Another year is here and I am wondering how time has flown by so fast! January is usually a slow month; however, this year

we have many things happening. We need your help this month collecting bottle caps to be melted into a bench. Our

collection will keep going until we have 400lbs. of caps, so get your family involved and let’s get collecting. The ELI field trips start up

again this month as we visit the Cleveland History Center formerly known as Western Reserve. In addition we have 3 new friends

starting this month that will be Giraffes. Please join me in welcoming Julian, Bryson, and Savannah. We are so glad to have them at

KELC!

Lastly, we started trying out an app called “Remind”. I know oftentimes papers get lost, emails go unchecked, and information on the

door board is forgotten, so we are trialing this to see if you find it helpful. We look forward to your feedback on this new form of

communication. Happy New Year! Jeni Hoover

January 2016 Newsletter

Upcoming Dates:

January 2 – CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY

January 2 – New Cycle – Tuition Due

January 5 – Birds’ Visit to Library

January 11 – Swimming (2:30-3:30pm)

January 16 – New Cycle – Tuition Due

January 18 – ELI Visitor

January 19 – ELI TRIP – Cleveland History Center

January 20 – Giraffes’ Visit to Library

January 25 – Swimming (2:30-3:30pm)

January 31 – Parent meeting in Education Center

5:30pm

Reminder: Don’t forget to send your child with a hooded towel for

swimming dates. This makes it much easier to walk back and forth to the

pool and reduces falls.

2017 KELC Closed Days:

• Teacher In-services – April 7th, May 4th & 5th, August 4th,

November 3rd

• Holidays – January 2nd

, May 29th

, July 4th

, September 4th

,

November 23rd

& 24th

, December 22nd

& 25th

You will need to make alternate arrangements for your children on

these days as KELC will be closed.

Learning to Recycle

We are starting to collect bottle caps/lids to be melted into a

bench for the children to use alongside the “little library” that

was donated to us from The Stocker Foundation. A letter was

sent home in December regarding this, and we have attached a

list of acceptable lids.

As you collect your lids at home,

bring them in to KELC and we

will have a bucket to fill. Here

is a picture of what our bench

will look like after we collect

400lbs. of caps!

Kendal Intergenerational News:

This month we have a great Intergen planned in the Langston –

We have our annual Mad Hatter’s Tea! Please come and join us

on January 26th

at 3:15pm in the Langston for a

great time. Don’t forget your silly hats!

WE HOPE YOU CAN JOIN US.

From the KELC Teachers:

From the Classroom:

The holiday season is always such a busy time. Even though I enjoy it immensely, I am always a little relieved when it is over

and we can get back to our normal routine. So many of our friends traveled this year all over the United States, and to Israel,

Mexico, and Japan. We look forward to everyone coming back and sharing stories of their holidays. Soon we will have a

show-and-share day where the children can bring in one of their favorite gifts to show their friends and share during play time.

Thank you so much to all the parents and families that came to our holiday program, shared traditions in the classroom, and

wished us well! Not only do the children learn from us, but also we learn so much from them and their families.

This month we will be studying recycling. If you would like to bring in some interesting “clean” recyclable items it would be

appreciated. We will be using them for many activities, including collages, sculptures, sorting, measuring, and discussing.

Mary, Sara, Macie, Robin and Karen