The 2009-2010 school year is about to begin. Our school has been cleaned and put back to right by families during our August maintenance session, the teaching staff has returned and have been meeting, planning and setting up the classrooms and on Thursday evening the staff and families gathered together for our first general parent meeting. On Monday, September 14, the children arrive at school and another year gets underway. Welcome to our returning families and to those who are joining us for the first time. Our Welcome Pancake Brunch will be held on Sunday October 4 from 11 to 4. We hope you will join us at this event and spend some time with other families in our school community. Thank you for the opportunity to work with your children.
Lisa Wenz
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Spring Bazaar Sunday May 17
The Amalgamated Nursery School's Annual Spring Bazaar will be held Sunday, May 17th from 11 am to 4 pm at Train Park on Orloff Ave and Gale Place.
Join us for a great day with delicious food, home baked goods, shopping, live entertainment, children's games and activities, a jumping castle, fabulous raffle prizes and a silent auction. All to benefit to the Nursery School! For more information, call 718-543-8688.
Join us for a great day with delicious food, home baked goods, shopping, live entertainment, children's games and activities, a jumping castle, fabulous raffle prizes and a silent auction. All to benefit to the Nursery School! For more information, call 718-543-8688.
Friday, January 9, 2009
INTERNAL REGISTRATION BEGINS JAN 20TH
January 2009
Dear Nursery Families,
Internal registration for the 2009-2010 school year will begin for children currently in the school on January 20, 2009 and continue until February 11, 2009. At the December Executive Board Meeting it was decided that tuition fees would rise slightly:
For 3's: Full day tuition will be $6,900
Part-time Three tuition will be $5,700. Part-time Two tuition will be $5,100.
THERE IS NO HALF-DAY ONLY OPTION FOR 3’S.
For 2's: Little Hands (3) tuition will be $1,900
&
For 4's: No charge for Universal Pre-K only.
Full Day tuition will be $4,200. Part-time Three tuition will be $3,000. Part-time Two tuition will be $2,400.
Little Hands (2) tuition will be $1,300.
*Please note that all children registered for UPK half day will be placed in the afternoon class.
The registration fee will be $300 per child with a $50 discount for anyone who registers before April 1, 2009. Therefore, those families who register within the above time frame will lock in a spot and pay a reduced registration fee of $250. Also, should the school not be filled, enrollment after June 23, 2006 requires a $50 administrative fee added on to the $300 registration. The Joint Community Activities Committee (JCAC) fee ($250) for non-cooperators will be paid in 2 installments of $125 dollars. The first $125 will be paid at time of registration. The second in Sept.
Our programs will continue as:
1) Universal Pre-K Only Mon – Fri 9-12 or 1-4 (no registration fee required)
1) Full Day Mon – Fri 8 - 4
2) Part-time 2 full days Tues & Thurs & 3 half days OR
Full Day 3 full days Mon, Wed & Fri & 2 half days
3) Little Hands Mon, Wed, Fri OR Tues, Thurs from 9:30 – 11:30
You may register children who are now enrolled in the school. The youngest child eligible for regular nursery programs must have been born in 2007. Little Hands children must be 2 by June 30,2009.
The registration fee is non-refundable and all necessary fees must accompany your registration form. Please complete a separate form for each child you are registering. Look for specially marked boxes in the nursery kitchen for picking up blank forms and returning completed forms with fees. Please make checks payable to the Amalgamated Nursery School.
Please feel free to bring us your questions or concerns regarding the registration process.
REMEMBER: SPACES FOR 2009-2010 WILL BE RESERVED ONLY IF FORM(S) AND FEES ARE RETURNED BY FEBRUARY 11, 2009!
Cooperatively yours,
Lisa & The Executive Board
Dear Nursery Families,
Internal registration for the 2009-2010 school year will begin for children currently in the school on January 20, 2009 and continue until February 11, 2009. At the December Executive Board Meeting it was decided that tuition fees would rise slightly:
For 3's: Full day tuition will be $6,900
Part-time Three tuition will be $5,700. Part-time Two tuition will be $5,100.
THERE IS NO HALF-DAY ONLY OPTION FOR 3’S.
For 2's: Little Hands (3) tuition will be $1,900
&
For 4's: No charge for Universal Pre-K only.
Full Day tuition will be $4,200. Part-time Three tuition will be $3,000. Part-time Two tuition will be $2,400.
Little Hands (2) tuition will be $1,300.
*Please note that all children registered for UPK half day will be placed in the afternoon class.
The registration fee will be $300 per child with a $50 discount for anyone who registers before April 1, 2009. Therefore, those families who register within the above time frame will lock in a spot and pay a reduced registration fee of $250. Also, should the school not be filled, enrollment after June 23, 2006 requires a $50 administrative fee added on to the $300 registration. The Joint Community Activities Committee (JCAC) fee ($250) for non-cooperators will be paid in 2 installments of $125 dollars. The first $125 will be paid at time of registration. The second in Sept.
Our programs will continue as:
1) Universal Pre-K Only Mon – Fri 9-12 or 1-4 (no registration fee required)
1) Full Day Mon – Fri 8 - 4
2) Part-time 2 full days Tues & Thurs & 3 half days OR
Full Day 3 full days Mon, Wed & Fri & 2 half days
3) Little Hands Mon, Wed, Fri OR Tues, Thurs from 9:30 – 11:30
You may register children who are now enrolled in the school. The youngest child eligible for regular nursery programs must have been born in 2007. Little Hands children must be 2 by June 30,2009.
The registration fee is non-refundable and all necessary fees must accompany your registration form. Please complete a separate form for each child you are registering. Look for specially marked boxes in the nursery kitchen for picking up blank forms and returning completed forms with fees. Please make checks payable to the Amalgamated Nursery School.
Please feel free to bring us your questions or concerns regarding the registration process.
REMEMBER: SPACES FOR 2009-2010 WILL BE RESERVED ONLY IF FORM(S) AND FEES ARE RETURNED BY FEBRUARY 11, 2009!
Cooperatively yours,
Lisa & The Executive Board
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Afterschool Dance Class Offered
Don't forget to sign up and pay for the afterschool music, movement and storytelling class with Mary! Classes are from 4:00 to 5:30 on Tuesdays. See Lisa for more details.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
School Calendar, January - June 2009
Monday January 5 - School reopens after vacation
Tuesday January 6 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Monday January 19 - School Closed (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday)
Tuesday January 20 - Internal registration for the 2007-2008 school year begins
Sunday January 25 - Parent Child Sunday (More Details to follow)
Monday January 26 - School Closed - Teacher Education Day
Friday January 30 - Parent Clean-up, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sunday February 1 - Parent Clean-up (continued), 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Tuesday February 3 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Thursday February 12 - Prospective Parents Meeting, 7:30 PM
Cooperator registration for the 2009-2010 school year begins
Week of February 16 to 20 - School closed for Midwinter Vacation
Monday February 23 - School reopens after vacation
Tuesday March 3 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Saturday March 7 - Open House & Registration for the community at-large begins for the 2009-2010 school year
Tuesday April 7 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Thursday April 9 to Friday April 17 - School Closed for Spring Recess
Monday April 20 - School opens after Spring Recess
Thursday April 30 - Parent/Teacher Conferences, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Friday May 1 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (Classes only for Full Day and Part-time full day Friday Students and Little Hands)
Tuesday May 5 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Sunday May 17 - SPRING BAZAAR
Monday May 25 - School Closed (Memorial Day)
Thursday May 28 - General Parent meeting & ELECTIONS, 7:30 PM
Tuesday June 2 - Joint Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Monday June 8 - Last day of Little Hands III classes
Tuesday June 9 - Last day of Little Hands II classes
Wednesday June 10 - Moving Up/Picnic, 10:30 AM (no classes)
Tuesday June 23 - Last day of classes for UPK, Full Day and Part-time Full Day Children
Wednesday June 24 - Teacher's report for classroom pack-up
Friday June 26 - Parent clean-up, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday June 27 - Parent clean-up (contintued), 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Tuesday January 6 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Monday January 19 - School Closed (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday)
Tuesday January 20 - Internal registration for the 2007-2008 school year begins
Sunday January 25 - Parent Child Sunday (More Details to follow)
Monday January 26 - School Closed - Teacher Education Day
Friday January 30 - Parent Clean-up, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Sunday February 1 - Parent Clean-up (continued), 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Tuesday February 3 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Thursday February 12 - Prospective Parents Meeting, 7:30 PM
Cooperator registration for the 2009-2010 school year begins
Week of February 16 to 20 - School closed for Midwinter Vacation
Monday February 23 - School reopens after vacation
Tuesday March 3 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Saturday March 7 - Open House & Registration for the community at-large begins for the 2009-2010 school year
Tuesday April 7 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Thursday April 9 to Friday April 17 - School Closed for Spring Recess
Monday April 20 - School opens after Spring Recess
Thursday April 30 - Parent/Teacher Conferences, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
Friday May 1 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (Classes only for Full Day and Part-time full day Friday Students and Little Hands)
Tuesday May 5 - Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Sunday May 17 - SPRING BAZAAR
Monday May 25 - School Closed (Memorial Day)
Thursday May 28 - General Parent meeting & ELECTIONS, 7:30 PM
Tuesday June 2 - Joint Executive Board Meeting, 7:00 PM
Monday June 8 - Last day of Little Hands III classes
Tuesday June 9 - Last day of Little Hands II classes
Wednesday June 10 - Moving Up/Picnic, 10:30 AM (no classes)
Tuesday June 23 - Last day of classes for UPK, Full Day and Part-time Full Day Children
Wednesday June 24 - Teacher's report for classroom pack-up
Friday June 26 - Parent clean-up, 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday June 27 - Parent clean-up (contintued), 9:00 - 11:00 AM
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Nursery Rhymes Newsletter - UPK - Our Very Busy Days!
Dear Parents,
Our UPK school year is getting off to a very good start. We began the school year as a group of strangers. The children in the class were new to the program, to school in general, and to one another. As the fall progresses, friendships are being developed and everyone is becoming comfortable in the classroom. Our group of strangers is becoming a community of friends working together and learning about one another. Our room is a very happy place.
Since school is a new experience for us, we are still learning about the fundamentals of being in a classroom together. We are learning about the routine and the flow of the day. We are learning to play cooperatively with one another, and that includes sharing and taking turns. We are also working on the communication skills that are vitally important to develop at this time.
We are a busy group. Our school day may include dance, arts & crafts, sand and water play, story time, cooking, and music, among other activities. We have started the school year off by working on learning and reinforcing our color concepts, which we have been doing through art experiences such as painting, painting, painting! Our projects have included finger painting, easel painting, and sponge painting. It’s fun to mix two different colors together to see what we get. It makes us feel like mad scientists!
Our class just finished studying apples. We cooked with apples, painted with apples, and tasted different kinds of apples to see which ones we like the best. Our apple cooking projects included applesauce and apple cake.
It’s important to involve the children in the cooking process, so they can see how the ingredients change when we mix them together or cook them. Cooking incorporates many different lessons throughout the procedure. Math is needed to read a recipe and measure ingredients. Science comes into play as we see how cooking changes the ingredients. We also have a wonderful opportunity to socialize while we are cooking, and discuss what is going on. Sometimes we make a graph of who liked the finished product and who did not. It is a time for everyone to have a chance to talk and to share information and opinions, even the teachers!
We are always busy in the classroom. It might seem as though we are just playing, but imbedded in that play are lessons that will lay the groundwork for future learning. As the school year progresses, we will begin to involve the children more in the management of the classroom. Each child will have a job that they will have to do every day. It may be helping to set up the snack tables, or making sure things are put back properly after playtime. The jobs may seem small to you, but to a child they are a tremendous responsibility. Simple tasks go a long way towards fostering a child’s independence, which is crucial to their development, especially at this age.
As the weather gets colder, please remember to dress your child appropriately. We go outside as often as we can, so make sure your child comes to school dressed warmly. We go out first thing, and we want to make sure everyone is ready. Also, this is a good time to check you child’s extra clothes to make sure they are appropriate for the season and there is nothing missing.
Thank you for the pleasure of your children’s company. It is a joy to work with them every day.
More fun to come in the winter! Stay tuned!
Andrea & Alma
Our UPK school year is getting off to a very good start. We began the school year as a group of strangers. The children in the class were new to the program, to school in general, and to one another. As the fall progresses, friendships are being developed and everyone is becoming comfortable in the classroom. Our group of strangers is becoming a community of friends working together and learning about one another. Our room is a very happy place.
Since school is a new experience for us, we are still learning about the fundamentals of being in a classroom together. We are learning about the routine and the flow of the day. We are learning to play cooperatively with one another, and that includes sharing and taking turns. We are also working on the communication skills that are vitally important to develop at this time.
We are a busy group. Our school day may include dance, arts & crafts, sand and water play, story time, cooking, and music, among other activities. We have started the school year off by working on learning and reinforcing our color concepts, which we have been doing through art experiences such as painting, painting, painting! Our projects have included finger painting, easel painting, and sponge painting. It’s fun to mix two different colors together to see what we get. It makes us feel like mad scientists!
Our class just finished studying apples. We cooked with apples, painted with apples, and tasted different kinds of apples to see which ones we like the best. Our apple cooking projects included applesauce and apple cake.
It’s important to involve the children in the cooking process, so they can see how the ingredients change when we mix them together or cook them. Cooking incorporates many different lessons throughout the procedure. Math is needed to read a recipe and measure ingredients. Science comes into play as we see how cooking changes the ingredients. We also have a wonderful opportunity to socialize while we are cooking, and discuss what is going on. Sometimes we make a graph of who liked the finished product and who did not. It is a time for everyone to have a chance to talk and to share information and opinions, even the teachers!
We are always busy in the classroom. It might seem as though we are just playing, but imbedded in that play are lessons that will lay the groundwork for future learning. As the school year progresses, we will begin to involve the children more in the management of the classroom. Each child will have a job that they will have to do every day. It may be helping to set up the snack tables, or making sure things are put back properly after playtime. The jobs may seem small to you, but to a child they are a tremendous responsibility. Simple tasks go a long way towards fostering a child’s independence, which is crucial to their development, especially at this age.
As the weather gets colder, please remember to dress your child appropriately. We go outside as often as we can, so make sure your child comes to school dressed warmly. We go out first thing, and we want to make sure everyone is ready. Also, this is a good time to check you child’s extra clothes to make sure they are appropriate for the season and there is nothing missing.
Thank you for the pleasure of your children’s company. It is a joy to work with them every day.
More fun to come in the winter! Stay tuned!
Andrea & Alma
Nursery Rhymes Newsletter - Markets & Tadpoles
The UPK class is off to a very successful start. Children have become comfortable with each other and eagerly participate in our curriculum.
We started the year with both a seasonal focus on apples and apple picking as well as a supermarket study. We have cooked with apples….made applesauce, apple pie, apple cake and apple muffins and thrown in a pear cake as well. Your children have diced and sliced and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Although most of the children enjoy preparing food, not everyone is as enthusiastic about trying new foods. We encourage them but we don’t force it.
We’ve also collaged apples, sponge printed apple trees, cut paper apples and baked pretend apple pie in housekeeping. We’ve read about apples and apple picking, using a fabulous selection of children’s literature .
Our loft has been turned into a supermarket where the children may shop. Inspired by our trip to the local supermarket, Of course our children must make their own shopping lists in order to go to our supermarket and thereby gain fine motor pencil skills as they start to make important connections about the relationship of writing (or drawing, scribbling) to communication and meaning. The children loved acting out John Burmingham’s Shopping Basket
As you can see, a lot of or art, music, dramatic play, science, social studies and language revolve around our theme, but we are not limited by it.
Scissors and hole punchers are big favorites and those itty-bitty pieces of paper your children may be bringing home require dexterity and fine motor coordination. They are developing organizational skills as they decide where to place their cutouts. At this age, process is more important than product.
In addition to special projects, crayons, craypas or markers, are available almost everyday. Either sand, water, rice, cornmeal or salt or play dough is also available almost every day.
We’ve made a book called “What’s for Lunch?” where each child collaged a page with pictures of food that they like to eat. The children are able to “read” this book. It is still being passed around so that every child in the class will have a chance to share it with their family. We made another book that all the children can read with their favorite cereal boxes. They can open the flap and see who likes which one.
We have also passed around a class book with pictures of everyone who’s UPK . We hope this affords families the opportunity to open discussion about what’s going on in school and whom it’s going on with. So please, read the class books out loud with your children.
We’d like to remind families that everyone wants a turn with class books, and we’d really appreciate it if the books were promptly returned. If your child wants more time, let us know and after everyone’s seen the book, perhaps you can have another opportunity to borrow it.
In a study that will be ongoing for the year, we are raising tadpoles. With luck and some TLC we are hoping that the children will have the opportunity to witness their transformation into frogs before the year is out. We know where frogs live in the wild, because we went on a fabulous trip to the lake in Van Cortlandt, park. We were so lucky to be guided by Sarah, Oscar’s mom who is a professional Park Ranger. We will add a pond study to our themes and have already created a pond in the loft and we’re working on a book about our trip to the lake.
In the coming weeks we will be continuing our pond study, taking a look at some of the autumn happenings including falling leaves, and pumpkins, just a touch of Halloween fun and preparing for Thanksgiving.
As many of you know, we have been lucky to have a student teacher, Yahira, in our classroom this fall. The children enjoy and benefit from her presence, and we love having an extra adult in the room.
We are looking forward to an exciting year.
Minia, Kirsty, Lucy, Jean, Yasmin and Yahira.
We started the year with both a seasonal focus on apples and apple picking as well as a supermarket study. We have cooked with apples….made applesauce, apple pie, apple cake and apple muffins and thrown in a pear cake as well. Your children have diced and sliced and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Although most of the children enjoy preparing food, not everyone is as enthusiastic about trying new foods. We encourage them but we don’t force it.
We’ve also collaged apples, sponge printed apple trees, cut paper apples and baked pretend apple pie in housekeeping. We’ve read about apples and apple picking, using a fabulous selection of children’s literature .
Our loft has been turned into a supermarket where the children may shop. Inspired by our trip to the local supermarket, Of course our children must make their own shopping lists in order to go to our supermarket and thereby gain fine motor pencil skills as they start to make important connections about the relationship of writing (or drawing, scribbling) to communication and meaning. The children loved acting out John Burmingham’s Shopping Basket
As you can see, a lot of or art, music, dramatic play, science, social studies and language revolve around our theme, but we are not limited by it.
Scissors and hole punchers are big favorites and those itty-bitty pieces of paper your children may be bringing home require dexterity and fine motor coordination. They are developing organizational skills as they decide where to place their cutouts. At this age, process is more important than product.
In addition to special projects, crayons, craypas or markers, are available almost everyday. Either sand, water, rice, cornmeal or salt or play dough is also available almost every day.
We’ve made a book called “What’s for Lunch?” where each child collaged a page with pictures of food that they like to eat. The children are able to “read” this book. It is still being passed around so that every child in the class will have a chance to share it with their family. We made another book that all the children can read with their favorite cereal boxes. They can open the flap and see who likes which one.
We have also passed around a class book with pictures of everyone who’s UPK . We hope this affords families the opportunity to open discussion about what’s going on in school and whom it’s going on with. So please, read the class books out loud with your children.
We’d like to remind families that everyone wants a turn with class books, and we’d really appreciate it if the books were promptly returned. If your child wants more time, let us know and after everyone’s seen the book, perhaps you can have another opportunity to borrow it.
In a study that will be ongoing for the year, we are raising tadpoles. With luck and some TLC we are hoping that the children will have the opportunity to witness their transformation into frogs before the year is out. We know where frogs live in the wild, because we went on a fabulous trip to the lake in Van Cortlandt, park. We were so lucky to be guided by Sarah, Oscar’s mom who is a professional Park Ranger. We will add a pond study to our themes and have already created a pond in the loft and we’re working on a book about our trip to the lake.
In the coming weeks we will be continuing our pond study, taking a look at some of the autumn happenings including falling leaves, and pumpkins, just a touch of Halloween fun and preparing for Thanksgiving.
As many of you know, we have been lucky to have a student teacher, Yahira, in our classroom this fall. The children enjoy and benefit from her presence, and we love having an extra adult in the room.
We are looking forward to an exciting year.
Minia, Kirsty, Lucy, Jean, Yasmin and Yahira.
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