Welcome back to school, and Welcome to March! It is so nice to be back with you all and the staff is feeling renewed and refreshed.

Our Conference planning day on Wednesday was so absolutely wonderful! Sitting down with our co-workers and listening to everyone speaking so lovingly of each of our 49 students – wow! It is great to hear the different perspectives, and it is validating to watch our program at work! We see what a change in social comfort level our Honeybee class develops. We are proud of how we, as a group, find the best placement for our students, and we see it working! We spend about 10 minutes discussing each Gardener and listening to everyone’s perceptions and anecdotes of our littles. It is one of our favorite days each year, talking about your and our favorite kids on the planet. We look forward to discussing your wonderful children with you in a few weeks. The staff now will take all the information and our assessments and write a detailed report to present to you, along with their self-portrait and be ready to chat with you at your scheduled time.

We had some excitement at the beginning of the week where our Monday classes were exposed to Covid, and we spent the rest of the week as much as we could outside, and followed DOH and Board of Trustee guidelines to have anyone who was exposed to wear a mask indoors. We appreciate the support and understanding that you all showed our program and our staff.

The Ladybugs had a fun week! We loved seeing so many smiling faces return on Tuesday morning. We noticed a lot of social and emotional growth in these littles – We are impressed that most of these littles know their classmates’ and teachers’ names. It was sunny and warmer on Tuesday morning and our minds turned to spring. We started a beautiful spring art project for the Art Show, and we also worked on their adorable Spring Bunnies that we use for décor at our Spring Egg Hunt! Mark your calendars – March 23^rd – this is a special event that you don’t want to miss. We celebrated Madison’s half birthday on Thursday – 3 ½ trips around the sun!

The Crickets started off the week with HIGH energy! Whoo Boy! This class was named “The Crickets” for a reason! They sure do jump around. Oh, but how we love them! We practiced writing our names and continued working on our shape art project for the Spring Art Show. We enjoyed hearing their news on Monday. We didn’t have class on Wednesday and on Friday we started working on our Big and Beautiful Eggs that we use for décor at our Spring Egg Hunt! Mark your calendars – March 23^rd – this is a special event that you don’t want to miss.

The Honeybees started off the week back at their fun playground activities of “Captain” and serving ‘poison’ soup to the teachers and spinning wildly on the tire swing. We love to watch this class as they all play so well together, whether it is a full class game of tag, or roller coaster and rolling down the hill. They have truly bonded as a group. It’s sweet. We continued working on our “where I Live” book, and finished our 100 grid of numbers. We did some more practice on writing our names in upper and lower case letters, and we celebrated Scout’s 5^th trip around the sun on Thursday. We introduced our beloved and catchy tune/poem, called “Continents” as our poem of the week. Believe us when we say, you will be singing this song long into their high school years – but hey! You’ll know the list of the 7 continents from largest to smallest. Our Honeybees completed their drawings of their favorite animals, and we can’t wait for the Spring Art Show, where you will get to see the unveiling of these masterpieces. We did some more work with patterns and began to create our own patterns on paper, as we begin to create our Giant Carrots that we use for décor at our Spring Egg Hunt! Mark your calendars – March 23^rd – this is a special event that you don’t want to miss.