Hope's Happenings

Dates to Remember:
February 14 - Valentine’s Celebrations
February 17 - Academy closed for Teacher Workday
Happy Birthday
Students:
4 - Lorelai
10 - Kelly
13 - Maliyah
20 - Amara
Staff:
9 - Connie
10 - Alayla
16 - Cherish
21 - Alicia
Hails and Farewells 
We said a fond farewell to Paige, Tianna and Jess as we wish them well. We welcome Niazia, Imani, Jamie, and Jewel to the HOPE family!

Mara's Memos
We are looking forward to our Valentine class celebrations this month. Feel free to send in Valentine cards and/or candy/small toys for each child in your child’s class. We will send everything home. Please do not send anything with nuts as we do have several nut allergies here. There is no need to put individual names on the valentines. Just bring enough for the whole class and we will make sure everyone gets one. Please let your child wear all the red and pink they can layer on with lots of hearts mixed in!

We are having a lot of illness going around the community right now. Please keep your child home if they are not feeling good, have an elevated temperature, a persistent cough, or any other symptoms that might be contagious. Please practice proper hand washing at home as it does take some time for healthy habits to develop. Remember to sing your ABC’s while you lather your child’s hands and wrists with soap outside the flow of water. Once the song is finished, then you can rinse your hands. Also please practice covering their cough or sneeze in the crook of their elbow rather than their hands. Then wash hands after every wipe of the nose! It sure does take a village!!

Things to Remember

  • Make sure you have a complete change of fall clothes, including socks, in your child’s cubby. Keep a light jacket/sweatshirt in the cubby year round. Sneakers recommended.
  • No drop off during nap time or after 10 am.
  • Tuition is due on Mondays. A $3.50 late fee will be added at noon starting on Wednesdays.
  • The credit card swipe fee is $2.50 every swipe.
  • Please send in a labeled water bottle every morning. We go outside every day.