Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Welcome 2018!

UPDATE:  NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, JANUARY 5th!
HAPPY SNOWDAY!

UPDATE:  NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, JANUARY 4th!
HAPPY SNOWDAY!

UPDATE: NO SCHOOL TOMORROW,  JANUARY 3rd!

Below is a copy of the email sent out to families on January 2.

Happy New Year!

We hope that all of you have enjoyed your Christmas holidays and the start of the new year. We will start back to school tomorrow--weather-permitting! Just a reminder that our school closure for bad weather is determined by SCCPS:
  • If SCCPS is closed or 2 hours late, WIPP is closed.
  • If SCCPs is 1 hour late, we will begin carpool at 9:50 and class at 10:05.
If an announcement is made regarding school closings, we'll post it on the blog and our FB page as soon as we hear it!


Just to repeat...
As you know we had a lot of illnesses hit the preschool in December! Please make sure that we have a contact number where we can always reach someone to come and get your child if he/she isn't feeling well. We did have one confirmed case of mononucleosis at WIPP and I know there were several other cases at local schools. (See below for a little bit of information from the internet.) Symptoms may mimic strep, so if your child hasn't been feeling well, has a sore throat but tests negative for strep, you might want to mention this to your pediatrician.

(From www.healthychildren.org ) Many infants and young children have no symptoms or only very mild ones. When there are signs and symptoms of mononucleosis, they usually include the following:
Fever
Sore throat, including white patches in the back of the throat
Swollen lymph glands in the back of the neck, groin, and armpit
Fatigue


Once we start back to school, we'll begin registration for next year--and then spring will be upon us before we know it! Below are some of the dates that you'll want to add to your calendar for the rest of the school year!
  • Monday, January 15 MLK Holiday
  • Friday, January 19 Pajama Day
  • Monday 2/19/Tuesday 2-20 Presidents’ Day Holidays
  • Week of February 21 ` Donuts with Dads Week
  • Wednesday, March 14 WIPP St. Patrick’s Day Parade *Please note date change!
  • Monday 3-26-Monday 4-2 Spring/Easter Break (School resumes Tuesday 4-3.)
  • Monday 4-9-Friday 4-13 St. Jude's Bike Week
  • Friday, May 11 Mother's Day Program
  • Monday, May 14 Last Day of Class in the Preschool Building
  • Tuesday, May 15 Last Day of School/Picnic
  • Wednesday, May 16 Graduation 4s 
  • Sunshine Summer Camp will be offered during the weeks of May 21st, May 29th, and June 4th.