Weekly Update April 5 - April 12
April 5th, 2024
The Discovery of the Child
Remember to return your 2024-2025 enrollment contracts.
Happening this week:
Friday, April 5th:
Friday Coffee Hour:
Join us after drop-off every Friday morning!
Friday, April 5th:
6th Year Bake Sale and Game Night Fundraiser
Upper Elementary Bake Sale
& Family Game night.
5 PM - 7 PM
Join us this coming Friday evening, April 5th for a special Family Game Night!
There will be board game raffles and baked goods for sale.
LMS parent, Mathew Seavey, will be hosting a group, D&D-like, role-playing game. Bring your favorite board game to share with others.
Tickets cost $6 per person and include pizza. All proceeds go to the 6th Year trip to Boston this May. We hope to see you there!
Saturday, April 6th:
6th Year Bake Sale at Stop and Shop
Upper Elementary Bake Sale
6th Year families and students are hosting a bake sale at Litchfield Stop and Shop on Saturday, April 6th from 11am-2pm.
To show your support you may donate a baked good brought to school on Friday, April 5th.
All proceeds will go to the 6th Year Boston trip. Save your grocery shopping trip for Saturday and see us there!
Monday, April 8th:
View the Solar Eclipse
Join us after school on Monday to watch the solar eclipse. The event itself will begin at 2:12pm, the height will take place just after dismissal at 3:25! Our coverage at peak is about 94%. We have glasses for children and may have a few for adults as well depending on the number who stay; to be sure you can watch safely, you might want to bring your own. Feel free to bring a blanket and watch together on the lawn. Children will be dismissed to parents at the normal times. Monitor your child with their glasses and make a judgement call based on readiness to determine whether they can use them safely under your supervision. We are not sending YPC children home with glasses and will not encourage them to look at the sun.
Wednesday, April 10th:
Community Circle, 6pm
Our April Community Circle will be a book discussion led by parent Kristina Luce, on "Hold Onto Your Kids" by child development expert Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., and bestselling author Gabor Maté, M.D. Together, they delve into a pressing issue of our era: the growing trend of children looking to their peers for guidance, leading to challenges in family unity, hindrance in healthy growth, and the emergence of a troubling youth culture. Let's explore how this "peer orientation" affects our children, making them overly conformist, desensitized, and disconnected from their families, with a focus on being "cool" overshadowing their values and identity. A few of you have copies of the book, but, whether or not you've had the chance to read it, Kristina will give you the cliff notes version with some take-home ideas to think about. Note: the timing of this week's Community Circle was shifted to 6pm.
Things to know...
Spring Clubs:
Begin Monday, April 8th
Registration now open!
Construction Creation - (ages 3yr-6yr) Directed by Amanda McGrew, Monday's
Beginner Biking - (ages 4yr+) Directed by Sam Cochrane, Tuesday's - Club requires 3 participants to run.
Intermediate Biking -(ages 7+) Directed by Sam Cochrane, Wednesday's - Club requires 3 participants to run.
Advanced Biking - (ages 8+) Directed by Sam Cochrane, Thursday's - Club requires 3 participants to run.
Summer Programs:
Begin Monday, June 10th
Registration now open!
Young People's Community - Directed by Susan Patrick, 3 weekly options
Children's House - Directed by Kelsey Ferguson & Danielle Snydar,3 weekly options
Elementary - Directed by Amanda McGrew & Monika Geerling, 3 weekly options
Please note - there are no programs offered during July this summer.
Hearing & Vision Screening:
Tuesday, April 23rd & Wednesday, April 24th
Hearing and Vision Screening for Extended Day (aged 5 years by September 2022), 1st-, 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-year students (excluding 2nd- and 6th-years). Please complete the permission slip to allow the Litchfield Public School Registered Nurse to conduct the testing for your child.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Friday, April 26th
Save the date! Sign-up
