March - a month of fresh starts and blooming dreams!!!

• In March, we celebrate Women's History Month, Reading Month, Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and National Nutrition Month.
• March 1 is the first full day of Ramadan, a time of spiritual reflection, self-improvement and heightened devotion and worship for Muslims. The final day of Ramadan, Eid-al-Fitr, falls on March 31.
• We celebrate the birthday of Dr, Seuss, the world renown children's author, on March 2.
• March 3 is "I Want You to be Happy Day."
• "International Women's Day" is recognized on March 8.
• Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour on March 9.
• March 12 is "Plant a Flower Day.:
• "St. Patrick's Day," a day of celebration and good luck in the Irish culture, is celebrated on March 17.
• Please participate in all meetings and workshops. Refer to your site's calendar for specific dates.
• Do your best to read aloud to your child every day.
• Parent volunteers are needed. Please speak to your Family Assistant for more information.
• Become familiar with the languages of the day:
• Monday: English
• Tuesday: Spanish
• Wednesday: Urdu
• Thursday: French
• Friday: Swahili
• The Creative Curriculum encourages learning by doing. The curriculum themes for March are "Light" for the 2-year olds and "Clothes" for the 3s and 4s.
• The CECD monthly theme for all children is “Weather.”
  
  

Announcements

DATES TO REMEMBER

• March 4-6: Virtual Class Meetings. Please refer to your site's calendar for specific dates and times.
• March 28: Early Dismissal Day - all children will go home at 12:30 PM.

• NY Life Child ID Pictures
• March 5 and March 6 at the Sutphin Site
  
• Picture Days:
• J1: March 24 and March 25
• J2: March 26
• Sutphin: March 28 and March 31
  
• Policy Council (PC) and Site Parent Committee (SPC) Installation Ceremony:
• March 21 at the Sutphin site, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
• Virtual Site Parent Committee (SPC) Meetings:
• J1: March 14 at 11:00 AM
• J2: March 11 at 11:00 AM
• Sutphin: March 12 at 11:00 AM
• In-Person Parent Workshops:
• ReadyRosie Roundup, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
• J1: March 27
• J2: March 27
• Sutphin: March 26
• Virtual Parent Meetings:
• Women's Empowerment Meeting: March 20at 11:00 AM
• Male Involvement Group Meeting: March 28 at 11:00 AM
• In-Person Home-based Socialization Visits at the Sutphin site:
• March 14
• March 28

Reminders

• Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held through the month of March. Please remember to sign up.
• Check your site calendar for the days of the consultants' visits.
• Please make sure your child has a clean change of winter clothing available in his/her cubby.
• Please label your child’s clothing (coats, jackets, hoodies and sweaters…even shoes). Talk to your child about the label and explain that other children may have the same type of clothing. Help us minimize clothing going home with the wrong child. Writing on the size tag with a permanent marker is the easiest and most inexpensive way of labeling your child’s clothing.
  
• Please be on time for arrival (8:15 AM). Breakfast is served from 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM and we don't want your child to miss out!!!
• Dismissal time is 3:15 PM-3:30 PM daily, and 12:15 PM - 12:30 PM on March 28.