Meet Our Intern

As many of you have noticed, we have many new faces in our classroom. University students are part of our culture here at the ECEC and as a new semester starts, new student teachers become part of our classroom community. The children seem to accept new faces and are comfortable with building new relationships.  This winter semester we have one intern we would like to introduce to you. We are extremely excited to work with Ms. Juliann Ruelle. She was part of our classroom last semester and is familiar with many of the children and our classroom routine.

Dear Families,

       I wanted to take the time to introduce myself. My name is Juliann Ruelle and I will be interning this semester with Ms. Smith and Ms. Sanchez. I will be in your child’s classroom Mondays (8:00am-4:00pm) and Wednesdays (8:00am-3:30pm). In April I will be receiving my Bachelor’s degree in General Studies: Children and Families, so this is my last semester here at the University of Michigan- Dearborn. I am currently a Director at a Before and After Care program where I have been working with children for the past 5 years. I have always been around children and had a love for educating and working with them. I also have experience caring for children with cerebral palsy which takes place every summer during my workplaces’ Summer Camp.  I have two dogs named Caesar and Jack. With that being said, I am a HUGE dog lover. If I could have hundreds of dogs, I would! I often run in various 5ks and 10ks for fun and in the future I plan to be able to run a whole marathon. My goal for this semester is to investigate with the children and learn as much as we can together. I am very excited to see where their minds take us and eager to meet you all and get to know the children and their personalities!

Sincerely,

Juliann Ruelle 

Thank You

Thank you parents who responded to my email in regards to the co-teaching model we practice at the ECEC. We will share them at our professional development meeting on Monday. This is another way you are volunteering your time to our school and classroom community. We are grateful for your time.

Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day this year is on a Sunday and many have been asking about bringing in Valentine's, if you choose to participate please have the child sign their name on their Valentine's. Please do not worry about writing names of classmates as that can be struggle when passing Valentines out. Children will decorate their Valentines bags at school Monday the 8th and Tuesday the 9th. Children can start bringing in Valentines Wednesday the 10th through Friday the 12th. We will not be celebrating Valentines Day with a party but passing out Valentines and reading them during small group reading.
 
Reminders
Please remember to bring all snow gear for cold, winter days. We go outside everyday unless there is precipitation or the temperature is below 20 degrees (or feels like less than 20 degrees). All children need to bring gloves, hats, snow pants,coats, and snow boots to school when we have snow. We would like to inform you we cannot keep children inside if you request. Due to ratio policies, we do not have staff to accommodate your child to stay inside. If you child cannot go outside than he/she should stay home.

Important Dates

• NO SCHOOL next Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
•  January 20th Presentation on “Gluten Free Diets Help Children with Autism” 
• January 21st Parent Association Meeting @ 8:30am 
• January 27th Pizza Kit Orders Due 
• February 29th - March 4th School is closed for Spring Break