Now Enrolling grades K-6!

Weekly Update 1-30-11

Dear Families,
We are looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child’s accomplishments and needs this week. Thank you for your involvement in your school.
Re-enrollment packets will be handed out at conferences, and you will have one month to decide whether your child will be returning to Dragonfly for the coming year. Please take this time to ask questions of your teachers and directors and to visit classrooms so that you can make an informed decision. It is our great joy to work with you and your children!
Thanks to Karen Earle-Browne, Amy Miller, Justin Stockdale and Courtney Imran for getting in on the ground-floor planning of our annual Spring Fair. It is shaping up to be great fun! We’ll also be asking for your help with this event as it draws nearer. Thanks also to Regina Scharf for teaching the Seeds a bit of Brazilian culture and song this week, as well as to our many field trip assistants in the Buds and Saplings classes on their recent excursions.
DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:
MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 & FEBRUARY 1- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS-PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES- Â Childcare will be provided during your child’s individual conference. If you are bringing your child(ren), please come a few minutes early so they can be settled in and meetings can start according to schedule. Nazca will be providing childcare on Monday, and Margie will be here on Tuesday. Childcare will be happening in the great big room.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11,12:00-EARLY RELEASE-TEACHERS-IN-SERVICE-This is an integral time for staff to meet and train in order to provide the absolute best schooling for your child.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16-VALENTINES DAY CELEBRATED across the school. Due to the number of students with a day off on Monday, Valentines Day,we will hold our festivities on Wednesday. Please reserve bringing any cards until Wednesday and be sure to bring something for the entire class if you choose to bring anything at all. We will send out class lists this week.
The school will provide pizza lunch at noon, including wheat/dairy-free, etc. for those with special dietary needs. Please send a snack for your child, as usual. Students will have the opportunity to lunch with the pen pals they have been exchanging mail with this month.

Weekly Update 1-23-11

Dear Families,
Please take a bit of time this week to complete a survey of your opinions on Dragonfly School. You may access the survey by pasting this link into your browser:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BP8GLJ3FG/

or by responding to the email invitation already sent to you.

DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 3:15-4:15- SPRING FAIR PLANNING MEETING- We need your help to organize our biggest event of the year. Past Spring Fairs have included crafts and games for kids, silent auction, delicious food, and entertainment for all. We are looking for help with all kinds of tasks, from soliciting auction donations and organizing volunteers, to manning game booths and shopping supplies. This is a great way to spend time with other Dragonfly parents in service to our school. This meeting will get us started on the process, so there will be more meetings and requests to come. CHILDCARE AVAILABLE DURING THIS MEETING, BUT PLEASE LET US KNOW AHEAD IF YOUR CHILD WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU!!!

MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 & FEBRUARY 1- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS-PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES- Please sign up for an appointment in your classroom. Childcare will be provided during your child’s individual conference.
Please enjoy these kid-friendly recipes from Nancy’s cooking class:

Recent Seed and Sprout Recipes:

Naan (a quick Indian bread)

1 c. whole wheat flour

1 c. white flour

1 t. salt

2 T. oil

¾ c. warm water

1 ¼ t. yeast

1 T honey, sugar or agave

Mix water, yeast and sweet and wait until bubbles form. Mix with flour and oil. Knead until smooth and bouncy. Divide into balls of uniform size, flatten, dip bottoms in corn meal, and arrange on baking sheet and allow to double; bake at 375 until lightly browned, about 10 minutes depending upon size

Homemade Noodles:

1 c. whole wheat flour

1 c. white flour

½ t. salt

3 eggs

1 T. oil (I prefer olive)

(water)

Mix flours and salt. Make a well in the center. Break the eggs into it, and add the oil. With a fork, mix the eggs and oil as well as you can before beginning to incorporate the flour. Mix thoroughly before adding water, sprinkling only as much as you need to make the dough into a soft ball. Knead for 10 minutes. (If you make this in a food processor, 1 minute kneading is sufficient.) Roll out in several batches as thin as possible, and cut into strips. Cook in boiling salted water 10-15 minutes, depending upon thickness of noodles, or in broth, which will take longer. Drain. Toss in olive oil. (The Sprouts also had 1T of vegetarian ‘Better than Bouillon paste tossed with theirs last Friday.)

Open House 1-15-11

Please join us for an informative and hands-on Open House on Saturday, January 15 from 10AM-noon. Learn about Dragonfly School from staff, students, parents and board members.
Interesting, hands-on activities for children and refreshments provided.
Hope to see you there!

Weekly Update 1-9-11

Dear Families,

We will continue to collect warm clothing, bedding and personal care products for Esperanza Shelter through this week. Please bring any items to the Seeds class. Thanks!

DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 10-NOON- OPEN HOUSE-Attached you will find a flier for our Open House. Please take this opportunity to invite your friends to visit Dragonfly and/or to come yourself to visit the class your child will graduate into for next year. Re-enrollment time will be here before we know it, so it will help for you to be informed of what is coming next. Fliers are available in your classrooms. Please take a few to post around town or hand to a friend!
MONDAY, JANUARY 17-NO SCHOOL- MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY OBSERVED
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19-ALL-SCHOOL MLK CELEBRATION OF MULTICULTURALISM- After familiarizing ourselves with the poem “The Crayon Box That Talked”, we will engage in a variety of crayon-themed stations. Activities will include making crayons, sandpaper crayon transfers, and working together on a big community mural. WE NEED PARENT HELP FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE! Let your classroom teacher know if you can commit to helping out.
MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 31 & FEBRUARY 1- NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS-PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES- Please sign up for an appointment in your classroom. Childcare will be provided during your child’s individual conference