Christ The Life Lutheran Church

Growing, Showing, Sharing, Caring

Preschool Information
Links to Preschool Teacher's Homepage

For Mrs. Stoltenberg's class page, click here                           For Mr. Boris' class page, click here

 
Welcome to the 2009-2010 school year at Christ the Life

Preschool and Childcare staff:

Mr. Scott Boris, Preschool Teacher/Early Childhood Administrator

Mrs. Katie Stoltenberg, Preschool Teacher/Child Care Director

Mrs. Mary Konavaluk, Administrative Assistant

Mrs. Michelle Foster, Preschool Aide   Mrs. Barb Kern, Childcare Teacher
Mrs. Kristy Hug, Preschool Aide  Ms. Kristy Olson, Childcare Teacher
   Mrs. Sarah Schreoder, Childcare Teacher
   Ms. Emily Schulz, Childcare Teacher

Please help your child find their locker to place the backpack and coat in when they arrive at school.  Please bring your child’s folder for send home papers to the classroom and put it in their cubby.  Please make sure the folder is labeled with your child’s name.  Your child’s change of clothing can stay in their backpack. 

Book orders: 
Our school will send home book orders once a month.  If you are interested in ordering any of the books, please fill out the order slip on the last page of the book order.  If is very important to write you child’s name on each order slip.  Payment can be made by check (preferred) made out to Scholastic, cash or an online payment.  Once all student orders (online and classroom) are collected, Mrs. Stoltenberg will send the orders to Scholastic.  If online ordering goes well for her, Mr. Boris will give it a go in his class.

Shoes
Please make sure your child is wearing comfortable running shoes to school.  Please do not send your child in flip flops, crocs, or open toed sandals.  If our staff feels that your child’s shoes are unsafe for an activity at school, we reserve the right to have your child sit out of the activity.

Bathroom Breaks
We will remind our students many times a day to use the bathroom. 
I would like to inform you about our policy on potty training and preschool.  We would like each child to be fairly competent at using the bathroom at school by themselves.  This includes: clothing your child can manage without much assistance, and wiping themselves. We understand that accidents happen, therefor each student is to have a change of clothes in their backpack just in case.  You are free to include more changes of clothing if you are unsure about your child’s performance or if you forget to replace the change of clothes after they have been used.   One accident over a 2-week span is normal, 1 accident per day for 2 weeks means your child is not completely ready for school at the start of the year.  Your child's teacher will contact you if a pattern of accidents develop. If you notice your child comes home with clothes that are not yours, this means you child is wearing a CTL change of clothes and we could not find any change of clothes in your child’s backpack.  Please wash the CTL clothes and return them to us as soon as you can.  If you have any questions about our policy, please see Mr. Boris.

 
Preschool News

Campbell’s Soup Labels, Pick’N Save, Sentry and Target:
Our school participates in school rebate programs from the above vendors. We have a box for the Campbell’s labels in our school entrance. We need the ISBN number off the soup label and with the picture of the Soup Label promotion included to be cut off the label and turned in. They no longer accept the entire label. If you shop at any of the above stores, stores, you can help our school. If you have a Pick’N Save swiper card, you can register it with our school’s number (116700) and we get 1% of all purchases made. The customer desk can help you register your card. Sentry receipts can be turned in to our school and we receive 1% of the receipt’s totals. You will have to take your receipt to the customer desk and have them put a Funds for Friends sticker on the receipt. Only certain area Sentry stores do this. Store information is located on the same table as the Campbell’s labels. If you have a Target credit card, you can register it with our school and will get some money from purchases made. If you have any questions about this, please see Mr. Boris.

Preschool Tuition payments:
Payments are due the 1st of each month August though May. There is a payment box located in the school office. Billing takes place the 15th of the month and emails providing your balance due will be sent out as a reminder.

Label your child’s items:
With fall approaching, please make sure you label your child’s hats, mittens, jackets and other seasonal items. We do get identical items in some classes and sometimes children do not recognize their own clothing. Use a sharpie marker so fabric paint to write your child’s name on stuff.

Scissor Practice: 
Please give your child the opportunity to use scissors at home. This is a great fine motor activity that helps coordination as your child learns to write. We stress holding the scissors properly, with the thumb on the top while cutting. Preschoolers like to put their thumb down and cut towards their body. If you are afraid of your child shredding everything in your house, buy plastic paper scissors and have them cut play dough with it. 

Upcoming Dates:
Space Night October 2
Oct 6-9: Scholastic Book Fair
Farm field Trip for the 4 year old preschool classes - Date TBA