Dear Common Ground Community,

First things first - Jess Parry is BACK for our Spring School Portraits! She will be onsite, outside using her amazing gift to capture our beautiful kiddos on MONDAY, APRIL 19th! We are so grateful to have such a talented photographer in our parent pool! If you have talents that you would like to share with the center, let us know and we would love to put you to work!

Next up: Our Week of the Young Child celebration is in full swing! All Smiles Saturday was another amazing success! We hope that you have enjoyed our two Saturday events so far, and we look forward to finding some additional weekends where we can make that work! We celebrated Music Monday with concerts from Mr. Josh! He stopped by each of our younger kids classrooms before performing in the great hall for our Rising Stars, Honeybees, and Owls - then moving his second set outdoors! You can check out the videos on our YouTube Channel!

Today is Tasty Tuesday! Each class has a tasty activity planned and we will be popping popcorn this afternoon for the whole center! We are excited to keep celebrating our young kiddos all week!

This celebration is all due to the National Association for the Education of Young Children who started the event 50 years ago. This morning, I had the pleasure of speaking with a senior public policy analyst at NAEYC this morning about the possibility of sharing Common Ground’s story nationally as part of our advocacy work. It’s though this work that we can be a part of stabilizing the child care, not just here at Common Ground, but the industry as a whole! We would love for you to get involved too. Here is an opportunity to join a parent advisory group and another (easier) opportunity to show your support by making this promise.

While our advocacy work it taking place at the state and national level, it’s important to share what we are doing RIGHT HERE to make a difference. Please see this important notice about tuition and how we are caring for your teachers here.

And with that, it’s time to stop reading this news letter, focus on enjoying the beautiful weather, and maybe shop our book fair for something more enjoyable to ready when the spring showers roll in!

As always, we appreciate your participation in our community!

Love,

The CG Team!