MCDC News

Spoiled Rotten Photography is bringing a Boutique Portrait Opportunity to NASA MCDC!
The portrait sessions are 11/04/20 - 11/06/20.
This session is elective, so please sign up by 10/28/20!
More info and sign up here:  https://spoiledrottenphotography.com/?p=23078

MCDC Parents,

We will be returning to our normal operating hours effective Tuesday September 8, 2020.  Normal operating hours are 6:45am-5:45pm.  Our staff has done a great job of getting into a sanitizing rhythm to allow us to return to our normal hours. 

Children may be dropped off in their classrooms at 6:45am, but no earlier.  Please do not enter the building until right at that time as teachers will be busy setting up their classrooms and sanitizing.  It can be a distraction when children arrive early and wait in the classroom.  At pickup time, children must be picked up and out of the building by 5:45pm.  Please ensure that you are here in time to pick up your child and their belongings and exit the building by 5:45pm.  Our late pick up fee is $1.00 per minute per child.

Please let me know if you have any questions!  Have a wonderful and safe Labor Day Weekend!!   

REMINDER:

You can place your order from the link here: https://shrimpandgritskids.com/tristan4875

- When shopping from her link, you will see “You are shopping with Tristan Lane, Host” in the bottom corner.

Items will be shipped to you in about a week!

Shrimp & Grits Kids has sizes for Boys 3M – 10 and Girls 3M – 14.

For all orders placed now through Friday 9/4, Tristan will be donating her commission check to MCDC!

If you have any questions or want help with sizing, you can call or text Tristan: 256-431-9165

- You can also find her Facebook group here where she posts information on sizing help, new releases, and giveaways: www.facebook.com/groups/660740817599072

This is a great way to give back to MCDC!

We do not get to say this often, but we actually have Infant slots available! Even with our waiting list of 35 families, there is no one in need of care at this moment. Our ratio of 1 teacher to 3 babies cannot be beat! Each infant classroom only has 6 babies and two teachers for a calm and nurturing environment. If you know of anyone working on Redstone Arsenal that is needing care for a child ages 6 weeks to 8 months, please have them contact me.

Kelli.L.Wright@nasa.gov

Hey MCDC!

We are planning to have our Staff Appreciation Week July 20-24 this year. We know things will be a little different, but we don't want to miss out on celebrating our wonderful MCDC staff! Please read through the plans below:

1.       SignUp Genius link for food/supplies/donations for the week here: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.signupgenius.com_go_30E0B48A5AC22AAFD0-2Dmcdc&d=DwIFAw&c=ApwzowJNAKKw3xye91w7BE1XMRKi2LN9kiMk5Csz9Zk&r=dCtOi9bx5-PdavWpWgdZdEaUV79gecYuopXSJ4JVf-s&m=N7P58hHOg_PIUoYPi2qhZBLbo58PAE6Y91YNFftuBJE&s=XA24epGgo6hF9sOxM2iGTi7FAufyZ1dwH__YejRKOyI&e=

1. We know some people aren't coming into daycare yet, so if you would like to donate for food/snacks you can send money to the PayPal Pool here: https://paypal.me/pools/campaign/114120244584861795

b.       Drop off for food/snacks/supplies will be in the Staff Lounge

2.       We are also still planning on providing a meal for the staff, but this year we will be doing a lunch for them on July 22, 2020.

a.       We are asking that each family donate $20 per child to cover the following:

• Lunch for the MCDC Staff

• A gift card in the same amount for each staff member

• The cost of the memory books

$20 will be due by 07/17/2020. You can either drop off a check at the front desk or you can send money to the PayPal Pool here: https://paypal.me/pools/campaign/114120227404992594

3.       Lastly, thanks to everyone that has submitted their Memory Book Pages so far! We would like to have them all submitted by July 15, 2020, so that they can be compiled and given to the teachers during Staff Appreciation Week!

a.       Create your memory book pages for your child and save as a PDF

b.       Send it to the following email we have set up for Staff Appreciation : mcdcstaffappreciation@gmail.com <mailto:mcdcstaffappreciation@gmail.com>  and include *all of the following below*

• Your child's name

• Each Staff Member that they would like to give their memory book page to

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Tristan Lane tristan.lane@nasa.gov or RJ Habig ronajae_17@hotmail.com for more information.

Let's make this Staff Appreciation Week the best one yet!

MCDC Board

Tristan Lane

Mission & Fault Management Team

Design & Analysis Team Lead

Avionics IDT Lead

MSFC 4600 1212

256.544.1650

MCDC Families,

It is with much regret that I inform you that we will be closing the center next week 7/13/20-7/17/20.  We have had a parent of a child in Preschool A test positive for Covid-19.  The child has since starting running a fever (Friday night), and the doctor has told the family to assume the child is positive as well. The child’s last day at the center was on Friday.   In order to protect everyone to the best of our ability, the Board of Directors has decided the most responsible thing to do is to close for the week.  The center was cleaned and sanitized Friday night, and we will be cleaning and sanitizing once more before we re-open.

We are now asking that if a parent is being tested for Covid-19 , that the children are kept at home until the results are returned. 

Even though we will be closed next week, tuition will still be charged.  Payment will not be due until we reopen on the 20th. 

If you have any questions, please let me know.  If you would like to contact the Board of Directors, please contact MCDCBoardofDirectors@gmail.com.

MCDC Parents,

We are facing a shortage of available gloves.  Most stores are limiting the amount that you can buy, and some are completely out.  CVS, Walmart and Sam’s do have them, but you can only buy a few boxes at a time.  If you see any when running errands, we would greatly appreciate any donations.  The type we need are: 

Large, Nitrile, Non-Powdered, Non-Latex (typically they are blue in color)

Thank you!!

MCDC Community,

We are pleased to announce that we will be re-opening MCDC on June 8th. We will send out more details next week after we finalize our updated operating procedures and policies to ensure the safety of our MCDC community, which will follow the Alabama Department of Health/CDC guidelines.

Understandably, some families may not feel safe returning their children to MCDC just yet. That’s why we have prepared a very short 1 minute survey to collect information from our families to help the board make decisions on how we will charge families who do not want to bring in their children yet. Please take the time to fill out the 5 question survey to ensure your voice is heard before our next board meeting. Survey is due Tuesday June 2nd at noon.

SURVEY: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScKBAFpIzNuYRO3n_zwUXkmvnUNnYBCNrLu5_r_oIDtBFiPQg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Side Note - The survey mentions NASA terminology (Stage 4, 3, 2, and 1), so below is a link for those who are not familiar with our NASA Return to Work Framework Stages (pdf also attached). MSFC is currently at Stage 4. https://nasapeople.nasa.gov/coronavirus/NASA_RTOW_Framework.pdf