You're a Grand Old Flag, you're a high flying flag!...

The sounds of that grand old tune by George M. Cohan float through the rooms of Hazel Drive Early Childhood Center each day. From the big flag waving on our flagpole field outside the school, to the little flags held by little hands during our patriotic parades, the American flag is an important part of our daily life at Hazel Drive and a focal point of our teaching and learning. Here are a few stories to illustrate:

Old Glory/ New Glory

Once upon a time, Miss Laura and Miss Gloria dreamed of having a school. Mr. Fix-It built a school for Miss Laura and Miss Gloria. We called it "Hazel Drive Early Childhood Center."  Mr. Fix-It said, "A school has to have an American flag flying outside." So we bought a tall, tall flag pole and a big American flag for our school. Every morning one of our Early Birds helps to raise the flag. The flag is attached to a rope with two hooks. The two hooks go into two grommets. The flag helper pulls the rope down, hand-over-hand, hand-over-hand. The rope is pulled down and up, up, up goes the flag. When the flag is at the top, Miss Laura ties off the rope on a cleat so it stays at the top of the flag pole all day long. When the day is over, the rope is untied and the flag is slowly lowered. The flag turns from a rectangle into a triangle as it is folded up, and ready for the next day. Good night, flag!

The Pledge of Allegiance

Every day at Hazel Drive, every child and every teacher participates in the Pledge of Allegiance. Everyone is taught to stand up, put hands on hearts, look at the flag and say the words of the Pledge. This takes place during our daily Circle Times, but the components of the practice are unique to each room. Read on!

Little Bunnies and Cottontails:

The Little Bunnies and Cottontails are our youngest children. They learn about the colors of the American flag. They know the star shape and learn about the pattern we call "stripes." Every day, after singing "Hi, Hello" and our Hazel Drive school song, the children know it's time to look at the flag. We look for stars. We look for stripes. We look for things that are red, white and blue. Sometimes the children have these shapes, patterns or colors on their clothing. But when we see the American flag, we know we have found the exact thing we were looking for! Miss Cathy holds up the name of the flag helper. The flag helper holds the bigger American flag and says, "Please stand." (Sometimes Miss Cathy helps say it if the helper is a little bit shy to speak up - but everybody loves to be the flag helper!) The children ALL stand up for the flag! Most of them put their hands on their hearts (If you have a heart on your shirt, it's easy to find!), but sometimes they put their hands on their tummies or necks! We quietly help them to find the right spot and also the right hand! Most of the children can already say the words of the Pledge very nicely, too. Great job, kids! 

Then each child is given a small American flag, the piano music begins and strong, little legs begin to march. The parade goes around and around the room as the children sing their songs about America. All we need are the baton twirlers, a brass band and a few fire trucks, and it would be almost like a real parade!! What a grand parade!

Big Hoppers:

As part of their Circle Time routine, the Big Hoppers stand in a straight line with their names on the floor in front of them. The helper of the day gives a small American flag to each child. The child says "Thank you" and the helper says "You're welcome." When everyone has a flag in his left hand, they put their right hands over their hearts and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Miss Laura plays her guitar while the children sing. The Big Hoppers do an energetic and engaging rendition of "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "God Bless America!" After the inspired singing, the helper collects the flags, saying "Thank you," to which his classmates reply, "You're welcome!"

Wascally Wabbits:

Our oldest children do many of their own jobs, and one of their many helpers is the Flag Bearer. During their Circle Time, this helper says, "Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance." All stand, place their hands on their hearts and recite the Pledge with reverence. This is followed by an a cappella rendition of patriotic songs which includes the amazing "The United States," in which the children sing every single state name! Can YOU do that???

Patriotic Medley

Each month the Little Bunnies and Cottontails learn a new song about our flag or country. In September we started with "You're a Grand Old Flag," and in October we added "God Bless America."   The children sing and wave their flags as they march. By the time spring arrives, the children will have a repertoire of songs that include "Let's Hear It for America," "Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue," "Hooray for Mr. Lincoln! Hooray for Mr. Washington!" "The Big American Hello" and "This Land is Your Land!"

Hazel the Rabbit Meets the Air Force Pilots

One of our dads is a pilot in the Air National Guard in addition to being a commercial pilot. Last spring he asked if there were some token or symbol of Hazel Drive that could be brought along on one of their missions. What better symbol of our school than Hazel the Rabbit herself! Since she was not available to leave her duty as our official greeter in front of our school building, a poster was made from her photograph. Hazel is shown here posing with the crew on the KC-135 that they flew. We're told she has a permanent home in the “tee box,” the place where the pilots gather together before their flights.                 What an honor!

At the start of this school year, Hazel Drive was given a very special gift: An American flag that was aboard on a mission in the Middle East, an aerial refueling over Syria and Iraq. We're so proud of and grateful to the brave men and women who venture out into this dangerous world to help keep us safe here at home. The special role of their families must be acknowledged as well, for their sacrifice and courage.

Hip, Hip, HOORAY!

"Hi, Hello, How are you?  How are you today? I'm feeling fine, thank you, I'm glad things are okay!"  That happy little song, written by Miss Laura's cousin Jeff, has been a kind of anthem for Hazel Drive since our "hatching" phase during the spring and summer of 2010 and our opening in November of that year.  From the very start, Hazel Drive has been a place of many blessings. It is a place filled with warmth, kindness and love.  Our teachers are so happy to come to work each day.  Their joy is in the air, nurturing and nourishing the children.  Our families are happy knowing that their little ones are cared for with patience and tenderness and are learning so much, too.  And our children...

How beautiful it is to watch them as they sing, play and learn, filling our school with all the happy sounds of childhood! 

Hazel Drive is just the right size!  Big enough to be busy and vibrant, small enough to be cozy and homey.  The big, medium and little ones mix it up a bit at music and lunch and recess time.  The big kids look out for the little kids and enjoy helping and teaching them.  All the teachers (and the children, too, at this time of year) know their jobs well, and we move along through the day like a well-oiled machine!  Early Bird play time, getting our many school age children on their bus to HCS, Music/Spanish class, outdoor recess, indoor recess, more music, lunches and naps, post-nap play, story time, and before you know it, the bus comes back and we're heading into our afternoon snack and play time.  Woven through it all is conversation, laughter and lots of fun!

Within each group, many unique things are taking place as well.  Let's take a peek in each of our classrooms:

Little Bunnies and Cottontails

Miss Cathy J., Miss Joslyn, Miss Cathy, Miss Linda and Miss Laura

The months since the beginning of the school year, with their Teddy bear illustrations, are displayed on the bulletin board above our calendar. A visible reminder of the passage of time.  But all we have to do is look around us and we can see how the passage of time and gentle care have guided our littlest children into the lovely group that they are!  It's so cute to see them gather around the piano after clean-up time...They know the routines so well!  It's priceless to see them stand, hands on hearts, and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.  They are so adorable marching and singing our patriotic medley, little American flags in hand. They love to do projects with glue and paint, and play with the play dough.  And our Circle Time group is getting bigger and bigger, as more and more children show readiness for doing the calendar and weather and Miss Cathy J.'s fun, educational games.

Here are a few special things the Little Bunnies and Cottontails enjoy:

We like to tiptoe down the darkened hallway and whisper "Shhhh...Don't wake up the bear - he's sleeping!"  We're not really sure where the bear is, but everyone likes the little game and is very, very quiet!  Now we say, "Shhhh...Don't wake up the bear - He's hibernating!"

The kids love when Mr. Squirrel pops out of Miss Laura's apron pocket!  He's spending the winter in there because it's nice and cozy.  One day when he woke up, he found he'd been joined by another lttle friend, Mr. Groundhog. Mr. Groundhog just went in there to get warm, and ended up making it his burrow for hibernating.   Well, after the children learned a song about mittens, the red wool mittens went missing.  Imagine our surprise when our furry friends popped out of their burrow in their new, red wool "sleeping bags!"

Every day we sing the Hazel Drive song.  Every day while we're singing the song, a teacher or two is on the other side of the half-wall setting up the snacks.  Every day before we sing the song, Miss Laura whispers conspiratorially,  "After we sing, I'm going to ask Miss Joslyn" (or Miss Cathy or Miss Linda) "how she liked the singing." The children sing their hearts out, and then wait very quietly while Miss Laura asks, "Um, excuse me Miss Joslyn," (or Miss Cathy or Miss Linda) "Did you hear some singing just then?" and the teacher replies obligingly, "Oh, yes, it was BEAUTIFUL!"

Big Hoppers

Miss Gloria and Miss Carolyn

Speaking of months rolling by and children g-r-o-w-i-n-g...Just the other day, Miss Gloria was proudly showing the children's self-portraits.  The children have been doing a self-portrait in pencil every month since school began, and their progress is amazing!  The child's natural development, paired with the instruction of a true artist is a perfect match.  During their first drawing lesson, the children were learning shapes and spatial concepts all while following directions and being completely engaged in their work!  And as a bonus, when they were finished, there were suns, flowers, happy faces and apples to be proud of! 

The Big Hoppers have and elaborate Circle Time.  They learn not only their names, but each others in a little mix-up game. The months of the year are laid out on the floor while they sing a song to remember them.  They hold their little American flags in their LEFT hands, while they place their RIGHT hands on the hearts for the Pledge.  They recite "The Pledge to Myself" where they promise kindness to one another.  It is obvious that they take their pledge seriously.  The Big Hoppers are very kind and play so nicely together! 

The children form little groups where they build things and play make-believe.  One of their favorite toys are magnetic building tiles.  The tiles are translucent squares, rectangles and triangles in vibrant colors that can "stick" edge to edge to create imaginative structures.  Multiple-unit dwellings for little people and animals, boxes, barns with hinged doors, and mosaics are just some of the things that are constructed by the Big Hoppers.  They have such fun with their pretend play!  Another toy that sees a lot of creative use are the Giant Polydrons.  These are really big waffle blocks, squares and triangles, that fit together like puzzle pieces.  The things that they create are positively amazing:  a play pen, a bed, a car, houses, a giant pencil, space helmets, even a gazebo have all been built with their little hands and big imaginations!

The Big Hoppers love their Project Time.  They sit on the floor with Miss Gloria and Miss Carolyn and learn about the day's topic and listen to instructions on how to do their project.  Then they proceed to the tables where they work with their baby pencils, paper, scissors, crayons and glue sticks to make beautiful projects.  Their paintings are a joy to behold! Many times the children are learning the alphabet shapes and sounds.  Usually you can find a letter on the floor for the children to "walk" (and hop, too, when necessary!)  Remember our song: "Where do you start your letters? At the TOP!" At the tables during project time, they may be using their artistic skills to create the letter of the week. And always on display are ABC puzzles, books and many objects beginning with the featured letter sound!

Wascally Wabbits

Miss Missy and Miss Alyssa

The biggest children in our school are called the "Wascally Wabbits."  We like rabbit names, and when it came time a few years ago to name a new group of older children, we settled on that very cute name.  As it turns out, however, the Wascally Wabbits are not very wascally at all!  They are nice, busy four- and five-year-olds who earn their nickname "Hunny Bunnies" because they are very endearing and like to hug Miss Missy! 

Being the oldest children at Hazel Drive, they live up to the expectations for BIG kids.  They take care of so many of their own needs.  They help the little ones.  They are responsible for their work boxes containing the tools of their trade, scissors, crayons, a pencil and a glue stick and perhaps a work-in-progress to be completed in the afternoon. And they are the best picker-uppers...They even have a "Toy Inspector" on the roster of daily jobs to make sure everything has been properly and neatly placed on the shelves and in the bins!

There is a growing display of ABC animals on the wall in Miss Missy's room.  By the end of the school year, the children will have compiled their own Animal ABC books!  The Wascally Wabbits have great enthusiasm for their artistic endeavors, and their big room is always beautifully and whimsically decorated for the season.

With the help of the daily meteorologist, the children complete their weather charts.  At the end of each month the type and frequency of the weather is  analyzed and graphed.  Their calendars are also updated daily.  They write or trace their numbers and color a pattern with their crayons as the days pass. Many skills are learned through these activities, skills that will serve them well now and as they look ahead to Kindergarten next fall!

Hope you are enjoying the slowly unfolding spring as much as we enjoy and treasure the blossoming of your lovely children!

Love,

Your Hazel Drive Teachers

Spring is coming along on tippy-toes, but at Hazel Drive the children are learning and growing in leaps and bounds!

LITTLE BUNNIES AND COTTONTAILS:    MISS CATHY J., MISS LAURA, MISS CATHY, MISS LINDA, MISS KIM, MISS MICAELA AND MRS. SHIRLEY

My, oh, my, how much our Little Bunnies and Cottontails have grown this year!  A few months ago we formed the Little Bunnies Learning Club, otherwise known as the "Cool School" for the oldest of our Little Bunnies who are edging closer to four years old.  During their special time they are practicing important fine motor skills such as cutting, writing and tracing.  They are learning some letters and the sounds they make.  They play cool games like Memory and Color & Shape Bingo.  The Cool School kids have "moved up" to taking care of their own snacks: opening their lunch boxes and containers and making good choices. They've had a lot of practice choosing a fruit or something made out of milk first!  They take pride in being the biggest kids in the room and setting a good example for our little ones.

This spring, we've had a new crop of little guys and gals join us! Suddenly our room is busier than ever and filled with laughter and music and all the happy sounds of childhood!  We have been joined as well by a new teacher, Miss Cathy J., who is providing fun art projects, songs and games that coordinate with weekly themes. 

During our "Pond Animals" week, our walls got covered with frogs, turtles and beavers!  The children printed and painted, snipped and glued, and created whimsical art while learning about these creatures.  We got to examine real beaver cuts (courtesy of Mr. Fix-It) and talk about the work that beavers do to provide a home for their families.  We sang "Five Green and Speckled Frogs" and learned a fingerplay about a turtle:

I have a little turtle

And he lives in a box,

He swims in the puddles

And he climbs on the rocks.

He SNAPPED at the mosquito,

He SNAPPED at the flea,

He SNAPPED at the minnow,

And he SNAPPED at me!

He caught the mosquito,

He caught the flea,

He caught the minnow,

But he didn't catch me!                                                  TOP O' THE WORLD!

BIG HOPPERS:   MISS GLORIA AND MISS JOSLYN

The Big Hoppers have had a very productive winter and early spring!  Have you admired their beautiful art on the walls?  Have you seen the great work they have done in their writing and drawing?  Have you noticed their growth as they practice their letters, numbers, scissor work and coloring in the lines?

From talking about the weather on Ground Hog Day, to giving and receiving Valentines, and having fun with the leprechaun for St. Patrick's Day, holiday themes provide a backdrop for fun and learning in the Big Hopper room.  Art, songs and dramatic play teach children about these staples of our culture. Dr. Suess's birthday was a time to celebrate his work through art and reading. 

As the seasons changed, the Big Hoppers learned first about hibernation...and then about germination!   All year long, the Big Hoppers have been learning math concepts such as counting, addition, subtraction, classifying and patterning by using dried beans.  This spring, the children placed some beans into clear plastic cups with a piece of paper toweling, dampened the seeds and place them on the sunny window sill.  In days, the beans had burst forth from their shells, and the amazing process of germination and growth was observable!  Living things grew from these seemingly inanimate objects, right before our very eyes!

WASCALLY WABBITS:  MISS MISSY AND MISS ALYSSA

During the late winter and early spring, the Wascally Wabbits continued to learn their letter sounds, numbers, colors, shapes and patterns.  Those who spent part of their day with us before or after Kindergarten had their "Big School" learning enhanced with creative projects in Miss Missy's big room.  All the children grew in their knowledge of the important concepts and skills required for Kindergarten and beyond! 

As the oldest children at Hazel Drive, the Wascally Wabbits have greater independence and therefore many opportunities to practice their social skills.  With their teachers gently guiding them, they remember to share, negotiate, use kind words and work together as a community.  Not so "wascally," wouldn't you say?

As the seasons changed, the Big Kids learned a lot about nature through their observations and instruction.  They discovered how animals survive the long, cold months of winter by hibernating, migrating or stockpiling food to last all winter long.  This year's mild winter soon melted into spring, and the children used their senses to find signs of spring.  They were rewarded with the sound of birds singing, the sight of colorful flowers springing up from the ground (Thank you, Little Bunnies and Cottontails, for planting those bulbs in the fall!), the scent of the damp earth and the feel of the green grass beneath us!  From books and songs, they learned that many baby animals arrive in the spring, both on the farm and in the wild.  We are treated to the sight of the many birds on our campus, singing happily as they fly back and forth, back and forth, building their nests. The other day, birds were spotted picking up moths and other tasty treats to feed their new hatchlings!

The children and staff of Hazel Drive Early Childhood Center wish you all the best as we roll into summer!  Love to you!  See you soon!

Some Wascally Bears Waking Up From Hibernating!

Sparkle, sparkle up above, little angel made with love!  This little angel is holding in her little hands one of the many gifts of the season. Sharing and Caring, Love and Laughter, Family and Friends, Hugs and Smiles, Beauty and Wonder!  These are the gifts we treasure all the year through at Hazel Drive Early Childhood Center.  Our first half of the school year has passed quickly and joyfully, with lots and lots of HAPPINESS!  Let's get caught up on some of the goings-on!

LITTLE BUNNIES AND COTTONTAILS

Miss Laura, Miss Alanna, Miss Cathy, Miss Linda and Mrs. Shirley

These are our littlest children, our two- and three-year-olds.  We reside in the big, bright, yellow room, filled with light, toys and books and musical instruments and all the happy sounds of childhood!  Our day starts with playtime when the children have a choice of toys on the table or floor, an art project at the round table using glue, paint and perhaps even (one-on-one) snipping with scissors, a table game with a teacher, and, during rotating weeks, easel painting, fingerpainting, water table or play dough.  There is a lot of creating and learning that takes place during these activities!  MegaBlocks can turn into a tall tower or a crazy car with an elephant at the wheel.  Children use language and math skills to match the pictures on a lotto board.  Colorful shapes are carefully placed on paper with drippy glue to create a masterpiece, while learning about spatial relationships, patterns, shapes and colors.  And the drippy glue is fun and learning all by itself! 

Circle Time is a time for fun and learning, too!  We sing our Circle Time Song and hold hands to form a circle!  We move the circle around like a merry-go-round, which takes a lot of cooperation among classmates.  (The moving circle is a building block for other games like "Ring Around the Rosie," "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush" and "We're going to Kentucky.")  We learn to define our own "circle space" when we sit down right where we just stamped our feet!  We sing our Hello songs, recite the Pledge of Allegiance and sing our songs about America and her flag.  Then it's time to put another number on the calendar.  The helper of the day is asked:  Where does the next number go? (Left to right reading)  What number will it be? (Counting) What picture will it be? (Recognizing patterns).  We sing a song about the days of the week and the weather.  Our Color Song is a cherished part of our Circle Time routine!  Usually the helper needs to use a wooden spoon as a pointer to reach all the way up to red!  Here it is, to the tune of "Frere Jacques:"

Red is rojo

Green is verde

Blue's azul

Negro's black

Yellow's amarillo

Purple is morado

Gris is gray

Brown, cafe

Orange is naranja

Pink is rosado

Blanco's white, blanco's white

Then we use our "flat screen TV" (flannel board) to determine "Who is at school today?"  The children's names are printed on different color bunnies, and they identify their names (and most of their classmates' as well!) and place them on the flannel board. Then we can count the names, and count the children, too, and we know "Who is at school today!"

After a sociable snack time to nourish and refuel, we head outside for recess.  Slides, the climbing wall and ladder, the playhouse, balls to throw, catch, kick and chase, ride-on and push toys, swings, a big sandbox and a big yard for running (not to mention a mild November and December!) provide plenty of opportunity for using those big muscles and big voices!

Story time, music with Miss Laura on the piano or guitar, housekeeping play, the ABC box, and the Shape-osaurus or a combination of these activities await the children upon returning indoors.  And all of this takes place before lunch!  We keep the Little Ones as busy as they keep us!

BIG HOPPERS 

Miss Gloria, Miss Alanna, Miss Janet, and Mrs. Sharon

Our Young- (or Almost-) four-year-olds are the Big Hoppers. Their home base is the front room where they work and play under the watchful eyes of the children and bunnies in Miss Gloria's beautiful mural!  What could be happier or more colorful than that?  They are learning many skills and concepts as they grow!  They put the "PRE" in "Preschool" with their pre-writing, pre-math and pre-reading activities!  They are getting ready to become competent Kindergartners or Wascally Wabbits! 

Drawing skills are very important to becoming writers.  Learning about shapes (letters are lines and curves, after all) and spatial relationships, holding the writing instrument properly, and being able to reproduce what they see, all contribute to the ability to put words on paper.  Miss Gloria provides drawing lessons that enable the children to follow directions and to copy shapes and lines step-by-step until, VOILA! There is a picture of something that all can recognize!  Wow, a snail!  A house!  A clown!  Other pre-writing exercises include copying or tracing diagonal lines, loops, and horizontal or vertical lines.  These activites are often incorporated into an art project, so that the Big Hoppers are practicing these important skills and creating beautiful art at the same time.  Good old-fashioned coloring with crayons is an important childhood activity that is practiced by the Big Hoppers.  We don't want this to get lost in our modern age of doing with our thumbs on a screen!

The Big Hoppers use everyday objects to learn sorting, sequencing and counting.  Pom-poms, beans, multi-colored and multi-sized bears, and the children themselves are employed to teach pre-math skills.  Attributes such as length, height, size, color and shape are used to classify items.  Numeral recognition is practiced as well in a variety of activities including coloring by the numbers!  Using real objects to add and subtract teaches these concepts in a way that is meaningful for little children.

Doing fun activities with the children's names is a very effective pre-reading activity.  When Miss Gloria puts the wrong name in front of someone, and everyone laughs and shouts "NO!," they are reading. When they go to the table and each one finds the paper with his or her own name on it, they are reading.  A child's name is one of his first sight words for reading.  And did you ever notice how children recognize signs and logos?  That is reading, too.  In the Big Hopper room, you will see reproductions of signs for many local stores.  They practice reading them, and learning the letters of which they are composed. 

The Big Hoppers are fully engaged in social activities as well, as they play and pretend together.  An important part of being a Big Hopper is practicing how to get along: to be polite, ask nicely, negotiate, share, and to think about the Golden Rule that we sing about in the Hazel Drive Song. They receive guidance in being a good citizen of our school!  It's a joy to see them working things out as they immerse themselves in imaginary play!  In additon to the Pledge of Allegiance, here is another pledge the Big Hoppers recite each day:

I pledge to myself on this day,

To try to be kind in every way,

To every person, big or small,

I will help them if they fall,

When I love myself, and others, too,       

That is the best that I can do!

 WASCALLY WABBITS

Miss Missy

Although our oldest children are called the "Wascally Wabbits," they're not altogether wascally...In fact, they are rather nice! These are the older four-year-olds, five-year-olds who miss the Kindergarten cut-off and Kindergartners who spend the other half of their day in our midst.  They have the distinction of being the BIG KIDS at Hazel Drive, and they live up to all expectations of that lofty position!  They are characterized by their independence, their thirst for learning and their penchant for social play.  They show equal enthusiasm whether they are gathered around the big table with Miss Missy, learning, discussing, writing, drawing, coloring, tracing, cutting and gluing OR engaged in the wonderful world of make-believe, building fantastic structures or dressing up and pretending with inventive scenarios they've created.

The Wascally Wabbits draw on and practice their natural abilities for more independent fine motor work than their younger counterparts.  They are expected to trace, draw and cut on their own with the unique results you'd expect from your budding artist. The walls of the Big Red, White and Blue Room are decorated for every season and occasion by the thoughtful artwork of the Wascally Wabbits.  Their themes so far this year included "Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom," a pumpkin patch (ever so charming with each of its unique inhabitants), a tribute to firefighters, and a tribute to veterans.  A flock of turkeys and a herd of whimsical reindeer could also be seen adorning the room at the appropriate times!

Because of their ability to use abstract forms to represent concrete events, the Wascally Wabbits also draw their own calendars and graph the weather each day. They can collect the data to compare the number of sunny and cloudy days at the end of each month, for example.  Do you think they found any snowy days in 2015?  They are working their way through the alphabet, learning the letters, their shapes and sounds practicing writing the letters, and creating themed art for each letter.

An important part of the curriculum is playing board games, card games and table games.  A game of checkers, 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe, Uno or Connect Four teaches many academic and social skills, and has never stopped being fun from back in the "olden" days before electronics.

The biggest kids have a big time out on the playground each day, using those long limbs to climb, run, jump and pump on the swings and using their big voices (yes, "outdoor" vioces!) to shout, yell, and call out to their friends!

Our not-so-Wascally Wabbits learn how to be good listeners, folllow directions, follow the rules and to be great helpers for the teachers and for the younger children in the school.  They are definitely learning, not only to be good citizens of Hazel Drive, but of their communities as well.

2016 is here!  May it be filled with blessings for you and your family!

Love,

Miss Laura, Miss Gloria, Miss Missy, Miss Alanna, Miss Cathy, Miss Linda, Mrs. Shirley, Mrs. Sharon, Miss Alyssa and Miss Joslyn.  Mr. Fix-It, too!