May 2014 We have launched our new website! – Check us out at www.sadcs.com Administration Staff: Executive Director – Bev Call OOS Director – Ella Nichols Accountant – Christine Houghton ECS Director – Adele Burke Executive Assistant – Debra Milne Board of Directors: President – Trevor Addison Treasurer – Sheri Sutherland Secretary – Su Kerslake Director at Large – Rose Yu Director at Large - Sarah Inglis Fundraising – Micaela Brown Policy – Isabelle Hainault Director at Large – Erica Samis Director at large – Danielle Nikiforuk Pre Kinder Room From Our Executive Director – Bev Call We are pleased to welcome three new members Rose Yu, Sarah Inglis, and Danielle Nikiforuk to the board as of the AGM March 13, 2014, as well we want to say thank you to Treena Khare, and Twana Rose for their commitment to the board and their support to the day to day operations of the Society. Plans are underway for the summer programs and pending renovations, we recognize that there has been a lot of information flowing from this office over the past few weeks and we will strive to keep you up to date and at the same time avoid overwhelming you with too much information. If you have questions please contact one of us here in the office: Adele – Director of Early Childhood Services - Questions regarding Daycare and Preschool Beverly – Executive Director- General questions around overall operations of the centre and pending renovations Christine – Accountant – Accounts, payments, and fees Debra – All registrations and waiting lists Ella – Questions regarding Out of School Care Page 1 of 3 BOYS: (On an upside down table and chairs) “We made a Power Ranger Space Rider” GIRLS: (Wearing Paper Dresses) “I am Elsa, she is Anna” Power Rangers, Ninja Turtles, Transformer.., these are some of the “Superhero Play” the Pre Kinder has been about for the past weeks now. “Let it go” is the song that has been playing in our ears from the movie “Frozen”. St. Albert Day Care Society Rainbow Room Puddles are our favorite thing to splash in. Our hands are used to splash at the water table and our feet splashed paint. Yes we did some foot painting which resulted in splashing of a different sort. . 3 year preschool We plan to learn all about caterpillars this month as we welcome our new pets to preschool! The class will be focusing on Eric Carle's "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" story for the month and incorporating it into all our learning through play! 4 year preschool May has brought many insects to explore and so preschool will be learning all about "Brilliant Butterflies" to see how they grow! We will prepare our butterfly pavilion to host some exciting new pets to the class and even have a few field trips for further exploration. Please see our calendar for full details! We are very excited that spring has arrived and the warmer days. Please remember to start sending a sun hat for your child. The hat will help protect your child’s face from the sun. Blue Room What a fun and messy month. We finally have a chance to enjoy the weather outside. We go for walks and play in the puddles and mud. On May the 13th we will get our Butterfly kit. We will watch the larva turn to butterflies. We will be going to the St. Albert children’s Festival at the end of May. Important April Dates May 7 – Public Schools, Early dismissal No school for ECS May 16 – Catholic schools PD day May 19 – Society is closed for Victoria Day May 27 to 31 – International Children’s Festival Sunshine Room On our spring walks and puddle walks we observed signs of spring and had fun splashing in the water and walking over the mountain. We look forward to the children’s festival, and all the fun that May will bring. SUGGESTION BOX The main Day Care has a suggestions box set up in the front foyer. We would love to hear from you and welcome your comments. Page 2 of 3 St. Albert Day Care Society Some news from our Out of School Care Programs Living in the Light In April to the museum to see what was there, pizza and movie day, making spaghetti, introduction to music, and rock climbing to mention only some of the things we enjoyed. The children did a science experiment of how many marbles it would take to sink the boat. It has been nice to have Beverly Call working with us. She has been a great asset to our program. This month we will look forward to looking at things that happen in spring and growing flowers and vegetables along with the petting zoo much, much more. week and then mailed our art to Middlesex UK. Seeds of peace will be sent out all over the world. During the month of May we will be celebrating Cinco de Mayo with quesadillas for snack. Please join us for our Mother's Day Tea on May 8th. Keenooshayo We are very sad to have Miss Zippy leave us. We will treasure our fond memories of our time together. In May we are eager to learn about and celebrate Mexico, celebrate our mothers, and get some tips on safety during spring and summer. We are sure looking forward to fun outdoors too after the long winter. Contact Information Main Office: 780 459-5380, 6 Cunningham Road, St. Albert, Alberta, T8N 2E9  Reception Ext. 0  Blue room Ext. 1  Rainbow room Ext. 2  Sunshine room Ext. 3  Pre-K room Ext. 5  ECS Director Ext. 6  OS Director Ext. 7  Executive Director Ext. 8  Accounting Ext. 9 Ronald Harvey May will hopefully give us much better weather as we hope to be outside a lot using the skipping ropes and skip-its, also playing soccer. We are trying to decide whether we should get a TARANTULA OR A SCORPION to observe in our program, check at the program to see what we decide and when it will be here. Monday May 12, 4:30- 5:30 we will be hosting a MOTHER'S DAY TEA. We hope all our MOM'S will be able to join us for a little refreshment and a game with your child. Thank you as always for your continued support. Out of School Care Programs Fountain Park OOS: 6 Cunningham Road, 780 459-7718 Keenooshayo: 40 Woodlands Drive, 780 458-0098 Living in the Light: 51 Woodlands Road, 587 938-3501 Muriel Martin: 110 Deer Ridge Drive, 780 459-1958 Neil M Ross: 60 Woodlands Drive, 780 459-6643 Ronald Harvey: 15 Langley Ave., 780 459-6642 Wild Rose: 58 Grenfell Ave., 780 458-2666 Wild Rose This month the children created a Global Art Poster. Our program has been matched with a group from Middlesex U.K. We displayed our art in our school for a Page 3 of 3 St. Albert Day Care Society