Welcome to the Family Support Services website. We believe that it is important for parents to know about and be involved in their child/ren's education, so we post monthly information about classroom and after-school activities.

Coopertown Kindergarten Extended Day News

April was an amazing month!

We continued working on Kid Writing in our language arts program. We used the letters “F” and “X” in our journals, added the word “said” to our word wall, and put the –ot and –ox families onto our “word family” wall.

The students completed a writing and illustration activity titled “In the ocean lives a…” and for Earth Day we created Earth Day Posters in our Art Center. We also played Earth Day Bingo, Memory, and completed a “What Recyclable is Missing” activity in our small group work. We had fun making paper bag Orca whales, tissue paper seahorses, sandy starfish, paper plate crabs, plus fish and jellyfish. We sponge painted lovely ladybugs (on display in the hallway) and created an “accordion fish reflecting story order” using a fabulous Dr. Seuss book called “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

Your children excelled at following directions in all of their activities!

In our Math Center, we continued with our sorting projects. We sorted various materials (marbles, shells, colored paper clips, and sea animals) and practiced forming addition equations using dominoes and dice. We graphed and made patterns with sea animals and endangered species.

As we head into Marvelous May and Jubilant June, we look forward to exploring insects, arachnids, seasonal changes, and rain forests. We also can’t wait to present our end of the year show!

During our foreign language time we’ll review our Spanish colors, numbers, and days of the week. The sea animals (el delfin = Dolphin), insects ( la mosca = Fly) will be introduced and we plan to finish off the year with shapes (Circulo-Circle).

Finally, I’d like to thank our parents for all of your patience and cooperation throughout the school year.

As the great Dr. Seuss once said in his book “Oh, The Places You’ll Go”:

“Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great places!
You’re off and away!

Dates to Remember:

May 14th –Early Dismissal for all students (11:30am)
May 18th- NO SCHOOL: In-service for teachers
May 31st- Memorial Day: NO SCHOOL
June 21st- Last day for Kindergarten students

Have a fun and safe summer!

Sincerely,

Mary Bellomo-Site Director
Ashley Pietropaolo-Teacher

Coopertown Extended Day After School Program News

Spring brought lots of warm, sunny days that were perfect for outdoor activities in April, and we hope that May and June will be just as lovely.

The staff at Coopertown is organizing games and contests for all to enjoy. Our boys and girls will be been playing “tennis baseball” using a tennis racket instead of a bat, doing water games, and will be creating a paint splashed mural as well as sidewalk chalk pictures.

Indoor activities include making a Piñata for Cinco de Mayo, a special gift for mom, and beaded jewelry. We will create shape collages, decorate picture frames, and weave a flag in honor of Memorial Day. The children will be painting a piece of toast to eat and will be having a fun competition with strawberries and whipped cream! One final Coopertown Café will be held for all to enjoy. The boys and girls have certainly loved our little restaurant and have sampled many tasty treats.

It’s hard to believe that our year in after care will soon be over. Our staff feels very rewarded by the many wonderful moments we’ve had with your children. It has been a pleasure to work with each of them, and we’ve enjoyed our “Coopertown family.”

Sincerely,

Joan Strayer, Director of Coopertown After Care
Bob Curran
Nancy Donato
Tory Harrington
Erin Miller
Eric Smith
Michele Wasserman
Jenn Youngers

A Safety Reminder – call when your child is absent

The Coopertown classroom number is 610-527-2281. Please remember to call when your child will not be coming on a scheduled day. Whenever a child does not show up as expected, the teacher must devote time to locate him/her so as to be sure he/she is safe. We care about your children—so do let us know whenever we should not expect them to arrive at our after school program.

Licensing and Teacher Certification credentials

Extended Day programs are state licensed. All site directors and assistant teachers are certified.