September Newsletter 2019
From the Director....
Our preschool loves parent volunteers! In the Open House folder, you should have received a Volunteer questionnaire. Please take a moment to fill it out and return it to your child’s teacher.
During the week of September 23th we will have a special guest visit in our 2 year old, 3 year old and VPK classrooms. A nurse from Tampa Children’s Hospital will present Germaine the Germ, an educational program that will teach us the right way to wash our hands and other tips to help us stay healthy. Please be sure to check the preschool calendar to see which day our special guest will be visiting your child’s classroom.
Grandparents Chapel will be held on Wednesday September 18th at 11:00AM. An invitation will be coming home next week in your child’s backpack. Please return the RSVP to your child’s teacher as soon as possible so we will be sure to have plenty of refreshments.
Note to parents in Miss Jessica’s and Miss Wendy’s T/TH class: We have a special Easter chapel in April, and you will be invited to join us for chapel and refreshments.
Thank you for all your support! If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at 813-968-9534 or send me an email at preschooldirector@messiahtampa.com
Blessings,
Joan Brannan
FELLOWSHIP GROUP NEWS
If you have not had the opportunity to return your form to be included in the Fellowship Group Directory, please do so by Friday, October 4th. The is a great resource for you to be informed of the events the preschool has planned, and it helps you connect with other parents and families.
You won’t want to miss our ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE September 16th through 20th. Donations of books, DVDs, puzzles and games (for children or adults) are happily being accepted and can be left outside the preschool office or with your child’s teacher.
The Fellowship group will be selling COOKIES in the car line at dismissal, Friday September 27th. Bottled water will also be available. Each cookie bag and bottle of water will be $1.00 each.
If you would like to volunteer or have questions, please reach out to us.
Mallori and Kristina
ParentfellowshipGroup@messiahtampa.com
SEPTEMBER’S CHAPEL OFFERING
At Messiah Lutheran Preschool the children attend Chapel once a week where spiritual growth will be developed through the teaching and learning of God’s word. Chapels are led by our Pastor, Mark Adrian Jr. or by Abby Moss, our Family Life Minister. We will be concentrating on characteristics of faith (sharing, loving, caring, etc.). To assist us in teaching sharing and helping others, we request that each child bring an offering to Chapel. The children are asked to bring this offering only once during the month.
September’s offering will be gently used or new backpacks. This month we have an opportunity to reach around the world and donate gently used or new backpacks to children who lost their parents during the war in Liberia. Our custodian, Ben Scoi undertakes this outreach each year.
We will continue to collect cereal for the Feed Your Neighbor Program since August was a short month.
School Board News
The School board will be praying for Preschool families at each monthly meeting. This month they will pray for the Abraham, Barwick, Bergfield, Blanco, Boldon and Brown families.
Preschool Service Project
We have partnered with the Guardian Ad Litem - Voices for Children organization to provide individual hygiene bags to the children who are placed in a safe home at a moment’s notice. What can you do to help? Please collect unused hotel shampoo, conditioner, cream and soap bottles and send them to school with your child. The children of Messiah Preschool will put them together in single use bags. Friends, Grandparents and parents who travel for work are a great resource too.
The more we collect, the more we can help other children. We will be collecting these items from September-May 2020.
You can drop your items in the bin provided between the Blue and Green room backpack fence or send them in a bag in your child’s backpack.
Save the Date:
Sunday, October 13: Children are invited to sing at the 11:00AM church service
Sunday, October 27th: Fall Festival 5:00-7:00pm
November 21 & 22: Class Thanksgiving Feast Day.
Wednesday, December 18th: Christmas Program and Silent Auction