Bulletin Board
Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community.
Coffee Talk
Fire Engine Visit!
January 7 Crickets 10 am, January 8 Ladybugs 10 am, January 8 Honeybees 12:15 pm
Our Community Engagement Committee has
Parent Education
Save the Date! January 27 at 7pm
Planning for Peace of Mind: A Parent’s Guide to Wills & Trusts
Parent Night Out
Parent’s Night Out Is Back! Saturday, January 31 | 5:00 PM | Big Block Brewery, Sammamish We’re kicking off the new year with a well-deserved
Time for in-house families priority enrollment registration!
Crickets and Ladybugs
If you are planning on enrolling for next year, please register your for the 2026-2027 school year by January 9.
Submitting your registration will hold your child’s spot for the upcoming school year. A $100 non-refundable registration fee is required at the time of submission. This helps us reserve space and begin planning for a wonderful year ahead. We’re grateful to be part of your child’s learning journey!
Priority registration for in house families is open now through January 9.
In-House Priority Enrollment
For current and alum families, the admissions process is simple, register your student by January 9 to let us know you’d like a spot in
Mousehole
News From the Classroom
Oh! What fun! Wasn’t the Winter Celebration adorable? We love everything about it from the candlelit procession to the exciting Troika dance by the Bees! It is times like these that the staff has to pinch themselves that we get to work with your kiddos every day!
This last week of school for 2025 was a fun one – pajama days, movie viewings, holiday crafts and lots of singing and dancing.
We wish you all a wonderful winter break, filled with peace, love and joy! (If you want to add the adorable “Peace Like a River” song to your Spotify playlist, the version that we use at the WInter Celebration is by Elizabeth Mitchell)
Happy Hannukah! Happy Advent! Happy Winter Solstice! Happy Christmas! Happy Boxing Day! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy New Year! Happy Happy!
Ladybugs
Crickets
Honeybees
Gratitude Corner
Oh! How thankful we are at The Children’s Garden School for our health, our happiness, our homes and families, the beautiful property that our school is located at, the peace, joy and love that we give to and receive from our families and the support from our Board and our community, but mostly, we are so incredibly grateful for the children. Their joy and twinkle, their mischief and giggles, their hearts and souls, their happiness and deep feelings, and their daily growth and loving snuggles, providing us all with opportunities to learn and to teach. How dull our lives would be without these littles! We are indeed grateful for each and every one of them. To the kiddos!
Office Notes
News and reminders from the office.
Closure and Inclement Weather Policy
Your child’s safety and learning experience is paramount to us. See how, when and why we make the choice to alter our school schedule due
Tis the time of year when we keep a close watch on our beautiful babbling brook. With heavy rains in the forecast, we are currently on flood watch and taking preventative measures.
Garden dads — and creekside property owners — Mick and Jonathon spent the weekend clearing the culvert on school property of vegetation and sediment, and will continue to keep a watchful eye as the rains roll in. Thank you!
We will contact families before class begins if rising creek levels on the property prevent access to the school.
Thank you for your understanding as we move through the rhythms of the creek on the property during PNW winter weather.
Parent Portal for all Garden News and Information.
Looking for that bit of info or pictures from a past Gazette? View past issues of the Garden Gazette from this year in our Parent Portal.
Current Garden Families can visit our private password protected Parent Portal page on our Children’s Garden website using password 2526Garden!
Calendar
Please mark your calendar with these important dates.
December
- December 22-January 2: No School for Winter Break
January
- January 5: Back to school after Winter Break
- January: Coffee Talk Fire Engine Visit!
January 7 Crickets 10 am
January 8 Ladybugs 10 am
January 8 Honeybees 12:15 pm - January 9: 2026-2027 Priority Enrollment Registration for In-house families due
- January 19: No School in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 23: Children’s Garden Open House for prospective families
- January 27 at 7pm: Planning for Peace of Mind: A Parent’s Guide to Wills & Trusts presented by Honeybee parent Ema Virdi
- January 31 at 5pm: Parent Night Out at Big Block Brewing
Daily Class Schedule
Ladybugs
Tuesday and Thursday 8:15 – 11:15 am
Crickets
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:15 – 11:15 am
Honeybees
Monday-Thursday 12:15 – 3:15 pm
~ Poems~
School Poems
Part of our daily routine at The Garden is singing or saying a few of our traditional poems.
Find a printable version to our Closing Circle Song, and the poem “We Light This Candle” at the following links.