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A Hilltop Community Newsletter February/March 2014

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Expressing love through art in the Blooms class(Page 9)

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER JANUARY

FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE

3 Board Meeting 7pm

5 ORIENTATION DAY 9AM – 1PM MANDATORY for all working parents

6 PHILOSOPHY DAY 9AM – 1PM MANDATORY for ALL families

9 1st Day of School

18 FIRST MANDATORY General Meeting 7PM

28 Clean-Up Day 9AM – 1PM

1 Board Meeting 7pm

9 Pumpkin Patch Field Trip, Tanaka Farms, 10AM

11 Back to School MOVIE NIGHT 5:30PM

16 General Meeting 7PM

21-25 BLOOMS and BLOSSOMS Conferences


29 SEEDS Pajama Day

31 SPROUTS, BLOOMS, BLOSSOMS Pajama Day

6 SCHOOL RESUMES7 Board Meeting 7pm

15 SECOND MANDATORY General Meeting 7PM

20 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, SCHOOL CLOSED


5 Board Meeting 7pm

11 Veteran’s Day, SCHOOL CLOSED


21 Farmer’s Market Field Trip

22 Stone Soup CELEBRATION


25-29 Thanksgiving Break, SCHOOL CLOSED

3 Board Meeting 7pm

20 How We Celebrate CELEBRATION


23-Jan 3 Winter Break

2 Surf City Marathon

4 Board Meeting 7pm

10 Lincoln’s Birthday, SCHOOL CLOSED

11-14 SEEDS/SPROUTS/BLOOMS/BLOSSOMS Conferences, SCHOOL CLOSED

17 Presidents Day, SCHOOL CLOSED

19 General Meeting 7PM Priority Registration


7 Community Preview Day 2PM-4PM11 SEEDS & BLOOMS School Photo Day 13 SPROUTS & BLOSSOMS School Photo Day14 Registration Day for New Families 2PM-4PM15 SAFARI NIGHT! 14-15 CCPPNS Convention: LAX Radison19 General Meeting 7PM20 Kid’s Space Museum Field Trip

29 Clean-Up Day 9 – 1PM

3 Board Meeting 7pm

13 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL


1 Board Meeting 7pm

9 THIRD MANDATORY General Meeting 7PM

*NOTE 2ND WEDNESDAY

14-18 Spring Break, SCHOOL CLOSED


2 LEGOLAND Field Trip 6 Board Meeting 7pm

21 General Meeting 7PM8

26 Memorial Day, SCHOOL CLOSED

29 AMTRAK/Zoomars Field Trip


17 TRIKE-A-THON

7 AUCTION

29 POKER NIGHT!

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Mark Your CalendarReally important dates coming up!MARCH 7 Community Preview Day 2PM-4PM Spread the word, invite friends and family looking for a wonderful preschool!

11 SEEDS & BLOOMS School Photo Day Turn in your order forms by Tues March 5

13 SPROUTS & BLOSSOMS School Photo Day Turn in your order forms by Thurs March 7

14 Registration Day for new families 2PM-4PM

15 SAFARI NIGHT! 4:30PM-8PM A night your children will talk about for years!

14—15 OCCPPNS Convention LAX Radisson


20 Field Trip to Kid’s Space Museum HILLTOP CLOSED

29 Clean-Up Day 9–1PM

29 Poker Tourney Fundraiser!

NOTE: If you would like to have your Child’s school photo taken (see below) please fill out the photo form and place it in Shannon’s box (VP in black crate) with payment no later than one week before your child’s class is scheduled for pictures.

HILLTOP PICTURE DAY!SEEDS & BLOOMS Tuesday March 11SPROUTS & BLOSSOMS Thursday March 13

All students will be included in the class picture. Only students submitting payments will have their individual photo taken and receive a package.

Package: One 5x7 individual pose One 5x7 class photo jpg image emailed to those who provide their address.

Order Forms are in your box or on the sign-in cart.

COST is $25 — The photographer is generously donating $10 of each package back to Hilltop!

A FUNDRAISER FOR HILLTOP PRESCHOOLJoin us for a super fun, exciting night to remember... this is an event your child will be talking about for a LONG time! Drop off your child(ren) and have a DATE NIGHT!

*The Safari Hunt adventure begins at dusk, searching for animals in our Hilltop Safari. Be SURE to bring a flashlight.

If you sign up to work Safari Night, your children are 1⁄2 price AND it’s a great way to fill those Ways and Means hours!

∏ Dinner provided!

∏ Games!

∏ Awesome Crafts!

∏ Bring Pjs and flashlights

∏ $35 for each child and $25 for each sibling

Please sign up in advance (on the sign-in cart).

*Make checks payable to Hilltop Preschool, with ‘Safari Night’ in the memo. Place in the black crate in Beth’s (Ways & Means) file. Permission slips will be available this week in the crate under ‘Permission Slips’. Children must be 2.9 years old and siblings up to 8 years.

*We are collecting stuffed animals for this event (we need them to stage the hunt!), so any animals you are done loving and able to donate, please place them in a bag and bring to school. Thanks!

CCPPNS ConventionBuilding our Future Together: Learn • Teach • Grow

The California Council of Parent Participation Nursery Schools will be hosting their annual convention at the LAX Radison on Friday March 14th and Saturday March 15th. Topics focus on parenting and education for preschool - elementary age children and their families. This is a great opportunity to expand your knowledge of parenting and educational techniques to incorporate into your own family.

There are even have some Family Sessions where your preschool-aged children can attend with you, such as “Playing with Geometry,” “Movement and Breath Yoga,” “Creativity with Clay,” and “Animal Style Fun — Function and Movement.”

The keynote speaker is Alfie Kohn, author of many renowned parenting and education books, including Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise, and Other Bribes. Mr. Kohn is speaking on both Friday and Saturday, so everyone will have the opportunity to attend one of his presentations.

Childcare is available, hosted by a parent participation nursery school, for $35 per day ($35 for the second child) for children ages 2 years, 9 months - 6 years old.

The convention costs $95 for one day or $130 for both days. (*Additional $20 fee if you register after Feb. 28th!)

For more information, please visit http://www.ccppns.org/convention.html

~Bobbi JoHilltop Board Rep for OCCPPNS

A FUNDRAISER FOR HILLTOP PRESCHOOLCan you spare your husband (or yourself) for a night of fun that will benefit Hilltop? For every $50 registered participant that attends the tournament, we will receive $60. If we have 20 or more participating poker players, we will receive $70 per person. If we reach our goal of 20 people, we will make $1400!

MARCH 29, 2014 Founders Village, Fountain Valley

No Limit Texas Hold’em $50 Buy In. $20 Rebuys until 8:00pm

REGISTRATION CHECK IN 5:15 pm FIRST HAND IS DEALT AT 6:00 pm

∏ Buffet style dinner

∏ Beer and wine ($2 last year)

∏ Each player starts with $1,000 worth of chips (additional chips may be purchased)

∏ Up to 9 players seated at a table

∏ The tournament continues until one winner remains.

∏ Grand prize is $500 cash! (and several other $100 prizes!)

REGISTER NOW! www.fvpoker.com *Select Hilltop Preschool as your beneficiary.

*Event sponsored by Fountain Valley Community Foundation and many other local businesses

Seeds Happenings


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Because we have many allergies this year we have been making gluten free play dough. It turns out to be soft and smooth.

RECIPE FOR GLUTEN-FREE PLAY DOUGHINGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup rice flour 1/2 cup salt 1/2 cup cornstarch 2 tsp crm of tartar 1 cup water 1 tsp vegetable oil Food coloring (concentrated gel works the best)

DIRECTIONS:

Mix ingredients. Cook and stir on low heat for 3 minutes or until it forms a ball. Cool completely before storing in a sealable plastic bag.

If playdough dries out a bit, just add a bit more oil and knead until smoother. Enjoy!

*Recipe from Parents Magazine

Blooms HappeningsSIGNALS

When the light is green you go

When the light is red you stop.

But what would you do

When the light turns blue

With Orange and Lavendar spots?

I asked each child what they would do if the light was this color, and here were their responses:

– Go, stop, go, stop, go!

– turn in circles

– Dance silly

– I would go crazy, and turn around on the wrong street

– Turn around and go another place

– Go zig zag

– Get out of the car and beep your horn

– I’d freeze for 20 seconds, then go fast!

– Dance party!

– Go fast and slow


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Blooms Happenings continuedTHE LOVE GALLERY

The kids drew people they love...then they moved on to pets...

then food...we are trying to cover up the board just about anything or anyone we love :)

more...


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Blooms Happenings continuedMORE FROM THE LOVE GALLERY

Blossoms Happenings

Playing the laughing game.


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FAMILY FOOD TIMERecipe

* 3 lbs g round bee f /b i son /turkey

* 5 tbsp o l i ve /avocado /coconut o i l

*1 l g on ion d i ced

* 6 - 8 c loves gar l i c chopped

* 2 be l l pepper s chopped

*10 -12 car rot s chopped

*1.5 boxes Trader J oes’ Roas ted Red Pepper Tomato Soup

Jamie’s Chili by Jamie Green

Ingredients:

Directions:

Heat 4 tbsp oil in large roasting pan set across 2 burners over med-high heat add onion, garlic, bell pepper, carrots and sauté until just soft stirring frequently. Salt and pepper to taste.

While that sautés, puree greens together with last tbsp of oil (may need to add a splash of water to combine thoroughly). Add puree to pan with paprika and salt/pepper to taste. Combine for 2-3 minutes.

Push veggies to one side of roasting pan and add meat, as meat browns combine with veggies and 2 tbsp chili powder.

Once meat is just browned and combined with veggies, add tomato soup and bring to a boil. Add remaining chili powder to taste, 4-6 tbsp, reduce heat to low. Let simmer for approx. 45 mins stirring occasionally (may add a little water if you would like to thin out consistency as it simmers)

When finished simmering, drain kidney beans, add and serve.


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* 2 -3 cups bok choy /sp inach pureed

* 4 - 6 l eaves ka le pureed

* 4 - 6 l eaves chard pureed

* 2 cans k idney beans

* 6 - 8 tbsp ch i l i powder

*1 tbsp papr ika

* Sa l t & Pepper to tas te

Disclaimer:This is just my personal process that I’m sharing due to popular demand J You could probably throw all this in a giant pot at the same time, stir and let it simmer for an hour or so and have it come out tasting delicious!! Feel free to add any veggies/greens from your fridge to the sauté process it will be delish. The more you add just salt and pepper to taste and simmer a little longer for the flavors to combine. Hope you enjoy!

TykesBykes was founded just over four years ago after being frustrated with bicycle options while shopping for our own children. We wanted to provide an opportunity for our children to play outdoors with the added benefit of learning a new skill, getting exercise, and having fun. Our business has grown out of that premise: Encourage a healthy lifestyle that is safe, family-focused and above all...FUN!

TykesBykes balance bikes are bicycles without pedals, teaching the rider how to balance first. Once the child learns how to balance, you will see them coast, lifting their feet and really learning how to ride.

Visit our website TykesBykes.com for more information, or email us at [email protected].

10% of the sale, on your TykesBykes balance bike, will be donated back to Hilltop for all families using the code: HILLTOP.

We appreciate your support and hope to see you on the trail! ~ The Harris Family

The Family Business Directory


Do you have a business or service you would like to be featured here? All we ask is that you would be willing to make a donation back to Hilltop. If you are interested, simply email or see me with any questions! ~TANYA (email: [email protected])

Danielle, Ian, Dylan (5) and Jack (4)

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