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O C T O B E R
IMPORTANT
DATES TO
REMEMBER
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Monday, October 13
Columbus
Day
School Closed
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Wednesday, October
22 Student of the
Month Awards Ceremony at 9:30 am
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Thursday, October 23
Back to School Night
Potluck (5:00-6::30
PM) *School will
close at 3:30 PM on
this day.
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Friday, October 31
Halloween Party
I N S I D E T H I S
I S S U E :
General Announcements
Caterpillars
Rollie Pollies
Dragonflies
Butterflies
Bumblebees
Ladybugs
Fireflies
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The Argonaut
Columbus Day
Student of the Month
It is truly an honor that Carousel Preschool and Infant Center ranked in the top 3 as the
Best Child Care Center in the
Westside area by the local
news and culture magazine
called The Argonaut. With this
recognition, we thank you our
dear parents for all your support as we continue to thrive
with excellence.
Carousel Preschool will be
closed on Monday, October
13, in observance of Columbus Day.
Carousel Preschool encourages the children to always
strive to be the best! We applaud their efforts by selecting
one child every month from
each class to be honored as
the Student of the Month in
our Student of the Month
Awards Ceremony.
Back to School Night
On Thursday evening, October
23 from 5:00 to 6:30pm, we
will have our annual family
Back to School Potluck Dinner.
This is an excellent opportunity
for you to meet the school
staff, your fellow Carousel
families and especially your
child’s friends. There will be a
beautiful displays of special
projects your children will have
worked on throughout this
month. If your family would like
to attend this special event,
we request that you please
bring something to contribute
to the Potluck Dinner. The
portion should be enough for
12 people. Please mark your
calendar as we send out more
detailed information closer to
the date.
*PLEASE NOTE: SCHOOL WILL
CLOSE AT 3:30 ON OCTOBER
23 TO PREPARE FOR “BACK
TO SCHOOL NIGHT”
Halloween Party
Friday, October 31, will be our
school Halloween Party. Children may come to school in
their costume (no scary face
masks or weapons will be allowed). The children will have
a costume parade in the playground and will do trick or
treat in all the classrooms.
Kindly bring a set of clothes
for your child to change in
after the festivities. Please
make sure that all clothes are
labeled with your child’s name.
Weather
We may be experiencing cooler weather soon, please label
all your children’s belongings
e.g. jackets, sweaters, sweatshirts, and hats. Kindly check
your child’s cubby later this
month, you may need to exchange the additional clothing
for warmer items. It is also
very important that all other
belongings especially bedding
is clearly labeled as well.
Thank you very much for your
cooperation.
September
Students of the Month were:
Jana Posserio
Liliana Willoughby
Abraham Gonzalez
Kevin Salinas
Sivory Menjivar
Walter Yogi
Jamil Muhammad
Connor O’Kain
Birthday Corner
Elliot Choi
Diego Sainz
Matteo Corona
Jana R. Poserio
Amelia Broad
Ricardo Vargas
Staff:
10/05
10/07
10/14
10/17
10/29
10/31
Ms. Jessica
Ms. Michelle P.
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10/28
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Dear Parents,
October is here again!
We welcome fall with a lot of new
friends and fun–filled activities.
We will be doing arts and crafts
that will pertain to the theme of
the month and learn about numbers, letters, shapes & colors.
We are pleased to have new
friends in our class: Nora Marcus, Catalina Wachell and Julian
Bathish. Welcome to our class!
Congratulation to Jana Poserio
and Liliana Willoughby for being
chosen as students of the month
for September!
Jana is a very smart girl. At circle
time she’s very participative and
C AT E R P I L L A R S
stays focused until the end of
the activity. She gives her almost 100% attention and loves
to interact with every story that I
read. she wants to be the first
one to do her art work and is
not happy when she’s done.
She knows what the subject is
and she does it with perfection.
She is very independent especially at lunch time. She can
feed herself. Jana is a very
sweet girl who can get along
with everybody. Way to go, Jana!
Liliana is one of those smart
kids that I have. At circle time,
she will request a certain song
or a story book that she wants to
hear.
R o l l i e
Happy Halloween and Happy
Fall!
First and foremost the Rollie
Pollies would like to give a
warm welcome to Dexter, Li–
liana and Angelina!!
Last month the children were
able to explore their emotions
and get to know their body
parts. The children sang “Head,
shoulders, knees, and toes”
while pointing to their corre-
he can follow good directions
and always gets excited for
new things introduced to the
classroom. She shows independence especially at lunch
time where She feeds herself. Her vocabulary has increased and uses her words
to ask for her wants and
needs. In fact, she is very
respectful. She says “please”
if she wants something from
us. Liliana is the first ever
under Ms. Antonia and my
care to be potty trained and
show consistency in doing so.
We are very proud of that.
Good job Lili!!!
Ms. Arlene, Ms. Aleyda,
Ms.Antonia, Ms. Conce,
and Ms. Kassandra
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sponding body parts.
The children also went over the
letters A and B, by creating apples, alligators, and balloons.
Student of the Month:
The Rollie Pollies would like to
congratulate Abraham Gonzales
on being the Student of the
Month. Abraham has shown
great improvement in his vocabulary skills.
He follows directions and has
started to follow two-step directions.
Abraham practices shapes,
colors, and letters of the alphabet. Abraham is friendly
to all his friends and cooperates with them during activities.
Congratulations Abraham!!
Ms. Araceli, Ms. Evelia
Ms. Nancy and Ms. Kimberly
D r a g o n f l i e s
Dear Dragonfly parents,
The Dragonflies class would
like to warmly welcome Mila,
Emmanuel, Isaiah, as the newest members of our class. It is
always a delight to have new
friends join the class. The
Dragonflies class always makes
new friends feel welcome.
This month, the students are
learning the letters A, B, and C.
When we ask what students
names in our class start with
the letter A, the students say
Avery and Ariya. To practice
other words that start with the
letter A, the students each come
up during circle time to pick a
picture out of the bag with pictures that start with the letter A.
The students show the picture
to their friends and say what the
picture is. This is their favorite
part of circle time because they
each get to share with their
friends. This month, the students are also learning body
parts. The Dragonflies class
would like to honor Kevin Salinas as Student of the Month.
Kevin is a quiet boy who enjoys playing with his friends
both inside and outside the
classroom. Kevin has shown
great improvements with his
verbal skills and is using his
words more. When the class
is walking to the playground,
Kevin always walks together
with the rest of the
class. When asked to repeat
phrases and requests, Kevin
always does so. He is always
the first one to help clean up
when it is clean up.
Kevin is a joy to have in the
classroom.
Ms. Michelle, Ms. Erika
Ms. Andrea & Ms. Pachita
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B U T T E R F L I E S
Dear Parents,
We are so happy to see the leaves fall
as we welcome colder weather and
say hello to a new season. We have
two holidays to celebrate this month,
Columbus Day and Halloween. We will
also learn many new academic skills,
a new color, and new letters.
Student of the month
He has progressed in saying approximately 80 words now, and is looking
forward to saying 200 words. Sivori also
knows his alphabet, his shapes, and
numbers 1-20. He is a very bright student who loves to do arts and crafts
and enjoys dancing and taking out his
friends to dance and saying “please”.
The Butterfly classroom is very proud
of Sivori Menjivar.
keep doing a great job!
The Butterfly Classroom has the honor
to present Sivori Menjivar as the student of the month for September .
Sivori was chosen to be the student of
the month because he has developed
great language skills.
Ms. Jeanette, Ms. Maria L.
and Ms. Eva
B U M B L E B E E S
Dear Parents,
The new school year is finally
here and we are all excited. We welcome all the children who have moved
up. We are glad that the new Bumblebees have transitioned well.
This school year, your children will be
busy with new words and activities with
regards to the monthly themes. This
month our theme will be the following:
The October themes are:
Letters – D, E, F
Numbers – 3, 4
Holiday – Halloween, Columbus Day
Shape – Square
Color – Black
We hope this month will be full of new
learning and fun for everyone. Feel free
to come and visit our class to see the
artistic works of the children!
Student of the Month
We congratulate our student of the
month for September: Walter Hodaka
Yogi!
Walter is an enthusiastic child who
always has a smile on his face. He has
improved on his socialization skills,
mastered his shapes, colors and he
also knows some of his letters and
numbers. Walter loves to listen and
read stories.
Way to go Walter keep it up!!
C o n g r a t u l a ti o n s
to our Students
of the Month!!!
Ms. Jessica and Ms. Erika C.
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L ADYBUGS
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
Greetings!
We have had a wonderful first few weeks
of school and it seems as though everyone has made a smooth transition.
October is a very busy month for us!
Our themes will include: Columbus Day
and Halloween. Furthermore, the kids will
focus on Square shapes, and the colors:
Black, Yellow and Orange. We will be
counting 1 to 20, working on sorting and
patterning activities as well as working on
Arts & Crafts and Science experiments.
Halloween preparations will be in the
works too!
Ladybugs’ Student of the Month for September is Jamil Muhammad. Jamil is
cheerful, diligent and enthusiastic. He
works cooperatively with others. He
does everything with a good attitude and
a smile on his face. He consistently participates in class.
By working together, we can make this a
wonderful beginning to your child’s education. Let’s be models of the behavior
we want them to display.
Best Wishes to All,
Ms. Michelle, Ms. Jenna, Ms. Raquel,
Ms. Goldy & Ms. Mireya
Fireflies
Dear Parents/ Guardians,
lines, curve lines and writing within the
lines.
Fireflies will highlight this month of
October with discussions about the Fall
Season, Weather, and answer the question “Why do leaves Change Color?”
Math: Shapes, Number concepts of 1 10
Most of the children in our class are
more than ready to learn new concepts,
new procedures and rules inside and
outside the classroom. We will play
games such as: the leaf race, leaf rubbing, painting, coloring and pasting
activities. They will also learn some
poems and songs in relation with our
academics and the Season.
Science: Weather and Season: “Why Do
Leaves Change Color?”
Here are the topics we are working on
for this month:
Reading: Vowels: Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu
Pre-writing Skills: Straight
Drawing of Shapes, Writing numbers 0-9
other children. He pays attention and
listens well during our lesson and discussion time. He can recognize and identify
most of the letters and phonic sounds as
well as numbers 1-10. He is a joy to have
in our class!
Social Studies: Holiday: Christopher Columbus, Pledge of Allegiance
Fine motor Skills: Writing of one’s name,
cutting
Quotes of the Month:
“I will try, I will not cry”.
Student of the Month
Connor O’Kain
Connor is an independent boy. He adjusted to our classroom routine right
away. He can harmoniously play with
Ms. May, Ms. Auri, Ms. Goldy
& Mr. Carlo