MCDC News

MCDC Parents:

Great opportunity to learn more about Kindergarten Readiness!

Good Morning Preschool Directors,

Just wanted to remind you about an event that we are hosting next week. We have a panel of specialists coming to campus next Tuesday, February 9 at 10 a.m. to talk about Kindergarten Readiness (this event is about Kindergarten readiness in general, not specifically about the Randolph Kindergarten program). If you have any parents that would enjoy learning more about the skills and tools that children need to be ready for Kindergarten, please encourage them to join us. As always, you are welcome at any event that we are hosting on campus.

Getting Ready for Kindergarten

Join our panel of experts Dr. Bryan Laue, Dr. Halina Hale, Randolph counselor Vanessa Robinson, preschool teacher, Juliet Wells and Randolph Kindergarten teacher Laura Bernick as we discuss ways to prepare your child for Kindergarten and offer guidance for families who are deciding when to start Kindergarten.  

Register Here

Kelly Emerson

Randolph School

Admissions Associate

256-799-6167

www.randolphschool.net

We will be having our class pictures taken by Spoiled Rotten Photography this Wednesday morning.  If you would like to order a class picture, payment and order form are due to the front office by tomorrow morning.

MCDC will be closing today at 1:45pm due to MSFC closing at 1:00pm. Please make arrangements to have your child/children picked up and out of the center by 1:45pm. Thank you and please be cautious! Have a great weekend!

Join us for our Annual Holiday Program on Thursday December 10th at 5:30 pm in the Activities Building 4346!  The Explorer and Preschool classes will be performing and we will have light refreshments after the program.  See you there!

Good Morning MCDC Parents!  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends.

A few reminders for this week:

Preschool: We have been invited to participate in Marshall’s Annual Tree Lighting tomorrow, December 1st at 4:45pm on the front porch of 4200.  The children will be singing two songs, and then there will be a special visitor.  They will also have hot chocolate and cookies.  Please let me know if your child will be able to participate.  Please have your child at 4200 by 4:40pm.  Thank you!

Explorers & Preschool: The Holiday Store is this Thursday.  Your child may purchase gifts for $2.00 each.  There is an envelope in your child’s classroom for you to place your money in. Please also write on the envelope who your child will be buying for.  If it is someone that your child calls (for ex.) “Bubba” or “NoNo”, please let us know the gender and age of the person so we can direct your child appropriately.  We will have gifts for men, women and siblings.  We do accept check or cash.  If you do not have exact change, we will be able to get you your change by the end of the day.

Coming up next week:

Holiday Program Thursday Dec 10th 5:30pm in the Activities Building 4312; Preschool and Explorer classrooms participate; everyone is invited! If you have someone that needs access to the arsenal for the program, I need their name no later than Tues the 8th. 

Classroom Holiday Parties Friday Dec 11th- Snack time- check for details with your child’s teachers

Please let me know if you have any questions!  Have a great week!

Kelli Wright, Director

Marshall Child Development Center

(256) 544-8609

Kelli.L.Wright@nasa.gov

Reminder:

Our annual Thanksgiving Lunch will be taking place tomorrow, Thursday November 19th at 11:00am.  MCDC will be providing turkey, paper products and tea.

Friends and family are welcome! The food will be set up buffet style in the cafeteria.  You will fix your plate and then join your child in their classroom.  The children will be served lunch as normal from the kitchen and will be ready for you eat with them. 

Please keep in mind that we will not have the capability to warm or cook items that you bring.  So please make arrangements to either bring your items in a container that will stay warm, or keep them with you and warm before arriving.  Please also be sure to provide a serving utensil with your dish.  You may pick up your dish after the luncheon.  If you forget, we will place your containers on the parent table in the front lobby.

We look forward to spending this special time with you all! We are truly grateful that you have chosen to share your precious children and families with us!

Our annual fall festival is right around the corner!  Join us this Friday October 23rd from 5:30pm to 7:00pm.  The fall festival will be taking place in the Activities Building across the street, building 4316 on Digney Road.

What can you expect to see??

Moon bounces, popcorn, snow cones, hot dogs, chips, face painting, hair painting, foam pumpkin decorating, two-liter toss, cake walk, duck game, photo booth, fishing, bean bag toss, and spider toss!

How can you help?

We will need donations of two-liters (full ones) for the two-liter toss.  Get a ring around a two-liter and take it home!  We will also need donations of cakes, cookies or goodies for our cake walk. Donations for two liters and sweets can be dropped off in the front office prior to the festival.

There is no cost for the festival, although, any donations are appreciated.  Belk tickets will be available for sale as well!

We hope to see you all there!

Kelli Wright, Director

Marshall Child Development Center

(256) 544-8609

Kelli.L.Wright@nasa.gov

MCDC Family,

It is that time of year, Belk Fall Charity Sale. MCDC has set a goal to sell 100 tickets. I am confident that we can beat that goal! The charity sale tickets sell themselves. Many people in the community are familiar with the sale and are looking for tickets. We have tickets and sale ads at the front desk. If you are interested in supporting this fundraiser, please stop by and purchase a ticket for yourself and/or grab a stack to sell to your friends, family, co-workers, church members, hair salon, etc. !  Get your tickets fast as other organizations will be selling them as well!

The details for the sale are listed below.

• $5/ticket, MCDC keeps the entire $5
• Our goal is to sell 100 tickets. That would be $500 profit, but we can always request more tickets and increase our profit!
• Ticket gets you into the Spring Belk Charity Sale on November 7th from 6 am -10 am.
• Each customer will receive $5 off their first purchase, essentially getting back the $5 they spent on the ticket.
• All Belk stores in the US are having a Spring Charity Sale on the same day, and this ticket would get you into any of those sales. So sell tickets to out of town family and friends!
• Pre-sale anytime the week before the sale, and receive the charity sale prices. The store will hold your purchases, ring them up during the sale hours, and you can pick them up after the sale.
• IF you have a Belk charge card:
  • Receive Double & Triple reward points on charity sale purchases.
  • Combine the "no exclusions" coupon with the charity sale prices. Therefore, save this coupon for the charity sale!

I am excited to see how many tickets MCDC can sell! Let's beat our goal of 100 tickets!

Lastly - Would any of you be interested in volunteering 4 hours for the Belk Sale?

In the spring two parents volunteered their time and this earned the MCDC an additional $150.

We only need 2 volunteers for a total of 8 hours to earn the extra money. We need to let Belk know by October 30th if we plan to provide any volunteers.

The available shifts are listed below. Please let me know if you are interested in volunteering!

Friday November 6th

9:00 – 1:00 PM

1:00-5:00 PM

4:00-8:00 PM

Saturday November 7th

5:30 – 9:30 AM

7:30 – 11:30 AM

9:00 - 1:00 PM

12:00-4:00 PM

4:00-8:00pm

Sunday November 8th

12:00 – 4:00 PM

3:00 -7:00 PM

Thank you!

Kelli Wright, Director

Marshall Child Development Center

(256) 544-8609

Kelli.L.Wright@nasa.gov