Newsletter: September 14
Hello Common Ground Community,
We are in the swing of the school year with exciting additions and changes to our program offering!
We are excited to welcome back both Miss LJ and Miss Vanessa to our staff! Miss LJ is leading our new Fireflies, mixed age preschool classroom, while Miss Vanessa has joined the Rising Stars classroom team. With the opening of a new preschool classroom and the start of the school year, we are adjusting staffing within teams to make sure that we are meeting the needs of the children within our programs.
On September 21st, we invite you to come to our back to school open house from 5pm to 6:15pm to meet the teachers and see your child’s classroom.
Today is also the LAST DAY to order school photos and have them count for our fundraiser! You can order at preschoolsmiles.com using our school code and your child’s unique code. If you need that, please send an ‘ADMIN’ message in Brightwheel.
Upcoming Events:
Please mark your calendars for the following:
Back to School Open House: https://www.commongroundchildcare.org/calendar/2023/9/21/back-to-school-open-house
School Aged Sleep Over: (this event is for children attending FCPS public school and have attended our summer camp or school aged programs only) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F4FACA723ABFF2-school
Board Meeting with the Community: Saturday, September 23 9:30 to 10:30, childcare available with sign up
September Saturday 23rd - Saturday Hours (must sign up before Monday at midnight)
Fundraising night at MOD Pizza, September 26th
October 9th, CLOSED for a teacher work day on the federal holiday
Light the Night at Reston Town Center, October 13th
As a reminder, all of these events (AND MORE!) are on our Calendar!
Order your ‘Unity Day’ T-shirt to show your Common Ground Spirit
Unity Day is October 18th and is a day where we all wear orange to support kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. You have the opporunity to order t-shirts for your entire family from toddler sizes, youth sizes, and adult sizes to wear orange to stand up against bullying!
Order your shirts here: https://www.commongroundchildcare.org/blog-1/2023/9/12/unity-day-t-shirt-order
Pick Up and Parking Lot Reminders
We LOVE that families are conversing and hanging out at pick up! It’s part of what our community so special. If your child would like to stay and play on the playground, we still need you to check your child out and then remain with them in the playground area they are playing in. Due to safety reasons, there will only be certain areas open.
We also ask that you be prepared to pick up your child when you pull into our parking lot. If you have work to do, we ask that you pull off to the side of Wainwright Drive and finish up before pulling into our lot. Since we are outside, a lot of children recognize their parents’ cars and get up set when the see the car, but don’t see their parents get out to pick them up.
We also remind you to:
drive SLOWLY after turning into our parking lot from Wainwright Drive
remain aware when pulling in and backing up
exit their car ready to pick up after pulling in.
refrain from driving through the ‘driveway’ area in front of the playground fence. (this is the morning car line area)
We have been lucky to only have had a minor fender bender in our parking lot, but with small children around, we need to make sure that everyone is extra careful!
Thank you!
We will be sending out periodic newsletters to keep you up to date on everything happening at Common Ground. We welcome and appreciate your involvement in our community!
