May
Themes this Month
- Garden and Insects
- Community Helpers and Safety
- Carnival and Graduation
In April we enjoyed many guests! We danced to music with Teacher Brittany! We also “visited” Brazil with Laura and Tiziu and learned a few words in Portuguese, while learning about Capoeira and the Berimbau – a musical instrument used in Capoeira. We enjoyed our nature walk with Talk About Tress, and loved our special visit from our book buddies from The Portland Forest School!
Our students loved school spirit week and show and tell! Dressings up each day, and showing their friends some special things they brought from home, it was delightful! Our little pigs have been having grand adventures too! The students are always so proud and happy when it is their turn!
Graduation and Carnival
Wow! Is it really the last month of school? Our students have grown so much this year. We have 57 children attending Hands On this year. We have lots of fun things planned for May. From gardening projects, more sleepovers with the piglets and finishing up the school year with our own carnival and graduation parties.
We will have 2 end of the school year parties, Friday, May 24th, one for the morning class and one for the afternoon class. Each group will celebrate with a carnival during class, then families can join us in the parking lot for a graduation ceremony. We could use your help! Look for the sign-up sheets on the red doors at drop-off to see how you can help. Make sure to sign up for your child’s class.
Plan to join your child for the celebration in the parking lot. See below for each cohort’s graduation time.
Morning Class, Friday, May 24th at noon. If your child doesn’t attend school on Friday, they may join us at 11:30 for the carnival, then adults join us at noon.
Afternoon Class, Friday, May 24th at 3 PM. If your child doesn’t attend school on Friday, they may join us at 2:30 for the carnival, then adults join us at 3 PM.
Yearbooks
In a few weeks we will be ordering yearbooks, every child that attended Hands On during the school year will be included in the yearbook. Our yearbook is our only fundraiser and we use the funds to keep up the playground. This year we are hoping to raise money for cedar chips and new sand for the sandbox, that will really freshen up the playground! Yearbooks will include graduation and be available to pick up during the summer. They are $30 each, examples of yearbooks from the past are on shelf by drop-in calendar, if you would like to see one. If you want to order a yearbook, please email Jennifer before the last day of school, May 24th.
Dates to Remember
Friday, May 24th – Last day of school, carnival for all students and graduation for children going to kindergarten.
- Morning class children’s party starts at 11:30, adults join at noon.
- Afternoon class children’s party starts at 2:30, adults join at 3 PM.
May 28,29 and 30- Snow Day Make Up Camp. You need to register for this if your child is attending.
June 3th, Summer Camps Start
*There are 11 weeks of summer camps. Each cam is Monday through Friday. Children may attend 2 or 4 days a week.
*No Summer camp week of July 1st to 5th.
August 16th, Summer camp ends
No school or camp, August 16th to September 2nd
September 3rd, Enrolled families and children visit the classroom
September 4th, school year begins
To help you with your taxes here is our official name and tax ID number:
Hands On Art & Play Inc.
EIN # is 20-5503578
