Player Early Childhood Center
August 2021
Welcome to Player Early Childhood Center!
Whether you are new to Player School or a returning family, we welcome you to our Player Family! We are so excited to begin this new school year and we hope that you are too! This newsletter will have all the information you will need for the opening of school. Please make sure to read through the entire newsletter and don't forget to fill out the Getting To Know You form a little further down.
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Slow Start Up and Orientation
Please join us for an Orientation Day on your child’s first day of preschool. All families will come in for one hour on August 18th or August 19th (not both days). Please don't worry that you do not know your classroom number or teacher's name yet. This information will be given to you all on your orientation day.
For those students whose last name begins with A-J, your day is Wednesday, Aug. 18th. For those students whose last name begins with K-Z, your day is Thursday, Aug. 19th.
- The morning orientation for both days will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
- The afternoon orientation for both days will be from 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
First day of school: All students will attend the entire 2.5 hour class beginning on Friday, August 20th.
AM Class is from 8:15-10:45 (Drop off begins at 8:10)
PM Class is from 11:45-2:15 (Drop off begins at 11:40)
On orientation days only: Park your car and enter in the back of the school in the playground area. The children will line up and enter school with their teachers. Parents will remain in the playground and receive a short orientation, along with some refreshments. Students and teachers will exit the school and you will have an opportunity to ask your child’s teacher any questions you may have. Masks will be required for students while indoors.
Beginning Friday, Aug. 20th, follow drop off procedures explained at orientation. If you are unable to come to orientation, I will put the slide show on our website: player.isd109.org.
We will also send you a folder with the paper version when your child comes to school on Friday.
What does my child need for preschool?
Getting to Know You
Note: If you already filled this out from the previous time I sent it out or from our website, you will not need to do it again.
Remaining Covid Restrictions
We have always been diligent about hand washing and sanitizing here at Player School. We also continue to clean our toys, materials, classrooms, and all areas of the building. We will limit the number of students who can play in learning centers and areas as much as possible. We will also have to send children home when they become ill at school. This is not a new practice. We will always do our best to keep our students safe.
We are just very happy that we are able to reopen fully with in-person instruction. We will have full classrooms and be able to share some materials and toys. These are small steps to getting "back to normal".
Soon we hope to be able to have more adults in our buildings and return to having parent volunteers, parent education groups, parent-child activities, family nights, and much more.
For now, we are grateful to be back in session and we can't wait to meet all of you next week during orientation.
All of our best,
Susan Almendarez
Director
Susan Almendarez, Director
Email: salmendarez@isd109.org
Website: player.isd109.org
Location: 8600 South Roberts Road, Justice, IL, USA
Phone: 708-430-8191
Twitter: @PlayerSchool