September 5, 2025

Bulletin Board

Events, opportunities and resources for our Garden community.

Picture Day

Missed picture day or need a retake? Nigel will be back at the school Thursday, November 6 from 11:00am to 12:30pm.

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Apple Fest

What a lovely time we had at Apple Fest! Thank you to everyone who brought apples, pressed cider, shared delicious dishes and joined our sing

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Mousehole

News From the Classroom

Ready, Set…. Here we go! The staff has been in the classroom all week, planning, purging, organizing, and sharing our excitement to have our first classes next week! We had a wonderful turnout of new parents at the Luncheon on Thursday, and enjoyed sharing with them what an amazing community they are joining.

We hope to see many of you at the All School Work Party tomorrow morning, from 9am until Noon, followed by fun lunch of hot dogs and cold drinks. Bring your wheelbarrows, shovels, gardening gloves and tools, pruners, etc. If you are unable to attend but would still like to help us get the school ready for the first day of school, we have bins of stuffies and dress ups that could be taken home to launder and return to school Monday morning. You can stop by and help yourself.

Monday afternoon is the first class for Honeybees, Wednesday morning is the first class for Crickets, and Ladybugs have their Meet the Teacher sessions on Tuesday Morning, and their first full class on Thursday Morning.

We can’t wait to see you all! Have a great weekend!

Gratitude Corner

We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to Cricket Charlie’s dad Mike and his buddy Chris who spent many hours rebuilding the steps to our gazebo. Their hard work, dedication, and care have made such a difference—not only restoring safe and sturdy steps for daily use, but also beautifying the entrance where so many special school moments begin. We are deeply grateful for their generosity of time and talent! Thank you Mike and Chris for all your hard work!

Office Notes

News and reminders from the office.

Parent Portal

 Check out our
Parent Portal

We’re excited to offer you a one stop page for all things Garden!

Current Garden Families can visit our private password protected Parent Portal page on our Children’s Garden website using password 2526Garden!

Garden Drawing Watercolor

Start of  School

First Days of School
 
Honeybees: Monday, September 8
 
Crickets: Wednesday, September 10
 
Ladybugs:
You and Me Meet the Teacher-Tuesday, September 9.  A caregiver accompanies their child for a “you and me” meet the teacher day. This fun experience allows children, caregivers and teachers to get get acquainted with each other and the daily Ladybug routine before the first full Ladybug class on September 11.
 
Ladybug first full day of school- Thursday, September 11
 
Visit our Start of School page for our Start of School checklist and important information for the beginning of the school year.
 

Calendar

Please mark your calendar with these important dates.

September

  • Saturday, September 6: All School Work Party
  • Monday, September 8: Honeybee First Day of School
  • Tuesday, September 9: Ladybug Meet the Teacher
  • Wednesday, September 10: Cricket First Day of School
  • Thursday, September 11: Ladybug First Day of School
  • Monday, September 15 Cricket and Honeybee Pictures
  • Tuesday, September 16: Ladybug Pictures
  • Friday, September 19, 6pm: Apple Fest (all school gathering of families)
  • Friday, September 26: Homecoming
Gazebo

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~

Sunshine

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.