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October 2019

Lead Coordinator:

Cindy Hornsby

UTCCC@ Battle Site

Assistant Coordinator:

Stephanie Blaine

Pre K: Anna Wright, Tyler

Kennemore

Preschool: Hilda Lindsey,

Jean Walston

Older Toddlers: Amy

Blackburn, Caitlin “Katie”

Powers

Young Toddlers: Ann Mayer,

Ben Malone, TK Brooks, Katy

Warnick

Infants: Jessica Hiliard, Cathy

Douglas

UTCCC @ Brown Site

Assistant Coordinator:

Regis Richard

Pre K Upstairs: Shawn

Winters, Kelsey Renfrow

Pre K Downstairs: Jennifer

Hunt, Taylor Hughes

Preschool 2: Leah Herron,

Kimberlee Seidel

Preschool 1: Beth Brinn, Kayla

Boyles

Toddlers 2: Kathy Lindsey,

Catherine Thurman

Toddlers 1: Jameshia Borders,

Amanda Beltran, Mackenzie

Lonergan

Infants: Katie Griffin, Brittany

Hamlin

Staff Floaters: Shelby

Johnson, Kelsey Davis

UTC Children’s Center

Coordinators’ Corner

Happy Fall!

We have a lot going on this month at Battle!

Every Friday during Football Season the staff that would like to join will be participating in

“Football Friday” and dress to support their favorite team. We would love to have our children

partake in the fun and participate as well.

Are you getting UTC RAVE messages? If you ever get an alert saying Campus is Closed the Chil-

dren’s Center will adhere to those closures. If you need to add an e-mail address and/ or phone numbers

please send me that information so you can be added to the UTC-ALERT System.

If you ever hear that UTC’s Campus is closed that also means that UTC’s Children’s Center is closed since we

are an extension of campus.

Scholastic Book Fair will be at UTC CC from Oct. 28th– Nov. 8th More information to come...

Battle Academy has several events going on this month that might affect drop-off and pick-up

at the Center on the following dates:

Oct. 3rd Showcase Night 5-6pm

Oct. 7th-14th HCDE Fall Break

Oct. 17th Parent Conferences 3:30-6pm

Oct. 25th 3rd Grade Morning Assembly 8am

-Stephanie

Stephanie-Blaine@utc.edu 423-498-6865

Parents: If you have not been receiving your UTC Rave Alert texts please tell

Ms. Martha or Ms. Jackie.

Dear Parents

We appreciate all the parents that have been helping out in the classrooms over the past year. It

has been a very busy year and we have already hit October

We did have our 1/2 day closing last month for in-service. This is a much needed and required train-

ing and it gives both sites a time to work and train together.

Thanks again for all your support and help.

Cindy

Hello Parents!

I know I have already been here a month but I wanted to say thank you all so much for how kind and patient

you have been as I learn about your little ones and how the center runs. I have absolutely loved my time here

so far! If you have any questions about me or for me, always know you can ask me anything!

For the month of October, we will be learning all about Fall! We will experience fall through our senses with

leaves, pumpkins, and hay. We will also be learning about the changing weather with nature walks (weather

permitting) and we will learn about how we have to wear more layers when it is colder outside.

I can't wait to continue to get to know you all and your little ones. If you have any comments, questions, or

concerns please let me know!

Happy to join the team!

Mrs. Jessica

Congrats! Pearse Greiner will be moving up to young toddlers on October 1! We will miss your energy but we

know you are going be fine in YT. We love you Pearse!

Happy Birthday!, Henry Persinger – October 12

Young Toddlers

Infants

UTC Children’s Center at Battle

Dear Parents,

The children had a great deal of fun learning about Apples, Corn and fall leaves (and colors).

The month of October will also be a fun one for our toddlers. We will be making a scarecrow,

playing with hay, experimenting with different types of gourds, opening a pumpkin to see what is

inside, and cooking and eating pumpkin seeds and pumpkin muffins. Please keep an eye on the

door for sign- ups to bring grocery type items.

Gentle Reminders:

Please check your child’s cubby bag for cooler weather clothing.

Entering with and washing hands with your child is a helpful routine and a

gentle way to begin saying goodbye in the mornings.

Ms. Ann, Mr. Ben, Ms. Katy, and Mr. TK

Dear Parents,

For the month of October, the Older Toddlers will be learning all about fall. We will focus on a dif-

ferent fall food(s) each week.

During our fall foods unit, we will be tasting and exploring some different foods. We will need par-

ents to help with this unit by bringing in the foods we will be discussing. Besides just tasting the

foods, we will be examining them, discussing their colors and sizes and even counting them.

Thank you for your support.

Ms. Amy and Ms. Katie

PreSchool

Dear Parents,

Last month the children had an enjoyable time with our units on apples and fall. We did a lot of taste testing

with apple products, learned three different types of apples and the five parts of an apple. We ended our

apple unit with the preschool class baking an apple pie. The children learned about the words ingredients

and measurements. All the children were given an opportunity to scoop pie filling, add spices and learned

how to knead the dough. Our finished product was delicious.

We also did a lot of fun fall activities including creating a collage with materials collected from the children’s

fall nature walk and painting with leaves and fall colors.

Thank you to all our parents who donated apple products for our apple unit.

Fall is officially here. Please be sure to check your child’s cubby for appropriate change of clothes.

Our themes for October are: Fire Safety and Pumpkins

It is a joy to serve you and your family, and as always

thank you for your continuing support.

Thanks, Ms. Hilda and Ms. Jean

Older Toddlers

UTC Children’s Center at Battle

Dear Families,

We’ve enjoyed a great September, and look forward to

October! We’ve been enjoying our Related Arts classes

in the “big school”: Spanish, P.E., and Music. Our new

friends and old friends have been getting to know each

other, and the things to explore in our room. There’s

been mask-making and bread-baking, and lots of fun!

As always, let us know if you have any questions, con-

cerns, or comments :)

Thanks, Anna and Tyler

PreK

UTC Children’s Center at Battle

Happy Birthday to our October friends!

October Birthdays: 10-12: Henry Persinger 10-16: Ms. JJ 10-20: Primrose

Rollins 10-24: Ms. Hilda 10-23: Addy Mainda 10-27: Ellie O’Donnell 10-27:

Ms. Cindy 10-30: Ms. Daijah

Welcome Back, Student Workers! - Sarah Bidini - Kelsey Brown - Susan Felts - Jessica Gregg - Em-

ma McDonald - Diajah Mitchell - JJ Valencia - Ciara White

Welcome New Staff! - Ms. Jessica Hilliard (Infants Lead) - Ms. Katy Warnick (YT Assistant)

kneading bread dough

Toddler 1

Hello Toddler One Family!!

September was a great month with learning about our colors and learning about fall. During the month of October we will be talking about fall foods and continue talking about colors. With this unit we will need the parents help by bring in foods we will be discussing. Thank you to all the parents who signed up for par-ent teacher conferences. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. We love our T1 family.

Toddler One will miss Jasper and the Barish Family Dearly.

Thank You!

Ms. Jameshia, Ms. Jada, Ms. Mackenzie, Ms. Amanda

UTC Children’s Center at Brown

Infants

PreSchool 1

Toddler 2 Toddler II Parents,

Fall is here. The weather has started to change a bit and it might be a good idea to break out the lightweight jackets. We

are going to welcome in the changing of the season with the following themes:

Fire Safety

Fall Weather

Pumpkins

Farm Animals

This should be a good month of learning for our class.

Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up at the end of the month. A sign-up sheet will be posted outside of the class-

room. Please make sure you sign up for your desired timeframe.

Join us in welcoming Callie Kaiser and Logan Deakins

Help us say goodbye to Aubrey Fike, Sarah McMinn, and Brodie Gillenwater

Cold and flu season is just around the corner. Please wash your hands as well

as your child’s hands when you enter the classroom.

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Kathy and Catherine

Dear Preschool One Parents,

We learned so much in September! We learned about our grandparents, apples, and the

fall season. We love doing our science experiments during the apple theme! We got to

taste 3 different types of apples and compare apple juice and apple cider. We also got to

taste a yummy apple cobbler! Thank you to everyone who brought an apple product!

At the end of September we started to learn about fall, and we will continue that theme

into the first week of October. We are also going to learn about colors and shapes, pump-

kins, and Halloween. We are going to paint pumpkins on the 25th

of October.

In October we say goodbye to Vivian and Smith as they move on to Preschool Two. We

will welcome three friends from T2. As the weather (hopefully) starts to change, please

remember to check your child’s bag for weather appropriate clothing. We are going to

have a great October!

-Ms. Beth and Ms. Kayla

UTC Children’s Center at Brown

Dear PreK Up families,

Autumn has begun and we are so excited for cooler weather and fun!

Our Fall Festival will be at the end of the month so don’t miss this afternoon of

face painting, games, food, and more! Rumor has it that this may be a pajama

or costume day as well. Stay tuned…

What fun we had on our annual field trip to the UTC Challenger Center! We rode the Mocs Express bus to and from

the center, and learned so many things about space. It was a perfect addition to our outer space unit.

In October we will be learning about pumpkins, nocturnal animals, imaginary creatures, and more.

We welcome two new students to our class this month. We’re excited to have Cathleen and Rosalia with us in

PreK Up!

Please make sure your child wears weather appropriate clothing. As the seasons change so

does the weather. Be sure your child’s extra complete sets of clothing including shoes and

socks are weather appropriate. We go outside unless it is below 32 degrees or above 95

degrees.

As always, we are grateful and thank you for all you do for our class. You are awesome!

Ms. Shawn and Ms. Kelsey

Pre K Upstairs

UTC Children’s Center at Brown

PreSchool 2

Dear Preschool 2 Parents,

Fall is my favorite time the year- all the trees changing colors, comfort foods, and cooler weather. This

month we will discuss Apples, Fall, Nocturnal Animals, and Imaginary Creatures.

We say goodbye to Bailey, Cathleen, Rosalia, and Will as they move up to Pre-k we are going to miss

them but are excited for them and their new classes. We want to welcome Adaleine, Gus, Vivian, Smith,

and their Families to Preschool 2! We are so excited to have them in our class!

Our Fall Festival will be this month (more details on when it will be soon). There will be games, snacks,

face painting, and pumpkin painting. The children can dress up in their favorite costume or wear their favorite pajamas. Parents are

encouraged to come and walk around with their child during the festival. We will have a sign-up sheet outside the classroom for

your help in bringing some supplies for this.

Just a reminder- As the weather is changing please make sure your child has a jacket for chilly mornings, along with 2 extra sets of

weather appropriate clothes in their bags for accidents (underwear, pants, shirt, and socks). Please make sure the clothes still fit

your child. Thank you for your help in this!

Thank you for your help bringing a family picture! We are updating our “Family Tree” area in the classroom so that the children can

enjoy seeing their family pictures.

A big thank you to Ben Winters (Vivian’s Dad) for bringing the Ambulance for

the children to see and talking to us about being a Paramedic. The kids really

enjoyed getting to learn about those in the medical field who help keep us and

our community safe!

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns,

Mrs. Leah and Mrs. Kimberlee

Dear Pre-K Downstairs Parents,

October is a fun-filled, busy month! We will be getting two new students this month – Bailey and Will

will start in our classroom. Please help us to make them feel welcome. We will be learning about

autumn, pumpkins, nocturnal animals, and imaginary creatures this month. There are so many fun

activities planned!

We will also have our Fall Harvest near the end of this month. We will have games, pumpkin paint-

ing, face painting, cookie decorating, and snacks all located in the hallway and classrooms. We will

party from 3:30 to 5:00. Please come and join your child(ren) in all the fun!

We also usually have our Scholastic Book Fair in October. There will

be a sign-up sheet, if you would like to volunteer to help out. Please

try to come by and purchase books for the classroom or for your

child. Each classroom has a “wish list” of books they would like. If

you would just like to shop for your child, that is

great too! Each purchase helps the Children’s

Center earn credit that we can use to get

books.

Thank you,

Pre K Downstairs

UTC Children’s Center at Brown