Volumn 2, Issue 2

Kidz Ink October 2009

DATES TO
REMEMBER Things to Remember...
From Kids Inc:
October 9th, Friday • October 9th, Friday, No School, Kids Inc. Open.
Professional Development Day • October 14th, Wednesday, School Pictures, Preschool included too.
No Seattle Schools • October 23rd, Friday, Parent’s Night Out
Kids Inc. Open • October, 28th, Wednesday, Early dismissal from School @ 1:20.
• October, 29th, Thursday, Kids Inc. Potluck
October 23rd, Friday Pandas:
Kids Inc. Parent’s Night Out • October, 14th, Wednesday, School Pictures
6:00PM - 10:00PM • October 15th, Thursday, Field Trip to Ride the Ferry
• October 23rd, Friday, Parent’s Night Out
October 28th, Wed. • October 29th, Thursday, Field Trip to the Pumpkin Farm
Early dismissal @ 1:20 from • October 29th, Thursday, Kids Inc. Potluck
West Woodland Otters:
• October 14th, Wednesday, School Pictures
October 29th, Thursday • October 23rd, Friday, Parent’s Night Out
Kids Inc. Potluck • October 29th, Thursday, Field Trip to Pumpkin Farm
6:00-8:00 PM • October 29th, Thursday, Kids Inc. Potluck

November 11th, Wednesday Grizzlies:

Veteran’s Day Holiday • October 9th, Friday, No School, Kids Inc. Open. Field Trip to Bob’s Corn Maze...sign up
Kids Inc CLOSED by Oct. 7th, on the Parent Table
• October 14th, Wednesday, School Pictures.
November 23rd, 24th 25th, • October 23rd, Friday, Parent’s Night Out
Parent Teacher Conference • October, 28th, Wednesday, Early dismissal from School @ 1:20.
Days, No school • October, 29th, Thursday, Kids Inc. Potluck
Kids Inc. Open
King Snakes:
• October 9th, Friday, No School, Kids Inc. Open. Field Trip to Bob’s Corn Maze...sign up
November 26th & 27th by Oct. 7th, on the Parent Table.
Thanksgiving Holiday • October 14th, Wednesday, School Pictures, Preschool included too.
Kids Inc. CLOSED • October 23rd, Friday, Parent’s Night Out
• October, 28th, Wednesday, Early dismissal from School @ 1:20.
• October, 29th, Thursday, Kids Inc. Potluck

Please note on last page, a change in Parent Teacher Conference

days. West Woodland is closed on November 23, 24 & 25. (Yahoo!!!!)

NOTICE
Tuition is due by the 1st of the month. Please let Melissa know, in writing, if this presents a hardship. A
$25.00 late fee is assessed for payments received after the 1st of the month, unless other arrangements have
been approved.
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Director’s Corner
October is already here and schedules are becoming very busy!!! We have quite a few
events planned for this month. Besides field trips for both the school age children and the pre-
school, we are also having our second Parent’s Night Out on October 23. The prices have been
lowered.......only $20 per child and $35 for siblings. Our first Potluck of the year on Thursday, October 29th.
Please make sure to look out for a sign up on the door for our potluck which will be held in the West Wood-
land Cafeteria. There will be a ton of delicious food and amazing entertainment presented by our preschool-
ers as well as artwork and projects on display from the school agers.

I am happy to announce that Jay has decided to go back to school and continue his education! We
are all very proud of him and wish him luck. He will still be with us in the afternoons and Erin will be picking
up the morning shift Tuesday through Thursday. Another change in the school age department is that Jesse
will not be with us on Wednesdays due to her class schedule. However, our fantastic sub, Kate, will be filling
in on Wednesdays on top of the usual Mondays. Some of you may see some new faces around as I am in the
process of hiring new subs, so stop and introduce yourself.

I attended the first Safety Committee Meeting of the year at West Woodland. This is a committee
which surveys and evaluates the safety of the school property (inside and out) as well as injury and illness re-
ports between the school and our center. The main focus at this point in the year is the prevention of the flu
and other communicable diseases. Please be sure to have your child wash their hands when entering the
building. Continuing to teach your children to cover their faces when coughing or sneezing with their elbows
will be a great help as well!
Take Care,
Melissa

Panda Posse
The Pandas are having a wonderful time getting to know each other and getting comfort-
able in the Panda room. They took a walking field trip around the neighborhood and spent
time sharing information about themselves, their families and their communities. We were
thrilled to see so many families represented at our Open House, and encourage anyone
who missed it to ask us for an update. We’re always available to answer any questions you
may have, in person, by phone or via email, whatever works best for you. We also hope
you’ll come to our first Kids Inc community potluck of the year on October 29th. The
Pandas and Otters will sing for us and display their original artwork, and the school-age
kids will show us what they have been up to in their afternoon clubs. If you haven’t been to one yet
you’ll be amazed at how much fun they are! The food is always great and the performances are
“soooo cuuuuute”!
We’ve had our first October field trip to the Woodland Park Rose Garden with a surprise
visit to the Zoo on our way back to school. Thank-you to Reese and James’ dads for going with us.
We took the bus up the hill and then walked back through the “secret tunnel” and down the hill.
The Pandas are a great group of hikers and are becoming experienced and safe urban travelers. We
look forward to our trip across the sound and back by ferry on October 15th (this is a change from
the trolley ride that is listed on your field trip schedule) and our visit with the Otters to the Fairbanks
Pumpkin Farm on the 29th. The sign-up sheet is up on the bulletin board for the ferry trip and we
need at least two parents to go with us. Our field trips this month coordinate with our themes of
colors, transportation, spiders and of course pumpkins!
Thanks to all for remembering coats and rain gear - and a gentle reminder to bring in a fam-
ily picture if we don’t have one yet. HAPPY FALL! Gee, Polly and Louie
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OTTER’S DEN
Month two has arrived with a chill and our family theme, last month was very suc-
cessful. The family story books ended up to be very cute. The Otters have begun to
learn their last names and how to spell them, but I think they’ll have to have more prac-
tice at home (hint, hint), so continue that encouragement.
This month we’ll be learning about the human body, one of my favorite themes. We’ll learn
about all the different parts of the body and how each body part works. The skin, lungs, heart, brain,
and the digestive system are just a few of the parts we’ll learn about. We’ll also talk about our five
senses, staying healthy, going to the doctor and growing up.
The letters of the week for this month will be D, E, F, and G.
Oh and there’s a certain holiday coming up that most kids really enjoy. We’ll do a few things for
Halloween that include orange and black. We’re also planning a fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch on
Thursday, October 29th with the Pandas. Watch out for more specifics as we get closer to the day.

Steve

School Agers-Grizzlies (K-2nd Grades) & King Snakes (3rd-5th Grades)

Fall is upon us and the weather is getting colder as we speak, but we still keep
our fingers crossed for those rainless days! Please make sure your child comes
with appropriate outside gear, because we do live in Seattle and it does rain, the
children still play outside as much as possible.
Our afternoon clubs have begun, and are off to a great start. The children sign up when they
check in afterschool and decide it they want to do a club or not. Then they either go outside and
play or sit down and have snack. The clubs begin at 4:00 and end at 5:00. The club listing and
description on the next page. Thank you for talking with your children about the different club
choices they have.
There is a staffing change for October, Jay will not be doing the morning shift any-
more, and Erin will be taking over on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursdays. This will
begin on October 13th.
October 9th is an school in-service day, which means no school, but Kids Inc. is open
and we are going to the pumpkin farm. The sign up sheet is on the parent table, and all
school agers at Kids Inc. this day will be going to the pumpkin maze. It’s to Bob’s Corn
Maze in Snohomish, and for $8.00 each child will receive a pumpkin, gourd, hay ride,
maze, and a cow train! Sounds like a ton of fun.
October 29th, is a Thursday and will be our (Kids Inc.) fall Potluck, so mark that down in your
calendar. October 28th, is an early dismissal and the sign up sheet will be on the parent table
two weeks before hand.
Also, extra curricular activates are beginning, so please let us know if your child will be attend-
ing any of these activities (choir, chess club, etc), so we know where they are. Thanks for your
help and please feel free to ask if you have any questions.
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School
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Main Room
MON GRIZZLY ART
Lindsay
TUES MULTICULTRAL
COOKING
WED BEADING
Erin
THUR GRIZZLY ART
Jesse
FRI AV CLUB
Jay
Music-Grizzlies & Kingsnakes
Music club returns this fall divided up into
separate Grizzly & Kingsnake clubs. We’ll
have all the same great musical activities
including instrument construction and
demonstration, listening parties and drum
circles. Dividing the club will allow us to
tailor the experience more for each age
group and have even more fun learning
about the world of music.
Multicultural Cooking
Cooking from far off lands...this group will
be exploring foods from different coun-
tries and cultures. Also if you have any
recipes that you would like to share
please feel free to bring them in.
Trivia Club
Impress your friends and family with Trivia
Club! Every week we will play a different
trivia game, seeking top honors and chal-
lenging others. Games will include Tic-Tac
-Toe attack, Trivial Pursuit, Jeopardy, and
more!
Grizzley Art Club
Feelin’ crafty? Arts and crafts for grizzlies
is back with a creative hat! We will ex-
plore art in many different mediums,
modes, textures on our path to discover-
ing our creative side. Keep an eye out on
bulletin board in the back for our up-
coming masterpieces.
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CAFÉ GYM OUTSIDE
TRIVIA CHALLENGE ERIK’S CHOICE
Jay
NEWSPAPER SOAK ‘EM
Lindsay Erin
KINGSNAKE MUSIC HOCKEY
Erik Lindsay
KINGSNAKE ART GATORBALL
Jay Erin
GRIZZLY MUSIC
Erik
Erik’s Choice
Erik’s choice is a casual sports club
where we will play games like line tag, Soak ‘Em (dodgeball)
sharks and minnows, color bulldog It's back! This game couldn't be more
fun as we dodge balls, aim for targets
and more. Bring some good shoes,
because we will be running hard and shoot for hoops. This age old
game is sure to tucker them out!
every week!
AV Club (1st Grade and older) Kingsnake Art
Explore the wonder of our world through Forget Picasso, hello Kids Inc! Join Jay in
pictures, video, and our favorite music. Help the cafeteria as we create beautiful arts
make a public service announcement, music and crafts. Every week we will complete
video, short film, and more. Take and share
something new to dazzle our friends and
photos with your friends and family! Don’t
know how to use a digital camera, edit photos families, from "Bottle Lockets" to painting,
and video, and make slide shows? Then AV decoupage, and whatever else our imagina-
club is for you! Regular participation will earn tions can produce!
you the right to check out Kids Inc equipment
to take pictures/video of Kids Inc special
events like potlucks and field trips!
Gatorball
A combination of soccer and handball,
it’s great for all! We'll be working on
Newspaper-Kingsnakes playing together as a team, coordina-
Newspaper club is a for Kingsnakes and tion and having fun.
will produce a weekly publication. Pick up
a copy every week and stay current on
Kids Inc. data, interesting stories and local
events.
Beading
Glass beads, shell beads, wooden
beads, plastic beads. Come explore
different ways to connect them to-
Hockey Club
Hockey scrimmage is back! Good sports- gether!
manship and self esteem are what our
scrimmages are all about! Keep your stick
down and work together to score a
GOOOOAL!!
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Nadine H. &
Malakhai P.’s Abby & Celia R.’s
Birthday Will D.’s Birthday Birthday

4 5 6 7 8 9 WW In- 10
Service Day,
no school

Kids Inc.
Open,

Katie T.’s Birthday Tate S.’ Birthday

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
School Pandas-FT to ride
the Ferry
Pictures
(preschool
included)

Mason S.’ Kirsten E. &

Birthday Jack D.’s Birthday

18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Parent’s
Night Out
6:00-10:00

Anika T.’s
Birthday

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Early dismiss P/S Field Trip to
Pumpkin Farm
@ 1:20
Kids Inc.
Potluck 6:00
- 8:00 PM

Maxine A.’s Roland S.’ Danté C.’s Watson B.’s

Birthday Birthday Birthday Birthday
 Closure Dates for ......Kids’ Inc.
Veteran’s Day Holiday November 11, 2009

Thanksgiving Holiday November 26 & 27, 2009

Christmas Holiday December 24 & 25, 2009

New Year’s Day Holiday December 31, 2009 & January 1, 2010

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday January 18, 2010

President’s Day Holiday February 15, 2010

In-service Days for Kids Inc. April 2, 2010

Memorial Day May 31, 2010

In-service Days for Kids Inc. * June 23, 24 & 25, 2009

Independence Day Holiday July 5, 2010

In-Service Days for Kids Inc. TBA, 2 days at the end of summer

Dates to Note.....................for Seattle Public Schools

First Day of School September 9, 2009

Early Dismissal Day @ 1:20 pm September 30, 2009

Professional Development Day (no classes) October 9, 2009

Early Dismissal Day @ 1:20 pm October 29, 2009

Veteran’s Day Holiday November 11, 2009

Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences (closure dates) November 23 - 25, 2009

Thanksgiving Break November 26 & 27, 2009

One hour early dismissal December 18, 2009

Winter Break December 21, 2009-January 1, 2010

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday January 18, 2010

Day between semesters, (no classes) January 29, 2010

Early Dismissal Day @ 1:20 pm February 3, 2010

President’s Day Holiday February 15, 2010

Mid-Winter Break February 16 - 19, 2010

Early Dismissal Day @ 1:20 pm March 3, 2010

Professional Development Day (no classes) March 19, 2010

Spring Break March 29 - April 2, 2010

Early Dismissal Day @ 1:20 pm May 19, 2010

Memorial Day Holiday May 31, 2010

*Last Student Day, 1 hour early dismissal June 22, 2010

* Days may vary due to make up days for inclement weather that will be added at the end of the year.
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