-*-February News-*-

Hi Everyone,

Happy February! We want to give a quick reminder that the 100th day of school is on Thursday, February 6th; we will celebrate this by having a 'party' day surrounding the theme of 100. We will also ring in the 100th day in our pajamas! We are going to do two pajama days that week so everyone will have a chance to partake in the fun: Wednesday the 5th as well as Thursday the 6th.

Don't forget to send in your 100 items. A letter attached to a ziplock bag went home asking you to help your child find 100 items of something to bring in to school and share with everyone. Once everyone has submitted their 100 items, we will compare, sort, weigh, and analyze all our findings.

CCP will be hosting a Valentine's Day Tea Party on Friday the 14th. This is a fun event in which the children perform a couple of songs on the stage, and then have an opportunity to party with their guests! The party beings at 2:00pm with refreshments being served, and this year Ms. Elicia had the fun idea of setting up 'Minute to Win-it' stations around the school, so come ready to compete! We will also be having a photo booth, so please mark your calendars and invite friends and relatives!

Please note: CCP will be CLOSED on Presidents Day, Monday, February 17th.

Information regarding Valentines Day treat exchange will be going home shortly, so stay-tuned for that! We will also be posting PLAY PICTURES soon, so keep checking back!!

Also, we wanted to let everyone know that we've decided to add two weeks of a Winter Olympics theme to our February Calendar, so we won't begin talking about outer space until the last half of the month.

Warmest Regards,

CCP Staff:)

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
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2 Pp	3 Addison Wheeler V.I.P.	4	5	6 Maxwell Harbson V.I.P. PJ DAY	7 Elliott Slattery V.I.P. PJ DAY	8
9 Qq	10	11 Christopher Lew V.I.P.	12 Duluth Public Library	13	14 Valentine’s Day Tea Party 2:00-3:30pm	15
16 Rr	17 NO SCHOOL President’s Day	18	19	20 Josie Braun V.I.P.	21	22
23 Rr	24	25 Winter  Byrns V.I.P.	26 Fire Drill PM	27	28

The Play

The play is THIS Sunday, January 26th, at 3:00pm!!!!!!!!!

We will try and begin as close to 3:00pm as possible so arrive a few minutes early if necessary.

Costumes can be ANYTHING from The Lorax. Check previous posts for suggestions, or speak with a teacher if you need help.

See you then!!

New Teacher!

Hey guys!

A letter went home introducing our newest addition to the CCP staff: Kelly Chastey!! Kelly is from here in Duluth. She went to East High School and also graduated from UMD with a degree in Secondary Education. Kelly and her husband, Barry, have three awesome kids who go to school at Lowell in Duluth. Kelly will be working with the red group on M/W/F, and Ms. MaryJo will be working with the red group T/TH.

Also, I wanted to share with you these "cool" pictures we have from Sam Berry's V.I.P. Sam's dad, Steve, works at UMD in the Chemistry department and brought in some great supplies to make homemade ice cream for all the preschoolers. Check it out:

The previous post has information in it regarding the preschool play so double check it if you are having any questions about it. I've heard a couple concerns about costume making, but don't stress! If you choose to dress your child as a Thneedville person, think futuristic. Plastic-y...bright colors....wacky hair....etc. You could also have your child dress like a Barbaloot Bear, or the Once-ler:

Once again, please come to us with any questions!

--CCP Staff

{Important Play Information}

Hello everyone!

The preschoolers have been busy working and getting ready for our upcoming play!!! The children will be performing The Lorax on stage at the preschool on Sunday, January 26th from 3:00-6:00pm!!!

A list of your child's group along with their songs has been sent home. Here is a copy of the groups, along with links to everyone's song. (Please note that the songs weren't taken from the links word-for-word. They've all been simplified to a preschool-version. The links are just to help you with the tune.) Also, costumes can be anything from The Lorax. (Think bright and wacky!)

Group One/"Thneedville":
Ryker
Ameera
Lily
Sasha
Nora
Krista
Keira
Vivian
Sophia
Stanley
Isla
Leah
Christopher
Toko
Una
Chelsea
Josie R.
Grace R.
William
Matthew

Click to hear Thneedville Song


Group Two/"How Bad Can I Be?":
Josie B.
Mia
Sawyer
Odin
Oliver
Sylvia
Averi
Makena
Aizley
Elizabeth
Addison
Blake
Winter
Della
Margot
Elliot
Jocelyn

Click to hear How Bad Can I Be?

Group Three/"Let it Grow":
Amara
Greyson
Cullen
Otto
Nelita
Sam
Amelia
Anna
Nahla
Gawain
Maxwell
Leighton
Abigail
Ashton
Quinn
Dominic
Davey
Ian
Grace V.

Click to hear Let it Grow

And finally, at the end of the play each group will sing together "Celebrate the World"

Click to hear Celebrate the World