ELC Family Newsletter

We are thrilled to have our students back at the ELC and they are transitioning to the change in their routines very well! The ELC teachers and staff have been working hard to teach routines and procedures for students these past two weeks, and will continue to do so for weeks to come.

There are MANY opportunities for family fun and for volunteering these next two months. Please consider joining our PTO and participating in the upcoming events. The more volunteers we have, the better the events.

On September 19th, we are excited to open the doors for families to come experience our school and your child's classroom now that we in session. The goal for this event is to allow your child an opportunity to share and show you their classroom environment and to engage in a small fun activity together. We also hope that families will find the open house as a time to meet other families of children in their child's class. Please be sure to complete the survey after the event to let us know how it went and any suggestions you may have on how to improve it.

We will offer two sessions again, to help with overcrowding. If the session for your child does not work in your schedule, you are welcome to attend the other offering.

• 4:30-5:15 (Morning Session)
• 5:15-6:00 (Afternoon Session)

Emails will be sent this week to families who need to complete the ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE2 screeners. We will do our best not to send this information to families who have completed both since July 1, 2023. We are striving for 100% of our students enrolled to have guardians complete the screening to help reach our state goal. Thanks in advance for your help with this. Here is the link to the screenings for your reference: https://www.asqonline.com/family/859deb

We couldn't be happier with how well this school year has started off. Thank you to each of you for sharing your child with us during the most important years of their development.

#herewegrow

Sincerely,

Mrs. Jillian Porter

ELC Director/Principal

Basehor-Linwood Early Learning Center

15880 Garden Pkwy, Basehor, KS 66007

(913) 662-7150

"Together, we will provide each child a high-quality inclusive early learning program that cultivates kindergarten readiness for the Basehor-Linwood Community"

One way to become involved in your child's education and school is to join our school SITE Council. This group only meets 4 times a year. The purpose of SITE Council:

• Provide advice and counsel to the school in evaluating performance goals and objectives

• Help determine methods which could be used by the school to meet the goals and objectives

• Serve as a liaison between the school, school organizations, the community, and the local BOE by collecting and disseminating information about school improvement

If this is something you may be interested in, please contact Jillian Porter, jporter@usd458.org.

We’re excited that @Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is now available for ALL Kansas children ages birth to age 5. The Imagination Library inspires a love of reading by gifting books to children birth to age 5. Sign your child up today and together we can ensure all Kansas children receive FREE books from Dolly! #ImaginationLibrary #DollysLibrary #DollysLibraryKansas #ImaginationLibraryofKansas kschildrenscabinet.org/imaginationlibrary

Absences

If you child will not be at school, please call or email your child's teacher AND our secretary Mrs. Kristen.

Transportation Change

If you need to make a transportation change for your child please do so by 10:30 for the AM classes and 2:30 for the PM classes.

Car Signs

If at any time you need a replacement for your car sign, please email kbernal@usd458.org

• - Please make Nurse Corey aware of any food allergies or intolerances. (Example: berry allergy, milk intolerance, etc.)

  
  

  - Correspondence from Nurse Corey is starting if there is a required document (or documents) missing. The three required documents are as follows: state (or country) issued birth certificate, copy of most recent head to toe physical assessment from physician, and updated required vaccination list (preferred printed copy from physician and not written copy from home records). Please get them into the office ASAP.

  
  

  - If your child is feeling ill, please do not send him/her to school. Although we encourage attendance, we prefer to NOT share sickness.

  
  

  - If your child is needing to miss school for any reason, please notify someone at the school (teacher, office, nurse, Mrs. Porter, etc).

The BLAS Food for Kids Backpack Program provides a weekly bag filled with food for PreK-5 school children that are in need and who attend school in the Basehor-Linwood School District.

BLAS delivers the BackPacks to your child’s school at the end of each week to be distributed by school staff in the child’s backpack.

Please call our school nurse, Corey Quattlebaum, at 913-662-7150 if you would like to sign your child up for this program.

Hey there ELC Families!

What a great start to the year so far! The PTO is excited to be back in session with the ELC. We have been busy getting the ball rolling for our ELC staff and families so here is a snip-it of what we have been working on!

• PTO Membership Drive: The Basehor-Linwood ELC PTO works to connect the children, families and staff of the ELC through events, class parties and appreciation celebrations. Please support the ELC and its students by joining the PTO today! Your participation is always welcome, with no expectations or commitments required.

  · Membership Form

  · PTO Membership Dues (suggested donation of $5 per family)

  o Can pay by check (made payable to Basehor-Linwood ELC PTO, cash or PayPal,

• Spiritwear: The Bitty Bobcat Spiritwear store was open online for orders until August 29th. Adult down to infant sizes are available. Spritwear will be delivered mid September. Did you miss the opportunity to order? No worries! We will open the store back up in October, keep an eye out!
• Flower Power Fundraiser: It's not too late to order your fall bulbs and seeds through the link provided. 50% of what is yielded will come back to your ELC PTO.
• Shipping is direct to you at $6.99 per order and will start at the end of September.
  
• Order due date is October 15th
• Fundraising Link
• Dine to Donate: Do you love donuts and coffee?? We are having our first dine to donate with Daylight Donuts in Basehor on September 13th. We will receive 15% of net sales during the business hours of 6a-9p.
• Class Parties: Currently we are looking for volunteers that are interested in helping plan classroom parties. If you are only available to execute certain parties please let us know in the comment section of the sign up. If you are not able to help plan, but want to donate supplies there will be a sign up sent out of supplies that will be needed before each party.
• As a party planner you would be in communication with the teacher, helping plan the crafts, games, and snacks. You will be creating sign ups for any supplies that are needed to execute the room party.
• Party dates
• Fall Party--October 31st
• Winter Party--December 20th
• Valentines Party--February 13th
• If you would like to volunteer to help plan room parties sign up here Party Planner Classroom Signup
• Staff Favorites: Are you wanting to treat your favorite staff members, but not sure what to get??? Check out our ELC staff Favorites list! This list has all the staff members favorites and their Amazon wish list links too!
• ELC 2023-24 Staff Favorites
  
• Basehor-Linwood ELC PTO information: We had an awesome turn out for our first meeting of the year! If you weren't able to join us in person check out our Meeting Minutes. Our next meeting is September 12th at 5-6pm. If you want to learn more or stay in the loop with the PTO follow us on our Facebook Page or email us at BittyBobcatPTO@gmail.com

Basehor-Linwood Early Learning Center PTO

We are excited to have supplies ready for you to make your very own PETE THE CAT puppet at the Basehor Community Library.

Come visit us throughout September and see the Monarch Caterpillars we have here grow and change into butterflies!

Storytimes begin again after Labor Day at BCL

Storytimes

Every Tues

Birth - 2 storytime 10:00 - 10:20 and 10:30 -10:50

Every Wed

2-3 years old 10:00 - 10:30

Wiggle Workshop

Every Friday

1-5 years old 10:00 - 10:30

LIBRARY CLOSED IN OBSERVANCE OF LABOR DAY

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

SCHOOL IS OUT, HAVE A SNACK AND WATCH A MOVIE AT THE LIBRARY

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, AT 4 PM

PLAYTIME

EVERY TUESDAY IN SEPTEMBER, AT 10 AM

STORYTIME

EVERY FRIDAY IN SEPTEMBER AT 10 AM

September 4th - No School; Holiday

September 5th - Staff Inservice - NO Preschool (Employee childcare open)

September 6th - Mr. Patrick visits for storytime

September 7th - Picture Day! & Go Chiefs!!!

September 12th - PTO Meeting at 5PM

September 13th - Daylight Donuts - Dine to Donate

September 15th - Tuition Due

September 19th - ELC Open House (More information to come!)

September 21st - Homecoming Parade (More to come!)

September 26th - USD 458 Bond Community Mtg @ ELC - 6:00PM

September 29th - No Preschool (Employee childcare open)