Camelot Kids
"THE BRAGGIN DRAGON
Monthly Newsletter
October 2009
Dear Parents,

We have an exciting month ahead, so please take time to read our updates.
 
Sincerely,
 
Renae & Loni
Camelot Kids
 
"Of The Month"

Artist of the month: Betsey Johnson
This month we're talking about New York designer Betsey Johnson.  Known for her celebration of the exuberant, the embellished, and the over the top, Betsey has been rocking the fashion industry with her unique and original designs since the 1960's
 
Word of the month: Initiative
The power or ability to begin or to follow through energetically with a plan or task; enterprise and determination.

Career of the month: Fashion Designer
This month we're having our lovely "Cynthia Vincent" (Theanna's mom) a fabulous fashion designer and mommy extraordinaire come in and speak to the kids about making and creating clothes and shoes.  She is also working on some fabulous bags for CK!!!
 
Teacher of the month: Ms. Natalie
 
Important Dates

Friday October 2, 2009: Back to school movie night, potluck & paint-a-tile (5-10p)!
 
5-7pm (Paint a tile)
7-10pm (Potluck & Movie" Babe")
 
In celebration of our brand new sand castle, "Color Me Mine" will be coming to Camelot at 5pm  and hosting a tile painting event. You're invited to come and paint a (6x6) tile $40.00 each.  We'll have the tiles fired and placed on our beautiful new sandcastle for all to see for years to come. We ask that everyone bring a dish for the evening and don't forget a lawn chair and blanky! We'll be watching the movie "Babe" outside with our fancy movie projector.
 
*Please RSVP for a tile, checks should be written to Camelot Kids so that we may reserve one for you to paint that evening.
 
Wednesday October 7, 2009: Susan North (Parent and Child Mediator) (5-6p)

Susan North is an early childhood educator, parent educator and mediator. This lively active workshop will help you gain information and assist in helping families deal with difficult and emotional tasks of refereeing children's disputes. This event is FREE and will take place in the studio and childcare will be provided.

Monday October 12, 2009: CAMELOT CLOSED - COLUMBUS DAY


Friday October 16, 2009: Parents Night Out
Do you need a break? Some time with your mate? Well this is the night to do it. This monthly event is fun filled with games, fun and pizza! Children are encouraged to wear pajamas and towards the latter part of the evening will get to watch a great movie while dozing off to sleep. The hours for this event are from 5-10p.
The rates are: $35.00 per child w/ an additional $10.00 per sibling.
 
Wednesday October 21, 2009:
We need your blood!!!  CK is hosting our 2nd annual blood drive to benefit the Children's Hospital of LA.  A big "blood donor bus" will be on site to accept all donations.  Please help us spread the word and tell your family, friends and neighbors.  We also need some volunteers to help post flyers and help the day of so please sign up in the main office.
 
 
Friday October 31, 2009: Halloween Parade & Trick or Trunk
It's camera time! Just like last year, our Halloween parade will take place in the morning. Please plan to have all the children dressed in their Halloween costumes when they arrive at school. The new location for the parade will take place in the parking lot. Why the parking lot you ask? Well we've decided to add a "Trick or Trunk" component to the extravaganza as well. "Trick or Trunk" means, the children will parade by all of our cars and parents may give children special treats as they go by. We ask that all parents reverse into the car spaces so that your trunks can be opened for the parade.  Please drop your children off at their normal time and wait in the car park for the parade to begin at 9am.

*Please include your child's extra change of regular comfortable clothes so that the teachers may change children after the morning festivities have ended. This parade should go on for about an hour. Families may leave and pick up children at their regular pick up time.
Below we have listed our special Halloween schedule:

8-9    Families Arrive
9-10 Lock school entrance gate & hold "Halloween Parade/Trick or Trunk" in the parking lot   (Bring some special treats!)
10:00 Parents leave (School continues as usual)


News
Special Thanks:
We would like to thank the Eliasberg family for donating the lovely coffee machine for all of our parents and teachers to use throughout the day, we only ask that families make donations in our tin cup from time to time so that we can continue to provide coffee for everyone to enjoy!

Have you seen the website!
We've added 2 new tabs labeled"Parent Resource" & "Notice Board". This section is filled with useful information about the curriculum that some of our teachers use in the school, book recommendations, nannies, job listings and updates from the Department of Health.  We have also added a link "The Braggin Dragon" which will post all the newsletters to review.
 
Kindergarten Information & Forum
We are starting to put together a forum for families to utilize when looking into different options for their child's elementary school education. We will host an event where people can speak about their experiences in various schools and also discuss options that are available in this area.  In the meantime Heidi heidinyce@yahoo.com and Meara mearadaly@gmail.com are compiling the information so please email them if you would like to share.
 
Here are some upcoming open houses
 
Ribet- Heidi setting one up for parents, Oct 14th
 
Los Feliz Arts Charter - moving to San Fernando Rd in January - had an open house 2 weeks ago http://losfelizarts.org/admissions/how-to-apply/ lottery application deadline not posted yet.
 
Pilgrim School
Open Houses:
Saturday, October 17, 2009  9:00 AM
Saturday, November 14, 2009  9:00 AM
Tuesday, November 17, 2009  6:00 PM
Tuesday, January 12, 2010   6:00 PM
rsvp to: (213) 385-7351 ext. 355 or ext. 205
 
Franklin & Ivanhoe  -fall open houses - TBD
 
St. James Episcopal School - Koreatown
 
October 1 - Tour
October 6 - Tour
October 15 - Tour
October 21 - Open House - (FULL - no longer accepting reservations.)
October 28 - Tour
November 3 - Tour
November 12 - Open House - 9:45 am - 11:45 am
November 18 - Tour
December 3 - Tour
December 8 - Tour
January 6 - Open House - 9:45 am - 11:45 am
January 12 - Tour
**   January 15 - St. James' 2010-2011 Application Deadline **

Wednesday and Thursday tours begins after Chapel at (roughly) 9:00 am.  We encourage parents to come early for Chapel on these days.  Chapel begins at 8:30 am.  Tuesday tours begin at 10:30 am.  Tours usually take about 50 minutes.
 
rsvp to Micah Hales: mhales@sjsla.org
 
 
LAUSD
http://echoices.lausd.net/
Application for magnet school most likely due in Jan 2010
 
2009 Art work for education is back:
Once again we'll be implementing our art cards program again this year and can't wait to see the finished products. If you don't know what this is, they are high-quality; competitively priced greeting card showcasing artwork produced by students that have one thing in common: the power to help schools pay for opportunities that help their students learn! Forty percent (40%) from the sale of each box is paid directly to the school and provides vital funds they need to pay for supplies, programs, and other learning activities. We are looking forward to creating holiday cards for you to send out to all your family and friends, fabulous!
 
Cook Book Project:
Please take part in our recipe project. We are asking each family to please share a wonderful family recipe w/ our program. You can email us your recipe or drop a print out of the recipe into the main office w/ our lovely Sherilyn.  Email your recipes ASAP. We will be collecting all recipes until October 15th, 2009.
 
Parent Volunteers
During our open house in September we had a sign-up table available where people signed up to volunteer for events. If you signed up for anything listed on that table, you will be contacted with more info regarding these events.
Teacher Of The Month
Ms Natalie
Ms. Natalie

Favorites:
Color- Gold
Writers- Peter McLaren, Daniel Steele & ED Hirsch
Music: Everything but Polka
Food: Kabab             
 
This month's teacher is Ms. Natalie from the Baby Dragons Purple Class.
 
Ms. Natalie was born in the city of Tehran (the capital city of Iran). She came to Los Angeles when she was 6 months old and now resides in Glendale Ca. Her father is a retired architect and her mother is an interior designer. Ms. Natalie is a lover of learning and said that on her first day of kindergarten, she was so excited that she remembers not crying one bit. She was the first student in her kindergarten class to receive student of the month. Since then has always enjoyed learning and going to school. In her spare time, she loves to read and is always working towards furthering her education in child development.
 
Ms. Natalie's goals for this year are to focus on her student's social, emotional and cognitive learning. She wants the children to also learn all their zoo-phonic animals and is looking forward to implementing realistic animals and photos to this learning process.
 
We love Ms. Natalie!
 
Upcoming Events

-November 11 2009: School closed in observance of Veterans Day

-November 26 & 27th:  School closed in observance of Thanksgiving

 -Last week of enrichment: November 9-13, 2009

-Enrichment Make-up Weeks: November 16 - 20 & November 23 - 27