From the Director’s Desk…

We are so thrilled to be back in the classrooms with your little angels! Our Break-fast with St. Nick was a success. It was great to see so many families here. Please join me in thanking Stefanie Duncan for working so hard on our Scholastic Book Fair. I hope you were able to find some great books to give as gifts this year, I know I did! This has pro-vided us with over $400 in Scholastic Funds. We also want to thank Tom Cappiello, the head of our Parish Teen Ministry, our ECC teachers, and School of Faith volunteers who all worked so hard to create an awesome morning for our school and parish families.

Please mark your calendars for our upcoming PALS Meeting on January 13. Your lit-tle ones will be singing, so bring your camera! We will be providing information regarding School Choice for the students who will be going to kindergarten next year. We will also pro-vide you with information regarding our registration for next year, which starts on January 19th.

The teachers are excited to be back in the classroom getting the children settled back into their routine. They look forward to our celebration of Catholic Schools Week at the end of the month. We will be having lot s of fun games and activities for the children. Save the date- Friday February 5th - Join us, here on the St. Luke campus, for our Sixth Annual “One Enchanted Evening”. This is a family event! Your children will enjoy fun crafts, balloon art, play centers, and a snack as you enjoy a Mardi Gras’ style evening out. Our Mardi Gras’ fun will include casino style games, raffle baskets, and a silent auction, as well as delicious appetizers, desserts, coffee, beer and Sangria.. This is our biggest event of the year! So invite your neighbors and tell your friends about this fun event! (Children’s entertainment and babysitting for St. Luke ECC families only) If you or your employer would like to help sponsor this event please let us know; all donors will be recognized. Each company or family sponsoring a casino table, $225.00 donation, will be recognized not only in event signage, the newsletter, and the church bulletin; they will also have a recogni-tion plaque on one of the game tables. Since this is our main fundraiser, and we do not have a parent group president this year, we are asking each family to reach out to a local business for a raffle or silent auction donation. Suggestions: a gift certificate for a day at the spa, a basket of pet grooming supplies, a certificate for a 2 night stay at a resort, manicure/pedicure, beer or sangria for the event, restaurant gift certificates, etc. A letter with our tax number is attached and will be sent home for this purpose; please feel free to copy this letter. Please return all donations to the school office by January 25th. Thank you so much for your help. “Many hands make the work light”. We look forward to an awesome time! Registration for next year is just around the corner. Please watch for information to come home soon. If you know of a family looking for a quality program for their children please invite them to come for a tour of our school, we would love to have them join our ECC family. If they join our school family, next January you will receive a $100 tuition credit. See the office for more information. A special thanks to the Glanzrock, Moody and See-graves families for recommending our school. As always we look forward to continuing our partnership with you in the education of your “little angels”! Thank you for your continued support. Wishing you a year filled with blessings, Kathie Mitchell

Dates to Remember January 13th - PALS

Meeting after drop-off

January 18th - School Closed– MLK Jr.

January 19th Registration Begins for

2016-2017 School Year

Jan. 25– 29th - Catholic Schools Week

February 5th - One En-

chanted Evening

-Special Thanks-

The Capua Family for

adopting the Two Year

Old Class

The Coble Family for

their school donation

The Adopt-A-Class

funds from the Dun-

mire family purchased:

educational games,

classroom pets, and an

easel.

The mission of St. Luke Early Childhood Center is to provide the foundation for a lifelong love of learning by nurturing the whole child through exploration and creativity in a Catholic spirit.

What’s Inside Note from PALS Religion Corner Registration Information Tax Information Nutrition Information One Enchanted Evening Sponsor Letter Birthdays ABC/LB Calendar

St. Luke Early Childhood Center

“Little Saint’s Herald” Volume 29, Issue 5 www.StLukeECC.com 727-787-2914 January 2016

The excitement is

Mounting!!

Please join us for our

Volume 29, Issue 5 Little Saint’s Herald January 2016

Friday, February 5th

2016

6:30 - 9:30pm

For the children…..

Fun Craft & Play Centers Children (2yrs+) will be teacher supervised - Snacks provided

For Mom and Dad…… Casino Style Games

Coffee, Appetizers and Dessert Bar

Beer and Sangria

Spectacular Raffle and Silent Auction Items

Adults: $20.00 Children: $5.00

RSVP by February 1st.

We are still in need of Raffle Items as well as

smaller prizes. Remember, no gift is too small!

We are looking forward to having a great evening

with all of you. Please come out and support

YOUR school!

Sponsorship Levels:

Glow $20.00

Sparkle $30.00

Shine $50.00

Star $75.00

Dazzle $225

* All $225 donations will be

recognized with a Sponsor plaque

placed on a Casino Table

One Enchanted Evening One Enchanted Evening

Event!!

Here’s a peek from

last years fun!

St Luke Early Childhood Center

is proud to announce our 6th Annual “One Enchanted Evening”

February 5, 2016 St. Luke Early Childhood Center

2757 Alderman Road Palm Harbor, FL 34684

This exciting evening with music, casino style games, appetizers, desserts, silent auctions and raffles, is the primary fundraiser for St. Luke Early Childhood Center.

For over 28 years, our center has provided the foundation for both spiritual and academic for-mation for nearly 100 children annually. Last year this event raised over $7,000, which was used for teacher continuing education and the purchase of iPads for each classroom. We are hoping this year will be an even greater success allowing us to provide teacher continuing edu-cation, and updated security technology. All donations are tax deductible and the funds bene-fit our non-profit center. Please consider a donation to be used in our Silent Auction, Raffles, or a monetary donation. Some suggested items are: gym memberships, vacation get-a-ways, gift baskets, gift cards, food trays, wine, etc.

All sponsors and donors will be recognized in our newsletter, signage and church bulletin. The total distribution reaches over 2000 families. Additionally if you make a donation of $225 or more you or your business will be recognized on a casino table plaque. Your donation of $325 provides recognition as stated above as well as tickets and a reserved table for 6.

Please send your donation in prior to January 25th to be included in our written literature. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration.

Our tax exempt non-profit 501(c) (3) number is 51-0561749. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call the early childhood office at 727-787-2914.

Volume 29, Issue 5 Little Saint’s Herald January 2016

Hello & Welcome Back!

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas

and were able to enjoy quality time with family and

friends.

One Enchanted Evening is right around the

corner! For those of you who might not know, we

rely heavily on donations for this event to make our

raffles and silent auctions as enticing and profitable

as possible. If you own a business, have a family

member with a business, or if you just frequent a

business… please ask for a donation (goods or ser-

vices) on our behalf. Donation Request forms, as well

as tax exempt information, are available in the

school office. We appreciate anything you can do to

help make this event as successful as possible!

Please remember all profits from this event go di-

rectly back to our school … making it an even more

amazing place for our children to spend their days.

Also, if you are interested in volunteering your time

to help plan our One Enchanted Evening … please con-

tact the school office.

Our January PALS Meeting will be filled with

information. It will be held on Wednesday, January

13th right after morning car line. We will have infor-

mation regarding sign-up dates for kindergarten at

Guardian Angels, our feeder Catholic School, and the

fundamental schools etc. We will raffle off a KMO/

Lunch Bunch/ABC Certificate, One Enchanted Eve-

ning Tickets, and do our monthly tuition raffle. And

don’t forget the children will be entertaining us as

well!

Happy New Year!!!! As always, if you have any

questions, concerns, ideas, or the desire to make a

difference please contact the school office at 727-

787-2914.

From the PALS Board,

NEW YEAR BLESSINGS!

Religion Corner

Happy New Year!

Welcome back everyone! We hope everyone had a

great and restful holiday. We start off the month with the

celebration of the Epiphany. Epiphany translates to

“manifestation” or “vision of God” and celebrates the many

ways Jesus revealed Himself to the world as Jesus Christ.

This human manifestation is revealed in the Baby the Wise

Men in Bethlehem came to worship. Through the miracu-

lous star, God showed the Wise Men that Jesus was born to

be Lord and Savior of all nations. Later, in the Baptism of

our Lord, Jesus is again revealed to be a “vision of God”.

At the end of this month we will celebrate Catholic

Schools Week. Throughout the week the children will par-

ticipate in many fun activities .

Our Two year olds will be learning some new

prayers and reinforcing our daily prayers. We will also be

discussing our love for God, family, and friends.

The Three Year Olds will be talking about the birth

of Jesus and about the three Wise Men who came from far-

off lands to look for Baby Jesus. They loved God so much

and trusted Him to show them the way to Baby Jesus. They

followed the star until it stopped over the place where Jesus

was. We will be working and learning as we introduce the

children to the virtues of faith, hope and charity; and talk

about our families and how we care for each other.

This month the Pre-K classes will be discussing

families: The Holy Family, our Home Family, our Church

Family and our School Family. We will talk about how

families love and care for each other as the Holy Family

cared for one another. We will discuss Baptism and becom-

ing children of God and belonging to God’s family. We

will celebrate being part of the St. Luke ECC Family during

“Catholic Schools Week”- January 25-29.

Wishing you joy in the new year!

The Religion Committee

Safety Reminder

Please do not let someone in who is

behind you coming into the school unless

you know them personally. It is always

best if you allow the office to buzz

them in. Help us keep our school safe!

Letter from the Board.....

Healthy Eating Guidelines for 2-5 Year Olds

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TAX NUMBER

For those of you needing our income tax identifi-

cation information for care providers, it is:

United Catholic Conference– St. Luke Early Childhood Center #51-0561749.

Reminder for Sick Students

Parents are reminded that if a child has

a fever, they are to stay home from

school until they are fever free for 24

hours. Sending a child to school before they are

symptom free often sends the child into a relapse

causing them to miss more school and it also can

spread to other children. Please remember our

policy of not sending your child to school with signs

of illness. Thank you for helping us to keep all of

our children and staff healthy, happy and in school!

ST. LUKE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

REGISTRATION for 2016-2017

Registration for the 2016-2017 school year will be as follows. Registration begins at 8:30am:

January 19th – Currently enrolled students and siblings

January 20th – Parishioners and KMO

January 21st - Open registration begins

Breakfast With

St. Nick

Happy Birthday!!

David Waters (1/06)

Nina Connolly (1/13)

Matthew Mendez (1/19)

Kathryn Archer (1/21)

Maximo Seegraves (1/22)

Marino Seegraves (1/23)

Abby Adams (1/24)

Blake Adams (1/24)

Abc/Lb Activities

January 2016

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Closed

2

3 4

Story

Time

5

Playdoh

6

Winter

Fun

7

Paint

Snowmen

8

Sticker

Art

9

10 11

Snow

Art

12

Sidewalk

Chalk

13

Finger

Painting

14

Hop

Scotch

15

Treasure

Hunt

16

17 18

Closed

19

Puzzles

20

Decorate

Snowflakes

21

Relay

Races

22

Stamp

Art

23

24 25

Story

Time

26

Playdoh

27

Sticker

Art

28

Hop

Scotch

29

Story

Time

30

31

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Private Tutor

Reading Specialist K-12

Early Childhood/Elementary K-8

215-808-1415

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