October 8, 2003

Dear Satori Staff and Families:

We have no classes on Monday, October 13 but we are open for daycare. Friday, October 17 is an early dismissal day for the full-day PreKindergarten through the fifth grade. They will dismiss at 12:45 p.m. The 2’s, 3’s and half-day PreKindergarten classes are not in session on Friday. Daycare is available the entire day. On Monday, October 20, the full-day PreKindergarten through the fifth grade classes will have a 12:45 p.m. dismissal while the preschool classes will not be in session. There is daycare available the entire day. Thursday is the end of the quarter so teachers will have time to prepare for parent-teacher conferences and complete report cards. Parent-teacher conferences are on Friday the17th or Monday, October 20. Teachers will post a schedule for you to sign up for a conference time. Friday October 17 is DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Day for everyone at Satori. Teachers and students will be reading on their own and to each other. Preschool children attending daycare on Friday will be able to participate in DEAR time with Extended Care.

Our annual Oktoberfest Carnival is on Friday, October 24 from 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. All classes will participate in creating booths for the carnival. Classroom Coordinators will be getting in touch with you regarding details of how you can help.

Scholastic Orders are due this week!

Paul Fisher is teaching a class at ORTS for children in grades 2 – 5 on Tuesdays from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Call 624-3799 for additional information.

Thank you to Jim and Jackie Murphy for chairing the Innisbrook Gift Wrap Fundraiser and to all of you participated. Satori will receive $3,500 from the sales. Orders will be delivered during the week of October 13.

With cooler weather coming, mosquito season should be on the way out. A Satori parent spoke to her child’s doctor about how to help with the mosquito bites and asked that we pass along the advice. Long sleeves and long pants can help protect, as well as occasionally spraying the skin with DEET. Removing standing water is the best way to avoid mosquito breeding.

The gate off of the North parking lot at the Central Building will be locked except for peak drop-off and pick-up times beginning November 3. We will open the gate at 7:30 a.m. when we open and lock it at 9:15 a.m. as always. We will open it at 12:15 p.m. for the 12:45 p.m. pick-up but will lock it when extended care goes inside at 1:15 p.m. It will be unlocked at 2:15 p.m. for the 2:45 p.m. pick-up and will be locked at 3:15 p.m. when extended care goes inside. The gate will remain locked for the remainder of the day. Entrance will be through the office only.

Please check out the extended care hallway (outside the office and library) in the Central Building. Kids are doing some fun activities. Misty Leland and Tori Colbert are extended care coordinators at the Central and Elementary Buildings respectively. Please give them feedback

Please include the name of the child on your tuition check. We have received money orders and counter checks where we are unable to decipher a signature.

UPCOMING EVENTS

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Please keep turning in General Mills box tops as we receive 10 cents apiece.
Register on-line with escrip.com at stores you shop e.g., Safeway, Wild Oats so Satori can receive a percentage of your purchases.
When you use your Target credit card, please let Target know to credit a portion of your purchases to Satori.


Sincerely,