Dear Families,
Welcome to the Heath Extended Day blog/site. We hope this site will help with keeping you informed with the many exciting happenings that will be going on throughout the year. It will be essential that you check this site out at the beginning of each month. We hope this will help your family know what is going on on a regular basis. We are happy to to share these great newsletter's with you.
Please see your child's teaching team or email us at HEDP@brookline.k12.ma.us should you have any questions or comments. We would also like you to subscribe to our email mailing list at heathextendedday@gmail.com should you not receive our emails on a regular basis.
We wish you a fall full of great family activities and events.
Kindly,
Heath Extended Day Team
2-6th News
WELCOME TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR!
The 2-6 teaching team would like to welcome you and your family back to a new year at HEDP! We are all excited about the opportunity to work with your children and eager to learn about their interests to make their afternoons most enjoyable. With our new location in the Heath cafeteria and with the use of our 2-6 upstairs classroom, we have more space to provide a bigger variety of activities.
2-6 Teaching Team
Malaina Lesage, Jessica Lee and Jim Fagan, worked last year as part of the 3-6 teaching team. New to our team this year is Jared Mael and Caitlyn Hawkins. We’re excited to have them join our team this year! With all of our different backgrounds and interests, we have many great plans for a successful year.
Daily Schedule:
Attendance/snack will take place immediately upon arrival. This 20-minute period will give the children an opportunity to unwind, relax, and socialize with their friends.
Homework for 3-6 will take place in the cafeteria. This 45-60 minute quiet time will be for the children to do their homework, projects, and reading.
Homework for 2nd graders will take place in the upstairs 2-6 room. This 30-45 minute quiet time will be for children to do their homework, projects, and reading.
Activities will include arts and crafts, outdoor time, sports, building projects, cooking activities, and many more!
Sign out and pick up from 2:20-5:30 will be in the cafeteria.
At 5:30, cafeteria doors will close. From 5:30-5:45, sign out and pick up will be in the upstairs extended day room.
What to look forward to:
During the month of September, we’ve planned a variety of themes. We will begin with a twist on the typical “back-to-school” theme by having summer activities to officially say goodbye to the season. This will lead our next theme of welcoming fall. With the new season bringing us changes in colors, weather, and foods, it will allow us to have different art activities, sports and games, and cooking projects relating to this time of year. New to this year, we will be including grade week in between our regular themes throughout the year. During this week, each grade will be assigned to a specific day in which they will have the opportunity to participate in a separate, smaller group activity with their peers.
Information and Reminders:
*Please sign out your child daily.
*Contact HEDP as soon as possible if your child will not be attending HEDP on a schedule day.
*There will not be parent mailboxes. Newsletters will be sent via email and any papers you may need will be placed next to the sign out book.
K-1 News
Welcome Back!
We hope you had a well rested and wonderful summer. We are excited to meet all the new families that have joined HEDP and to see all of our returning families. Beth MacMillan is returning as the Lead Teacher for Pre-K and K-1. Jim Fagan and Jenna Sakolsky will also be returning as teachers in the K-1 classroom. We would like to welcome Camila, who will be working with K-1 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and Brianna who will be helping our during our transition time M-F!
What to look forward to:
Our K-1 teachers have been working hard to set up the room for all the students, while also preparing wonderful activities and curriculum for the upcoming year! We have planned themes such as Space, Human Body, Dinosaurs, and many more. Our schedule is flexible but we would like to share with you our new schedule for k-1.
2:20 Students Arrive and put things away in their assigned cubbies
2:25 Students choose a table top Warm up Activity
2:45 Students begin HW and DEAR
3:15 Meeting and Activities
4:15 Outside Play
5:00 Choice Time
5:30 Clean up and Cool Down activities in the Upper Extended Day
5:45 Pick Up
News to Note:
At 5:30 we will be bringing all the students to the upper Extended Day classroom for pick up. This allows teachers to close the classroom and get ready for the next day.
Please remember to sign your child out daily and check their mail for announcements and changes
We are excited for the new year to begin and to meet all of the new faces and see all of our friends from last year!
Kindly,
Beth, Jenna, Jim, Camila and Brianna
Pre-K News
Welcome!
We hope you had a well-rested and wonderful summer. We are excited to meet all the new kids and their families that have joined HEDP! Beth MacMillan is returning as the Lead Teacher for Pre-K for her third year at Heath Extended Day. She is well loved, experienced and has many exciting activities planned for Pre-K Extended Day.
What to look forward to:
We have been working hard to set up the room for all the students, while also preparing wonderful activities and curriculum for the upcoming year! Pre-K will begin Letter of the Week and enjoy themes such as; friendship and family, the 5 senses, winter animals, under the sea, Dr. Seuss, Planting and Bugs! Our daily schedule is flexible depending on our activity however this is what it may look like on a regular basis:
Pre-K Schedule:
12:15 Pick up from Minjen and arrive at Pre-K Extended Day
12:20 Afternoon Meeting with Message, Calendar, Weather and Share
12:35 LUNCH – please send your child with a packed lunch.
1:00 Rest Time with books
1:20 Themed Activities
1:45 Choice Time or Outside Play
2:10 Quiet Books and Stories
2:15 Pick Up
News to Note:
- Pickup is at 2:15pm from PreK. Please be prompt since we have many Kindergarten and 1st grade friends arriving at 2:20pm.
- Please remember to SIGN OUT your child each day.
- Check your child’s MAILBOX for announcements and changes each day.
- HEDP does have a microwave to heat your child’s lunch. Please note recommended lunch foods for your child.
- Each Pre-K participant will need a QUEEN SIZED pillowcase to keep our rest mats clean.
- Pre-K extended day does not operate on Heath School Early Dismissal days. Your family can swap days should you contact Noelle one week prior to the Early Release Day.
- Please feel free to come in and join in the fun. We have an open door policy and encourage your family to take part in our program.
- Please remember HEDP is a NUT FREE CLASSROOM
- Please separate your child’s snack and lunch and label them so they are not confused what they should eat.
Lunch Ideas:
HEDP does have a microwave to heat up food.
- Last nights dinner
- Yogurt with granola
- Fruits and veggies as a side
- Cereal with milk in a sealed thermos
- Cheese on bread
- Salad with grilled chicken
- Applesauce with graham crackers as a side
Your child will be interacting with many different Extended Day Teachers while in Pre-K Extended Day. Our team consists of a wide array of wonderful and talented professionals who enjoy working with children. We have Malania, Jess, Caitlyn and Jared from the 2-6 team and Jim, Jenna Camila and Brianna from the K/1 team. Please note that Malania and Jess will be our Pre-K substitutes should Beth be out. Please feel free to introduce yourself and get to know as many faces as possible.
Other News to note:
Dates to Remember:
Monday, September 28 -NO SCHOOL
Saturday, October 10th -Tuition Assistance Packets Due –see Noelle for more info
HEDP has a “cooperative service policy” that can be fulfilled by donating items to our classroom off our WISH LIST. Each donation will count as 2 hours. Please see your HEDP contract for more information.
HEDP Wish list
-Large colored poster board
-Bio Putty
-Human X-Rays
-Marble Maze Game
-Maneators Master Builder Set
-Magnatiles
-Paper towels
-Clorox Wipes
-Rug Runners
-Fordable Stadium Seating for the Cafeteria
-Carpet Tiles for the Cafeteria
-Foose-ball table
-Verizon Wireless prepaid phone cards
-GIFT CARDS to Staples,Toys R us, Officemax, Target, Brookline Booksmith, or any other store we could get great supplies from.
