Email: bright@443mail.org
Website: https://usd443.org/542378_3
Location: 200 West Comanche Street, Dodge City, KS, USA
Phone: 620-371-1220
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrightBeginningsEarlyChildhoodCenterDodgeCity

Dec 2 - Special Education Appreciation Day

Dec 5 - Parent Connection Friend's Time

Dec 7 - Policy Council

Dec 12 - Parent Meeting

Dec 19 - EHS Socialization

Dec 22 - No School

Dec 25-29 No School Winter Break

Happy December Bright Beginnings Families!

We are looking forward to a wonderful December of learning before the winter break. Our December parent meeting and school readiness event is always so exciting and we have tons of fun planned! Come out for a festive event on December 12th! We look forward to seeing you!

Please be aware that attendance is a key factor in determining success for students in our programs. We understand seasonal illness, but if your child is well—please make sure that they attend to get the most benefit from their time with us.

Teachers and staff have been working hard to help students develop their social emotional skills in the classroom. Your child has been participating in Friend’s Time weekly with Miss Melyssa. If you are interested in learning more about what we teach your child during this time to help with social emotional skills, come to the Parent Connection Friend’s Time on December 5th at the first dismissal or the second arrival.

Wishing you a joyous season!

Bianca Alvarez

Principal/Director

Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Center

Come check out a book to take home and read with your child.

New take-home learning activities every Friday.

THE LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN TO PARENTS:

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday

7:50 am

11:50 am

3:15pm

Dear Parents,

This month in Creative Curriculum, our children will complete a study of Buildings.

They will be completing the following:

• The EAK Alphabet Cycle 3-(Letter name-letter-sound relationship advantage).
• Number recognition: 13.
• Counting 0-15
• Focusing on the colors white, black, and brown.
• Pattern ABBABB
• Heggerty: Rhyme recognition, Initial letter isolation, blending & segmenting syllables, and language awareness
• Conscious Discipline/Second Steps: Naming Feelings, I can calm myself. Identifying Strong Emotions, Belly Breathing, Draining & Ballooning.

Please check your Talking Points to download the Creative Curriculum Buildings Study Parent Letter and Conscious Discipline Breathing Strategies to connect home and school.

Our Policy Council meeting took place on November 2nd, 2023. We discussed and voted on the following:

• 2024-2025 Allocation Method
• Approval of the Policies and Procedures
• Self Assessment results
• Community Assessment Results
• Monthly Fiscal Report

The next meeting will be December 7, 2023 at 11:30 am. in the Policy Council room (basement of building A). If you are interested in participating in Policy Council, please contact your teacher, advocate, or Brenda Carmona for more information. Please click here to read more about Policy Council. We are so excited to share our program information with parents and have our parents guide our program decisions.

Here are the ladies that helped with the Fatherhood Parent Meeting on November 28, 2023. We had over 200 people attend the Glow in the Dark Fatherhood Dance. We had Chili and Nachos, Glow in the dark accessories, a Photobooth, a DJ, and 3 blowup characters on the dance floor. Our Family Advocates worked efficiently to make sure everything was ready for our families to have fun. We passed out a gift to the fathers for coming and a book called Mi Familia/My Family with a Family Tree Activity to take home.

Check out our Bright Beginnings page if you don't follow us there yet! We posted pictures of the event there and we always post important information. https://www.facebook.com/BrightBeginningsEarlyChildhoodCenterDodgeCity

Greetings!

What a joy to to continue to welcome your families into Bright Beginnings School Family! Thank for connecting your kiddos to our greetings in the morning outside in the parking lot and in the hallway. This continues to set the tone for the day! I have noticed children practicing soft high fives, air fives, and waving.

Your child/ren have been learning how to be Helpful in the classroom with their school friends. When children have big emotions, the thinking part of their brain is turned off. Children are learning how to use breathing, well wishing, and calm strategies to calm themselves to help each other. Children are also using the Feeling Buddies to name their feelings. When doing these things, our thinking brains are back online and we can solve our problems in helpful ways. Way to go!

You can learn with your student as well. Every month, I will share tidbits of what we are learning through Conscious Discipline (Sophie and Shubert Books) as well as weekly what your child's teacher is teaching from Second Steps via Facebooks, Talking Points and here in your newsletter.

Thank you being a part of our Bright Beginnings Family.

Wishing you Well this December!~Miss Melyssa

Our focus story is Sophie and and Shubert learn to be Helpful. Stop by anytime in December at Melyssa's to take the Make-it Take-it activity home if you missed the parent meeting.

Some notes from our Nurse:

• Looking for new provider? Genesis Family Health and Minneola Health Care Clinics are accepting new patients
• Protect your vision: get as much natural light as you can, 2 hours our less on screens/day, eat vegetables emphasis on leafy greens
• Need a resource for behavior or mental health? Compass Behavioral Health welcomes you, just walk in. Miss Melyssa our school counselor has resources you can use with your child too.

• This is a reminder that the school needs a copy of all updated health items.

  • Immunizations
  • Physicals
  • Dentals
  • Labs

  Our goal is to ensure your child is healthy and able to learn.
  

• Here is a Dental Event that will happen on January 12 & 13 but it’s in Salina, KS. It’s a pretty great service they do! Below is the link with more information. The Kansas Mission of Mercy (KMOM) is a two-day free dental clinic that serves adults, children, and sometimes entire families. https://www.ksdentalfoundation.org/kmom-for-kids-parents/

Thanks!

Kendra Tieben BSN, RN

Health/Nutrition Facilitator~School Nurse

Bright Beginnings Early Childhood Center

BB 620-371-1227 T/Wam/R

EHS 620-371-1260 M/Wpm/F

Child Care is a full and exciting place for the kids. We are enjoying learning in the classroom with centers and music and movement, then also enjoying these beautiful fall days on the playground.

Our socialization will be held on December 19th at 10:00 and 3:30 at 1901 First Ave. Come enjoy our Winter Play Group to decorate cookies and meet new friends.

Attendance is important for your child's learning. We need students to be here on time every day. If they are missing for a couple of days they need a doctors note. If you need to go out of state or on an emergency please stop by the office and fill out a form so the principal can sign it and it can be counted as excused. If your child was here every day in the month of November and was never late or dismissed early they received an Outstanding Attendance award with a book!