From the Principal’s Office
Dear Families,
Happy New Year to everybody!! I hope everyone was able to spend some quality time with family and friends over the Holiday Season. It was certainly nice being able to celebrate with a long weekend for both Christmas and for New Year.
As we roll into the New Year, let us continue with some good habits so that we can continue to run the school as smoothly as possible.
- Please remember to check cubbies to ensure that your children have seasonally appropriate changes of clothes.
- It will get cool at some point so please make sure children have appropriate outdoor clothes as we do go outside everyday unless the weather conditions are extreme. Please note, if children are well enough to be at school with the common cold (sniffles, cough, etc.,) they’re well enough to go outside. Due to maintaining age and classroom ratios, we can not place children in other classrooms.
- Remember to pay tuition on time. Tuition is due even if your child is not at school. We always want to try to avoid adding late fees for you as no one needs that extra expense. Please remember that we will no longer be accepting cash. If you need further information about paying with a credit card or setting up ACH, please stop by the front desk. Tuition is due by close of business on Monday for that week.
- Be courteous with parking. Parking under the carport during pick up and drop off makes it difficult for the flow of traffic. When it is raining, we are more than happy to assist you out to your cars with your children.
While the weather is great right now, I just wanted to remind you of how you can find information regarding weather related closing or delays as we do head towards our colder season.
Any decision to close or delay is not solely a school based decision. Any changes in our scheduling will be noted on our school website, our voicemail will be changed and all families will be e-notified and contacted through our Links to Home app. We certainly hope that we do not experience any severe weather this winter, but we do want to be prepared.
As always, thank you for your continued support of our very busy school. Let’s make 2017 the best year yet.
Regards,
Helen Parks, Principal
- 2 – School Closed in observance of New Year’s Day.
- 4 – Food Share Box pick up.
- 9 – 100th Day of School!
- 12 – SNOW DAZE!! Wear your hat, gloves and scarves for a fun filled day!
- 13 – Rubber Ducky Day! Bring your Rubber Ducky to school (with your name on it!).
- 13 – Food Share monies due.
- 15 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- 18 – Food Share Box pick up.
- 18 – Winnie the Pooh Day! Wear your favorite Winnie the Pooh (or friends) shirt!
- 20 – School Wide Pajama Day!! We will also be collecting PJ’s & books for our Pajama Drive.
- 21 – Open House – Invite a family member or friend to come to our Open House between the hours of 10am-1pm.
- 27 – Food Share monies due.
- 30-Feb. 3 – Children’s Authors & Illustrator’s week.
- 30 – Norman Bidwell author’s day (Clifford books).
- 31 – Mo Willems author’s day & Chinese New Year.
- 31 – Links to Learning Folders Go Home.
School Spotlight
What is a Fresh Food Box?
A REAL box of food filled with top-quality fruits and vegetables.
12 to 15 varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables in each box.
Cost: Each Fresh Food Box costs $21.00
Next delivery dates are January 4th and 18th.
Put your medicines UP and AWAY and out of sight
Cold and flu season is upon us, and in many homes, families will using medicines for the stuffy noses, coughs and fevers that winter often brings. While it may seem like common knowledge to store medications out of the reach and sight of children, each year more than 60,000 young children—roughly four busloads of kids each day—end up in emergency departments after getting into medicine and vitamins that were left within reach.
A few simple safe storage steps–followed every time–-can protect your child:
1. Store medicines in a safe location that is too high for young children to reach or see.
2. Never leave medicine or vitamins out on a kitchen counter or at a sick child’s bedside, even if you have to give the medicine again in a few hours.
3. Always relock the safety cap on a medicine bottle. If it has a locking cap that turns, twist it until you hear the click or you cannot twist anymore.
4. Never tell children that medicine is candy so they’ll take it, even if your child does not like to take his or her medicine.
5. Tell children what medicine is and why you must be the one to give it to them.
6. Remind babysitters, houseguests, grandparents, and holiday visitors to keep purses, bags, or coats that have medicines in them up and away and out of sight when they are in your home.
7. Program the Poison Help number (1-800-222-1222) into your home and cell phones so you will have it when you need it. Call this number anytime your child has accidentally ingested any substance that you think might be harmful, including prescription medicines, over-the-counter remedies, and vitamins or other dietary supplements.
For more information, please visit the Up and Away website at www.UpandAway.org., where you will find tip sheets for storing medicines safely in the home and when you travel (available in Spanish, too).
Please drive slowly on school property!
Be courteous and patient with other
drivers and watch out for our children!!!
If you or your passengers are NOT disabled, please do not park in the handicap space provided in the front of the school. This space is reserved for persons that have been issued placards or special license plates. Thank you.
Resources
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!! We invite you to “like” our page at www.facebook.com/ChesterbrookAcademy where we’ll be providing our fans with regular educational tips for children from preschool to 8th grade and the opportunity to network with fellow parents. We would love to have your participation in this forum and encourage you to continue to check our school website for local updates specific to our own school. We look forward to having you as part of our Facebook community!
Open House: Invite a family member or friend to come to our Open House on Saturday, January 21st, 2017 between the hours of 10am-1pm. This is a great opportunity to meet the staff, tour the facility and see first hand how Chesterbrook Academy makes a difference in the lives of children!!
Tuition Promo (For New Families): Enroll and start by 2/6/17 and earn $500 OFF tuition. Contact our Admissions Coordinator, Megan Coleman, at 1-877-959-4181 for more details.
Chesterbrook Academy & Queensboro Apparel Company: If you are interested in ordering Chesterbrook Logo apparel for your child(ren), please view our online store. You may notice all the wonderful colors available, but please keep in mind that Chesterbrook Academy uniform colors are Navy, White and Forest/Dark Green.
Chesterbrook Academy & Mabel’s Labels: As a way to target the problem of lost belongings and a large lost and found closet, Chesterbrook Academy is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels, a company with all types of labels that are colorful, indestructible, easy-to-use and fun! Iron-Ons, Stickies, Bag Tags, Allergy Alert labels & more! Personalize your labels with names, nicknames, initials – whatever you choose. Cool icons help even little ones identify their own belongings. Dishwasher, microwave, laundry & kid tested! Dispatched within 24 hours!
Visit www.chesterbrookacademy.mabelslabels.com to place your order.
Reminders For Parents
Tuition: Parents, please understand the importance of paying your tuition & paying it on time! Payments are due every Friday for the coming week. Late fees will be applied at 12 noon on Monday following the due date. Unpaid tuition, more than a week past due, will result in immediate dis-enrollment. If you have any questions, please see Helen, Melissa or Andrea in the front office. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
Automatic Payment Program: Parents this is a very easy way for you to not worry about writing those checks every week and avoiding late fees. APP can be used to pay tuition only invoices or all invoices (tuition, registration & activity fees). Please see Helen, Melissa, or Andrea in the front office for details and information on getting signed up or you can print the form from the link on the school website. In addition, you can also set up online bill-pay through your bank.
Contact Information: Please be sure that all home, work, cell and pager numbers and any other contact information is up to date in your child’s file. This helps the staff at Chesterbrook have every available option to contact the parent(s) in the event of an emergency.
E-Mail Addresses: Please update your email addresses with the front office in order to receive important information about upcoming and/or emergency events from the school. We can send email notifications to more than one email address.
School Operating Hours: This is a friendly reminder that Chesterbrook’s hours of operation are 7:00 am – 6:00 pm, Monday thru Friday. Half day hours of operation are 8:30 am – 11:30 am. The late pick up fee is $15 per child for the first 15 minutes and an additional $15 per child for each quarter hour after the regularly scheduled pick up time. Also parents, if you are running late and its close to closing time, please be sure to give the school a courtesy call.
Entry & Exit Doors: ** DO NOT USE THE BACK DOOR FOR ENTRY TO THE SCHOOL!!!** As you all know there is a code required for entry to the school. Please be sure to limit the code to family members and/or friends that are picking up your child(ren) on a regular basis. Do not give the code to your child(ren). In addition, everyone should use the front entrance for drop off and pick up. We advise strongly not to let individuals in the side entry door, as this person may or may not be a Chesterbrook parent or other family member. The side door is to only be used as an exit. This guarantees the safety of Chesterbrook Academy students and staff. Thanks in advance for your cooperation in this matter.
Parent Ambassador Program: Spread the word about our school and save on your child’s tuition! Refer a new family to our school and you could earn a free week of tuition. For more information on our Ambassador Program, see your school’s principal. The current referring Chesterbrook family will receive a discount after the referred child has attended full time for 3 months. Discount applies to the tuition of the oldest child in the referring family.
For Parents & Teachers
NUT FREE SCHOOL: We have several children enrolled at Chesterbrook Academy with severe nut allergies. Please do not send your child to school with food containing any type of nut products.
Prescription Policy for Chronic or Allergic Conditions:
** WE CANNOT ADMINISTER OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS TO YOUR CHILD**
Medication may be brought in for chronic or life threatening medical conditions. All medications must be in their original container with the prescription label attached to include the proper administering time(s) and dosage to be given. For the use of a nebulizer, a letter or note will be required from your child’s doctor’s office stating time(s) to be administered and the tubule dosage to be given. In addition, an “Authorization to Administer Medication Form” must be completed and turned in by the parent. Please see Helen, Melissa, or Andrea in the front office if you have any questions or concerns.
Weather Policy: In the event of severe weather, we will make every effort to open on schedule and to remain open during the course of our regular hours of operation. In the event that severe weather requires us to close our school, delay our school or close early, parents will be notified initially by e-notify. Please make sure we have your most current email address and that you have added us to your address book so our message does not go to spam. In the event that your employer will not allow you to receive email at work, please provide us with an alternate email address for you. Parents may also call the school’s voicemail at 803-699-9988 and listen to the prerecorded message by 5:30 a.m. for information regarding the operating hours. Information will also be posted to the school’s website which is http://Wildewood.ChesterbrookAcademy.com. You can also tune into WIS channel 10 and/or WLTX channel 19 for closing and/or delay information.
**Chesterbrook Academy DOES NOT follow the schedule of Richland School District 2 during weather delays or closings**
Sign In & Out Books: We wanted to take this time to remind you all about an important security here at Chesterbrook. Please remember to sign your child in and out every day on the class Sign In/Out sheets located outside or inside of your child’s classroom everyday. If someone on your child’s authorized pick-up list is picking up, please remind him or her to do so as well. Although we have never had any problem nor do we expect to in the future, this is an important security measure that keeps all of the children safe. Thank you for your continued compliance with our security policies.
Parking Policy
- Traffic should enter the school parking lot at the first driveway and exit through the carport out the last driveway.
- Cars should be parked in designated parking spaces or on the road above the school.
- Please do not park under the carport, behind the bus, or in front of the dumpster.
- Please do not block the mailbox.
- All preschoolers must be escorted into the school by an adult.
- Elementary students may be dropped off at the front door. Cars should stop in the right lane only and students should exit their cars through the passenger side door.
- Please do not allow your child to run through the parking lot unattended or play on the hill.
- Please drive slowly on school property. Be courteous and patient with other drivers and watch out for our children.
Illness Policy
A parent of a child that is determined to be ill shall be notified immediately. The child must be picked up within an hour of notification. No child shall be allowed to remain at school with the following conditions:
- Elevated Temperature (100 degrees or higher)
- Vomiting and/or Diarrhea
- Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
- Head Lice
- Other Communicable Diseases (ie. chicken pox, strep throat, etc.)
- Student Pick-Up
Student Pick-Up: Parents, please be sure to inform the teachers and/or front office if another family member or friend will pick up your child. This applies to names that are on your list as well as names that are not. If it will be the first time the family member or friend picks up your child, please remind them to bring in their drivers licensewhen they come in. This is very important to insure the safety of your child(ren).
Students
- 3 – Logan King
- 4 – Jackson Parker
- 4 – Vivaan Potdar
- 8 – Vera Broome
- 8 – Haraung Lee
- 11 – Ashley Collins
- 11 – Alexander DiBattisto
- 12 – Grayson Phillips
- 14 – Seth Robinson
- 15 – Molly Ewaldz
- 15 – Amaya Johnson
- 15 – Chandler Murrill
- 22 – Raleigh Finklin
- 22 – Nyla Glass
- 25 – Ian Holloman
- 25 – Tai Xue
- 26 – Naisha Bajaj
- 27 – Asem Al-Hasan
- 27 – Naser Al-Hasan
- 28 – Justice Anderson
- 29 – Ellington Edwards
- 30 – Aleeza Ghani
- 30 – Phoebe Ruun
- 31 – Yousuf El Geneidy
Staff
- 4 – Melody DelRio
- 11 – Regina Stearns
- 31 – Phyllis Rockhold
From the Education Department
“Sophia took my doll!” “She’s being loud!” “She knocked over my block tower!” Does this sound familiar? Tattling is a normal and common behavior in young children, and is a sign that they haven’t yet developed the emotional and social skills needed to problem solve. They are starting to develop[.....]
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– Lauren Starnes, PhD – Director of Early Childhood Education
January Newsletter
From the Principal’s Office
Dear Families,
Happy New Year to everybody!! I hope everyone was able to spend some quality time with family and friends over the Holiday Season. It was certainly nice being able to celebrate with a long weekend for both Christmas and for New Year.
As we roll into the New Year, let us continue with some good habits so that we can continue to run the school as smoothly as possible.
While the weather is great right now, I just wanted to remind you of how you can find information regarding weather related closing or delays as we do head towards our colder season.
Any decision to close or delay is not solely a school based decision. Any changes in our scheduling will be noted on our school website, our voicemail will be changed and all families will be e-notified and contacted through our Links to Home app. We certainly hope that we do not experience any severe weather this winter, but we do want to be prepared.
As always, thank you for your continued support of our very busy school. Let’s make 2017 the best year yet.
Regards,
Helen Parks, Principal
School Spotlight
What is a Fresh Food Box?
A REAL box of food filled with top-quality fruits and vegetables.
12 to 15 varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables in each box.
Cost: Each Fresh Food Box costs $21.00
Next delivery dates are January 4th and 18th.
Put your medicines UP and AWAY and out of sight
Cold and flu season is upon us, and in many homes, families will using medicines for the stuffy noses, coughs and fevers that winter often brings. While it may seem like common knowledge to store medications out of the reach and sight of children, each year more than 60,000 young children—roughly four busloads of kids each day—end up in emergency departments after getting into medicine and vitamins that were left within reach.
A few simple safe storage steps–followed every time–-can protect your child:
1. Store medicines in a safe location that is too high for young children to reach or see.
2. Never leave medicine or vitamins out on a kitchen counter or at a sick child’s bedside, even if you have to give the medicine again in a few hours.
3. Always relock the safety cap on a medicine bottle. If it has a locking cap that turns, twist it until you hear the click or you cannot twist anymore.
4. Never tell children that medicine is candy so they’ll take it, even if your child does not like to take his or her medicine.
5. Tell children what medicine is and why you must be the one to give it to them.
6. Remind babysitters, houseguests, grandparents, and holiday visitors to keep purses, bags, or coats that have medicines in them up and away and out of sight when they are in your home.
7. Program the Poison Help number (1-800-222-1222) into your home and cell phones so you will have it when you need it. Call this number anytime your child has accidentally ingested any substance that you think might be harmful, including prescription medicines, over-the-counter remedies, and vitamins or other dietary supplements.
For more information, please visit the Up and Away website at www.UpandAway.org., where you will find tip sheets for storing medicines safely in the home and when you travel (available in Spanish, too).
Be courteous and patient with other
drivers and watch out for our children!!!
Resources
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!! We invite you to “like” our page at www.facebook.com/ChesterbrookAcademy where we’ll be providing our fans with regular educational tips for children from preschool to 8th grade and the opportunity to network with fellow parents. We would love to have your participation in this forum and encourage you to continue to check our school website for local updates specific to our own school. We look forward to having you as part of our Facebook community!
Open House: Invite a family member or friend to come to our Open House on Saturday, January 21st, 2017 between the hours of 10am-1pm. This is a great opportunity to meet the staff, tour the facility and see first hand how Chesterbrook Academy makes a difference in the lives of children!!
Tuition Promo (For New Families): Enroll and start by 2/6/17 and earn $500 OFF tuition. Contact our Admissions Coordinator, Megan Coleman, at 1-877-959-4181 for more details.
Chesterbrook Academy & Queensboro Apparel Company: If you are interested in ordering Chesterbrook Logo apparel for your child(ren), please view our online store. You may notice all the wonderful colors available, but please keep in mind that Chesterbrook Academy uniform colors are Navy, White and Forest/Dark Green.
Chesterbrook Academy & Mabel’s Labels: As a way to target the problem of lost belongings and a large lost and found closet, Chesterbrook Academy is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels, a company with all types of labels that are colorful, indestructible, easy-to-use and fun! Iron-Ons, Stickies, Bag Tags, Allergy Alert labels & more! Personalize your labels with names, nicknames, initials – whatever you choose. Cool icons help even little ones identify their own belongings. Dishwasher, microwave, laundry & kid tested! Dispatched within 24 hours!
Visit www.chesterbrookacademy.mabelslabels.com to place your order.
Reminders For Parents
Tuition: Parents, please understand the importance of paying your tuition & paying it on time! Payments are due every Friday for the coming week. Late fees will be applied at 12 noon on Monday following the due date. Unpaid tuition, more than a week past due, will result in immediate dis-enrollment. If you have any questions, please see Helen, Melissa or Andrea in the front office. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
Automatic Payment Program: Parents this is a very easy way for you to not worry about writing those checks every week and avoiding late fees. APP can be used to pay tuition only invoices or all invoices (tuition, registration & activity fees). Please see Helen, Melissa, or Andrea in the front office for details and information on getting signed up or you can print the form from the link on the school website. In addition, you can also set up online bill-pay through your bank.
Contact Information: Please be sure that all home, work, cell and pager numbers and any other contact information is up to date in your child’s file. This helps the staff at Chesterbrook have every available option to contact the parent(s) in the event of an emergency.
E-Mail Addresses: Please update your email addresses with the front office in order to receive important information about upcoming and/or emergency events from the school. We can send email notifications to more than one email address.
School Operating Hours: This is a friendly reminder that Chesterbrook’s hours of operation are 7:00 am – 6:00 pm, Monday thru Friday. Half day hours of operation are 8:30 am – 11:30 am. The late pick up fee is $15 per child for the first 15 minutes and an additional $15 per child for each quarter hour after the regularly scheduled pick up time. Also parents, if you are running late and its close to closing time, please be sure to give the school a courtesy call.
Entry & Exit Doors: ** DO NOT USE THE BACK DOOR FOR ENTRY TO THE SCHOOL!!!** As you all know there is a code required for entry to the school. Please be sure to limit the code to family members and/or friends that are picking up your child(ren) on a regular basis. Do not give the code to your child(ren). In addition, everyone should use the front entrance for drop off and pick up. We advise strongly not to let individuals in the side entry door, as this person may or may not be a Chesterbrook parent or other family member. The side door is to only be used as an exit. This guarantees the safety of Chesterbrook Academy students and staff. Thanks in advance for your cooperation in this matter.
Parent Ambassador Program: Spread the word about our school and save on your child’s tuition! Refer a new family to our school and you could earn a free week of tuition. For more information on our Ambassador Program, see your school’s principal. The current referring Chesterbrook family will receive a discount after the referred child has attended full time for 3 months. Discount applies to the tuition of the oldest child in the referring family.
For Parents & Teachers
NUT FREE SCHOOL: We have several children enrolled at Chesterbrook Academy with severe nut allergies. Please do not send your child to school with food containing any type of nut products.
Prescription Policy for Chronic or Allergic Conditions:
** WE CANNOT ADMINISTER OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS TO YOUR CHILD**
Medication may be brought in for chronic or life threatening medical conditions. All medications must be in their original container with the prescription label attached to include the proper administering time(s) and dosage to be given. For the use of a nebulizer, a letter or note will be required from your child’s doctor’s office stating time(s) to be administered and the tubule dosage to be given. In addition, an “Authorization to Administer Medication Form” must be completed and turned in by the parent. Please see Helen, Melissa, or Andrea in the front office if you have any questions or concerns.
Weather Policy: In the event of severe weather, we will make every effort to open on schedule and to remain open during the course of our regular hours of operation. In the event that severe weather requires us to close our school, delay our school or close early, parents will be notified initially by e-notify. Please make sure we have your most current email address and that you have added us to your address book so our message does not go to spam. In the event that your employer will not allow you to receive email at work, please provide us with an alternate email address for you. Parents may also call the school’s voicemail at 803-699-9988 and listen to the prerecorded message by 5:30 a.m. for information regarding the operating hours. Information will also be posted to the school’s website which is http://Wildewood.ChesterbrookAcademy.com. You can also tune into WIS channel 10 and/or WLTX channel 19 for closing and/or delay information.
**Chesterbrook Academy DOES NOT follow the schedule of Richland School District 2 during weather delays or closings**
Sign In & Out Books: We wanted to take this time to remind you all about an important security here at Chesterbrook. Please remember to sign your child in and out every day on the class Sign In/Out sheets located outside or inside of your child’s classroom everyday. If someone on your child’s authorized pick-up list is picking up, please remind him or her to do so as well. Although we have never had any problem nor do we expect to in the future, this is an important security measure that keeps all of the children safe. Thank you for your continued compliance with our security policies.
Parking Policy
Illness Policy
A parent of a child that is determined to be ill shall be notified immediately. The child must be picked up within an hour of notification. No child shall be allowed to remain at school with the following conditions:
Student Pick-Up: Parents, please be sure to inform the teachers and/or front office if another family member or friend will pick up your child. This applies to names that are on your list as well as names that are not. If it will be the first time the family member or friend picks up your child, please remind them to bring in their drivers licensewhen they come in. This is very important to insure the safety of your child(ren).
Students
Staff
From the Education Department
Taming Tattling
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– Lauren Starnes, PhD – Director of Early Childhood Education