Please find within: school news and activities, parent participation information, and last week’s lesson review. This update has general information only; for all child-specific information and pictures of students’ play and work from last week, please go to Avalon’s private parent Facebook page. SCHOOL NEWS AND ACTIVITIES This last week of January will focus on … Continue reading January 2020, week 5 update
Category: Academics
January 2020, week 4 update
Hello Avalon Families! Please find within: (1) school news and preview of next week's activities, (2) parent participation information, and (3) last week’s lesson review. This update has general information only; for all child-specific information and pictures of students’ play and work from last week, please go to Avalon’s private Facebook parent page. School News … Continue reading January 2020, week 4 update
January 2020, week 3 update
Dear Families, Please find within: (1) school news, (2) parent participation information, and (3) last week's (week two) lesson review. This update has general information only; for all child-specific information and pictures of students' play and work from last week, please go to Avalon's private Facebook parent page. News and Announcements Martin Luther King Jr. … Continue reading January 2020, week 3 update
January 2020 Class Newsletter
News and Announcements: Welcome to the New Year! Avalon's website will have pages updated this month to reflect the new information for 2020 such as the Operating Calendar, Special Celebration Days, Monthly Learning Themes, Art Explorer program, and Family Field Trips. That information will also be contained within this post. An annual update to the … Continue reading January 2020 Class Newsletter
January 2020 Reading List
Happy New Year's! Below is this month's reading list with a selection of fiction and non-fiction from our local library. Our monthly theme books are in addition to this and will be on a separate post. All descriptions are from the Amazon website and you can click on the title or author to take you … Continue reading January 2020 Reading List
Story Time: December’s Reading List
Story time begins with 10-minutes of self-directed "reading"--children choosing and looking through books on their own. The rest of story time is for the teacher to read three to four books. In addition to the Circle Time story, children are read an average of 20 different books a week. We keep the reading list … Continue reading Story Time: December’s Reading List
August 2019 Lesson Plan: ABC Mindful Me
Lesson plans are meant to be flexible for adjustments and substitutions as I incorporate the Reggio Emilia philosophy of nurturing children's interests through deeper understanding; I do this by observation of interests as they play, work with Montessori materials, and participate in learning activities. I use these observations to facilitate new (previously unplanned) activities and … Continue reading August 2019 Lesson Plan: ABC Mindful Me
Monthly Newsletter – June 2019
Welcome new families! Each month, a newsletter will be posted with: (1) Announcements (2) Important Reminders (3) Introduction of the new month's learning theme (4) Special Learning Days and Celebrations (5) General News and Information. Announcements I am excited to announce that Avalon is nearly finished being approved for Santa Clara County’s 4Cs Healthy Food program! … Continue reading Monthly Newsletter – June 2019
Scholarship Donations and Sponsorship
There are many ways individuals, corporations, local business, community groups and clubs, NGOs, non-profits, and governmental agencies can help out families in need! Qualifying need is based on verification by NGO or government organization of a family's homelessness or poverty. Tuition sponsorship: Tuition covers all childcare and preschool services and materials, in addition to all meals … Continue reading Scholarship Donations and Sponsorship
Avalon scholarships for families in need
Both full and partial scholarships are available for children with families currently or recently homeless and/or in poverty and receiving benefits from (or waitlisted for) CalWorks, 4Cs funding, CAPP, or Choices for Children, LifeMoves, Family Supportive Housing, or other such programs. Scholarships are funded from private and public sources such as non-profit organizations, businesses, individuals, … Continue reading Avalon scholarships for families in need
Avalon Childcare and Preschool 