Toms Shoes

This fantastic company will donate one pair of shoes for every pair they sell, to a child in a third world country that has no shoes.

Please check out their website. They sell adult and children's shoes.

http://www.tomsshoes.com

Kinders Celebrate the 100th Day of School!

Charlotte S. Huck Festival

The 14th annual Charlotte S. Huck Children's Literature Festival will be held from March 12-13, 2010 on the campus of the University of Redlands.

Visit the festival website from the link below:

http://www.redlands.edu//childrensliteraturefestival.asp

Save the Date

Our 40th annual Eyre Faire will be on May 1st, May Day, this year.

There will be more information coming soon.

Save the date!

Thank you, Joel Harper!

Joel Harper, whose family owns the Folk Music Center in the Village, is also one of our parents here at The Children's School. Last Friday he did a special music presentation for our two and three year old class.

Joel brought many instruments from the store, and demonstrated them for the children. It was a very fun morning. Watching the children, as they were squealing in excitement, was so great. They also were able to try out some of the instruments themselves.

Thank you, Joel!

T-shirt and Sweatshirt Order

The order form for our t-shirt and sweatshirt order was emailed to all families last week. Please print out the form, complete it and return to the office with payment by Friday, February 19th.

If you have trouble opening or printing the order form, please let me know. I can print one for you in the office.

Stone Center Story Time

Upcoming Holidays

We will be closed on the following two Mondays, February 15th and 22nd, for Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays. We hope you will enjoy your 3-day weekends with your family.

9 Boys Making Valentines

Yesterday, Janet's 1st and 2nd grade boys were making Valentine's cards. Somehow, several of the hearts ended up being Ninja masks instead.

Valentine's Day

Be sure to check in your child's classroom for information about Valentine's parties this Friday.


Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day?

No one knows for sure how Valentine's Day got started, but we do know that people have celebrated it, or something like it, for a very long time.

In ancient times, the Romans held a festival each year in the middle of February. There, young men would draw the names of girls from a jar, and they would be paired as sweethearts.

Later, Christians, too, adopted February 14 as a day to celebrate love. They named the day after St. Valentine, a priest who may have helped young people in love. It is said that he married couples in secret at a time when the emperor had ordered all young men to go to war, and had forbidden them to get married.

Today, many people celebrate the day by giving valentines to the people they love. Often these cards are shaped like hearts.

(Taken from the Scholastic book "Sweet Hearts" by Jan Carr)

T-Shirt and Sweatshirt Order Coming Soon!

Good news! We will be doing a T-shirt and sweatshirt order soon! This time we are using the color version of Benjamin's artwork.

Watch for an email in the next couple of days, with the order form attached.

1st and 2nd Graders Interpret Jackson Pollock

I Don't Know If We Are Paying Him Enough!

Our afternoon class has been planning this trap for Frank for many days. He was such a good sport. We think he may have been taking a little nap under there.

This is why we love our College Student Assistants so much!

Amazing 3 and 4 Year Old Artists

Haircuts for Haiti