MJS Kinder Press
January 11th, 2016 - Week 18
Snow Days In Kindergarten!
SAVE THE DATE! Upcoming Events
Monday, January 18th - Martin Luther King Day - No School - Extended Care Closed
Thursday, January 28th - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Children's Hunger Fund at 8:15 a.m.
Friday, January 29th - International Heritage Fair - See Below For Details.
Friday, February 12th - Grandparents' and Special Friends' Day at Mayfield. Event Time is between 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Monday, February 15th through Friday, February 19th - Winter Break - Extended Care open
Monday, February 22nd - Classes Resume
THURSDAY, March 3rd - Kindergarten Field Trip to the LA Zoo - Time TBD
Tuesday, March 8th - Kindergarten Trip to the Pasadena Humane Society - Time TBD
Friday, March 18th - Parent/Teacher Conferences - Extended Care Open
Tuesday, March 22nd - Kindergarten Washing of the Feet Event - 8:15 a.m. (After All-School Morning Prayer)
Thursday, March 24th - Holy Thursday - Stations of the Cross in the gym at 8:30 a.m. Half-Day Schedule - Dismissal at 12:00 p.m. Extended Care Open.
Friday, March 25th - Good Friday - No School - Extended Care Open.
Friday, March 25th through Sunday, April 3rd - Easter Vacation Week - No School -
Extended Care Open
Monday, April 4th - Classes Resume
Tuesday, April 26th - Noah's Ark Dress Rehearsal
Wednesday, April 27th - Noah's Ark Play - Final Performance
JANUARY BIRTHDAYS
January 4th/Delano Rock - Mrs. Hale's class
January 10th/Jackie Zsao - Mrs. Hale's class
January 15th/Aviana Huizar - Mrs. Agundez's class
January 15th/Kadyn Chung - Mrs. Heupler's class
January 19th/Alexandra Mason - Mrs. Heupler's class
KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM
Religion- In religion, we heard the story of Jesus' baptism by His cousin, John. Some children brought in photos of their baptismal day and shared what they learned about the special day from their parents.
Guidance- Dr. Pannell helped us practice safety procedures to use in the event we have a lockdown. The book she read described an intruder as a "wolf" on campus and was not alarming to the children. It is reassuring to know that we have plans in place to keep our children safe in any situation.
Language Arts - We finished with our SUPERKIDS friend, Hot Rod, last week and have moved on to a new SUPERKIDS workbook in kindergarten. The new book is about all of the SUPERKIDS characters and we will revisit each character during our week of learning about the SUPERKIDS friends.
This week's workbook is called "Us" and it makes reference to all of the SUPERKIDS characters the students have learned about and how they come together and form a group of friends known as "Us"! The students will learn a new song that highlights meeting all of the SUPERKIDS friends.
International Heritage Fair Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers Needed: January 29
Mosaic Month is a beautiful celebration of the cultural diversity that exists in our community and we rely on our parent volunteers to help make it happen. The culminating event is the International Heritage Fair on Friday, January 29th. If you are interested in either creating a cultural table for the fair or in helping out behind the scenes, please contact Ms. Myvonwynn Hopton at mhopton@mayfieldjs.org as soon as possible. Thank you!
SUPERKIDS Reminder
There are fun games and reading activities your child will enjoy while visiting the site. Accessing the SUPERKIDS' website supports our efforts in the classroom to promote reading skills across the grade and we hope our parents will continue to "partner" with us and try the site with your child!
CARPOOL REMINDER
Our other reminder is to pull forward towards the oak tree area and we will bring your child to your vehicle. Please do not stop in front of the gym area to load your child if you are able to move up in the carpool line towards the oak tree spot.
We will be using a microphone at the end of the day during carpool and ask parents to listen for any instructions given regarding movement of the carpool line.