ELC Family Newsletter

Mr. Alan Lubert from Ronald McDonald House Charities of Kansas City visited our building on Friday, March 22nd! He picked up all of the Pop Tab donations and was blown away by the amount we collected! Keep up the AWESOME work families!!! We genuinely appreciate your contributions!!

THANK YOU to our families that donated and our friends at Glenwood Ridge and Basehor Elementary Schools for their donations!

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

Safety is a top priority here at the ELC.

We have a very firm policy that all of the cars in the carline must stay in the carline until the car ahead of you is leaving.

Thank you for your help and continued support of our important safety measures.

If you have any safety concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our building secretary, Kristen Bernal at kbernal@usd458.org.

We have a very firm policy that all of the cars in the carline must have a car sign issued by our school. We understand that it can be inconvenient should the adult picking up your child not have a car sign and need to enter the school. Please be sure to communicate this policy to grandparents and other adults that help with picking up your child from school. Thank you for your help and continued support of our important safety measures. If you are ever in need of an additional car sign, please contact our building secretary, Kristen Bernal at kbernal@usd458.org.

The end of the school year is quickly approaching! Please be on the look out for email correspondence from Nurse Corey about end of year pick up if you have medication in the nurse's office. Please keep the following in mind:

• Signature is required upon release of medication (form will be provided)
• Emergent medication (epi-pen, inhaler, etc) can be transported in a backpack
• Non-emergent medication (Tylenol, Motrin, etc) can NOT be transported in a backpack
• If your child is attending ESY, medication will be released on the last day of ESY by Miss Sharon

Immunizations:

If your child has received any school required vaccines throughout the school year and you have NOT provided that updated information to Nurse Corey, please do so as soon as possible.

Corey Quattlebaum RN, BSN
Building Nurse
Early Learning Center
Basehor-Linwood School District
(p) 913-662-7150
(f) 913-662-0004

APRIL

1-5 - WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD

2 - PTO Meeting @ 5PM

3 - Mr. Patrick - Virtual Storytime

4 - Art Walk & Scholastic Book Fair

12 - No School; Screening Day ~Employee Childcare in Session

15 - Tuition Due Today

26 - No School; Vacation Day

29- No School; Inservice & Collaboration ~Employee Childcare in Session

30 - Site Council Meeting @ 5PM

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.

Our next PTO Meeting is Tuesday, April 2nd from 5-6pm. Come on by to hear about what we have in store for the rest of the school year!! Childcare is provided! See you there!!

Spiritwear Shop is back open with a new design click HERE to purchase. Shop closes APRIL 1st at MIDNIGHT!

Dine-to-Donate: Swing by Freddys ( 98th St. KCK ) on April 9th from 4-8pm and let them know you're there for the fundraiser. 15% of sales go back to your ELC PTO. Online/Mobile orders use code GIVEBACK

Week of the Young Child: We have a week dedicated to the Bitty Bobcats, April 1st-5th!! The week will be full of themed days and fun activities for the kiddos! Be sure to check out the flyer for details and see what color your Bitty Bobcats class is assigned for Wednesday April, 3rd!

Scholastic Book Fair: We are looking for volunteers to help with the Book Fair on April 4th. Click HERE to see the available time slots!

Ronald McDonald PopTabs: Keep those pop tabs coming!! Kiddos are working towards their next goal!

Upcoming dates to keep an eye out for on our Facebook page:

May 3rd: Spring Fling

May 6th-10th: Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week

In April we will be celebrating National Library Week with a scavenger hunt in the library for kids and the ability to collect staff trading cards.

Storytimes will be:

Tuesday = Birth-2 at either 10:00 AM or 10:30 AM

Wednesday = Family Storytime 10:00 AM

(Wed may be outside depending on weather so have a blanket in the car just in case)

Read to a Dog returns on May 4th and Signing up for a slot will begin on April 29th (Grades K-5th)

Lego Club will be on the last Wednesday of the month April 24th from 4:00 - 5:30 PM (Grades K-5th)

Learn about Cicadas in this fun and FREE booklet

with coloring page all-in-one. When you hear their loud noises this summer,

now you will know more about them. Don’t forget we also have

crafts and coloring pages available each month at the Children’s Desk!

Special Events

Sat 4/6 12pm: Chick Pom Wreath

Mon 4/8 1:30-2:30: Solar Eclipse Party, viewing glasses provided

Thurs 4/11 4:30 Paint a Garden Gnome

Sat 4/13 10:30am Cozy Book and Tea Club

Sat 4/13 10am-12pm: Plant Seed Exchange

Thurs 4/18, 4:30pm: Juggling

Thurs 4/18 6:00pm Movie Night -" Barbie"

Fri 4/26 10:30am Linwood History w/ Arlene Pritchard

Sat 4/27 10am-12pm: Crochet Animals

Sat 4/27 12pm-1:30pm: Great Marble Race

On-Going Events

Knitting Club, Mondays at 4:30pm

Yoga w/ Aly, Mondays at 5:30pm

Playtime, Tuesdays at 10am

Art Club, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays 4:30-6:00pm, ages 8-99!

Potluck Luncheon, 3nd & 4th Wednesdays at 1pm

Story Time, Fridays at 10am

Susie Henneke

Library Special Services

Linwood cCommunity Library