Newsletter: May 18
Dear Common Ground Community,
We are excited to share two VERY FUN bits of news! First, KONA ICE will be back on site on THURSDAY from 4:30-5pm! We just LOVE having the KONA TRUCK come for a treat on hot summer days! Beginning with our Summer Program, the truck will be coming every other Wednesday. Those dates are already on our calendar!
Our second bit of news is that our NEW PLAYGROUND is finally going to be installed! We we very lucky, as the manufacturer experienced a fire on site that took one of their production machines off-line the DAY that our playground left their facility.
We aren’t the only one with news though! With the CDC’s announcement, the state has begun to change some of our restrictions as well! One of the biggest impacts for us is that we will now be able to accommodate everyone for Graduation, rain or shine! We are allowed to have up to 100 people indoors and up to 250 outdoors at events! We still aren’t quite ready to let parents back in the center or return to our old hours, as we are still waiting for guidance from the department of social services/department of education. So keep bearing with us on that!
We are working on a plan to get you more hours, yet still uphold our highly successful mitigation practices, since children are still part of a vulnerable population. That plan will be shared soon. We are currently waiting to see if there is some updated guidance for childcare centers.
With the CDC announcement, I am happy to share that parents who are FULLY VACCINATED do not need to wear masks when dropping off in car line or when picking up outdoors! Masks are still required indoors for all staff, visitors (which we are still limiting), and children aged 3 and up.
So here’s the recap of everything coming up at CG:
Thursday at 4:30 - KONA ICE
Monday - Playground install begins
Thursday, May 27th - Honeybee and Owl Graduation at 4:30pm
Friday, May 28th - Common Ground CLOSED for a teacher workday, Open House from 12-12:30
Monday, May 31st - Common Ground CLOSED for the Holiday
Tuesday, June 1st - Summer Programs Begin
Saturday, June 5th - FUNDrive - give us your bags of stuff!
We are so excited about everything we have lined up!
-The CG Team
