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*We will begin talking about summer regularly with the children. It will help their transition to the end of Lab School to begin to do the same at home. Use the words, "summer vacation" and tell them it's a time of rest from the Lab School. Please begin informing them that they will say goodbye to their teachers, but will see them again. Additionally, tell them something fun you are likely to do during the summer (go to the park, go to a lake and swim, visit relatives, play with.....). We would like to ask every family to write a short sentence or two about something they will do together this summer to bring to school. We will post these together and refer to them these last two weeks. This will help solidify the idea that our time is almost done at school and we are starting a new phase.

*The Pizza Party will be on Tuesday evening. If you have not already done so, please RSVP to Eva and give her the payment soon. We hope to see everyone there for this final social event of the year!

*Our last day of school is on Thursday, June 3rd. Our goodbye day will be on Wednesday, June 2nd. We will be giving gifts to the student teachers and have a picnic at our playground at around 10:20am. Please come and join us for our last goodbye celebration. We will have a regular school day on Thursday.

*Ayuko's small group will be having a field trip this Wednesday at 10am. If you have not returned the permission slip, please do so ASAP. Please have your child wear the green lab school t-shirt for the trip.

*The Parent Feedback form is due tomorrow! If you have not already done so, please fill it out and send it back to Kelley or give a hard copy to Eva. Your input is important to us! This is a great opportunity for me and the school to improve our practice.

*The all school pizza party is on Tuesday, May 25th from 6-7:30pm. Please come and join us, eat pizza, play in the playground, and listen to the Teddy Bear Band! It is a wonderful time for all of us, celebrating the end of the year together!

*Thank you to all the families for supporting the Spring Soiree! With your help we were able to have another successful event. For those who made it to the Soiree, we hope you had a wonderful time.

*The Parent Feedback form was sent to you recently. Please let us know how we're doing! I would personally love to hear your comments and suggestions so I can improve my practice. We would like to have all of the responses in by May 3rd.

You should have received an email with an electronic copy. Please fill it out and return it back to Kelley at huds0038@umn.edu OR, if you'd like, you may get a hard copy, which will be available outside of the health office.

*Our new schedule will begin this week! We will have our morning meeting at 8:55 am starting Monday, April 19th, continuing until the end of this term. The rest of the schedule remains the same, with slight changes on the days we have small groups. This decision has come in correlation with the idea that by discussing the activities we have set up for the children in each curriculum area, the children will have the opportunity to intentionally think about where they want to play and what they want to do. Additionally, since the children will be going into the multi-age classrooms after this year, it seems appropriate to begin a similar schedule to theirs. This schedule will also support the small group meetings we will have later in the day, providing ample time for investigation and exploration. You will see my revised schedule in the daily schedule section of the website.

*The Spring Soiree is this coming Saturday, April 24th! I will be there with my husband so I hope to see you there too! This is a classy adult only evening held to raise money for the Alex Galle Memorial Scholarship Fund. Alex was the youngest son of our former director, Lynn Galle. The funds in the scholarship go for financial aid for Lab School families. The main fundraising vehicle is a silent auction which parents and Lab School staff make bids during an evening of food, drink and music and fellowship. Let us know if you have any connections with sports stars, local celebrities or interesting places around town. We have occasionally had high bids on a chance to tour an interesting work place or historical site. We have had golfers willing to pay to play a round of golf on a private club. Perhaps you have a skill or expertise (or know someone who does) that other people plan to use in the upcoming year anyway - this is a way you can donate your time to the cause and allow the money to come to the scholarship fund. Please contact Ayuko, Traci (Harper's mom in Dalia's class), or Eva for more information or to share ideas. You are welcome to invite your family and neighbors to donate or to attend too. Our class has been asked to prepare a basket of games - so that's an easy way to become involved. We need everyone's support and creativity to make sure this event is a grand success!

*April Parent Discussion Group is coming up! The topic is: Preparing Your Child for the Transition to Kindergarten. The group will meet on Thursday April 22nd from 1-2pm and Friday April 23rd from 9-10am at room 108. Everyone is welcome.

*Lab School will be closed on Tuesday, April 20th for staff development. You may see our guest of honor, Ashley Cadwell (who came in November for our first staff development) in the school and classrooms on Monday documenting the lead teachers actions and the everyday life of the lab school.

Announcements:

*The Nature Walk field trip will be on Wednesday, April 14th at 9:15am. If you are joining us, please be in the school lobby by 9:10. We will walk down from the front lawn down to the "great lawn" in Elliot Hall. On the day of, I will give you a series of comments and questions you can ask your child and children around you. Let's have fun and collect lots of natural materials! You can also sing the "Going on the Nature Walk" song with your child, which is posted at the bottom of the lesson plan. If you have not returned the field trip permission form, please do so by Wednesday morning. You will receive an attachment of the form via email.

*Attached on the email is the photo of Beth and Melissa. They are graduate students in the school of Architecture. They have an assignment to observe and participate with children in a design or building situation to compare and contrast how the process of children's play is like the design/build process. They have ideas on doing a follow-up on the nature walk and building/construction area and will be with us every Thursday for 3 weeks.

*After thoroughly thinking about our present schedule, I have decided to add a morning meeting at 8:55 am starting Monday, April 19th, continuing until the end of this term. The rest of the schedule remains the same, with slight changes on the days we have small groups. This decision has come in correlation with the idea that by discussing the activities we have set up for the children in each curriculum area, the children will have the opportunity to intentionally think about where they want to play and what they want to do. Additionally, since the children will be going into the multi-age classrooms after this year, it seems appropriate to begin a similar schedule to theirs. This schedule will also support the small group meetings we will have later in the day, providing ample time for investigation and exploration. You will see my revised schedule in the daily schedule section of the website. We will begin preparing the children for the change in schedule on Wednesday.

*The Spring Soiree is coming up! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 24th. This is a classy adult only evening held to raise money for the Alex Galle Memorial Scholarship Fund. Alex was the youngest son of our former director, Lynn Galle. The funds in the scholarship go for financial aid for Lab School families. The main fundraising vehicle is a silent auction which parents and Lab School staff make bids during an evening of food, drink and music and fellowship. Let us know if you have any connections with sports stars, local celebrities or interesting places around town. We have occasionally had high bids on a chance to tour an interesting work place or historical site. We have had golfers willing to pay to play a round of golf on a private club. Perhaps you have a skill or expertise (or know someone who does) that other people plan to use in the upcoming year anyway - this is a way you can donate your time to the cause and allow the money to come to the scholarship fund. Please contact Ayuko, Traci (Harper's mom in Dalia's class), or Eva for more information or to share ideas. You are welcome to invite your family and neighbors to donate or to attend too. Our class has been asked to prepare a basket of games - so that's an easy way to become involved. We need everyone's support and creativity to make sure this event is a grand success!

*April Parent Discussion Group is coming up! The topic is: Preparing Your Child for the Transition to Kindergarten. The group will meet on Thursday April 22nd from 1-2pm and Friday April 23rd from 9-10am at room 108. Everyone is welcome.

*Lab School will be closed on Tuesday, April 20th for staff development. You may see our guest of honor, Ashley Cadwell (who came in November for our first staff development) in the school and classrooms on Monday documenting the lead teachers actions and the everyday life of the lab school.

Announcements:
* The children will have hearing screenings this Wednesday, April 7th. This is a service provided by the audiology department, which occurs once a year during our spring session. We will walk across the street in small groups with the audiology students who will help us play the "listening game." The children usually enjoy playing these games and watch each other complete a task. You will only receive a report if there is some issue with the screening. If you your child has recently been through a hearing screening and/or would like your child to opt out of it, please let me know. Please also feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.
*Now that spring has arrived, the children have been embracing the beginnings of nature - plants, flowers, and insects. As a whole class, we will be going on a nature walk around campus on Wednesday, April 14th. You are welcome to join us during this time - permission slips and details will soon to follow.
*The Spring Soiree is coming up! Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 24th. This is a classy adult only evening held to raise money for the Alex Galle Memorial Scholarship Fund. Alex was the youngest son of our former director, Lynn Galle. The funds in the scholarship go for financial aid for Lab School families. The main fundraising vehicle is a silent auction which parents and Lab School staff make bids during an evening of food, drink and music and fellowship. The rest of the evening is free - so please plan to come out and support an excellent cause. In the mean time, please think about any items you have (or can access) which families might be interested in bidding upon. Let us know if you have any connections with sports stars, local celebrities or interesting places around town. We have occasionally had high bids on a chance to tour an interesting work place or historical site. We have had golfers willing to pay to play a round of golf on a private club. Perhaps you have a skill or expertise (or know someone who does) that other people plan to use in the upcoming year anyway - this is a way you can donate your time to the cause and allow the money to come to the scholarship fund. Please contact Ayuko, Traci (Harper's mom in Dalia's class), or Eva for more information or to share ideas. You are welcome to invite your family and neighbors to donate or to attend too. Our class has been asked to prepare a basket of games - so that's an easy way to become involved. We need everyone's support and creativity to make sure this event is a grand success!
*April Parent Discussion Group is coming up! The topic is: Preparing Your Child for the Transition to Kindergarten. The group will meet on Thursday April 22nd from 1-2pm and Friday April 23rd from 9-10am at room 108. Everyone is welcome.
*PAC meeting is this Monday, April 5th from 7-8:30pm. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend. Please join us and share your insight and ideas - or, just as importantly, offer your assistance in making things happen!

If the weather stays dry and on the warm side, tennis shoes are fine for outside. When the rain starts and things get muddy, it would be better to have rain boots or even snow boots. We want the children to be appropriately dressed for fully exploring the outdoors and that will likely mean some mud during the spring months.

*Our last day of this term will be on Thursday, March 11th. We will have a "goodbye" day on Wednesday, March 10th. Families are welcome to say goodbye to the student teachers and spend time with your child anytime during the day, including snack and outside times. Please make sure to park at a ramp or metered parking spots. The angled parking area is only available for 20 minutes. The children and I will be giving the teachers gifts at snack time.

*School resumes on Monday, March 29th! Have a great Spring Break!

*We have just learned that Natalie and Theresa will be our new student teachers in the Spring. Pictures of them will soon follow. We have been talking with the children about the upcoming Spring break, and the fact that the current student teachers will move on to new schools when the children come back. Please let them know that Natalie and Theresa will be joining us when the children return to school.

-We are starting to talk with the children about the upcoming Spring break, and the fact that the student teachers will move on to new schools when the children come back. It will help children make the transition easier if you mention this at home as well. Please let them know that new student teachers will be joining us and teacher Ayuko will stay.
-We encourage parents to bring in (or email in) pictures of a family pet to post in the Pet Hospital.
- Our last day of this term will be on Thursday, March 11th. We will have a "goodbye" day on Wednesday, March 10th. Families are welcome to say goodbye to the student teachers and spend time with your child anytime during the day, including snack and outside times. Please make sure to park at a ramp or metered parking spots. The angled parking area is only available for 20 minutes. The children and I will be giving the teachers gifts at snack time.
-Many thanks for doing the laundry! Your contribution has helped us to continually have clean towels and sheets.

Announcements:

*Thanks to all the parents who have come in for conferences, we look forward to meeting with the final group of families this next week.

*Our last day of school for this term will be on Thursday, March 11th. We will have a "goodbye" day on Wednesday, March 10th. Families are welcome to say goodbye to the student teachers and spend time with your child anytime during the day, including snack and outside times. Please make sure to park at a ramp or metered parking spots. The angled parking area is only available for 20 minutes. The children and I will be giving the teachers gifts at snack time.

*Mark your calendars (and get a babysitter) for Saturday April 24th for the Spring Soiree. More info to follow about this most special adult evening of fun, frolic, food, and fund-raising.

*Feel free to send in letters for your children to receive in their class "mailbox." They have been writing letters to their peers, family, and teachers and opening their letters to read them.

*Thank you for supporting us at Gym Jam! With your help, we were able to raise $2,200.00! This will go towards buying new equipments for the gym and outdoor playground.

*Parent-teacher conferences are beginning this week! I will send you an email to remind you of the conference time (about a day or two prior to the conference) and attach a copy of your child's developmental summary (written by me). Please read through the developmental summary and bring a copy to the conference if you wish. We will base our conference on the the summary. I will meet you in the lobby at the time of our meeting.

*If you have cake decorating skills that you would be willing to demonstrate to the children, please let us know. Thank you!

*If your child has an interest in particular space explorations, please share a highlight with us so we can incorporate this into our play.

* Valentines Day exchange will be on Thursday, February 11th. While we make it a practice not to celebrate holidays in the classroom, we do facilitate a card exchange for those who wish to participate on this day. We find that it greatly supports the children's social connections to receive a card from their classmates. Making or addressing cards is also a wonderful way for children to work on emerging fine motor/writing skills. Whether your child draws a "message" or design on the card, put stickers on, glues something, or helps label the envelopes, (perhaps by taping or gluing the photos of the recipient) there is probably something your child can do to participate in this ritual. We will put a copy of the photo page in your child's box. Please do not send candy or other gift as part of the greeting. At this age, they still are thrilled by a simple card and why ruin that innocence so soon in life? Imagine a child happily looking through their valentines, admiring each and every one, suddenly discovering a piece of candy. I've seen it. What happens is they move quickly to tossing away the other notes as garbage while they rummage through looking to see if there are more with candy. We will use lunch bags for the children to hold their notes.

*Gym Jam was a success! It was a joy seeing children running around freely and playing with a variety of balls. Thank you all for coming and supporting us for a good cause - we are hoping to purchase a new crash mat and a variety of tricycles for large motor play.

*Thank you all for signing up for the parent/teacher conference! I'm looking forward to meeting with you soon. The master sign up sheet will continue to be on the door for confirmation.

Announcements:
-Valentines Day is fast approaching. While we make it a practice not to celebrate holidays in the classroom, we do facilitate a card exchange for those who wish to participate on this day. We find that it greatly supports the children's social connections to receive a card from their classmates. Making or addressing cards is also a wonderful way for children to work on emerging fine motor/writing skills. Whether your child draws a "message" or design on the card, put stickers on, glues something, or helps label the envelopes, (perhaps by taping or gluing the photos of the recipient,) there is probably something your child can do to participate in this ritual. We will put a copy of the photo page in your child's box. Please do not send candy or other gift as part of the greeting. At this age, they still are thrilled by a simple card and why ruin that innocence so soon in life? Imagine a child happily looking through their valentines, admiring each and every one, suddenly discovering a piece of candy. I've seen it. What happens is they move quickly to tossing away the other notes as garbage while they rummage through looking to see if there are more with candy. We will use lunch bags for the children to hold their notes, and will do the exchange on Thursday, February 11th.

-Please remember to sign up for the parent/teacher conference if you have not already done so. If you cannot sign up in person, please send me via email your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice of time. Thank you.

-We are interested in posting family recipes. If you have a favorite (especially one in which your child helps out with), please send it in for us to post in this area as inspiration for variety of food creations. Thank you!

-Gym Jam is on Friday, February 5th between 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Bring the kids, the cousins, the neighbors the grandparents and come RUN AND PLAY! Watch your email for more info on location. Bierman Field is located on 15th Avenue SE. Enter between 5th and 6th St. SE - there will also be signs for you to follow.

-This Wednesday is the Coffee Hour with the Director, Barb Murphy, from 8:45 am to 9:45am. Come and ask questions on Lab School Curriculum, history, child development, or anything else. Barb is a great source of information, advice, support and laughter.

*The conference sign up sheet will be posted on the door Monday morning. Please sign up for a time that will work for you. If you cannot sign-up in person, you may send me an email with your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice of time. I'm looking forward to our meeting.

*We are interested in posting family recipes. If you have a favorite (especially one in which your child helps out with), please send it in for us to post in this area as inspiration for variety of food creations. Thank you!

*It's time to think about enrollment for the 2010-11 school year! Forms are sent via email this year. (Hard copies will also be available in the school office after that date.) Hard copies of the forms and the enrollment fee of $150.00 per family will be due by Monday, February 1st to retain your priority status. Payment must be included for enrollment to be complete.

*The next Lab School event to help you pass the winter blahs is GYM JAM. The date is Friday, February 5th. The children get to move, so do you (if you want to) and it's a lot of good old fashioned ball, jumping and running fun. If you thought creativity night was too crowded for your taste, don't worry! Bierman is so huge that you can barely hear the other people - lots of space to invite friends, neighbors and relatives - and you should, because it's all for a good cause - free will donations go towards buying new tricycles for the children in our classroom. We hope to see you there.

Announcements
- NO SCHOOL on Monday January 18 in recognition of Martin Luther King Day.

-The Parent Discussion Groups will be meeting again, talking about guidance and limit setting. The meetings will be Thursday January 28 from 1.15-2.30pm, Friday January 29 from 9-10.15a, and Tuesday February 2 from 6.45-8p.

~ Barb has set up another round of "Coffee with the Director" and is inviting you all to have a chance to sit down and chat with her! The meetings will be on Tuesday, February 2 from 8.45-9.45a and Wednesday, February 3 from 8.45-9.45a AND 12.45-1.45p. Hope you can make it to one of the coffee hours.

-Thank you very much to our laundry helpers. - Please sign up to bring home laundry on Wednesday if you can.

-Thanks so much to parents for taking seriously our pleas of labeling clothing and having everything "at the ready." So, just to remind: If you are coming in the classroom to drop your child off, please help us out by putting hats and mittens in the jacket sleeve when you hang up the jacket and having boots and snowpants ready to go (either hanging or in a backpack.) If you forget boots or snowpants on a given day, please let us know and find a pair from Eva so they are all ready to go at dressing time.

-Please join us for creativity night, this Wednesday evening from 6:00pm to 7:30pm. Children will be able to explore a different activity in each of the three classrooms (sen-sory exploration in our classroom, clay in Ross' and Jenn' classroom and light in Amy and Dalia's classroom. In addition, a dance teacher from the U will run three group ses-sions in the gym. We hope you can make it!

*We would appreciate donations of unique collage materials (such as tinsel, shiny items, odd wall paper, tissue paper, and colorful translucent materials) that would look attractive in the light. Some of these materials may be used with the glue as well.
*Thursday, January 14: PAC meeting, 7:00pm - 8:30pm. Every parent is welcome.
* School will be closed on Monday, January 18 for Martin Luther King Day.
* Wednesday, January 20th: Family Creativity Night, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
* Please mark your calendars for Friday, February 5: Gym Jam at Bierman Indoor Football Field, 6:30pm - 8:00pm - More information to follow.

*Please let us know a highlight or two of your child's winter break - so that we may have something to comment to them. Children feel special when we can connect about something meaningful to them (a visit from Grandma - an airplane ride, a first time sledding) so this will help our new student teachers to connect with your child.

*We are also interested to have an update about toilet training - this sometimes changes over the break (and our memories benefit from a recap of where your child is at.)

*We will post a new "laundry helpers list" for this ten weeks - Please sign up on Wednesdays to bring home laundry. Thank you.

*Please take the time to label mittens, hats, boots, snowpants and jackets. The first few days of dressing are always WILD! Children often don't have a sense of ownership of their things, yet they help us by taking clothing out of their cubbies. If they are not labeled, it is very hard to know who's clothes are whose. If you are coming in the classroom to drop your child off, please help us out by putting hats and mittens in the jacket sleeve when you hang up the jacket and having boots and snowpants ready to go (either hanging or in a backpack.) If you forget boots or snowpants on a given day, please let us know and find a pair from Eva so they are all ready to go at dressing time.

Announcements
* Please continue to talk with your child about the upcoming transitions and break. If you have a family calendar, you may want to put an X on the individual days for the period of time that we will be closed for winter break. You can then make a ritual of crossing off the days until we meet again. This will provide a visual of the time we will be apart, as well as a good math experiences with recordkeeping and marking time.
*. Please feel free to email us a sentence highlight about your weekend that will help us reconnect with your child (eg. car/plane trip, visit from Grandparents, new food eaten, etc.)
* Thank you all so much for your support this semester and for providing us with your wonderful children!

Announcements
• We are looking for a family to care for Peely during Thanksgiving break. If you are interested in helping out with our classroom gerbil, please let a teacher know!
• Please mark your calendars for our goodbye snack on Wednesday, December 2nd. It will take place on our second to last day of school at 10:15am. Please come and then spend the rest of the morning with us on the playground.
• Please consider hosting a playdate at an area park during the month of December. It will be nice for the children (and families) to connect during the long break. Let Eva know so the info can be in the calendar being prepared.
• During large group this week we will begin to talk about the winter break and the up-coming transitions. We will discuss how the student teachers will be going off to new schools soon, and how the children will have new student teachers when they return from break. Discussing these big transitions will help the children prepare for and process the changes, and it would benefit both the teachers and the children if you could discuss this at home as well.
• School will be closed on November 26th and 27th, due to Thanksgiving break. School will resume on Monday, November 30th.

*Mark your calendars for joining our good-bye snack (with the student teachers) and free-play on the playground! We hope you can join us on Wednesday, December 2nd.

*Thank you for signing up to do the laundry! We will have another sign up sheet for January after winter break!

*Parents can support the zoo theme (in the classroom) with natural conversations at home about visiting a zoo, or perhaps with books that reference zoos in some way. If you would like to share, we would be happy to hear any anecdotes about past zoo visits that you might have. Also, should you have any shoeboxes you can donate, we could use about ten of them for a little zoo train.

* The Oleanna book sale will be in the gym on Thursday and Friday of next week (November 12th and 13th).

* Parents are also encouraged to check out the parent discussion groups taking place on Tuesday and Thursday! The topic is "Things Parents should know about the Transition to Kindergarten." The dates and times of the discussion groups are as follows: Thursday, November 12, 9:00 - 10:30 a.m. (Room 108), Thursday, November 12, 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (Room 105), and Tuesday, November 17, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. (Room 108). For more information, please click on the Parent Discussion Group page.

• Picture day will be on Wednesday, November 4th. Please inform one of the teachers (before Wednesday) if you plan to purchase a portrait for your child. This is by no means a requirement. All the children will be photographed together for a class photo after the individual portraits are finished.
• Please continue to let us know of your child's favorite song and send us a You Tube link, CD, or mp3 if you have it!
• We would love to receive medium-sized cardboard boxes for our construction project. These should be larger than a shoe box, big enough for a child to sit in is a good size; smaller ones would be useful too.

**Spring Soiree meeting will be held on Nov. 2nd at 7:00pm. This is the main fund raiser event (held sometime in April) for parent financial support which we believe will be crucial as the economy continues its slump. In addition, it is a pleasant social event for the Lab School community. If there are any parents who weren't at the PAC meeting but would like to be a part of this event, please come! Meeting room TBD.

**If there is a particular shopping routine or ritual, and particular stores that you visit that you would like to share with us, please do and we may be able to incorporate it and support your child's play.

**Please continue to send in empty food containers (no sharp metal edges, glass, or containers of nut products) of favorite foods of your family to be added to our grocery store for pretend play.

**if you have a favorite music on a CD that you or your child would like to share with us, please feel free to bring it in.

**We will be taking short, small-group nature walks in the coming weeks and would like to have any parent helpers who are able to join us. Please let us know.

**Parent-teacher conference continues this week. I will be sending you a confirmation/reminder soon. I'm looking forward to meet and chat with you!

• We will be taking short, small-group nature walks in the coming weeks and would like to have any parent helpers who are able to join us. Please let us know.
• We will be collecting empty food containers of favorite foods for our dramatic play area, in order to bring familiar objects into our classroom.
• The weather has been very unpredictable lately. If your child has a pair of snowpants, boots, hats, and waterproof mittens at home, please bring it to school (labeled with your child's name) on the days we have snow in case we go outside. We have extra pairs of snowpants and snow accessories in school in case you do not have these readily available for your child. Snow is coming too soon, but we love to go outside to take advantage of the learning opportunitites provided in the "natural world." Thank you for your cooperation.
• Parent-teacher conference begins this week! Thank you for signing up. I will be sending you a confirmation/reminder soon. I'm looking forward to meet and chat with you!

October Meetings - Parent Discussion Group - Supporting the Development of Your Child's Social Skills
What are some ways you can help your child to develop socially? There are ways you can support the development of play skills and the emerging friendships the children are forming at school. Come prepared to share problems and ideas!

* Tuesday, October 20 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
* Wednesday, October 21 - 1 - 2:15 p.m.
* Friday, October 23 - 9 - 10:15 a.m.
* (We will meet in Room 108 - right above the school)

Parent Discussion Group: Supporting the Development of Your Child's Social Skills
What are some ways you can help your child to develop socially? There are ways you can support the development of play skills and the emerging friendships the children are forming at school. Come prepared to share problems and ideas!
Tuesday, October 20 - 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 21 - 1 - 2:15 p.m.
Friday, October 23 - 9 - 10:15 a.m.
For more information please click on "Parent Discussion Group" under "Current Parents" on your left.

•We have enjoyed seeing the different things that children have brought into school and their enthusiasm for their treasures. We are happy to keep receiving what nature brings to your yard. The outside world is changing rapidly and helping your child to notice some of the transformations may feed their curiosity about nature.

•To encourage the home-school connection, please share with us what kinds of food your family likes to cook and eat. We have found the children to be much more conversant when we comment on specific foods that we know they like to cook.

•Half of the families have signed up for our fall parent-teacher conference. The main sign up sheet will be posted on the door. If you cannot sign up in person, please give me your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice time via email. Suggest some alternate times if none of these work for you.

•Many thanks for staying in your cars at pickup time unless you have a spot in the angled parking lot or a metered spot. We realize the line moves slowly and it feels like you could run and grab your child quickly, but then the whole line of cars can't get around you. Please remember to stay in your car in the pickup line unless you have a parking spot. Eva will let us know that you are here via walkie-talkie and we will bring your child out to you. This allows the line of cars to keep inching forward. Also, please label all backpacks and jackets - this will also facilitate getting children to you more quickly at the end of the day.

10/6 PAC Meeting: 7pm-8:30pm
A group of parents works to support the lab school community in a variety of ways. Everyone is welcome.

10/8 Coffee with Barb: 8:45am-9:45am, 12:45pm-1:45pm
Our director will be available to answer any questions you may have about the lab school and the philosophy. The meeting will take place in the lounge.

Parent-Teacher conference
Please sign up for the parent-teacher conference if you have not already done so. The main sign up sheet will be posted on the door. If you cannot sign up in person, please give me your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd choice time via email. Times that are taken: 10/19 - 1:30, 10/20 - 8:30, 9:15, 10/21 - 4:45, 10/27 - 9:15, 10/28 - 11:30

• Please check your child's folder daily for artwork, announcements, and other school news. The folder basket will be out at the door each morning at arrival and will be with us at the end of the morning at dismissal time.
• Please sign in your child upon arrival and note who will be picking up your child at the end of the day. This is particularly important in the beginning of the year when we don't know each family's schedule.
• Please do not bring any food into the classroom as we have children with allergies to a variety of foods, primarily dairy, wheat, and eggs. Many thanks for your help in keeping everyone safe.

9/30 PAC Welcome Coffee Hours: 8:30-9:30
The Parent Advisory Council is hosting a get together in the lounge. If you are available, please take the opportunity to enjoy a casual conversation with fellow Lab School parents. Snacks, Coffee, and Tea will also be provided.

10/6 PAC Meeting: 7pm-8:30pm
A group of parents works to support the lab school community in a variety of ways. Everyone is welcome.

10/8 Coffee with Barb: 8:45am-9:45am, 12:45pm-1:45pm
Our director will be available to answer any questions you may have about the lab school and the philosophy. The meeting will take place in the lounge.

• Parent Information Night is this Thursday evening from 7-9pm. Please come to hear about our philosophy, curriculum and helpful points to starting off the year successfully. This is an adult-only event.
• Please check your child's folder daily for artwork, announcements, and other school news. The folder basket will be out at the door each morning at arrival and will be with us at the end of the morning at dismissal time.
• Please sign in your child upon arrival and note who will be picking up your child at the end of the day. This is particularly important in the beginning of the year when we don't know each family's schedule.
• Please do not bring any food into the classroom as we have children with allergies to a variety of foods, primarily dairy, nuts, wheat, and eggs. Many thanks for your help in keeping everyone safe.