We are back!
Our PreK Team is back and hard at work preparing for the new school year!
We hope you have all had an enjoyable summer and were able to spend quality time with family and friends.
We are excited about our program's new location at Aspen as well as our new neighbors. We have moved all the PreK classrooms to the wing near the main office and have been joined by Hawthorn's new Early Childhood Special Education classrooms. Except for the Tech lab, we have this wing dedicated to the 3-5 year olds. This will allow us to use the hallway and beautiful courtyard for Gross Motor skill development such as bike and scooter riding, bowling and many more fun and developmental activities.
In addition to fun for the children, we have also planned several fun activities for families for 2008-2009. Our first field trip will be October 2 to Lincoln Park Zoo. A Zoo unit will be incorporated into our first few weeks of school as well as some follow up activities subsequent to our trip. The children really look forward to this trip so we hope you are able to take some time from your very busy schedules to attend. Remember, we will be going no matter the weather. Last year we had hats and gloves and the year before we wore shorts, so be prepared!
Please remember if you are a new family to PreK you are required to attend the Parent Orientation meeting in the Aspen cafeteria on Monday September 8 at 6:30. Returning families may attend if you choose.
On Tuesday, September 9 we will have a classroom Orientation. We will be mailing returning families an information packet with Orientation information, calendars and busing info in the next few days.
As always, if you have any questions, please call the PreK office at 990-4377. Mrs. Rosinski will be happy to help.
PreK teachers can be reached by email using their last name and first initial @hawthorn73.org.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Sue Bartuska
bartuskas@hawthorn73.org