egg hunt will be on April 1st and 2nd . We are planning a Field Trip for April 16 and 17 to the wild life Park Potzberg. Please have some weather appropriate clothes for your child. We will continue learning about social skills and using nice words such as please and thank you. Our theme for this month is In the Grass. We will learn all about grass, the different types of grass, how to care for the grass and what we can find in the grass. Also grass provides food. Some animals and insects eat grass and people also eat some special types of grass. Then we will learn Grass can become homes and provide shelter for many animals and insects. People use grass in many ways too; Building and creating , Landscaping and Recreation.

Transition II By Ms. Raquel Moody Our Topic in April is In the Grass grass is fun to play. Well go underground and investigate the critters that live under it. We will also discuss how they use grass for food and shelter. We will also look at how grass is very important to people as its helps us grow food and other plants. We will continue to work on sorting color, shape, and number from past month. We will also practice scissor cutting and tracing . A big outdoor adventure is awaiting us as we discover what to do and what can be found in the grass.

Transition I By Ms. Jenny Sixto For For April Trans 1 will be exploring all about Grass. It's going to be a busy month! We will learn about the different things that grow in grass such as flowers to how animals use grass for shelter and some to even eat! Trans will be learning about the letters S T U, the hexagon and octagon shape, color blue and the numbers 15 and 16. The class will be doing a school Easter egg hunt on the 2nd and our field trip on the 16th. Ms. Jenny's last day will be the 17th and then Ms. Lindsey will be taking over as lead! We are very excited to also announce how the new TA will be Ms. Tanika. For more information on what we will be learning each week please check the weekly newsletters. Happy Easter everyone!


BEFORE AND AFTER CARE Before Care Welcome to before and after care. We have many new and exiciting program here at CLA. We are encouraging the parents to come and have breakfast every morning with your child. Our breakfast allotted time is from 6:30am to 7:45am, so please bring them before 7:45. We will be having a daily scheduled curriculum, so your child can enjoy the many new projects set up for the morning, the children will even have a special time to burn off some energy for some play time in our gym, After Care Whats new at Aftercare, The after care curriculum is based on a weekly theme, where the children will get to do crafts, science projects, music, dance movement, yoga, and sensory to include a weekly group project . There will also be a special activity every month where parents are encouraged to join in the fun. On April 24th, at 4pm, we have the Spring festival. which consist of three booths celebrating spring, one booth will be decorating eggs , another booth will be making bird houses of graham crackers and a peep. The third booth would be replanting flowers in a pot, And to top it off, should the weather be kind, bubbles in our playground with fresh fruit served. We really encourage the parents to come. We also have a once a month Child Friendly Film day, usually the last friday of the month, with non allergy treats. We also feature the reading of the educational stories of the Yellow School Bus on Fridays, where the children get to pick a prize from CLA own Yellow School Bus. We will be practicing for our up comming event in the month of May. So come and join in the fun! See you there! Before and After Care Team

Pre-Kindergarten I - By Ms. Misti Leonard April Showers bring May flowers. This is definitely true this week, with all the rain we are getting. Our theme this month is Eco-Exploring. I plan to spend as much time as possible outside exploring the Earth and everything that lives on it. April also has Earth day, so we will talk a lot about keeping the Earth clean and recycling (which is easy here in Germany). We have two birthdays this month, so that will be a reason to have cupcakes. I would like to purchase live caterpillars for the classroom. It is amazing for the children to see the whole life cycle of a caterpillar, chrysalis, and emerge as a beautiful butterfly. If parents would like to donate a few Euros towards the caterpillar fund, that would be much appreciated. The little critters are expensive, since they come from the UK. We will also be working on time, money and of course reading, oh yeah and math We have also introduced student of the week and that seems to be a big hit with the kiddos. I am happy with the progress they are making both academically and socially. We hope to have a great month.

Pre-Kindergarten II - By Ms. Gabrielle Cassidy Hi everyone! It is finally Spring and Easter is upon us. We have a new curriculum called Eco Exploring so we will be looking at habitats, weather and recycling. In Literacy and Language we are concentrating on practicing our writing and using lower case letters correctly. In Math we are concentrating on counting up to 50 reliably and will start work on money and time recognition also. Reading groups will start this month and I will begin to send books home with the children and flashcards to learn frequently used words. Please check out our weekly class newsletter for updates and Miss Sarah and I hope you have a wonderful Easter.


Registration Requirements

1. Students must meet age and potty training requirements for a specific class. (Our cut-off date is

September 1st). The Parent or Guardian must attend a registration appointment to complete

paperwork and pay fees.

2. Registration fee(s) must be paid in cash (Euro) at the time of registration. Class spaces will not be

held without payment of fees.

3. Current immunization record.

4. Current phone number, address, parent work information, emergency contacts, and student health

information must be updated at registration appointment.

Returning Student Registration

April 20 - 24, 2015

Its that time again! Returning student registration begins April 20, 2015! This registration is for the 2015/2016 school year. Registration will be conducted by the alphabetical listing below. All

returning students and their siblings may be registered at this time. Registration for Summer Camp

will also be available at this time. Registration packets will be emailed to you in advance, please

bring your registration packet(s) for all students/programs completed. After the listed dates,

any class openings will be offered to new enrollees.

Registration Schedule: 9:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. & 2:00 p.m-3:30 p.m.

20 April Students with last name beginning with A-E

21 April Students with last name beginning with F-J

22 April Students with last name beginning with K-O

23 April Students with last name beginning with P-T

24 April Students with last name beginning with U-Z

If you are unable to make it to registration during the above listed times, please contact the office to

schedule an appointment.

Registration and Tuition rates for the 2015/2016 school year are:

Registration Fees (non-refundable)

15/16 School Year 125,00 15/16 Before & After Care 75,00

Tuition Rates (monthly unless stated otherwise)

Full-Day M-F 762,00 Full-Day MWF 456,00 Full-Day T/TH 348,00 Part-Day MWF 389,00 Part-Day T/TH 296,00 Before & After Care 4,42 per hour


Advisory Council

Dear families and staff,

Spring is in the air! We would like to announce that we have a new Director! Ms. Sabrina Freeman has officially started the beginning of March. We are excited to work with her as she has already come with numerous ideas to help promote CLA. If you have a minute please stop by and introduce yourselves. This month we will be returning to the great outdoors to get some fresh air now that our temperatures are creeping back up. Stuff is still a little muddy, so please be sure we have jackets and spare clothing in case of messes outside! March is looking to be not so hectic in all of our classes, so enjoy the calm before the crazy storm April is shaping up to be. In April we have spring break, return registration, summer camp registration, and progress reports! Lots of fun things, and well be sure to get out exact dates and details of everything as the time grows closer. The board has three open positions that we would like to fill (2nd Vice President, Treasurer, and Volunteer Coordinator). Please see one of us for more information or email us at [email protected] I hope you all have had a most fantastic February, and I look forward to another fun and exciting month here at CLA. Your Advisory Council Board Sue Elkins, President Desiree Rosch, 1st Vice President Eryn Eline, Secretary

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April 2015