Dragonfly School | Santa Fe, NM

Enrolling 3-12 year-olds

stephanie — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:07:48 +0000

Come see what Dragonfly School has to offer:

Science and nature-based curriculum

Creative problem-solving

Low teacher/student ratios

Non-violent communication

No Child Left Inside

Weekly Update 2-5-12

stephanie — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:06:35 +0000

Dear Families,

Thank you for spending time with us this week to discuss your child’s progress and goals. Please feel free to come talk to your directors if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

We are now enrolling for preschool summer camp. Please see the summer contract under the “enrollment” tab for specific dates and options. Spaces are limited. Children who are under 5 years old at the start of summer are eligible to enroll. For children 5 and over, we recommend Children’s Adventure Company summer camp, with whom we share our facility.

As we let you know earlier this week, Margaret Riquelmy will be on medical leave from her classroom duties for the rest of the year. Just to clarify: she will continue in her function as administrative assistant part time as her health allows.

DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 6:30-7:30- SAPLINGS FAMILY FUN NIGHT-This is a great opportunity to visit with other parents in the Saplings classroom.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 12-1:00-VALENTINE’S DAY PIZZA LUNCH-Students will have the opportunity to enjoy a pizza lunch with their special pen pals in an all-school setting in the great big room.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20-NO SCHOOL! PRESIDENTS’ DAY

School Opens on Time

stephanie — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:50:24 +0000

SFPS has elected to start school on its regular schedule. Dragonfly will open at 8:00 today, Friday, February 3.

There is 3-4 inches of snow on the ground at Dragonfly with a temp of 28 degrees. Travel safely.

Enrolling 3-12 year-olds

stephanie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:39:01 +0000

Come see what Dragonfly has to offer. Now enrolling for the 2012-2013 school year.

Weekly Update 1-29-12

stephanie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:36:35 +0000

Dear Families,

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow and Tuesday for your child’s conference.

In order to minimize classroom disruptions, teachers will no longer be fielding parent phone calls or texts during school hours. Please handle all communications through the school office-995-9869. Messages will be checked and relayed daily to teachers by 9AM, at noon and between 2 and 2:45. Thank you for your cooperation.

For those of you getting right to work on your income taxes and claiming your childcare deduction, Dragonfly’s EIN# is 14-1984036.

This will be the final week to weigh in on our parent survey. Please communicate your opinion by taking the short survey. Your feedback is important.

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22E756LB48H

DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:

MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 & 31-NO SCHOOL! PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES. Please sign up for an appointment in your classroom. Childcare will be provided during your child’s individual conference.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 3-4PM-CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING-Anyone interested in joining the conversation about solidification and documentation of school-wide curriculum and assessment should join Matt Kelly (Dragonfly Board member and ####) and staff any and every first Friday of the month.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 6:30-7:30- SAPLINGS FAMILY FUN NIGHT-A chance to visit and play along with other Sapling families.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 12-1:00-VALENTINE’S DAY PIZZA LUNCH-Students will have the opportunity to enjoy a pizza lunch with their special pen pals in an all-school setting.

Station 1 Visits!

sarah — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:30:21 +0000

Junior Fire Crew hard at work rescuing fellow classmates during creative play!

Literacy with the Spuds

sarah — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:29:46 +0000

Relaxing in the book nook!

Studying dragons with Sarah…

Weekly Update 1-22-12

stephanie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:36:37 +0000

Dear families,

We were glad to see those of you who made it to our Open House on Saturday. We hope you enjoyed your time with other current and prospective Dragonfly families, as well as our staff.

Our thanks to the firefighters of Station #1 for visiting us on Friday to share information about fire safety and demonstrating all their gear (and how scary they might look if they show up during an emergency). We have promised them a video of our own “Fire Song” so that they may share it with other schools, too!

Please have your child bring in a book this week to donate towards the Hooked on Books Program; that is the child admission price to this week’s Friday field trip. Thanks! If you’d like to volunteer as a chaperone to help us walk to NDI, please talk to your teacher.

We began our school-wide pen pals project last week. Each child will have a pen pal from another classroom with whom they will correspond. Then pen pals will have the opportunity to share pizza lunch together on Valentine’s Day.

Thanks to the many of you who have already taken our survey. You can still share your views by following the link:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22E756LB48H

DATES TO LOOK OUT FOR:

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25-TUITION & MATERIALS/ACTIVITY FEE DUE-If you have elected to pay your materials & activity fee as a semester/twice yearly payment, $125 is also due along with your tuition this month.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 10:00-12:30-”HONK!”-The entire student body walk to the NDI Dance Barns to see Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences perform this adaptation of the ugly duckling story. Entry for children is free with donation of a book towards the Hooked on Books program. Please bring a book to donate if possible. We will need a few parent chaperones. Please let your teacher know if you can help as we will need to RSVP with the number of seats we need.

MONDAY & TUESDAY, JANUARY 30 & 31-NO SCHOOL! PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES. Please sign up for an appointment in your classroom. Childcare will be provided during your child’s individual conference.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 6:30-7:30- SAPLINGS FAMILY FUN NIGHT-A chance to visit and play along with other Sapling families

Stephanie Smith

Preschool Director

Dragonfly School

(505)995-9869

stephanie@dragonflyschool.com

Ice Skating

courtney — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:41:46 +0000

The Saplings recently went to the Los Alamos Ice Skating rink for some outdoor fun. We were so glad to have hot chocolate at the end of our field trip! These first and second graders have certainly enjoyed their time outdoors this winter.

Hibernation

courtney — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:29:24 +0000

The Saplings recently completed a thematic unit about hibernation. We studied the various ways different animals hibernate and integrated this unit into literacy and math. Also, each student made a hibernation diorama about a specific animal.

The Seeds class enjoyed visiting our dioramas and asked plenty of great questions!