Newsletter: November 15
Happy Tuesday Parents and Caregivers!
We would like to remind you that we need your child’s ASQ form returned to us ASAP. If you still need the form, please stop by the office and we can give you yours. We will be reaching out for short parent teacher conferences later in the month.
On The Border, This THURSDAY!
Join us for On The Border this Thursday night!
STEP 1: Sign Up to attend the event before 11/12/22 https://www.groupraise.com/events/237524
STEP 2:
You can participate in this fundraiser by:
Dine in
Take out
Pick up
In addition to dining in, you can participate in this fundraiser in several ways:
Phone Call
Storefront Walk-in
Please read the instructions below, so that On The Border knows you are with the GroupRaise Meal for Common Ground Childcare, and your group will get 20% of your meal’s price donated back!
PHONE CALL
Call 5714857929 and mention that you are with Common Ground Childcare before placing your order.
STOREFRONT WALK-IN
Visit the location at 11880 Spectrum Ctr., Reston 20190 and they will take your order from their storefront for take-out. Mention that you are with Common Ground Childcare before placing your order.
Winter Vacation Planning
Each year we ask that families share their known winter vacation plans with us so that we can allow our teachers to take time off as well. You can find that form on our blog, here: https://www.commongroundchildcare.org/blog-1/2022/11/10/winter-vacation-plans
Teacher Bonus Fund
It’s time to make sure your pledge for our teacher bonus fund. Our teachers are not allowed to accept gifts from families, so a donation to this fund is how you will show them your appreciation this holiday season. We have budgeted to give the teachers a wonderful holiday gift, but our match portion only makes an impact if it is matched with parent donations. Please visit this page and make your pledge: https://www.commongroundchildcare.org/teacher-bonus-fund
Make sure that EVERYTHING is Labeled!
With cold weather (finally?) here, our kids need more items of clothing - coats, hats, mittens, extra boots - so please make sure that everything has your child’s name on it. We recommend waterproof permanent labels, like those from Mabel’s Labels (shop our fundraiser here, search for Common Ground Childcare - Reston) or these from Amazon (it’s an affiliate link that we can earn money from).
Please label it ALL. Each glove, every hat, coats, backpacks, shirts, pants, underpants… bottles including tops, cups and tops, toys… everything! It helps us send the correct things with the correct children, and track down missing items.
The Stuffy Sleepover is back! This time, at the Book Fair!
We are bringing back our FAVORITE Fall event, with some of our favorite people! Miss LJ and Mr. Josh will be joining us for the Stuffy Sleepover at the Book Fair! This is our kickoff to our Giving Tuesday Campaign and a fundraiser for Common Ground!
It’s easy to participate and attend:
Sign up here: https://www.commongroundchildcare.org/blog-1/2020/11/17/givefundsgivetime-the-stuffy-sleepover-np826-98jak-569gf
drop your stuffy to stay the night on Monday, November 28th
tune into YouTube or Facebook for a LIVE story, and to catch the replay anytime your kids need a dose of their Common Ground teachers!
Pick up your stuffy at school on Tuesday morning and shop our Book Fair all week!
Every dollar you spend directly benefits our school
shopping will be available Monday through Friday, with evening hours on Thursday!
Book Fair Homepage: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/commongroundcdc
Saturday Hours:
We have to schedule staff based on sign ups for Saturday hours, so sign ups close the Monday before. We usually cannot accept late sign ups, especially for younger children where the ratio is lower, so please make sure to sign up for our December Saturday Hours: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f4faca723abff2-december ASAP!
All of our scheduled Saturday dates have sign ups posted, so please sign up in advance for all of them!
Thank you so much for checking out our newsletter and being a part of our community!
-The CG Team
