Newsletter: January 25

Jan 25

Dear Parents,

We are stepping into this frosty 2022 with a step challenge for our staff starting this week! Six weeks of “steps per day” based competitions, team rivalries, and fabulous prizes! Read more about it here and follow our progress on instagram, twitter, and facebook!

Coming up in February, we have our SATURDAY HOURS! You could do Valentine’s Day Brunch! You could get some cleaning done. You could read a book and do a puzzle. You can do whatever you like guilt-free because your kids will be with us having a ball! Sign up for February 12th Saturday Hours and make your donation HERE.

What else is going on at our center? Check out our blog here and read more below!

Kindergarten Registration AND Magnet School Lotteries are Now Open!

If you have rising Kindergarteners or first graders and are interested in Fairfax County magnet school programs, the lotteries are now open.

CLICK HERE for more information and to find links to the lottery sign-ups.

We will be sending out information about our kindergarten program as well as surveying who needs before and after care for next year in February!

Connect with the Hunter Mill School Board Rep!

Melanie Meren, our Hunter Mill School Board rep is hosting a video chat on Wednesday night at 6:30pm. You can register for the call here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScB-Rs4GF1Zr9onePRphq7XbTLJgr_L8I4nk0kVi3dLziioPQ/viewform

This is just a chat with Melanie about public education in Fairfax County, as well as in America.

What is “Wishing well” and how is it helpful day to day?

Wishing well is a way to instantly calm ourselves, and offer love and caring to others.

It is in our very building blocks to be helpful. When others are upset we want to make it better, but do not often have the tools to do so!

“Wishing Well” is a way for children to help others when there is no tangible way to offer their help.

Just Cats Clinic has been caring for our cats like they’re family since 2013.

Website I Contact Info and Hours I Directions

Now, when we need them the most, they have opened an Urgent Care clinic with extended hours.
For the first time in 20 years you can’t just go to an emergency vet. Imagine your animal is in trouble, you call their doctor, and they have to check to see which emergency vets might have space.
There are a lot of patients that NEED to be seen, but are not a life or death emergency. They are in pain, or vomiting, but would be turned away because the number of more urgent patients was just too high.
READ MORE ABOUT THIS STORY HERE