Mrs. Bonnoitt's Little Lambs

Today Mrs. Bonnoit's 4K Class hosted their first Chapel program. They had cute little ears, wore white shirts and sang a cute song about being Lambs of the Lord. They did so good and were so cute. We were very proud of them. Mary Catherine can really sing a song about being a little lamb.

TRIP TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH

Today the entire 4 K at All Saints went to the Pumpkin Patch at College Park Methodist Church. Each child got to pick out a special pumkin to take back to school to decorate. Mary Catherine and her friend Briana Filyah enjoyed having Mrs. Wyche ride with us. They learned all about pumpkins and how they grow. What a great field trip!

Week One- The Jungle Vine

We have had a great first week exploring all the fun places in our 4K jungle. We are learning our school and classroom rules. Next week we will begin our discipline plan. It was lots of fun sharing our "What Makes Me Roar" bags. We learned alot about each other,

We have read lots of books about going to school this week but the Kissing Hand seemed to be our favorite. Chester, the raccoon, actually came to our school and lead us on a chase. We never found him but did get to meet all of our special teachers along the way. Best of all, he left us a special handprint sugar cookies with a heart.

We have also been working on our fine motor skills and writting our first names. We have homework this week...prewritting practice sheets. Correct formation is very important as we do one each day. Last week we learned to write, spell and recognize the words RED, BLUE and ONE. We will continue to learn about other colors next week.

Below is a link to our school web site and our class news. http://www.allsaintsepiscopaldayschool.com/article90051.htm

Welcome to the Jungle- 4K Ms. Boinnoitt

Today was Mary Catherine's first day in the 4K jungle. She looked so grown up. I almost cried when she got ready for school and it was time to take the annual before school photos. She has really gotten tall. She took her new Hello Kitty backpack (believe it or not---no princesses this year). The backpack also came with a purse. She is modeling it in the before school photos. This year she is in Ms. Kim Boinnoit's 4-K class at All Saints Day School. She and her classmates are called the fast cheetahs and their room is called the jungle. Today school started at 9am and was over at 11am. Tomorrow they will start at 8 and will not get out until 2:15pm. Mary Catherine is very excited that her best bud RJ Lee is in her class this year (yes, that is RJ across the table from her--but they promise me they are being very good). This smart group of 4 year olds have already started learning about things that are similar and different. Tomorrow they begin a review of colors. Mary Catherine has completed her home work for the day. She had to cut out pictures of something green, something red and something blue. She did great!

ALL SAINTS GOLF TOURNAMENT & GALA

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

All Saints Episcopal Day School is going to host its first Golf Tournament and Gala on October 27th, 2007. The golf tournament will be at the South Carolina Country Club golf course during the day. The black tie Gala will be at the Florence Country Club that evening. All proceeds will go to supporting the school. More information is to follow.

Volunteers, sponsors, players, team sponsors, and donations are needed. Kevin is the Finance Committee but is looking for others to help. If you would like to volunteer to help with the finances- call him 843-206-8665. I am over Site Planning. My committee will be working with the facilities, floor plans, planning food & beverages, greeting tables, collecting tickets and distributing auction materials, etc for the gala. I need volunteers too. Call me if you would like to help- 843-229-1551!

Mark your calendars and plan to attend! This is going to be "THE EVENT" of the year for Florence!

Last Day of 3K---See Ya Later Perky Puppies!!!

See Ya Later Alligators...was the song the Perky Puppies sang at the end of the year program. They wore cute little Alligator hats. They looked so grown up. Mary Catherine is really going to miss Mrs. Laura Lee Justice and Mrs. Mary Crouch. They were awsome teachers! They adored all of the kids and the kids adore them!

We had an end of the year party yesterday out on the play ground. We had popcicles, chips and cool aid. Vicky's mom helped us make a cute puppie plate and mug for Mrs. Justice and Mrs. Crouch. We make Puppies out of our finger prints. Then Vickys Mom put our names on them and added, ears, eyes etc. They were sooooo cute. Mrs. Justice and Mrs. Crouch LOVED them. Issie's Mom brought the bubble machine, Austin's mom bught everyone balls. Gracie Howard's Mom brought popcicles and Mary Catherine and her Mom painted freezie cups with everyone's name on them and perky Puppies 2006-2007 and brought coolaid to go in them. It was such a FUN day!!!

It seems like just yesterday the Perky Puppies were starting the school year. They have all grown up so much. Meme & Mel Wright came up for the end of the year program. They took Mary Catherine back to Charleston with them for a special weekend. While in Charleston, Meme & Mel got Mary Catherine a new Bike to keep at their house. She really enjoyed learning to ride it. She enjoyed going out to lunch with Meme, Mel and Aunt Pam for Meme's birthday. Mary Catherine impressed Aunt Pam by writting her whole name on Meme's birthday card. She also payed a surprise visit to PopPop Rawlinson. Mary Catherine and Aunt Pam too Pop Pop to the mall and played on the frogs and had ice cream. What FUN! She also attended church with Aunt Pam and helped celebrate the birthday of the church she attends and Mary Catherine's Daddy grew up attending- Aldersgate Methodist Church.

Mothers Day Program

Today the perky puppies performed a Mothers Day program. They sang 3 songs for their Mom's. We were then invited to their room for muffins and juice as a special Mother's Day Treat. It was a very cute program. Gaga McLaughlin, Aunt Flo and Uncle Jay joined Mommy and Daddy in the audience for this program. We had parent teacher conferences with Mrs. Justice this week. Seems Mary Catherine is exelling in all academic areas. She knows her address, birthday, can count to 36, knows all of her colors, all of her shapes. can cut a straight line, knows all of her letters, and can spell her name. She is really doing well at All Saints. We have been very impressed with the school, the program there and the teachers. She will be attending full day 4K next year from 8am-2:15pm. They feel she is ready to move up to the Fast Cheeta class with Mrs. Bennoit who was teacher of the year this past year. Mary Catherine took swimming lessons at the YMCA this month. I wish I could say she did as well with Swimming as she did with school but she did not. She does not like to get her face wet. She didn't pass the pikes swimming class and is going to have to retake it this Summer. I worry that we are going to struggle with our swimming skills. We are going to try again in July to get this first class under our belt.

Old McDonnald Had A Farm

The perky puppies have had a wonderful week learning about Farm life. They studied all kinds of animals and the names of their off spring. Today they celebrated the end of the farm unit with a FARM party. They all wore overalls and farm attire. What a wonderful picnic with animal snacks. Mary Catherine even took the Cowtails for the group to enjoy. E I E I O!

Easter Egg Hunt At All Saints

Today the Perky Puppies had a Easter Egg hunt and party. What Fun! Their teachers Laura Lee Justice and Mary Crouch made the entire class the cutest bunny easter baskets out of milk jugs and matching Bunny Ears. They looked so cute and found lots of EGGS! Enjoy the photos!

Perky Puppies Spanish Program

Today was a special day at All Saints Day School. Today the Perky Puppies and the Busy Bees performed in thier spanish chapel program. The audience sat there with our mouths wide open saying "WOW" as this outstanding group of 3 and 4 year olds sang three complete songs in Spanish. They sang very loud and did hand motions with the songs. This was the first program that Mary Catherine actually "performed". No hands over the ears and she actually sang and we could hear her. She loves spanish and her foreign language teacher says she is very talented with foreign languages. Attending this program was Ella, Mommy, Daddy and Uncle Jay Vinson.

GRANDPARENTS & SPECIAL FRIENDS DAY!!!

Today was Grandparents and Special Friends Day at All Saints. Gaga, Pop Pop, Aunt Flo & Uncle Jay were able to come hang out with me at school this morning. I made them special hand prints and showed them my classroom. We sang some special songs for them and then they got to go out on the play ground with us to play. It was so much fun...I didn't want them to leave. I can't wait for them to come back again real soon!