September, 2010                        
A, B, C, D, E, F
thank you God for feeding me!
 Amen

Welcome to First United Methodist Preschool’s (FUMPS) 61st year!  If you attended our Parent Orientation on Thursday evening,
we hope you found it informative and we thank you for being there.  If you were unable to make it, please read over your Parent
Handbook and direct any  questions to your child’s teacher or myself.  We will be doing a variety of hands-on activities that will
build self confidence and challenge and expand your preschoolers verbal and auditory language skills, their small and large motor
strength, their ability to listen and follow directions, as well as, increase their social and self-help skills and begin to lay the
concrete foundation for future literacy and academic  knowledge.  Please read your newsletters and the variety of communications
that will come home to you (calendars, teacher letters and parenting information).  Since many of you work outside the home and
will not be dropping off your children or picking them up on a regular basis, this written information may be the only contact we
have.  If you do have questions, do not hesitate to call,  My home number (788-4348) is on the preschool recording and I do not
mind getting calls there.  If you would like specific topics for Parenting Meetings, please get this information to me, as well as,
the best time for these meetings to take place.

Our first month together is spent getting to know each other, becoming familiar with new surroundings and routines and exploring
all the activities available.  Since almost everyone has managed to squeeze in at least a few days of vacation time over the summer,
preschoolers like to share where they have been and what they have seen.  To fully experience this vacation theme we put a tent
up on the play yard during the week of September 27th.  If you have any camping gear that we can use, please let your child's
teacher know.  THANKS!

Preschooler’s are exciting little people, anxious to find out all about themselves, each other and everything within (and sometimes
out of) reach.  By working as a team (parents and teachers together), we can make this, not only a fun time of social interaction
and positive academic growth in your child’s life, but we can set the stage for their future enthusiasm toward school and learning.  
Please get involved, your young child will gain so much more from our program if families know what’s going on.  Remember. we are
not baby-sitters, but teachers, and everything your child comes in contact with at preschool builds a skill.  

Have a great year with us,

Lee Ann Salmon

              “Patting a child on the head will never stunt his/her growth”
                                           Ruth E. Renkel



MRS. BARNEKOW NEEDS YOUR HELP. . .  Make sure all forms are turned in and tuition payments are up-to-date.  Tuition
more than 15 days past due is subject to a $25.00 late fee and may cause your child to be removed from the program.


PARENTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE... Throughout the year we need help in our
classrooms, on the playyard, in our kitchen, with Scrip, Box Tops, Soup Labels, Ink Cartridges, fundraisers, picture days, field
trips or in the office.   If you would be willing to lend a hand on a volunteer or substitute basis, please leave your name with Mrs.
Barnekow or Mrs. Salmon.  THANKS!   

We will be going over playground rules and what type of help we need on Thursday & Friday, October 14th & 15th at 9:15 a.m. in .
the child care room.  Join us!
FUNDRAISING. . .       We don’t need to tell you how everything is costing more and we all have less to spend!  To help keep
our tuition as low as possible & to raise money for extras we want for our classrooms and playyard,
Christina Carrasco manages our E-Scrip Program and will present a more detailed meeting on Wednesday & Thursday, September
22nd & 23rd, at 9:15 in the child care room.   Even your favorite restaurants can be logged on & FUMPS gets a % of your bill  
with no cost to you!  If you shop at Ralph’s or Von’s, please contact Christina.  For more information  
Christina’s e-mail address is chris-carrasco@hotmail.com
We run a Grocery Store Scrip program.  Stater Bros. & Albertson’s scrip is always available in the preschool office in $25.00 &
$100.00 cards and we earn $60.00 on every $1,000.00 we sell of Staters and $50.00 from Albertsons!  

Save your Box Tops for Education.  Every Box Top earns us 10 cents.  They add up fast
and we get the CASH.  We also recycle.  You will find the barrel just inside the gate on
the playground for bottles, cans & plastic.  For old cell phones & ink cartridges, just drop
them off with me in the morning when I greet you

A FEW MORE HOURS IN YOUR DAY???
Don't forget Early Morning Drop-Off is available in Ms. Erdman's Cute Kitten classroom
everyday of the preschool year at 8:00 a.m.  The cost is $3.00 per morning.
NEED FAMILIES HELPING OTHER FAMILIES...
If you do childcare in your home or would be willing to carpool children to preschool, let Mrs. Barnekow have your name and
number.
LUNCH BUNCH will begin Tuesday, September 21st, and continue Tuesdays through Fridays  from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m.  
Just bring your child’s lunch in the morning, put it in their cubbie and check the Lunch Bunch column on the Sign-In Sheet.  It's
FUN !     
----   ½ sandwich, a piece of fruit, 100% fruit juice & 2 small cookies are perfect for a
   preschooler’s lunch.
Please no sodas or candy for Lunch Bunch
PARENTS THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE...
Newsletter
RUMMAGE SALE
PICTURES!!
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FUNDRAISING. . .
Due to some severe peanut allergies, please DO NOT bring peanuts or peanut
products to school in lunches, for parties or treats,  This includes Peanut Butter!  This is
extremely serious and we have found many tasty substitutes at Trader Joes & Clarke’s
Nutrition Center that we serve for snacktime (ie. sunbutter, sunflower butter, almond
butter, etc.)