February Newsletter PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES Sign ups for parent/teacher conferences will be available soon from your teacher. REMEMBER: Childcare is available, only during you conference time, for students and siblings enrolled in our school . Childcare will be in the multi-purpose room. DATES TO REMEMBER: Mon., Feb. 4- Thurs., Feb, 7 - Hearing and Vision Screening Mon., Feb. 18 - Presidents Day- NO SCHOOL Thurs., Feb. 21- Fri., Feb, 22- Parent/Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL Thurs., Feb. 28 - NO AFTERNOON KDO- Staff 1st Aid Training Tues., Mar. 5- Registration for returning families Wed., Mar. 6- Registration for new families VISITORS SIGN IN/OUT PROCEDURE: In an effort to be aware of those who are visiting our campus during preschool hours (9 am - 12 pm) for events such as class parties and volunteering, we ask that everyone sign in at the front desk and obtain a visitor pass. And PLEASE SIGN OUT BEFORE LEAVING. THANK YOU!

Magda's Message Can you believe February is already here? The shortest month of the year but so much going on for us here at SRPS, nevertheless! Our hard-working teachers continue creating so many meaningful learning experiences that promote friendship, teamwork, taking turns, kindness, respect, accepting one another, and sharing the gifts that we bring into our class group. One of the things I love the most during my day is visiting classrooms and seeing the interactions that take place between our teachers and students, and amongst the children as they relate to each other. It is magical! They are growing so fast, and this shows in the conversations and connections they have with all teachers and staff, as well as with their surroundings. It is so much fun to be part of their world!! At last, I hope many of you can join us for our annual SRPS auction, on March 2. I personally can't wait for this fun night. Our school board is working very hard on making this event a great success, THANK YOU! We would also want to thank all of our families for continuing bringing donations, please keep them coming!!! Sincerely, Magda Taglienti

Blue Birds at work!!... Getting their class auction project ready!

Here is what's new at SRPS:

T & N RAFFLE TICKETS WIN A TUFT & NEEDLE MATTRESS!! Raffle tickets are $10 each , with no limit to the number of tickets purchased. Please give payment, cash or check (check made out to Shadow Rock Preschool) and completed ticket stubs to Magda Taglienti, Preschool Director, or Nikki Salmon, Preschool Assistant Director. The winner will be announced at the Auction Event on March 2nd . You do not need to be present to win.  WE NEED DONATIONS FOR OUR ANNUAL AUCTION ! Why not declutter, and donate to a great cause? The Shadow Rock Preschool Board is accepting unused or unwanted gift baskets, gift cards, bottles of wine. If you have concert tickets, sports event tickets, or gift certificates to an experience, those items would be great for our Live Auction! The SRPS Board has a Donation Box in the parlor where you can drop off any new and unused item or gift card that will go towards our Annual Auction. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Anita Bowman , SRPS Board President, or Sonia Olesak , SRPS Board Vice President. All donations should be received by February 15th, 2019. Thank you Shadow Rock Preschool Families! NEWS FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD AUCTION TICKETS ON SALE NOW Our Annual Auction Fundraiser is on March 2, 2019!!! Enjoy appetizers, dinner, dessert, open bar for the first 2 hours, and of course the Silent and Live auctions! There will be raffles and games and we will have a DJ entertaining for the evening. Please join us to support our wonderful school! Tickets are $60 each , check or cash (check preferred, made out to Shadow Rock Preschool). Please give payment to Magda Taglienti, Preschool Director, or Nikki Salmon, Preschool Assistant Director.  Saturday, March 2, 2019 6-10 PM Moon Valley Country Club 151 W Moon Valley Dr Phoenix, AZ 85023 SRPS Board Members will be selling tickets in the preschool parlor during pick up and drop off times. Get yours today!!    We will be auctioning a 4 Ticket Package to the 2019 Cheez-It Bowl, Wine Tastings, and lots more!

REMINDER OF OUR ILLNESSES AND HEALTH POLICY As we enter February, the last month of colder weather for us, please remember to keep your kiddos home when they have a runny nose or cough that is accompanied with a fever (100 degrees or over)!! The less exposure, the fewer illnesses!! Also, do not send them to school if they suffer from any of the following conditions: productive cough or itchy throat persistent cough sore throat or trouble swallowing infected skin, eyes or rash headache diarrhea, nausea, vomiting in the last 24 hours or abdominal cramps If you have any questions please refer to our health policy or ask us! WE ARE A COMPLETELY NUT FREE FACILITY ! PLEASE READ THE LABELS ON FOOD PRODUCTS YOU ARE PACKING IN YOUR CHILD'S LUNCH. Thank you for helping us staying safe and healthy!!

Friendly request to all of our families and friends

Please do not let the children walk on the retaining walls or rock (of any size) surfaces. The rocks on our embankments and along our sidewalks help us to keep the sand and rocks where we want them. Stepping on the rocks, rolling them, or moving them causes more erosion and when rocks are left or thrown onto on our sidewalks, we have had some accidents of people not seeing the little rocks and falling and getting hurt. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING!

Our Garden

KEEP SENDING MATERIALS FOR OUR COMPOST! : Grass clippings Coffee grounds/tea bags Vegetable and fruit scraps Trimmings from perennial and annual plants Annual weeds that haven't set seed Eggshells Animal manures (cow, horse, sheep, chicken, rabbit, etc. No dog or cat manure.) Seaweed We continue accepting materials for our garden through spring break in March.

We had a visitor last week! Congratulations to the Rainbow Class!! The Chick-Fil-A cow stopped by last week and surprised them with a cookie party. The Rainbow Class had the most attendance during the SRPS restaurant night on December 12th at Chick-Fil-A. Way to go Rainbows!!

HEARD IN THE HALLS

While in the playground, a teacher noticed that a boy from the Dragonfly class had ripped his pants. When she asked "What happened to your pants?", he turned to her and very matter-of-factly said, "Oh, they just broke!" Dragonfly Class

A group of children from the Caterpillar room was playing with the big doll house, all of a sudden one of them said "where are the barbies?" Ms. A. explained to her that we do not have barbies at Shadow Rock. The little girl responded, "well, we can't play it without barbies!" Caterpillar Class

A blue bird noticed the red tire swing was removed and told one of her friends, "They finally took this swing away because my head broke it yesterday!" Blue Bird Class

A boy comes to Mrs. Marquart and says. "I got new shoes, do you want to see them?" as he is lifting up his foot to show her. Mrs. Marquart responded, "those are very nice shoes!" He replied, "Do you want to see the other one?" Blue Bird Class

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