March 16-20, 2026

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Picnic snack for St. Paddy's Day!

Weather

Each day at our Morning Meeting, we talk about the weather and graph the weather for the week. This week, we learned about how different animals respond to stormy weather and discussed how to dress for different kinds of weather. 

The students then drew pictures of themselves dressed for various kinds of weather. When they finished, they held up their pictures and their classmates guessed the weather they made. See if you can figure it out? 

Reminders:

We are "patiently" waiting for more mail to arrive! Please tell your family and friends! When sending mail to the school, please use the following address:

HCA Pre-K

475 Shadeland Avenue

Drexel Hill, PA 19026

Spring conferences will be held on Thursday, March 26, and Friday, March 27. Please sign up for a time that works best for you!

• Wednesday, March 25: something to do with spring/Easter

In April, we will begin reviewing the vowel sounds. These are often trickier for children to master so we save them for the end when they have had more practice. When sending in items for the vowel show and tells, please make sure the object you choose has the short vowel sound. For example, /a/ apple, /e/ egg, /i/ igloo, /o/ octopus, /u/ umbrella. 

When teaching letter sounds, it is so important to isolate the sound by itself when children are first learning. For show and tell purposes, we want to avoid objects with long vowel sounds (for example, angel or ukelele) or words with vowel diagraphs (for example, airplane or eagle). 

• Wednesday, April 8: something that begins with the /a/ sound
• Wednesday, April 15: something that begins with the /e/ sound
• Wednesday, April 22: something that begins with the /i/ sound
• Wednesday, April 29: something that begins with the /o/ sound
• Wednesday, May 6: something that begins with the /u/ sound

• Friday, March 27 - Monday, April 6: Spring/Easter Break
• Tuesday, April 7: Classes Resume
• Wednesday, April 15: Pre-K and Kindergarten Prayer Service 8:15 am
• Tuesday, May 19: EC Celebration 8:15-10:00 am

We were treated to a spectacular performance of Madagascar Jr.! Students in grades 1 through 8 participated in the show and transported us all to Madagascar. The Pre-K students were excellent audience members and loved the show! If you are looking for something to do this weekend, I would highly recommend coming to see the show - tonight and Saturday night at 7:30 pm!

Pre-K and Kindergarten made a banner to congratulate the cast and crew on a great performance! We displayed it in the cafeteria and the older students were so happy to see it. Pre-K even got to surprise Miss Webb, the show producer, with it and show off their amazing artwork!

Have a great weekend!

"If we could see the world through the eyes of a
child, we would see the magic in everything."