Happy Easter!

We hope that everyone is enjoying their Spring Break.  We wish all of our families a happy Easter and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Tuesday, April 3rd!

We had a great time getting ready for the holiday--and enjoying a spring celebration with Easter egg hunts, popcorn, and popsicles!

Email to Parents (3/20/18)

Hi Families!

Thank you again for all of your help with the St. Patrick's Day parade. The teachers provide a brunch after the parade for the Grand Marshal and his attendants (joined this year by the Emerald Society and the Tybee Beach Brigade) and every year the compliments abound on the behavior of our kids and how fun our little parade is for everyone. If you haven't seen the pictures yet, check out the blogs! All of the class blogs can be accessed through the right side of the school blog at www.wippreschool.blogspot.com.

Next week is our Spring Break. We hope that everyone has a wonderful week off! We'll see you back at school on Tuesday, April 3. We'll have a Spring Celebration for the kids at school this Friday (Thursday for Miss Emily's 2s and 3s) with popcorn and popsicles--and even some classroom egg hunts. Because of the way our St. Patrick's Day Parade/Spring Break/Easter Holidays are on this year's calendar, we're not having our traditional Easter parties. Those will resume next year!

Teachers are in the process of scheduling spring conferences for our students. We know that we see many of you at carpool, in the classroom, and in our neighborhoods, so you might not feel the need for a formal conference--we can also email or call you to keep you up-to-date!

We will have the folks from Savannah Speech and Hearing at WIPP on Wednesday, April 4, to do Kindergarten screening for our 4s. There is no charge for this service! Forms were sent home this week if you'd like to opt your child out of the screening--I know some of you may already have had it done by your child's pediatrician--please make sure you send back the form back in!

After we return from Spring Break, look for registration forms for Sunshine Summer to come home. The three weeks following the end of our school year will be filled with fun and exciting activities! You can check the blog for some of the fun from last year! (http://wippreschool.blogspot.com/2017/06/sunshine-summer-week-3.html )

For those of you who have children participating in Sweet Feet Soccer at WIPP, our two make-up days will be Wednesday, April 4th, and Monday, May 7th.

Below you'll find a calendar for the remainder of the school year. If you have any questions, please call the office or email!


Happy Spring!

Kathleen



Monday 3-26-Monday 4-2 Spring Break (School resumes Tuesday 4-3.)
Monday 4-9-Friday 4-13 St. Jude's Bike Week (3s and 4s)
Friday, May 11 Mother's Day Program (9:15)Monday, May 14 Last Day of Class in the Preschool Building
Tuesday, May 15 Last Day of School/Picnic (10:00 at Tybee Memorial Park)
Wednesday, May 16 Graduation 4s (9:15)

WIPP St. Patrick's Parade 2018

Thanks to all of our family and friends who helped make today so much fun!

Students: Past, Present, and Future

Our Friends and Families

And Our Special Guests! 

No Soccer Today!

Sweet Feet Soccer has been cancelled for today, March 12, because of the weather and field conditions!

Storytime at the WIFM!

Join us tomorrow (March 10) for Storytime at the Wilmington Island Farmers' Market . We'll be reading some books and singing some songs from about 10:00 'til 10:30.

Parent Email 3/5: Getting Ready For St. Patrick's Day!

We're just a little more than a week away from the WIPP St. Patrick's Day Parade and we've been doing lots to get ready! We're still looking for a couple of trailers to use with our 3s. If you or anyone you know has a flatbed trailer with low sides that we can borrow for the morning, please let me know. (We can find a vehicle with a hitch to pull if you don't want to be a driver!)

*Our parade day, Wednesday, March 14th, is not a regular school day. WE WILL NOT HAVE EARLY BIRDS, CARPOOL, OR LUNCH BUNCH. Parents will bring students to school no later than 9:00 so that everyone is outside and ready to roll by 9:10. Your child's teacher will let you know whether you should drop your child in the front parking lot or in the classroom. We’ll follow the same route as in the past: leaving the front parking lot; going down to May Howard's carpool driveway; proceeding down to the traffic circle for the students at May Howard; then returning via the same route. Children will be dismissed to their parents at about 9:45-10:00 immediately following the parade.

*Our 2s join the parade in wagons/strollers pushed/pulled by a parent. Our 3s ride in decorated trailers (If you or anyone you know has a trailer/truck we can borrow, please let me know!) Our 4s march! Everyone is invited to wear green. If you ordered a WIPP St. Patrick's Day shirt, we'll send them home as soon as they arrive.

If you have a golf cart or some other kind of interesting vehicle that you'd like to decorate and add to the parade fun, let me know! You can ride/drive along with your child's class--or lead off with the Grand Marshal and his Adjutants. I'm putting the parade line-up together this week to send to the Parade Committee!


PS For those of you who are looking at applying for the PK program at any of the public schools, tomorrow is the last day you can put an application in online for the April 3rd lottery. You can find more information by contacting your neighborhood school or by going to http://internet.savannah.chatham.k12.ga.us/district/AcademicAffairs/Pre-Kindergarten/Pages/LotteryProcess.aspx .

100th Day of School

Our 4s celebrated the 100th day of school with 100 Day Heroes, hundreds of stacking cups, hundreds of snacks, and lots more special fun and games!