October 6-10, 2025

 Fire Prevention Week

Did you hear that the Pre-K became Junior Fire Marshals this week?

Trying to get Junior Fire Marshals to all look at the 
camera while wearing fire helmets is no easy task!

Through a program sponsored by The Hartford and Discovery Education, the Pre-K students learned four key lessons about fire safety and prevention:

• Matches and lighters are only for grown-ups. Always be careful near the stove or a candle.
  
• Have a smoke alarm on every floor and in every bedroom. Be sure to test them once a month!
• Create and practice escape plans. Have two different ways to get out and practice together with your family!
• Decide on a meeting place outside your home. 

We have practiced our fire drills in school and our Junior Fire Marshals are now ready to practice them with you at home!

Pumpkins

This month, we are partnering together with our friends in Kindergarten to learn about pumpkins! On Tuesday, Mrs. DeBardino read us a story about going to a pumpkin patch. 

Then we partnered up and traveled to our very own pumpkin patch at HCA - the boys and girls were shocked they had never seen it before! 😉 Each child was able to pick their very own pumpkin!

Lining up to go!

Jack and Jack were buddies!

"Where did they come from?"

On Thursday, we read the story The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin by Joe Troiano, a story about a little pumpkin who is different from all the others in the patch because he’s square instead of round. At first, the other pumpkins tease Spookley for his shape, but when a storm hits the farm, Spookley’s unique shape helps save the day by blocking a hole in the fence and keeping the other pumpkins safe. In the end, everyone learns that being different makes you special - and that our differences make the world a better place!

The students then created their own unique pumpkins during a directed drawing activity. A directed drawing is a step-by-step art activity where a teacher guides children through the process of drawing a specific picture one step at a time. Directed drawings help children develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, listening, and focus, while also building confidence in their ability to create recognizable artwork. Our pumpkin patch is full of special pumpkins, just like Pre-K and Kindergarten are full of special students!

On Friday, we got to paint our pumpkins in art class!

Stay tuned for more pumpkin fun!

Happy 5th Birthday to Siobhan!

We celebrated with a Glo-Stick dance party and everyone had so much fun! Shiv's mom even stopped by to join us!

Please place all show and tell items in your child's backpack or a separate bag. Please help your child prepare three clues to give their classmates to help them guess which object they chose to share. The schedule for October will be as follows:

• Wednesday, October 15: something that begins with /m/
• Wednesday, October 22: something that begins with /t/
• Wednesday, October 29: something to do with Halloween

If you have not already done so, please sign up for a time for parent/teacher conferences here. Conferences will be held on October 22-23 from 3:30-6:30 pm.