The big preschool news is that Teddie is a big brother! Congratulations to Teddie’s mom Jenna and dad John on the healthy arrival of their new son Finch! And if you’d like to contribute a dinner or dish for the family, it would be greatly appreciated. Please see or email Jane with any questions you might have, as she has been the main organizer for this effort. Thank you!
We celebrated Leelee’s birthday on Monday by making a batch of brownies – yum! And tomorrow, Ben turns 5! He has requested a rather unusual and creative birthday treat: banana ice cream sundaes! The kids will have fun putting together their own personal sundaes. We’ll have vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, bananas, and even cherries for the top (modest quantities, of course – don’t worry!). I can hardly wait. Happy birthday, Ben!
We’ve enjoyed having Samantha and Emily in the preschool on those occasions recently while Leelee has been overseeing the upper school musical preparations. Sarah Baker will fill in for Leelee in a few weeks when the full-time intensive rehearsals start. Leelee reports that the four preschoolers involved in the play are enjoying their roles, are engaged and attentive, and taking their responsibilities seriously. We’re looking forward to seeing them on the stage! But in the meantime, we are trying not to talk too much about their experience in deference to the other preschoolers who are not involved in the play.
Our seed chart is slowly filling up. Yesterday Niavh brought in popcorn seeds from home! I’m sure there are lots of other possibilities to add to the chart. Take a look and see what we’ve collected so far, and what we’re missing. Our grass is growing well, and it’s nice to have something green as a sort of jump-start to spring! There have been several warm days recently, and the kids have enjoyed making dams and streams in the roadway. It won’t be long before we’ll be watching water run in the stream again. I wonder when we’ll see our first frog swimming in the pond?
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| Katherine prepares to hang a bucket on our freshly tapped sugar maple tree. The sap is running! |
We’ll put up our sap buckets today (if I can find where I stored them last winter…) on the sugar maple tree just off the path to the upper school. I’d like to take the class to a local sugar-making operation this spring. We’ve gone to Harlow’s in the past, as well as some smaller, family-oriented operations. Does anyone have a suggestion of a sugarhouse that would be nice to visit?
We’re continuing to work on our biographies. I’ve been recording the children’s responses to specific questions in order to arrive at a broad, personal “sketch” of each child’s unique-ness. We’ll put these in a book format and have something beautiful to bring home when they’re finished!
Here’s a reminder that we have no school on Friday, March 18 (teacher in-service day). Also in the “nuts-and-bolts” department: The Lost-and-Found is beginning to fill up with items. There are a couple pairs of very nice adult (women’s?) mittens that have been unclaimed for quite some time now. Also: thank you for you ongoing efforts to keep contributions coming into our food collection box, and for involving your children in this important community service project, too. And: remember that pizza slices ($2 each) are available every Wednesday for lunch. This is an on-going fund-raiser for the upper school.
That’s it for the present. As always, thanks for all you do!
Best,
--Ken and Leelee
