Annual Easter Egg Hunt

• Our annual Easter egg hunt will be held on Friday, March 21st.  We are asking for donations of plastic Easter  eggs as well as wrapped candy to fill them with. Please deposit your donation in  the hungry Easter Bunny box in the lobby.

School-Age Notes:

• Spring Break for RISD is March 14 – 21, for GISD it is March 17 – 21.
• A schedule of field trips and other happenings will be available next week. Tuition during Spring Break is $135, which includes lunch and field trips. Children must wear their Village School t-shirt for these outings.
• It’s time for Kindergarten Round-Up. If your child will be 5 years of age by Sept. 1st, 2008 he/she is eligible to attend public school.
• Please check with your local elementary school for enrollment information. Don’t wait until the last minute only to find out that your child will not be able to attend his home school because it is full!
• We provide transportation to and from the following RISD schools: Yale Elem., Big Springs, Dartmouth, Springridge, Terrace, Mark Twain, Jess Harben and MST and Hickman Elem. in GISD.

Spring Portraits

• Our favorite photographer will be back on April 2nd to take spring portraits as well as class pictures of the pre-school children. He has several backgrounds including one from the Dallas Arboretum. Pictures will be back in time for Mother’s Day. We are so excited to have Brad back again.

Extra Clothes

• All children under the age of 5 should have a complete change of clothes at school for those inevitable accidents. Please remember to bring clean clothes back to school the next day.

Vision / Hearing Screening

• Texas law requires all 4 year old children enrolled in school or child care to have a hearing and vision screening.
• As a convenience to you, Metroplex Educational Consultants will be in our center on March 11, 2008 to administer both hearing and vision tests. The cost for each test is $8.
• If your child will be 5 years of age by Sept. 1st, 2008 your child must be screened. If you choose  not participate in the upcoming screening and your child’s birthday  you must provide us with written proof of a current vision/ hearing test from your pediatrician or other health professional certified to do vision/hearing screenings.
• The deadline is March 17th.
• Sign up sheets for the screenings will be available the week of March 3rd and must be returned by March 6th.

Children’s Records Update

• Emergency phone numbers
• Have you changed jobs? Moved? Gotten a new cell phone? Can we get a hold of you in an emergency? Please check the Family Data notebook on the bar to make sure we have correct phone numbers and other information. Please put a check mark on your page after checking your information.

Shot Records

• We are also updating the children’s shot records and may be contacting you for additional information.

Donations

• We are in need of scratch paper and extra clothes, especially pants and underwear.