Up, up, and away!

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Welcome back! We are glad everyone had a nice and restful winter break. We had some beautiful weather to enjoy over our time off, but now we are back and ready to shoot for the stars!

The preschoolers are jumping right into our exploration of rockets and outer-space! Mrs. Nichols class has been working hard on making rockets and planet earths out of paper mache. It sure was messy but the preschoolers loved it!






A rocket has landed in Mrs. L's class, and the preschoolers have been exploring the stars with their special flashlights and the proper astronaut gear!




Making launch pads for our rockets to blast off!


Getting our babies ready for the long ride to the moon!


The preschoolers also got to experience something pretty cool this week. Jenn Shatney donated a huge books of preschooler size skis for us to try when we are out on our playground! The preschoolers loved just scooting along and learning the feel of the skis. After some more practice we hope to try the little hill we have on our playground. Thank you so much Jenn for the amazing donation!






Everyone tried the skis, and they all did a great job! 



**Some Important Reminders**
-PLEASE make sure your preschooler has extra clothes either in their backpack or in their box at school. With all this rain and warm weather the snow is very wet, and soaks right through our snow-pants and boots making us very uncomfortable for the rest of the day! Please check with your teacher to see what your student needs!

-Monday, March 5th there is No School because of teacher In-service day!
-Friday, March 30th there is no school. This is our preschool screening day for new incoming students.








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