I can't believe this week will officially be September! This has been such a fast month but also so much fun. The children are really in full swing with our routine, knowing the classroom rules, as well as outside rules,  all of it is going extremely well. This week we will be running! There is a lot going on so please let me know if I can help in any way!

This week:
Social and Emotional: Self Talk
Theme 2: My Family
Fine Motor Journals
Religion: Blessed Virgin Mary
Prayer: Hail Mary
Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.  Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. 
Amen.

**Important Dates:
8/31: School Pictures
9/6: Preschool is closed for Labor Day
9/8: Celebrate Blessed Virgin Mary's Birthday
9/18: Parish Mass and BBQ
9/24: Feast of Our Lady of Mercy/All School Mass 8:15
9/24: Take Out Deep Pit Dinner
9/29: September Birthday Celebrations!

     This week we will start with our "My Family" theme and the children will be showing each other their own families, I did have a couple turned in (THANK YOU!), if you can turn them in this week so we can finish our family book! School pictures will be THIS Tuesday, if you have not received a picture envelope let me know. If your child is wearing something nice for photos please feel to bring an extra outfit and I will have them change afterwards. We will be closed the following Monday in observance of Labor Day. The children are really enjoying going to the library and visiting Mrs. Poole and Mass is going well! Our first group starts at 8:05, we cover a lot of material in that first group, so thank you to ALL my OLM families for making school a priority especially when I ask for you to bring them even earlier for Mass. All of you is what makes this classroom run so smoothly, please know that I am in constant gratitude for all that you do! 

Blessings to all,

Mrs. Donavan


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     We are all ready rounding up August! These last two weeks went so fast and it's been going extremely well in Room A. This week we will be getting right into our routine, going over our classroom rules and outside rules, as well as our listening rules at group time. We will keep focusing on our fine motor journals and this week I will be introducing Mat Man.

This week:
Social and Emotional: Focusing Attention
Fine Motor Journals
Religion: Jesus loves us all!
Prayer: Angel of God
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits thee here. Ever this day, be at my side, to light, to guard, to rule, to guide.

**Important Dates:
8/25: August Birthdays
8/31, 9/1, 9/2: Picture Days

     A couple reminders, we are dealing with mosquitos please feel free to spray your child with mosquito spray before they come in the morning or another option is other families have found these medicated bracelets that can go on their ankles and those seem to really help. In our classroom we have a constant fans going on for circulation so please feel free to have your child bring a sweater and they can keep it in their personal area. Please know how grateful I feel to all my families for these last two weeks, I know there has been a lot of going back and forth and we are really just trying to get our feet planted on what works best for all of us, so your patience and understanding makes this go so much easier! My door is always opened so please do not hesitate!

Blessings to all,
Mrs. Donavan

     The first week of school went so well! All of the children easily transitioned into the classroom routine, learning all the classroom(s)as well as the outside rules. They are doing well washing their hands each and every time, using their words when they have a need or want as well as playing extremely well with each other. The morning is packed and they all big helpers in the classroom.

This Week:
Social and Emotional: Listening
Boot-camp: Classroom and Outside Rules
Fine Motor Journals
Nursery Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty
Religion: The Bible
Prayer: Angel of God
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits thee here. Ever this day, be at my side, to light, to guard, to rule, to guide.

**Important Dates:
8/25: August Birthdays

     Thank you to all the families for the extra clothes, supplies for the classroom and supplies for the children's personal boxes, for our classroom snacks and for the CONTINUOUS patience with Playground. We will be signing in and out a little different this week. We will only be using the teacher(s) Ipad to sign in and out and not your personal devices. We are needing a full signature for each time you sign in your child and sign out your child. We are also asking that each child brings a water canister each day, we bring our water canister(s) everywhere we go and water is key especially during this hot weather, and lastly for safety reasons please as have your child wear closed toe shoes. Here is to our second week, please do not hesitate if you have any questions or concerns!

Blessings to all,
Mrs. Donavan

     Welcome to Pre-K at OLM! I am so excited for this new school year, we have a lot of familiar faces as well as a lot of new faces. The Meet and Greet went off extremely well. Mrs. Hermosillo and I were so grateful for having that one on one with all of you. We were able to cover a lot of information so please don't hesitate if you have any questions.
     I will be updating our class blog weekly, this is a great resource for important dates, any information and what we will be working on in the classroom every week.

This Week:
Social and Emotional: Welcome
Boot-camp: Classroom Rules
Religion: How to go to Mass
Prayer: Angel of God
Angel of God, my guardian dear, to whom God's love commits thee here. Ever this day, be at my side, to light, to guard, to rule, to guide.

**Important Dates:
8/5: Meet and Greet
8/9: First Day of School
8/13: All School Mass
8/25: August Birthdays


     Please remember to have your child wash your hands at the outside station and come to the side door to be checked in. We are all starting Playground for checking in/out as well as doing a hard copy till we all get completely comfortable with Playground. Please bring a water canister filled with water, we have water in each classroom and will fill up canisters as needed. Lunch bags should have ice packs when needed, and feel free to bring warm ups, we do have a microwave to heat up anything necessary. Each child has a personal file box for any important information we need to hand out or what works was done that day, a teacher will make sure to check that when you come to pick up your child. There will be a lot of information coming and going for this month, if there is anything I can do to be assistance do not hesitate, you may email, call as well with Mrs. Mary at anytime. This is a team effort and I am feel blessed that we get to do this together!

Blessings to all,
Mrs. Donavan

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