From the Principal’s Office
Dear Families,
Happy New Year to everyone! 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. I was overjoyed with all of the gifts that were pouring in for Families Helping Families. We helped a lot of families this holiday season. Our school raised $1036.00 for Make-A-Wish. I got the opportunity to join the other Principal’s in our region and present the check to Make-A-Wish. It felt great to be part of that and to show how much our families care. 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.
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 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, 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 Tara.clerc@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.
I want to take the time to say Thank You and Congratulations to the following families for referring families to Chesterbrook and with that they earn a FREE week’s tuition after the referred family is here 90 days. Below is the families that just earned their free week or just referred a family and the family enrolled.
-The Corley/Williams Family
-The Davis Family
-The Anderson Family
-The Johnson/Pearson Family
-The Franklin Family
-The Richardson Family
Please keep referring families to get a FREE week’s tuition. It is an unlimited offer, you get a FREE week for each family that you refer after they have been with us for 90 days.
Regards,
Tara Clerc
- 1 – School Closed – New Year’s Day…Happy New Year!
- 4 – Winter Break Ends.
- 11 – Food Share order due ($21).
- 15 – National Hat Day…Snow Daze! Wear your hat, gloves & scarves for a fun filled day!!
- 16 – Food Share pick-up.
- 17 – Philip & Henry Magic Show (Rooms 1,2,3,4,5 & 12 @ 9:30 and Rooms 9,10,11,6,7 & 8 @ 10:15).
- 18 – 100th Day of School!!
- 21 – Yankee Candle fundraiser begins!
- 21 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- 22 – Moe’s Spirit Night (5pm-9pm @ Village at Sandhill location).
- 25 – School Wide Pajama Day! We will be collecting new children’s pajamas (any size) for our pajama drive!!
- 25 – Food Share orders due ($21).
- 30 – Food Share pick-up.
- 31 – Links to Learning Folders go home.
No field trips have been scheduled at this time. Once they’re scheduled, you will receive an update in the Link to Home App.
SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT
Yankee Candle Fundraiser
Starts: Monday, January 21st
Ends: Monday, February 4th
Moe’s Spirit Night
Tuesday, January 22nd
5pm-9pm
Village at Sandhill
School Wide Pajama Day & Pajama Drive
Friday, January 25th
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 16th and 30th.
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 26, 2019 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 close of business 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 Tara, Melissa, Andrea or Ramona in the front office. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
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.
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 license when they come in. This is very important to insure the safety of your child(ren).
Student
- 6 – Amarriah Jacobs
- 8 – Vera Broome
- 8 – Haraung Lee
- 13 – Faith Quinones-Tukes
- 15 – Amaya Johnson
- 22 – Raleigh Finklin
- 22 – Riley McFadden
- 23 – Maddox Moody
- 24 – Liam Mackey
- 25 – Ian Holloman
- 25 – Tai Xue
- 28 – Justice Anderson
- 30 – Aleeza Ghani
- 31 – Ava Murray
From the Education Department
January, 2019
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Topics: Language & Literacy
As children begin the toddler stage, they respond to familiar words by shouting, gesturing or reaching for objects. As their language skills develop, their babbles evolve into a mix of real and made-up words and phrases. They learn to express their needs and wants with language and rely less on[.....]
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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 everyone! 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. I was overjoyed with all of the gifts that were pouring in for Families Helping Families. We helped a lot of families this holiday season. Our school raised $1036.00 for Make-A-Wish. I got the opportunity to join the other Principal’s in our region and present the check to Make-A-Wish. It felt great to be part of that and to show how much our families care. 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.
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 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, 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 Tara.clerc@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.
I want to take the time to say Thank You and Congratulations to the following families for referring families to Chesterbrook and with that they earn a FREE week’s tuition after the referred family is here 90 days. Below is the families that just earned their free week or just referred a family and the family enrolled.
-The Corley/Williams Family
-The Davis Family
-The Anderson Family
-The Johnson/Pearson Family
-The Franklin Family
-The Richardson Family
Please keep referring families to get a FREE week’s tuition. It is an unlimited offer, you get a FREE week for each family that you refer after they have been with us for 90 days.
Regards,
Tara Clerc
No field trips have been scheduled at this time. Once they’re scheduled, you will receive an update in the Link to Home App.
SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT
Yankee Candle Fundraiser
Starts: Monday, January 21st
Ends: Monday, February 4th
Moe’s Spirit Night
Tuesday, January 22nd
5pm-9pm
Village at Sandhill
School Wide Pajama Day & Pajama Drive
Friday, January 25th
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 16th and 30th.
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 26, 2019 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 close of business 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 Tara, Melissa, Andrea or Ramona in the front office. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.
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.
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 license when they come in. This is very important to insure the safety of your child(ren).
Student
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Lauren Starnes, PhD – Director of Early Childhood Education