Springfield Preschool

Parent Letter

May 1, 2025

What's Happening:

May 13 is our last day of preschool. This year is almost over—That went fast! We started with 44 students and we are ending the year with 45 students in four sections. Thank you for sharing your children!

Congratulations to our Pre-K Citizens of the Month for April–Eli Hicks from the Blue Team! Congratulations to our PS Citizens of the Month —Cole Tate--Red Team! These outstanding students have demonstrated the PBS qualities of being respectful, responsible, good citizens to their classmates and friends at SPS! Both boys will receive a Certificate of Recognition and a T-Shirt!

Final PS Teacher Workday–No school this Thursday, May 1st. This is also the Elementary Testing Day.

Final Culmination Day: Monday, May 12th. We ask you to join us for the first 15 minutes of your child’s day so we can share what we have learned this spring!

Parent Teacher Conferences—We will be having parent teacher conferences Thursday, May 15th. Please sign up! We will have all the kids’ keepsakes! You won’t want to miss this! We expect to see each of you. We will have the clipboards out next week. Be sure to sign up on the right clipboard—Ms. Debbie & Ms. Kristen both have a clipboard.

Therapists & Support Services--Thank a therapist when you see one. Ms. Tiffany & Ms. Thompson offered our students 28 weeks of direct therapy, and support services this year. We are so grateful for Gina Smith, OTR, Jill Negrete, SLP, & Erin Hanley, School Psychologist! They have given our kiddos GREAT service this year!

Summer Preschool: Elementary Summer School will be every Monday through Thursday starting June 2nd through June 26th, 8:30-11:30am.

Summer Preschool is by invitation only. We will discuss summer preschool during parent teacher conferences. All eligible children will also be notified at that time.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Thursday, May 1 -----NO PRESCHOOL-TWD
Thursday, May 8 -----White Team Culmination Day
Monday, May 12 ------Pre-K & Red Team Culmination
Tuesday, May 13 -----Last Day of Preschool
Thursday, May 15 --- SPS Parent Teacher Conferences

FYI: If you move, please keep us informed so you will get your mail, and if you move out of district, remember to request your child’s preschool records, too!

**Our advice for the summer for kids is READ aloud to them, let them READ the pictures to you, READ in the grocery store, READ signs on the road, READ letters from Grandma, etc, etc, etc. Go to the public library every week!

Please Limit Technology–Screen Time is changing our kiddos, and not for the better at this level. The research is clear. — More active play—Play 60! Get outside!

Remember this summer: We strongly recommend that each Pre-kindergartener get a thorough eye exam this summer before starting school in the fall, and a make a trip to the dentist! Start them out right next fall—healthy and strong!

UPK Colorado--Preschoolers should all have registered for universal preschool by now. Watch your email for confirmation. Let Ms. Deb know if you have NOT received confirmation. The Direct Enrollment application process is open. Families can still apply at UPK.Colorado.Gov

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING:

Blue & Yellow Teams are finishing up ‘Get Set for School’, and celebrating summer birthdays, reflecting on their year going through Student Portfolios, and making you all something special!

Pre-K finished up their Kindergarten Transition! Enclosed is a letter from Mrs. Ricker & Mrs. Rothman for Pre-K families. We have 20 kiddos headed to Kindergarten in the fall! After a month of transition activities, we are confident they are READY!

Red & White Teams are finishing up too, and making you Mother’s Day gifts! They have had a couple of chances to slip over to PreK and visit for a bit.

THANK YOU!!

**Fantastic Fun Easter Parties last month!!! Every day is special here, but YOU made Easter extra special!

**Kindergarten Teachers and YOU Pre-K parents made Tricky Tuesdays work!

**Cindy Birdsong & Kate Larson for stepping in as Highly Qualified Substitute Teachers this year!

**Dottie Thompson & Luz Hargis for offering us extra hands at preschool!

**To all of you! What an investment you all have made in your child's first school experience!! It has been another year of growth and change at Springfield Preschool!

** Ms. Kristen for representing SPS on SUPPORT this year!

**FFA Chapter for hosting the Petting Zoo in April. The kids enjoyed it so much.

**Jody Stolebarger for hosting our PreK field trip to the Public Library in April!

**Luz Hargis, Ms. Sharpe & Ms. Tiffany for volunteering for the Big School Field Trips!

**May Inserts Include:

Kindergarten Teacher Parent Letter Menus

Melon Miss Flyer for the girls

** Keep your Tuesday Express Envelopes this month. They make a great way to store keepsakes from preschool.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.

Have a wonderful Summer!

Debbie Sharpe Kristen Schmidt Andrew Shumate

Springfield School District