MONTH YEAR

Monthly Events August 2

nd Field Trip to Bowling Alley

Summer Camp Kids

August 4th Splash Day & Picnic Day

August 11th Family Picnic

No Splash Day Today!

Kona Ice will be here from

9 – 11am ($2)

August 18th Exotic Animal Visits (9am)

Splash Day & Pizza Day

August 21st Minion Monday

Wear your yellow & blue and

dress like a minion

August 22nd

Tank Top Tuesday

Wear your tank tops today

August 23rd Work out Wednesday

Wear your work out clothing

August 23rd Transportation Day!

Kona Ice Visits (No Charge)

August 24th Tropical Thursday

Wear your tropical /Hawaiian

clothing

August 25th PJ Day, Splash Day &

Pizza Day

August 31st Kona Ice Visits from 3 to 4

Sept 1st (Fri) Last Splash Day!

August Birthdays

Happy Birthday Aug 2

nd Colton H.

Aug 2nd

Miss. Taylor

Aug 6th Sebastian P.

Aug 7th Madison B.

Aug 7th Miss. Brooke

Aug 8th Dyllan F.

Aug 8th Miss. Sheri

Aug 11th Alex S.

Aug 11th Miss. Sherry

Aug 14th William M.

Aug 14th Maria A.

Aug 16th Oliver W.

Aug 19th Elias T.

Aug 22nd

Skyler B.

Aug 29th Sofia H.

Aug 29th Annabelle S.

Aug 29th Liam G.

Aug 30th Aubriana W.

August 2017

Monthly Quote

Children will not remember

you for the material things you

provided, but for the feelings

that you cherished with them.

~Richard L. Evans

This Month’s

Highlights Monthly Events

Monthly Birthdays

Monthly Quote

Important Information

Upcoming Events

Labor Day Holiday

Family Picnic

August Summer Camp Themes

What’s going on in August

Last 2 weeks of summer themes

Kona Ice Visits & Money

Mary Poppins (SC Center Stage)

Transportation Day

Young 5’s Packets

Latchkey Schedules

Included in this packet: August Newsletter

RSVP for Family Picnic

Young 5’s Packet

(for those attending

Young 5’s in the fall)

Latchkey Packet

(for school age children)

Upcoming Events

Each newsletter we like to remind our parents of upcoming events so

that you can plan accordingly. You will also find these listed on our

Brandi’s Place calendar located in each classroom and in the hallway,

on the newsletter’s 1st page, in an article such as this one, Facebook

and through our text messaging system. Our goal is to make this

parenting journey easy for you. Please see below for upcoming events

that are scheduled. (Please watch each month as some dates may

change).

Month of August

August 2nd Bowling Field Trip

August 4th Splash Day & Picnic Day

August 7th RSVP’s due for Family Picnic

August 11th Family Picnic – No Splash Day Today

August 18th Exotic Animal Visit (9am)

August 18th Splash Day & Pizza day

Wk of Aug 21st Spirit Week (See calendar or pg.1 for info)

August 23rd Transportation Day

August 25th Splash Day & Pizza Day

August 31st Kona Ice visits 4 to 5pm

September 1st Last Splash Day!

Month of September

September 4th Labor Day

Center closed for holiday

September 5th Center reopens with regular hours

September 5th Latchkey children 1st day of school

SC Kids – Half Day (PM)

Kindergartners do NOT ride bus this day

September 6th 1st Full Day of school for latchkey kids

September 11th Fall program begins

*Fall Pumpkin Patch Field Trip date to be announced

Learning Matters…a

Important Information

Our annual transportation day is scheduled

for Wed, August 23rd. Kona Ice will be

visiting this day; however there will be no

charge for Kona Ice on this day. The children

will be able to tour all the vehicles and then

finish up with a Kona Ice as a special treat

before they come back inside.

Our last splash say is scheduled for Friday,

September 1st. This is the last Friday of the

summer before the fall schedules start.

Children in the waddler room: Please make

sure that your child has shoes. They do go

outside twice a day and will need shoes for

the playground. See the front desk or Miss.

Rachel if you have any questions regarding

this.

As summer ends and fall begins we would

like to remind everyone that we do go

through a shift in schedule changes for our

teachers/staff as well as children’s schedules.

As fall approaches, we would like to let you

know that we will be adding some more

amazing teachers to our team. Our college

girl’s schedules will be starting in the fall

and we will be hiring people to help fill in

those days and times when they cannot work.

We go through a very extensive hiring

process and training when new teachers start.

Please welcome our new teachers when you

see them. Please see the front desk if you

have any questions.

As a reminder: if your family has multiple

people picking up on a regular basis they will

need a key fob. For security purposes, key

fobs can only be issued to parents. However,

you may request a key fob be put into

someone’s name. Each person must have the

key fob assigned to them. If there is someone

picking up your child occasionally, directors

can let them in. Please make sure that you let

them know to bring in their picture ID. There

may be several times that they are asked for a

picture ID until everyone at the front desk is

familiar with their face. This is for the safety

and security of everyone.

Swartz Creek Schools have open enrollment

until August 10th. If you are out of district

and would like your child to attend Swartz

Creek Schools, please see the front desk. We do have registration forms at the front that

will help. We can let you know where to go

and how to get enrolled.

Labor Day Holiday As a friendly reminder, Brandi’s Place is closed on Monday,

Sept 4th for the Labor Day holiday. Families that do not have a

set schedule (same days every week) will still be responsible for

the regular number of days that your child usually attends. If

your child’s regular attendance day is Monday every week,

your tuition will be adjusted to reflect that day off.

Financially

Speaking…

Family Picnic Our family picnic is scheduled for Friday, August 11th from 9 to 11am.

This is open to all of our families enrolled here at Brandi’s Place. This

is our “Thank You” to all of you for letting us care for your little one(s).

We will have a petting zoo, pony rides, Kona Ice, yard games and even

a “dunk a teacher” dunk tank.

We will be serving hot dogs, chips, cookies and water or lemonade for

lunch. This is for everyone.

Kona Ice does have a charge of $2 per person. If you plan to attend

please do not turn money in to the front desk for this. If you cannot

attend, please plan to turn money in to the front desk if you would like

your child to participate in this. Money is then given to teachers.

Dunk a teacher is $1 for 3 balls. ALL proceeds will go directly back to

the teachers for their classrooms. We understand that some parents or families may not be able to make it to this

event. Please know that EVERY child will still be able to enjoy the fun

festivities outside.

If your child is not normally here on Fridays, please feel free to stop in and

enjoy the fun and have lunch with us if you would like.

Attached you will find an RSVP form as well as all information about our

family picnic. Please see the front desk if you have any questions.

What’s On In August? Here are some fun events/days

happening in August…

Aug 3rd – National Watermelon Day

Aug 4th – Coast Guard Day

Aug 10th – S’Mores Day

Aug 11th – Play in the sand day

Aug 18th – Wizard of Ox premiered in 1939

Aug 19th – National Aviation Day

More August happenings… National Foot Health Month

National Catfish Month

National Inventors Month

National Golf Month

Last 2 Weeks of Summer Themes We always end the summer with Spirit Week and then of course the very last week is “Anything Goes!” This is teacher and kid’s choice for this week. Anything that they want to do again that they did over the summer they can do again during this week. Our Spirit Week has different themes for each day. This is a fun way to celebrate and be creative! (See Page 1 for Spirit Week days or the center calendar)

Kona Ice Visits & Money Anyone participating in Kona Ice will need

to have their money turned in to the front

desk. Directors provide teachers with a list

of names and the money to take out to the

Kona Ice truck when it is their time. We do

not check backpacks, pockets or ask the

children if they have money. We try to be

discreet for anyone that may not be

participating. Please turn in money to the

front desk if your child will be participating

when Kona Ice visits. This will help us and

make sure that no one is forgotten about.

We apologize for any inconvenience and

thank you for your help with this.

Mary Poppins

(SC Center Stage) We would like to thank the Swartz Creek

Center Stage for visiting with us during the

last week in July. The characters came and

visited with the kids and sang “A spoon full

of sugar” with all of them. They absolutely

loved it!

Performances are on August 4, 5, 11 & 12th

at 7pm and on August 6th at 3pm. Visit

www.scrkpac.org for more information.

August Summer Camp Themes

Below you will find the weekly themes for the month of August.

Themes will also posted every Monday morning on our Facebook

page. We have so many fun projects, games, activities, etc. for our

Summer Camp children every day. Daily activities are posted in the

classroom on the curriculum sheet as well as our monthly calendar.

All classrooms will have the same theme and the younger rooms are

planning some fun projects as well. Our younger classrooms are even

participating in some of the weekly games! So far everyone is having a

blast! Watch our Facebook page as we will try to post pictures

throughout the summer so you can see all the fun we are having!

Week of August 7th Theme: Hawaiian Week

Game: Flamingo Toss

Week of August 13th Theme: Outer Space

Game: Glow in the dark bowling

Week of August 20th Theme: Spirit Week!

Game: Ping Pong Ball Races

Week of August 27th Theme: Anything Goes!

Game: Teacher’s Choice

Latchkey Schedules

Latchkey papers are attached in your newsletter

envelope. These are due back by Wednesday, August

23rd. We must have an accurate count for the bus

garage. They will be planning routes and have to make

sure that there is plenty of room on the bus to

accommodate the children needed.

Brandi’s Place will take care of all busing arrangements

through the school district if papers are turned in on

time.

Brandi’s Place will not assume that your child will be

attending in the fall for the school year. We must have

the latchkey packet back before adding your child’s

name to the list. This will also help us for our fall

planning for our latchkey program.

Parents will be notified as soon as we know all the

bussing information (driver, number and color).

Please see the front desk if you have any questions

regarding the latchkey program.

Hello! We are pleased to send you this

monthly issue of Brandi’s Buzz. We want to

keep you up to date with upcoming events as

well as some parenting tips, communication

and of course a little bit of humor! It is our

way saying that you are important to us and

we truly value your family. Enjoy!

Keep Smiling

And Brighten Someone’s Day!

Transportation Day

Our annual transportation day is scheduled for Wednesday, August 23rd at 9am. This event takes place out in the parking

lot. We do ask that parents bring their children by 9am if possible as the parking lot is closed for the event. If you do have

to drop off after 9am, we kindly ask that you use the side of the street to park and the sidewalk to bring your child in. If

your child’s class is outside at that time, please drop off with your child’s teacher and make sure that they know you are

dropping them off. Please do NOT leave them in the group without speaking to a teacher.

Transportation day consists of several community helpers and their vehicles. They park in the parking lot and allow the

children to learn about each item and even get in and explore the vehicle. Some of the vehicles that we have had in the

past are: Police car, ambulance, fire truck, shriner car, consumers truck, race car, bread truck, school bus, Bobcat, etc.

Each classroom goes to every vehicle and ends with a special treat – Kona Ice! There will be NO CHARGE for the Kona Ice

on this day as the Brandi’s Place covers the cost for this event.

This is a fun event for everyone!

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Young 5’s Packets If your child will be attending Kindergarten during the year the 2018-2019 school year, they will be placed in our Young 5’s program this fall. This program runs from September through June with a celebration at the end of the year. Children must be 5 on or before September 1st in order to attend kindergarten. However, if your child is 5 between the dates of Sept 2nd and Dec 1st they can still attend kindergarten with a signed waiver. Children that are placed into the young 5’s classroom this fall will have a Young 5’s packet in this month’s parent newsletter. This explains everything about the program. Any child’s birthday that falls between Sept 1st and Dec 1st will need to speak with a director to make sure that they are enrolled into the right class. (Families have received a note in this packet if their child’s birthday is between these dates). Our Young 5’s program is the last step before kindergarten. This classroom mimics a kindergarten classroom. Enrolled families will automatically be placed in the classroom if the birthdays match. Please see a director if you have any further questions regarding our beginning preschool, preschool and Young 5’s programs.