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2007-2008 Highlights
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In May we honor our moms and grandmothers with several events. The 4's hosted a Mother's Day Tea, with real china tea cups, lovely gifts and cards, scones, sandwiches and tarts...and sang some beautiful songs for their mothers. "They come in all shapes and sizes...they're full of lots of surprises...but Moms, they are the wisest...Moms are made that way...she's not perfect, she's gentle and kind..." Lots of happy tears and many thanks to the ladies from the church for providing a special treat! The 2's and 3's invited Moms to school for goodies and some songs. Kindergarten hosts the Haymarket Day Spa...with 'special' treatments from their child! We also celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, and our Spring Programs and Graduation Days. It's been a great year at Preschool!
May 15 and 16 we held 7 Spring Programs and Graduations for our 6 classes of 3's and our 9 classes of 4's. We sang about the Wild West...about our country, America, and about God's love for us. The 4's classes graduated and sang a song called "I am a Promise...I am a possibility..." See if you can find a photo from your child's class below:
Here are some photos from Muffins with Mom, our 3 year olds Mother's Day Celebration...
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| Mrs. Wilkens 2 day 3's is "Bringin' Home a Baby Bumblebee..."
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Mrs. Dills 3 day 3's showing off their singing ability for Mom!
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Mrs. Stettler's 2 day 3's...Moms, Kids and lots of love!
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| Mrs. Stettler's afternoon 3's at Muffins with Mom
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Our 2's class makes special keepsake tiles for Mom!
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....and special cards, too.
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Kindergarten classes hosted "Haymarket Day Spa" for their moms...nails, hair,make up and homemade neck warmers! It was a memorable day for all...please check out lots more photos on the Kindergarten page!
In April we hosted a salad luncheon for our volunteering moms. We are so appreciative of those that have given countless hours to our school!
March at our school includes a week long celebration of Dr. Seuss...with Wacky Wednesday, Green Eggs and Ham, Oobleck, and One Fish, Two Fish. Lots of dress up days, lots of mystery parent readers and lots of crazy snacks. The Cat in the Hat makes an appearance, too! To further enjoy learning about a great author of children's literature we also add in our Scholastic Book Fair. March also includes Easter Parties and it is Music in the Schools month, where we spend time learning about instruments and the story of Peter and the Wolf during Music class.
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| The Easter Bunny joined us while Mrs. Wilkens 2 day 3's hunted for eggs on the playground
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We dyed eggs with lots of mommy helpers!
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Vincent and Zoe didn't need any help!
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| Mrs. Stettler's class had an egg balancing race!
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Mrs. Christopher helps make bunny bags in Mrs. Goff's class.
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Mrs. Ritter's class is hard at work graphing jelly beans.
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| Look what I found??
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Sydney fills her bunny bag!
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Mrs. McNeil's class enjoys Easter Goodies!
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| Green Eggs and Ham get a 'thumbs up' from Mrs. Goff's class
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Some of our Wacky staff on Wacky Wednesday
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Jackson's dad reading "Hop on Pop" to Mrs. Stettler's class.
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February is packed full of events and celebrations at our school... the 3 day 4's celebrate the 50th day of school, the dentist comes to visit, we have valentine parties, pajama day and the PreK and Kindergarten celebrate the 100th day of school! Lots of happy days at school in February!
The 100th Day of School was enjoyed by our PreK and Kindergarten Students with a variety of fun projects, math lessons and creative ideas...
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| Mrs. Goff's class celebrates the 100th day of school by bringing in 100 pennies...which was then turned in to the church pantry to buy hams for needy families for Easter.
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Mrs. Lawler's class shows off their 100th day ties!!
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Mrs. McNeil's Pre K class makes 100th day headbands.
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| Mrs. Burch's Pre K class enjoys 100 balloons to count and play with!
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February also was Pajama Day... in Mrs. Goff's class they made a PJ giggle tree.... one head resting on another person's tummy...and then the giggles started! Mrs. Goff is in there....somewhere!
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Pajamas and Pizza were on the menu in Mrs. Ritter's class!
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| The 3's classes enjoyed pajamas with pancakes... Mrs. Wilkens gets some help at the griddle.
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...and Mrs. Ream adds the syrup!
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Everyone brought a stuffed animal or special blanket!
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| Emma enjoys a great big bite! Yum!
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The Letter Pp is full of fun... we had Pajamas, we had Pizza, we had Pancakes, and we watched Popcorn pop, too!
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The 4's classes enjoyed making 'pretend pizza'...and EATING real pizza!!
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| Mrs. Ritter's class made checkerboard lady bugs for their Valentine project!
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The Friday 2's had a special musical visitor at their party!
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Thank you Mr. Browning for playing your guitar for us, it was fun!
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| The 2's class enjoyed great snacks on Valentine's Day!
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Mrs. Wilken's 3 day 3's class made picture frames and included a photo of each child saying I love you in sign language, so cute!
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Mrs. Lawler's class enjoyed a festive party room, complete with balloons for Valentine's!
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| In Mrs. Stettler's morning class the children graphed conversation hearts!
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In Mrs. Wilken's 2 day 3's class, the children made valentine hats!
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In Mrs. McNeil's morning class, they ate strawberry shortcake!
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Valentine Parties were lots of fun, and everyone was so creative with their boxes...check out a few!
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| Dental Assistants from Gainesville Pediatric Dentistry came to visit our school this month.
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Here is Caden practicing brushing some 'fish teeth' !
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Mrs. Goff's class and Luke enjoyed learning about how to care for our teeth too!
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Mrs. Gilbert's class celebrated the 50th day of preschool by dressing up in 50's style clothes, they enjoyed counting their snack items 1-50! Great job!
December was full of fun, gift making, song singing, and celebrating the birth of Christ. The 2's invited the parents in for a party and the children entertained all by singing Jingle Bells and helping the teachers retell the Christmas story with the 'Little People' props. The 3's had a traditional Christmas program and sang Away in a Manger, and acted out the Nativity. The 4's Program was called "The Signs of Christmas" and included 8 songs, many speaking parts and a few solos, too! Check out some of our cute kids below!
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| Mrs. Gilbert's class made a giant gingerbread boy...check out our chefs in their chef hats!
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November 19/20 we held our Thanksgiving feasts and programs. The 2's classes held picnics, the 3's classes hosted Friendship Salad day, the 4's did a program and Kindergarten held a Fingerful Feast!
We enjoyed singing about pumpkins and pilgirms, using rhythm sticks to the Woodpecker song and telling the story of Thanksgiving in the microphone!
The Bread Share was soooooo yummy... all kinds of great treats provided by parents!
Oct 30/31 we hosted our 4th annual Harvest Hoedown. We rode horses, hunted for pumpkins, ate trail mix and rootbeer floats, competed in the rodeo and made western craft projects...what a great day! Much thanks to Edith and her horse, Girlfriend and Christy and her horse, Chance!
Snack time was enjoyed by all... trail mix and root beer floats!
The indoor rodeo was fun for all as we rotated thru the pig and cow swatting station, to sack races, barrel racing and lasso practice. Everyone got a goodie bag at the end of the rodeo!
The 3 year old classes got to hunt for pumpkins on the playground!
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| Cowboys from Mrs. McNeil's class work on their 'cow seed' art project.
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Mrs. Stettler's class gathers around the tractor that came to visit!
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And we couldn't have done it without the great help of so many parents like this one, who helped hide pumpkins, take pictures, work the rodeo, make the snacks and helped with the horseback riding..THANK YOU Moms and Dads for making our day so special!
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October is one of the busiest months at Preschool and Kindergarten. We have school pictures taken, spent 2 days with firefighters visiting, 2 Back to School Nights, plenty of pumpkin, scarecrows, spiders, leaves and indian corn art, 2 school field trips, end of a fundraiser, a book fair, and 2 days of the Harvest Hoedown!!
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| What a beautiful day the 4's classes enjoyed at Pumpkinville! Here's Mrs. Wilkens' class waiting for the hayride!
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Some of Mrs. Goff's kids having fun on the hayride.
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Mrs. Burch and friends take a ride on the hay wagons, too!
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| So many fun things to do...like sliding down these big slides!
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...or flying high in the moon bounce!
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....or even riding a horse!
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| One of our favorite things to do was to feed the animals!
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We had animal feed to share with all the cows, goats and sheep.
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...and we even got to watch this tiger play! What a great day!
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| With the assistance of some members of the Women's Club at Regency/Dominion Valley, the children selected 3 books for a wish list at the book fair. |
Families like the Carrolls came to see their children's art work, and visit classrooms, too!
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The school receives a percentage of book sales back in new books for our library.
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| Parents visit Mrs. Wilken's classroom on Back to School Night |
Sue DeBardi rings up a steady stream of customers at the Book Fair! |
Mrs. Dills visits with some parents in the classroom.
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Chapel time includes special speakers and events, like this puppet company from Holy Trinity,called "The 11th Commandment". These middle schoolers are home-schooled and travel to area preschools presenting Christian Puppet Shows, with scripts they have written themselves as well as their own handcrafted puppets. They will come to our school 5 times, visiting each of our chapel times, once...the mornings, the afternoons and the Kindergarten.
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| The teens are 7th and 8th graders, and they shared how they created their puppets with the children. |
Audience participation was welcomed with singing and instruments!
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They did several skits that reinforced obeying, just like we do at school.
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| October 11/12, morning and afternoon, we were excited to tour the fire trucks and ambulance from Prince William County. |
Firefighter John showed us how he puts on his gear, so that we aren't afraid of him if he ever has to come to our house to help us.
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Each class made cards, pictures and some even made cookies and treats to thank the firefighters for coming to our school. Jacob and Katie show off their card on the firetruck.
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| The children from Mrs. Wilken's 2 day 3's class line up to shake Firefighter John's hand. |
... and then enjoy some time learning about the firetrucks.
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Mrs. Goff's class pays close attention to the firefighter's safety tips...like calling 911.
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| Mrs. Lawler and Mrs. Keiser's class |
Mrs. Wilkens and Mrs. Ream's 3 day 3's class
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Mrs. Hudson and Mrs. Sawyer's W/F 2's weren't too scared to see the firefighters!
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| Mrs. Ritter's class made firehats to wear for the morning.
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Mrs. McNeils afternoon class gathers around the firetruck.
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...as does Mrs. Gilbert's class with their 'thank you note'.
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September sped by with a visit from the Police Department, 'See You at the Pole' day, Johnny Appleseed festivities and other fun school days!
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| Some cute police girls from Mrs. Ritter's class
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Mrs. McNeil's class meets Officer Shaver from the Haymarket Police Dept.
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Peter presents Officer Shaver a box of donuts as a thank you for his time with us.
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| Officer Lawler spends the day with our school, teaching children about safety and his job as a police officer.
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A peek inside the patrol car...did you know they have a computer in there?
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We learned that the back seat is for 'the bad guys', and it's not very comfortable!
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| Our 2's class spends time on the playground...the best 'fix' for crying!
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They also enjoy shaving cream time, sometimes becoming extremely 'creative' !
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But, most importantly, they begin to make friends and enjoy each day!
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| Our first school spirit day of the year had many classes, like Mrs. Burns' class with 100% participation...love seeing our school shirts on display! Watch your calendar for the next time!
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Mrs. Wilken's 3 day 3's made bumble bees for the letter Bb...they are so cute, Jules!
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Mrs. Goff's class shows us how to hold the flags for pledge time!
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September includes a study of John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed...which means we make pie and applesauce, we taste apples, we paint with them, we graph them, and try every 'apple-y idea!
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| Mrs. Stettler starts the crank to peel the apples in preparation of homemade applesauce.
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We paint our own red apples!
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Mrs. Kyle helps the Kindergarten classes make apple pie!
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"See You At The Pole" is a nationally recognized event at schools across America. At HBCP we spent sometime doing our pledges, songs and prayer around the flagpole, like many other schools. At public schools it is done voluntarily among students before school begins. At HBCP and other Christian schools it gives us an opportunity to prayer for our country and our leaders.
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| Mrs. Wilkens afternoon 4's say the pledge at the flagpole
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Mrs. Goff and Mrs. Burch's afternoon Pre K classes sing around the flagpole.
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We invited parents to stay and sing with us too!
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Haymarket Day was full of sunshine and smiles on September 15th...we had over 100 people turn out to march with their families...with wagons, strollers, bikes...and daddies shoulders!
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| Here are some of our 4's and Kindergarten students marching with our banner to lead the parade!
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Teachers came to celebrate...
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and enjoy the beautiful day!
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| Chase decorated her helmet and rode her bike in the parade!
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Wagon rides for some...
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and shoulder rides for others!
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