We’re in the last full month of the school year, and it’s FULL of special happenings!

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Teacher Appreciation Week: May 1-5 We have a few special activities this week to help encourage our teachers and show them some love…   check your teacher appreciation email that went out earlier today or click here.

Mommy & Me Tea – May 11 & 12  at 11:15am –We will be celebrating our Mommies on this special day. Please come join us for a special celebration in the classroom and art activity together.

Bike-a-Thon Update: We had a great time last week riding for our school and we want to thank everyone who came out and supported us in this fundraiser.  To date, we have received $1,400 towards or $3,000 goal.

It’s not too late to donate! Money is due by May 15… our special Character Party for those who raise $100 or more is happening with Batman & Belle on Wed May 24.  Prizes and party invites will start going out next week!

Tk/K Class to the Fire Station: May 25 our TK/K students are going off-site to the Fire Station to tour where fire fighters live and work!

Chapel: May 25 & 26 at  11:40am – It’s our last time to gather for chapel together as the Blue Room leads us in learning about “The Great Commission” – that because we have Jesus’ love, we are tasked with sharing His love with others!

Last Days of School, Promotion Ceremony & Promotion Parties: June  7 & 8 10:30am – Join us in the sanctuary at 10:30 where each class will showcase a special song, receive their promotion medallions, and then head back to class for our goodbye parties.

ORANGE and BLUE have their Promotion on THURSDAY June 8!
There is no school Friday June 9.

Summer School: Don’t forget to sign up for the summer program at The Creek! We do not guarantee space for walk-ins, so reserve your days early.  Summer Classes start June 12. For more information about Summer School, click here.

Registration for Fall: If you’re not yet registered for fall (or know someone who is planning on coming but hasn’t signed up yet) do it now! Several of our classes are nearly full!

Flooring Work Day:  Don’t forget, this Saturday is our flooring prep day!

We will be stripping the old floors and preparing them for the contractor on Sat. April 1 from 8am-noon.  There will be childcare available on the playground with Mrs. Stefanie!

No special skills needed just a desire to do some physical labor!    Please let us know what hour we can have you and if you will need child care to help us plan. THANK YOU for all you do to help us here at The Creek!

Spring Break:

There will be no school April 3-6.  See you back the week after!

 Palm Sunday:

River47 church will be having their Palm Sunday service out on the lawn on April 9 at 10am if you’d like to join us!

Easter Chapel and Parties:

Wed & Thurs. April 12 & 13 at 11:15 am. (Blue and Orange on Wed.)

We will be having a special chapel celebrating the miracle of Easter, followed by parties in the classrooms. We hope you can join us for the chapel too! Sign ups for the parties will be posted in the classrooms.

We are Closed on Good Friday, April 14.  River47 will have service at 7pm.

Easter Sunday!

Come celebrate with River47 church at 10am April 16!

Preschool Class Conferences:

Purple and Yellow Room classes have their conference week April 17 through 21.  Please check with your child’s teacher for their conference availability and to sign up.

Tk & K Class to Tanaka Farm!

April 24 – they’re heading off campus to visit the strawberry farm!

Bike-a-Thon!

Our Bike-a-Thon Fundraiser Event returns!  April 27 & 28

Bike-A-Thon is a fundraiser in which the children ride around our track as many laps as they can in a fifteen minute time limit. They can either be sponsored per lap or a flat donation.

After their ride time has ended, and their laps have been counted, the riders are invited to pick up their participation trophies and a popsicle. Please turn in all pledge money into the school office at the end of the event.

This is a fun event, as our children love bringing their very own bikes/scooters/trikes (and safety gear!) from home to ride. In order to participate, your child’s permission slip must be turned in the morning before their ride and they must have a “pit crew” adult with them.

A separate email with more details about the Bike-a-Thon has also gone out today.

April 27 & 28

It’s time to ride for the school as we turn the parking lot into a race track!
Get sponsors, and come prepared to ride, ride, ride, for this school fundraiser!

We raised enough money to replace another classroom floor… but WE NEED HELP tearing out the old floor!

Can you help for just ONE HOUR on  Sat. April 1 from 8am-noon?    

Mrs. Stefanie will be on the playground if you need childcare and there will be snacks courtesy of River 47!

Please let us know which hour you will be coming and if you need childcare so we can best plan our resources!

Spring Pictures are next week!

Monday March 27 for MWF, Orange & Blue
Tuesday March 28 for T/Th

This is the background! We will have online proofing, and you will get to see your complete image gallery online about two weeks after picture day.

 March 24 from 5:30-7pm

Don’t Forget to set aside this evening to come to our Open House!

All the classrooms will be decked out with student work on display (so don’t be surprised if March’s projects and activities are a little more secretive than usual so as to really wow you!) and we’ll have our music teacher Mrs. Karen with Kids Love Music on campus holding mini classes too!

FOOD at OPEN HOUSE: PIZZA PROJECT is doing a fundraiser for us all day March 24 AT THEIR STORE at 3436 E Chapman Ave (just up the street from us in the strip mall by the Carl’s Jr.) – Place your order and then bring it here to the Creek to eat – We’ll have tables set up on the basketball court so that everyone can hang out together here!

Vendor Faire: We’re currently booking some awesome vendors to have here so you can go shopping during Open House! If you sell a product or service, please let us know if you’d like to have a booth! We love supporting our Creek family businesses!

“Double Good” Popcorn is back!

We are raising money for the flooring fund! We get 50% of the sales!

Please ask friends/neighbors/family/co-workers if they’d like to help our school replace out the old floors by purchasing delicious popcorn! Orders will be in for Easter – it’s a great hostess thank you gift or alternative Easter basket treat.

Order forms went home today with MWF/5 Day students. Tues/Thurs students will get their order forms tomorrow.

They sent us samples last month of their new flavor mixes and the teachers LOVED them! “Caramel-Diem,” “In Queso Fire” and “In a Caramel Nutshell” were staff favorites!

Orders are due March 28. We will receive our shipment after we return from Spring Break (April 10)

March 1 is the start of Lent, the 40 days leading up to Easter.  This day, Ash Wednesday, is the day in which you may see crosses upon the foreheads of many, marked out in ashes.

At the Creek we will mark this with a short time of age-appropriate learning about our church traditions of Ash Wednesday. Your child will have an opportunity to see and touch the palm branches, observe their burning and be offered the placement of ashes upon the forehead by Pastor Bryan of River47 Church.  Pastor Bryan will be available at the 8:30 and 9:00 drop off times for any parents or siblings that might also wish to receive ashes.

You are also invited to join our River47 family for an all ages service at 7pm. (Nursery care for children up to age three will be available for the service).

Within the Evangelical Covenant Church, we believe that as Christians we should walk with Christ not just in the happy times – such as Christmas, Palm Sunday, and Easter – but also remember his times of trial – such as when he went into the wilderness to fast and pray and be tempted, Maundy Thursday in the garden, and Good Friday at the Cross.  Ash Wednesday is where we remember one of those times of trial – and as Christians we take this day to reflect upon what He has done for us and to repent for our sins.

During Ash Wednesday services churchgoers are marked on the forehead with a cross of ashes. The use of ashes, typically made by burning palm branches from the previous Palm Sunday, is extremely symbolic. “God our Father, you create us from the dust of the earth. Grant that these ashes may be for us a sign of our penitence, and a symbol of our mortality.”

While adults are given the mark of the cross with a phrase similar to “remember you are dust and unto dust you shall return” we in the Evangelical Covenant Church use the phrase “Remember what Jesus did for you and believe in Him” with the children.