It's Our First Day of School!

Last night, some people might have gone to bed extra early, some couldn't fall asleep and some may have beed out of bed this morning eaxtra early.  No matter the case, we all are looking forward to a exciting year ahead. Orientation is the day when preschoolers and their families get to know our Pirate Pete Preschool family.  The teachers look forward (with butterfly filled bellies) to meet the young faces of the year and meet the parents of those young children.

We have been planning steadily for the past few weeks and learning how to incorporate our new iPads this fall as we go paperless. This doesn't mean our preschoolers will be without paper, it is too much a staple in the life of a young child. But, the high schoolers have worked to compose their lessons, self evaluations and other creative ideas for the children all using various apps and websites. 

To see what we have been researching, follow me on Pinterest.  We have boards set up for bulletinboard design ideas, math, science, language arts, music and crafts for the children as well as fun ideas that will coordinate with our themes of the semester. Check it out and try to create some at home with your children!  

Our communication with parents will be green this year and done via text and emails with only a few special requests for paper forms.  This is such a huge change in our structure at the high school level we have taken the extra week in our preparation, hence the week later start to our fall semester. I know it will be worth it for us all. 

Communication will bigger and better then ever before with this blog as well as tweets and select images being released for parents to see into our program more frequently.  With this new technology parents can rest easy knowing at NO TIME will your child's name and photo be released online simultaneously. 

I am excited to document Our First Day for you and share the growth and development we help bloom this year and am so thankful for your support on our journey!