St. Francis de Sales School
4205 Mulberry St.
Riverside, CA 92501
Preschool (951) 683-5143
A California State Licensed Facility
#330907938
May1, 2017
Dear Preschool Parents:
May has arrived and there are only 6weeks left of school, the time has flown by. Our theme for the month is Ocean Life. If your children have any books that pertain to thistheme, please send them in so we can share them with the class.
We are in need of baby wipes in preschool. We are asking each child to bring in 1 container (refill pkg. is ok) of Huggies or Pampers wipes. This should get us through the year.
Our third preschool sponsored hot lunch is May 2nd and 3rd. We will be serving a pancake meal with sausage, fruit and a drink on Wednesday 5/2 and bean, meat and cheese tostadas (ala carte) on Thursday 5/3. We also have one extra Hot Lunch scheduled for Wednesday May 31st. We will be serving hotdogs/chilidogs ala carte with snacks and drinks available. More information about donations for this hot lunch will go out later in the month.
Friday May 12thwe will be having our Mother’s Day Tea in the school library from 8:15am to 9:30am (immediately following flag ceremony). Light refreshments will be served. The children will perform a song for mom and present a small gift.
Friday May 5thand Friday June 2ndwe will be attending 1st Friday Mass. Mass begins at 8am. Please arrive on time. We startlining up at 7:50am. Remember students are dismissed at 12 noon. Full-day preschoolers, please notify us if you will be staying until 2:50pm. Remember we do not eat lunch on first Friday’s, only preschoolers staying all day need to pack/order lunch. Also, first Friday is share day, so please have your child bring in one toy/item to share with the class.
Wednesday May 18th, we will have a visit from Captain Carl. He brings a mobile tide pool of small sea creatures he collects from his dives off the Southern California coast. The children will get a close encounter with these live sea creatures such as sea stars, hermit crabs and other small marine life.
Thursday June 1stwe will be having Doughnuts with Dad at 8:15am in our preschool classroom(immediately following flag). Invitations will be sent home later in the month. Dad’s please plan on a 30 minute event time.
Monday May 29th is the Memorial Day holiday and there will be no school.
We have some special end of the year events scheduled for the first few days in June, more information will follow.
Preschool Graduation and the last day of school isWednesday June 7th. (Note: Students are dismissed immediately after the ceremony@ approx. 10:30am.No Afterschool Care.)A Slideshow will begin at 8:45am and the graduation ceremony will begin at 9:00am. Invitations will be going home later this month. All family members are welcome to attend, please let the teachers know the number of family members attending graduation.
We would like to thank you for all your help and participation. Please remember if you have any questions you are always welcome to call or come into the classroom.
Thank you,
Mrs. Diane Williams Mrs. Adriana Mata
Preschool DirectorPreschool Teacher