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.