Welcome April, the first full month of spring!

• In April, we celebrate National Child Abuse Prevention Month.
• April Fools' Day, a day to play tricks, is celebrated on April 1.
• World Autism Awareness Day is observed on April 2.
• National Libray Week is observed April 6 - April 12. This year's theme is, "Drawn to the Library."
• The Week of the Young Child, a time to celebrate early learning, is observed on April 7 - April 11. This year's theme is, "Step It Up." The daily themes are:
• Music Monday
• Tasty Tuesday
• Work Together Wednesday
• Artsy Thursday
• Family Friday ("Dads' Day to Read" is a part of the Family Friday celebration)
• Easter, a day that celebrates renewal and rebirth, falls on April 20.
• April 22 is Earth Day, a day to learn about taking care of the planet.
• 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 April are"Rocks"for the 2-year olds and"Gardening"for the 3s and 4s.
• The CECD monthly theme for all children is“Growing Things.”
  
  

Announcements

DATES TO REMEMBER

• April 1-3: Virtual Class Meetings. Please refer to your site's calendar for specific dates and times.
• April 14-18: School Closed for Staff Development Week
• April 16: Virtual Home Visits
• April 25: Early Dismissal Day - all children will go home at 12:30 PM.

• NY Life Child ID Pictures
• April 1 at J2
• Virtual Pre-K Kickoff for parents of children entering 4-year old classrooms in September:
• April 7 at 11:00 AM
• "Dads' Day to Read" 
• April 11 
• Virtual Policy Council (PC)/Self Assessment Meeting:
• April 24 at 10:00 AM
• In-Person Parent Workshops:
• ReadyRosie Roundup, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
• Sutphin: April 30
• Virtual Parent Meetings:
• Male Involvement Group Meeting: April 25 at 10:00 AM
• In-Person Home-based Socialization Visits at the Sutphin site:
• April 11
• April 25

Reminders:

• Check your site calendar for the days of the consultants' visits.
• Moving On/Moving Up Ceremonies will take place in June. More information will be coming soon.
• 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 April 25.