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.
The Holidays are always such a great time to reflect on the highs and the lows of the year. We always have achievements that we are proud of and I hope you all enjoyed reading about some of our achievements here at Chesterbrook this year. We love giving back to the community, both local and not so local. With your help we have been able to reach so many people in need this year and we want to thank you for partnering with us on that as we help our children to evolve into good citizens. Our job as educators and parents is to partner together to help our children to grow academically, socially and emotionally. We live in a world where problems are not always handled in the best way and people are not as tolerant as others as they should be. It is our responsibility to help the new generation become better citizens.
With a new year comes a new look. The staff of Chesterbook will be debuting their new uniform look on January 2nd. We feel it is important that you can identify staff members easily. We also hope that you enjoy reading the staff bio’s that are posted around the school for you to read.
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 emailed through our Links to Home app. You can always contact me directly via email as my emails do come to my phone helen.parks@nlcinc.com if you have questions. 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 2018 the best year yet.
Regards,
Helen
- 1 – School Closed – New Year’s Day…Happy New Year!
- 5 – 100th Day of School!
- 10 – Snow Daze! Wear your hat, gloves & scarves for a fun filled day!!
- 12 – Food Share Order Due.
- 15 – Little Caesar’s Pizza Fundraiser begins.
- 15 – National Hat Day – wear your favorite hat!
- 17 – Food Share Box Pick-Up.
- 18 – National Winnie the Pooh Day! Wear your Winnie the Pooh character gear.
- 18 – CiCi’s Pizza School Spirit Night (5pm-8pm) at Sandhills.
- 20 – Open House @ 10am-1pm – please invite a friend or family member to join us for a tour of the school.
- 23 – Ladies Paint Night (6:00pm-8:30pm)! Register & pay ($30 cash) at the front desk. Sorry, no children!
- 24 – School Wide Pajama Day! We will be collecting new children’s pajamas (any size) for our pajama drive!!
- 26 – Food Share Orders Due.
- 26 – Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop.
- 29 – Little Caesar’s Pizza Fundraiser ends.
- 29 – National Puzzle Day.
- 31 – Food Share Box Pick-Up.
- 31 – Links to Learning Folders Go Home.
- 31 – National Hot Chocolate Day!
No field trips have been scheduled at this time. Once they’re scheduled, you will receive an update in the Link to Home App.
New Year Appetizer Recipes
3 Ingredient Ranch Chicken Wings
- 1 package (3 lb) frozen chicken wings, thawed and drained
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 package (1 oz) ranch salad dressing & seasoning mix
- 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
- Ranch dressing, if desired
- Heat oven to 425°F. Line two 15x10x1-inch pans with foil, and spray with cooking spray.
- In large bowl, add chicken wings and oil; mix well. Stir in ranch dressing mix and red pepper; toss to coat evenly.
- Spread wings in pans, skin side down. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven, and turn wings over. Return to oven, rotating pans, and continue baking 15 to 20 minutes or until no longer pink and temperature at least 165°F.
- Serve with Ranch dressing.
Cubano Crescent Squares
Ingredients
- 2 cans (8 oz each) Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dough sheet
- 8 oz thinly sliced cooked deli roasted pork
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 8 oz thinly sliced Swiss cheese
- 8 oz thinly sliced ham
- 1 egg, beaten
- 48 dill pickle slices (about 1/2 cup)
Steps
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Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13×9-inch pan with cooking spray.
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Unroll 1 can of dough into 1 large rectangle; place in pan. Press in bottom and 1/2 inch up sides of pan to form crust.
- Layer roasted pork onto dough; spread mustard evenly over pork. Top with cheese slices and ham.
- Unroll second can of dough. Place over layered ingredients, stretching to cover filling; press edges to seal. Brush with beaten egg. Cover with foil.
- Bake 30 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until deep golden brown. Cool 10 minutes. To serve, cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Just before serving, top each square with 2 pickle slices.
Oreo™-Stuffed Crescents
Ingredients
- 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 8 Oreo™ creme-filled chocolate sandwich cookies
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
Steps
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Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheet with cooking parchment paper.
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Unroll dough; separate into 8 triangles. Place 1 cookie on wide end of each triangle. Fold dough up and over cookie to cover completely; pinch seams to seal tightly. Place on cookie sheet. Sprinkle tops with chocolate chips.
- Bake about 12 minutes or until puffy and light golden brown.
Crescent Pizza Sticks
Ingredients
- 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury™ refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 24 pepperoni slices (from 6-oz package)
- 4 sticks low-moisture part-skim mozzarella string cheese (1 oz each), halved, or 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (2 oz)
- 1 cup marinara sauce
Steps
- Heat oven to 375°F. Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles.
- Place 3 pepperoni slices, slightly overlapping, on shortest side of each triangle. Place 1 mozzarella half onto pepperoni. Roll up, starting at shortest side of triangle, and rolling to opposite point. Place rolls, point side down, on ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake 10 to 14 minutes or until deep golden brown. Meanwhile, in microwavable bowl, heat marinara sauce covered on Medium-High (70%) 1 to 2 minutes or until warmed through. Serve immediately with pizza sticks.
RECIPES COURTESY of PILLSBURY.COM
SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT
STARTS: Monday, January 15th
ENDS: Monday, January 29th
CiCi’s Pizza School Spirit Night
Thursday, January 18th
Village at Sandhills
5pm – 8pm
Tuesday, January 23rd @ Chesterbrook
6:00pm – 8:30pm
$30.00 cash
**Sorry-No Children**
School Wide Pajama Day & Pajama Drive
Wednesday, January 24th
Friday, January 26th
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 3rd, 17th and 31st.
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 20, 2018 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!!
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.
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.
Field Trips for the 2017-18 School Year: Please be reminded that students must wear the Chesterbrook logo navy t-shirt on field trips. All monies for field trips are to be paid at the front desk. Turn in signed permission slips to your child’s teacher.
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**
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).
Student
- 3 – Logan King
- 4 – Samyrah Grant
- 6 – Ayden Wenger
- 8 – Vera Broome
- 8 – Haraung Lee
- 14 – Tyler Carter
- 14 – Seth Robinson
- 15 – Molly Ewaldz
- 15 – Amaya Johnson
- 22 – Raleigh Finklin
- 22 – JaNoah Stembridge
- 23 – Maddox Moody
- 25 – Ian Holloman
- 25 – Tai Xue
- 28 – Justice Anderson
- 30 – Aleeza Ghani
- 30 – Nylah President
- 30 – Phoebe Ruun
- 31 – Yousuf El Geneidy
Staff
- 11 – Regina Stearns
- 20 – Allison Carberry
From the Education Department
January, 2018
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Topics: Mathematical Thinking
Children are exposed to math concepts everywhere they go. There are numbers on street signs, shapes in the kitchen, and patterns on clothing. In the classroom, we integrate hands-on math experiences in all components of our curriculum. During science lessons, children make predictions, measure objects, and chart their observations. In[.....]
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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.
The Holidays are always such a great time to reflect on the highs and the lows of the year. We always have achievements that we are proud of and I hope you all enjoyed reading about some of our achievements here at Chesterbrook this year. We love giving back to the community, both local and not so local. With your help we have been able to reach so many people in need this year and we want to thank you for partnering with us on that as we help our children to evolve into good citizens. Our job as educators and parents is to partner together to help our children to grow academically, socially and emotionally. We live in a world where problems are not always handled in the best way and people are not as tolerant as others as they should be. It is our responsibility to help the new generation become better citizens.
With a new year comes a new look. The staff of Chesterbook will be debuting their new uniform look on January 2nd. We feel it is important that you can identify staff members easily. We also hope that you enjoy reading the staff bio’s that are posted around the school for you to read.
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 emailed through our Links to Home app. You can always contact me directly via email as my emails do come to my phone helen.parks@nlcinc.com if you have questions. 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 2018 the best year yet.
Regards,
Helen
No field trips have been scheduled at this time. Once they’re scheduled, you will receive an update in the Link to Home App.
New Year Appetizer Recipes
3 Ingredient Ranch Chicken Wings
Ingredients
Steps
Cubano Crescent Squares
Ingredients
Steps
Oreo™-Stuffed Crescents
Ingredients
Steps
Crescent Pizza Sticks
Ingredients
Steps
RECIPES COURTESY of PILLSBURY.COM
SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT
STARTS: Monday, January 15th
ENDS: Monday, January 29th
CiCi’s Pizza School Spirit Night
Thursday, January 18th
Village at Sandhills
5pm – 8pm
Tuesday, January 23rd @ Chesterbrook
6:00pm – 8:30pm
$30.00 cash
**Sorry-No Children**
School Wide Pajama Day & Pajama Drive
Wednesday, January 24th
Friday, January 26th
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 3rd, 17th and 31st.
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 20, 2018 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!!
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.
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.
Field Trips for the 2017-18 School Year: Please be reminded that students must wear the Chesterbrook logo navy t-shirt on field trips. All monies for field trips are to be paid at the front desk. Turn in signed permission slips to your child’s teacher.
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**
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).
Student
Staff
From the Education Department
5 Ways to Integrate Math into Your Child's Day
Read More »
Lauren Starnes, PhD – Director of Early Childhood Education