Dragonfly Preschool Summer Camp now offering closed enrollment to current Dragonfly families only through Monday, March 9.
After Monday, March 9, enrollment will be open to the general public. Reserve your space now!
Dear Parents,
We look forward to spending time with each of you this week to talk about your child’s progress and classroom experiences. Thank you for setting aside the time to touch base with your child’s teachers. It is early yet for spring, but the children are definitely blossoming!
Due to a lack of other participants, we continue to receive the bag donation funds from the program at Wild Oats (aka the new Whole Foods). Please shop, shop, shop and bring your own reusable bags.
Make sure to let your cashier know that you are a part of Dragonfly School and would like your bag credits to come our way! We know you are shopping there, since the cashiers mention you, our wonderful families, to our staff when we go by. We received almost $800 for the last quarter’s bag credits.
This week begins our Annual Giving Campaign. All families can expect to receive a letter detailing our needs and goals for the future.
Dragonfly School is a non-profit organization; your donations are tax deductible and will immediately benefit our school community. As we seek funding from other organizations, the charitable involvement of our own school community is often considered as one of the deciding factors in determining whether to fund our projects and programs. Thank you for supporting this process by including us in your charitable contributions.
Please help us reach out to others in your network who may support our vision. Additional copies of this letter are available in the office for this purpose. Thank you, as always, for your support.
DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23-PETE JACKSON OF BERIMBAU ACADEMY OF CAPOEIRA will begin a six week drumming, tumbling and music program with all preschool students for one half hour each Monday for six weeks. Thank you, Pete, for generously donating your time to our students!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 3:00- SPRING FAIR PLANNING MEETING in the Saplings’ classroom : CHILDCARE AVAILABLE Would you like to help with our annual spring fair scheduled to happen in May? Please attend this meeting with our board president, Aaron Payne, to get the ball rolling. Thank you for your involvement and ideas.
MONDAY-FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23-27- HEATHER WILL BE GONE. NATASHA LAGOVSKAYA AND ANN GOMEZ WILL FILL IN DURING HER ABSENCE.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 9:30- BUDS TRIP TO SHIDONI & TESUQUE GLASS WORKS. Parents welcome to come along.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 & 27-PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS–Please double-check your conference time with your classroom teacher. Childcare will be available during your child’s individual conference.
MONDAY, MARCH 2-TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAY: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3-RE-ENROLLMENT PACKETS DUE. Thanks to those of you who have already let us know of your decisions. In order to use your deposit either as your deposit for the 2009-2010 year OR to pay your May tuition this year, you must return your re-enrollment paperwork to us by this due date.
With Great Appreciation,
Dragonfly Staff
(505) 995-9869
stephanie@dragonflyschool.com
nancy@dragonflyschool.com.
Dear Families,
Â
Â
Our Valentines’ Day celebration was such a joy for all; much love and friendship was shared throughout our school community. Thanks to you all for helping your children make cards to exchange with one another.
Â
Love from the river to all those who participated in the weekend river clean-up: Kadin & Whitney Bacon & Tanje Bolle (plus Kadin’s 3-week-old baby brother, Micai!); Barbara Zuckerman & Tayo Regenold; Max Pitman; Karen, Megan & Robin Menetrey; Lisa Rohleder and Taylor Johnson-French. We cleared five bags of garbage, two of recyclables and one rusty shopping cart while we enjoyed the sunshine and the company of each other.
Â
Please remember that your re-enrollment paperwork is due back to us no later than March 3rd, regardless of your enrollment decision. It has come to our attention that we were unclear about enrollment options for the 2009-2010 school year. For the 2009-2010 school year, the four-day-week option will be limited to preschool students only. Our elementary school, which includes kindergarten (Buds Class), will be offered as a five-day-week program. Our apologies for any lack of clarity and for not notifying you of this change in a timely way.
Â
Preschool Families:
We are now offering two five-week summer sessions for three and four-year-old students. Registration is currently open only to students enrolled in Dragonfly for this school year. We will reserve this in-house registration until Monday, March 9, after which we will open registration to the general public. Available dates, tuition information and contracts available in the Seeds classroom (or via e-mail) from Stephanie.
Staff for the preschool summer sessions will include Robbie, Natalie, Adi, and Jen. Our  staffing schedule is yet to be determined. Curriculum will be a continuation of our school-year practices along with more outdoor, hands-on sensory experiences and short walking excursions around our neighborhood.
 As space is limited to 16 students per day per session, we are restricting the age of students for the summer. If your child is age five or older, we recommend that you look into Children’s Adventure Company as they share our space and run an excellent summer program. Feel free to call Dee at 988-7201. Brochures are available in the Buds’ classroom.
Â
DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:
Â
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16-PRESIDENTS’ DAY: NO SCHOOL
Â
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 9:00-12:00- SAPLINGS HIKING TRIP. Destination TBA.
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 & 27-PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS–Please schedule a time with your classroom teacher. Childcare will be available during your child’s individual conference.
Â
MONDAY, MARCH 2-TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAY: NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
Â
TUESDAY, MARCH 3-RE-ENROLLMENT PACKETS DUE TO BE RETURNED
Â
Much Love,
Â
Dragonfly Staff
(505) 995-9869
nancy@dragonflyschool.com
Currently no announcements
Dear Parents,
Re-enrollment packets were sent out this week via your classroom teacher; please request a copy if for any reason you did not receive yours. Your decision about whether to return to Dragonfly for the 2009-2010 school year is due back to us by March 3, as per your contracts. Please feel free to contact us to discuss plans and possibilities for the coming year.
DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13- VALENTINE’S DAY OBSERVED: We will be ordering in pizza ( including wheat and dairy-free options) and eating lunch as a whole school community. Our focus will be on friendship and love as we kick off our across-classrooms pen pal project. In addition to the usual card exchange,each child will have a friend in another class with whom they will exchange mail for the entire month following Valentine’s Day.
If you choose to make Valentine’s cards for classmates with your child, please be sure there is one for each child in your group. Complete class lists went out via email this week.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14-LOVE YOUR RIVER DAY: Please join us as we care for and clean up our adopted stretch of the Santa Fe river as part of a city-wide event. Work gloves recommended. Contact nancy@dragonflyschool if you would like to participate.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16-PRESIDENTS’ DAY: NO SCHOOL
THURSDAY & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26 & 27-PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES:NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS–Please schedule a time with your classroom teacher.
With joy,
Dragonfly Staff
995-9869
nancy@dragonflyschool.com
stephanie@dragonflyschool.com