Presenting our 2009 Graduates. Good luck in Kindergarten!

Dear Parents,

I know it’s hard to believe but your child’s time at St. Vincent’s is nearing an end. We are so sad to see the children leave but are excited for them as they begin a new journey. June 5 is the last day of school and graduation takes place on Sunday, June 7 during the 9:00 a.m. service. The caps and gowns have been ordered. If you purchased the entire package the cost is $17.50 or $4.00 for just the tassel. Please make your check out to the school and put in the tuition envelope. Caps and gowns will be handed out Wednesday, June 3. We will practice for graduation during school next week, so please do you best to have your child attend on Tuesday and Wednesday for this.

On Sunday, the children need to be in their classroom at 8:45 a.m. wearing their caps and gowns. Please drop off your child and proceed to the church. There is a nursery provided for children 5 and under. If you would like to leave your younger children for the service, please take them to Miss Sanja’s room. After church, there will be a reception in the Parish Hall honoring our graduates. We hope you will be able to stay and celebrate. Also, please feel free to bring as many guests as you would like. This is a very special day and we look forward to sharing it with you and your family and friends.
Lastly, please do not forget that you and your child will always be part of the St. Vincent’s family. We would love to have you visit and keep us informed on their progress and we are still here for you as a support system. We wish your child much success and will continue to pray for all our graduates.

With much love,
Miss Kim and the Staff at St. Vincent’s Academy

The last day of school is Friday, June 5th. We are closed the week of June 8th and reopen for our summer session on Monday, June 15th. School will be closed Friday, July 3rd. The last day of summer session is Friday, August 14. We will be closed again for planning and cleaning the week of August17th. The first day of fall classes will be Monday, August 24th.

If you have a child entering Pre-K in the fall and haven't gone to 4C yet to register your child for VPK, please plan on doing so next week. We need the forms by June 5th

Please don't forget about our end of the year party and field trip tomorrow, Friday, May 29th. We're meeting at 9:15 at the Central Florida Zoo in Sanford at the entrance. The address is 3755 NW Highway 17-92 (exit 104, I-4), Sanford. For further directions go to click here.

Please make sure you pack a picnic lunch in a cooler. Outside food is NOT allowed in the zoo but there are picnic tables just outside the park where we will eat. Please keep your lunches in your cars until lunchtime, approximately 11:45am. Please bring a bathing suit and towel for your children for the splash pad.

The date has been set for the Fancy Nancy Party! Miss Kesha & Miss Courtney's Class and Miss Nancy's Class will have the party in the Parish Hall at 10am, Wednesday, January 21st, 2009. We will need a few parent volunteers and will have a meeting after the holidays.

Please mark your calendars for Friday, January 30th for the Green Meadows Farm Field Trip Day! We will meet at the farm at 9:45am.

Currently enrolled students and their siblings will have priority registration for the Summer Session and the 2009-2010 School Year. The dates for priority registration are February 2nd-5th this year. Days and times will be on a first come, first served basis. Please get your forms in as soon as possible. We will begin accepting them on Monday, February 2nd at 9am. New students will be able to begin registering that Friday the 6th.

Open House for new families will be Friday, February 6th from 10-11am. We will begin accepting registration forms for new students on February 6th immediately after the open house. A deposit check must accompany the registration form. If a spot is not available for your child, your child will be placed on the waiting list and your deposit refunded if we don't have the space for your child. If we hold a spot for your child and you change your mind, a refund will NOT be given.

We look forward to meeting you at Open House!

Friday, August 15-Open House 10-11am

Thursday, August 28-Back to School Night and Spaghetti Dinner

Friday, September 5-Grandparents Luncheon 12noon

Wednesday and Thursday, October 1 & 2-Katie Kaufman Black and White Photos

Friday, October 31-All Saints Party 11:30-12:45

Friday, November 7-Casiono Night for Parents

Wednesday, November 19-Pre-K Post Office and Publix Walking Field Trip

Friday, November 21-Thanksgiving Pot Luck Luncheon 12-1pm

Friday, December 12-Christmas Pageant 7pm

Saturday, December 20-Breakfast with Santa 9-10 am and Shop and Drop 10am-2pm

Wednesday, January 21- Miss Nancy's and Miss Kesha's Class "Fancy Nancy Party" at 10am

Friday, January 30- Make-Up Day for Green Meadows Farm Field Trip

Tuesday, February 24- Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper and Mardi Grad Parade (children participate in parade) 5:30pm

Friday, April 24-Art Show and Silent Auction 7pm

Friday, May 8-Mother's Day Luncheon 12-1pm

Sunday, June 7- Pre-K Graduation 9am (Children must be dressed and ready to walk by 8:45am)

Friday, August 15: Open House 10-11am

Monday, August 18: First Day of School

Monday, September 1: No School-Labor Day

Friday, October 3: No School-Teacher Workday

Wednesday-Friday, November 26, 27 & 28: No School-Thanksgiving Holiday

December 22-January 2: No School-Christmas Break

Monday, January 5: No School-Teacher Workday

Tuesday, January 6: School Resumes

Monday, January 19: No School-Martin Luther King Day

Monday, February 16: No School-President's Day

March 30-April 3: No School-Srping Break

Friday, April 10: No School-Good Friday

Monday, April 13: No School-Teacher Workday

Monday, May 25: No School-Memorial Day

Friday, June 5: Last Day of School

Water Play Day is Tuesday, July 21st. Please don't forget have your child dressed in their bathing suit, water shoes and sunscreen. Also, make sure you bring their towel and dry change of clothes for afterwards.

Please download and view the attached file for information on upcoming events and school closures. There is also important information on the dress code for school. Thank you.

Just a reminder that Christmas break is December 24th through January 7th with students returning on Tuesday, January 8th.

We will have a Christmas Camp on Thursday and Friday both weeks: 12/27. 12/28, 1/3, and 1/4. Hours are 9:00-3:30am and the cost is $20 per child per day. If you would like to register your child, please turn in the forms this week.

Please sign up on the parent bulletin board to bring in needed items and/or to help decorate the parish hall or help with clean up after the pageant.

DVD's of the children's performance will be available for purchase. You may reserve a copy in advance. The first DVD is $10 and additional DVD's are $5 each. Thank you again to Justyn Rowe, Toby's Dad, for producing the DVDs. If you'd like to place an order, please turn in the attached form with your payment.

The children have worked hard rehearsing for their big night, so please come and enjoy the show!

Returning students and their siblings may begin registering on Monday, January 28, 2008. Forms and information will go home the week prior. We will not accept forms until that Monday. Please turn in your forms asap that week in order to reserve a spot for your child(ren). Students who attend now are NOT guaranteed a spot just because they are currently enrolled and we do open registration up to new students the following week beginning on Monday, February 4th. If you have a child who will be in our Pre-K program for the 08-09 school year, please attend the VPK meeting on Friday, January 25th at 9:15am with Miss Kim.

We will have an open house for new students on Friday, February 1st from 9:30-10:30. Registration for new students will begin Monday, February 4th.

Deposits will be required at the time you turn in your registration forms.

If you have any questions please e-mail sva@theparish.org or call the school at 407-843-1997.

On Saturday, December 1st from 9am to 1pm, St. Monica's Guild will be hosting its 2nd Annual Cookie Walk in the Parish Hall. Homemade cookies and other homemade holiday goodies will be on sale. There will also be a kid's cookie decorating station, bounce house, face painting and more!

Come pick up your tree and let the kids have fun! Don't forget to place your Christmas Tree & Wreath orders by Friday, November 16th!

Wasn't the All Saints Party great? Thank you again to all the volunteers that made it possible! I have set up an account at Kodak to share pictures. I am not sure how well it will work, but we can give it a shot. I have uploaded my pictures from the party and hope that you will choose a few of your favorites and upload them to the site. After a few days, I will send out an email that invites everyone to look at the photos.

Here's how... go to http://www.kodakgallery.com/Signin.jsp?&c=hom_signin_vis and enter stvincentsallsaints@yahoo.com as the email address and boo2you as the password. Choose the "Upload Photos" tab. Then, choose the link that says "add photos to an existing album."

Next, choose the All Saints Party album by clicking on it. Then, follow the directions on how to select photos to upload.

Good luck and thanks for sharing! Ms. Lynne

HURRY! Orders due by Friday, November 16th! This year, St. Vincent's Academy is selling Christmas Trees, wreaths and garland. Trees start at $40 and you can choose from Douglas Firs or Noble Firs freshly cut from Oregon! Cut just 48 hours before it arrives, these Number One Graded trees are beautiful on all 4 sides.

Please see your child's teacher for an order form or download the attached pdf form. Trees, wreaths and garland will be available for pick up at St. Vincent’s on Saturday, December 1st between 9am and 1pm only! Your payment MUST accompany your order!

Don't forget to tell your neighbors, friends and relatives! Forward this message. Thanks! Ms. Lynne

Tuesday, October 9th, the City of Orlando will be on our campus to discuss fire safety. They will also get to see and touch a fire engine up close. The children always look forward to this event!

I wanted to share with you a show I recently discovered on PBS. (I think it's pretty new.) It's called Word World. If you have the DVDs Leap Frog Letter Factory and Word Factory, it is similar to those. In WordWorld, words come alive, words save the day, and words become a child’s best friend. This show is perfect for emerging readers and those learning to recognize letters.

In WordWorld the WordFriends go on comic adventures and face challenges that can only be resolved with the right word. That word is built letter by letter, sound by sound, during the funky “Build a Word” song at the end of every episode. Once the word is built, it “morphs”–comes alive–into the thing it is!

Word building reinforces the pre-reading concept that letters (and their sounds) make words, and that words have real meaning…and power. The series also introduces literacy concepts that preschoolers will encounter as they become readers, such as sounding out letters and rhyming. But most of all, WordWorld helps children get excited about reading and see words as their friends.

The shows airs at 11:30am and 2:30pm on WMFE Channel 24 (Channel 2 on Brighthouse Cable). They also have some neat games on line. For more info, go to the web site http://pbskids.org/wordworld/parentsandteachers/index.html.

The Green Meadows Petting Farm Field Trip has been scheduled for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19TH AT 9:45AM. The farm is located at 1386 South Poinciana Boulevard, Kissimmee 34746.

St. Vincent's does not provide transportation for field trips so you (or other responsible party designated by you) must accompany your child(ren). The cost is $10 per adult/child. Children under 2 are free. Siblings, grandparents, aunts & uncles, etc. are all welcome. The main tour concludes around lunch time (pack your lunch) but you are welcome to stay as long as you'd like.

Please be sure to fill out the field trip form REGARDLESS if your child is going on the field trip. If Friday is your child's regular day at school and you WILL NOT be attending the field trip, there will still be school for those not attending. The deadline for forms is FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12th.

Please let us know if you have any questions.

The Thanksgiving Luncheon has been changed to FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH AT 12:30pm.

And here's the exciting opportunity.... If you have a product/business that you would like to showcase with your St.Vincent's family, here's your chance! As a fundraiser for the school, one hour prior to the Thanksgiving Luncheon, you can set up a table in the Parish Hall and attendees will have the opportunity to shop before the children join us for lunch.

If you are interested in hosting a table, please contact Kim or Julieann in the school office at 407-843-1997.

Photographer Katie Kaufmann will be at St. Vincent's THIS WEEK on Wednesday, October 3rd and Thursday, October 4th.

Ms. Kaufmann takes candid black and white photos. You do not need to be present and there is no obligation to buy. In a few weeks, you will receive an 11x14 proof with ordering information. In years past, reprints have been received in time for the holidays.

Siblings are welcome. Let me know if you plan to do that so I can give you some time references so you are not waiting around all morning.

The Cathedral of the Incarnation St Monica's Women's Guild is hosting its semi-annual rummage sale this Saturday, October 6th from 8am - 2pm. Please come "buy" and don't forget to tell your friends.

If you have any items you would like to donate, please bring them to the school any time this week. If you would like a receipt for donated items, please provide a list and I'll make sure you get one!

Thanks!

This Friday, August 7th is the Fall Open House for St. Vincent's Academy. Open house begins at 10am. Come and meet your new teachers!