
~ Welcome ~
Oh my, are we excited to welcome our new families to The Children’s Garden School!
Let us introduce you to our Garden Gazette, The Children’s Garden School newsletter. During the school year, you will receive this digital communication weekly via email and text.
The Gazette is our main source of school communications for school events, opportunities, recourses, weekly classroom updates, news from the office, important dates and links to areas of information on our website.
In addition to our weekly Garden Gazette you will receive occasional emails and texts that address school or class news and reminders. Our staff is available to touch base with you throughout the day and you are welcome to pull us aside for a question, text us if you’re running late or s
The Garden Gazette has recurring weekly sections that share the latest news and important information.
View the Bulletin Board for an invitation to join us marching in the Issaquah 4th of July Parade, highlights of some dates to mark on your calendar and a bit about summer communications.
See our Mousehole section to learn more about what this weekly communication from the classroom will bring.
We are so fortunate to have such amazing families and our Gratitude Corner is a place we can share our appreciations for everything our families are doing for the school.
Our Calendar shows a few important dates to save in September including our New Parent Luncheon, All School Work Party, first days of school for each class and our daily school schedule. We will be finalizing our calendar over the summer and will offer updates before the start of school.
Look for start of school information in our monthly Summer Garden Gazettes in July and August before our weekly Gazettes start in September.
~ Bulletin Board ~
Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community.

March and ride in the Issaquah
4th of July Parade
Don your festive red white and blue wear, decorate those strollers, wagons and bikes and bring some candy to toss to spectators along our parade route.
Meet our group in line from 10:30-10:50 a.m. on Tuesday, July 4th, just past the parade table located at the corner of Front St. N and NE Dogwood St.

Save the Date

Room Parents
Each class has two room parents that you can expect to hear from some time over the summer.
Ladybugs, your room parents are Leah and Claudia. These two amazing, kind and inviting women have older children in the school as well as an incoming Ladybug.
Crickets, your room parents are Jazz and Kristin. What a bundle of great energy these parents will bring to the Cricket class!
Honeybees, your room parents are Lauren and Joell. The Honeybee year is full of magical
~ Mousehole ~
News, pictures and videos from the classrooms.
Our teachers write a weekly overview from the school along with updates from each of three classes, the Ladybugs, Crickets and Honeybees.
The Mousehole offer’s you a written recap of all the wonderful things our students have been busy with throughout each week as well as picture and video galleries.
~ Gratitude Corner ~
We love our community and are so grateful and humbled by the support and love you so generously give! Thank you!
Our New Families!
We are so excited for you to join us next school year and we appreciate you for choosing The Children’s Garden School for your child!
~ Upcoming Events~
Please mark your calendar with these important dates.
Month at a glance
Save the Date
September 7: New Parent Luncheon
September 9: Work Party 9 am – 12 pm
September 11: Honeybees First Day of School
September 12: Ladybugs Meet the Teacher
September 13: Crickets First Day of School
September 14: Ladybugs First Day of School
September 15: Apple Fest-Welcome Back to School 5:30 pm (all family event held at The Children’s Garden)
September 29: Homecoming (adult only event held at Trinity Tree Farm)
Daily Class Schedule
Ladybugs
Tuesday and Thursday 8:15 – 10:45 am
Crickets
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:15 – 11:15 am
Honeybees
Monday-Thursday 12:15 – 3:15 pm
~ Quick Links~
Quick access to informative Garden pages.
Health and Wellness
What are the protocols for a stuffy nose?
Please view our Health and Wellness page for our health safety practices and protocols for the 2022-2023 school year.
Curriculum
Explore our Curriculum page for the foundational elements of our programming to see how we integrate social skills, literacy and math readiness, science, cultural enrichment, and the creative arts in an emergent, play-based environment in our unique natural setting.

Closure and Inclement Weather
View our Closure and Inclement Weather page for policy information and pick up a hard copy from the bulletin board.