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Preschool Report

Submitted by: Seyla Cohen, Preschool Director

Temple Shalom Preschool has an enrollment of 95 students. There are three classes for two year olds, one class for little two year olds (this class started on January for children that turned two after September), three classes for three year olds and two classes for four year olds. Program offerings can be two, three, four or five days and times can be 9:00 – 12:30 or 9:00 to 2:00 and 9:00-3:15. Every classroom is staffed with one teacher and one assistant. We also have 8 children in our early drop off program; we offer 8:00am-9:00am for parents that need to drop their children early in the morning. Enrichment opportunities in science, music, technology, movement, art and storytelling provided to children in the two, three and four year old classes. We are offering Spanish classes on Wednesdays from 2:00-3:00. There are 18 children enrolled for Spanish classes. Special activities such as Science days, Story hour in the Storyland, Safety Day, Super Family Shabbat, Mitzvah Day, Thanksgiving Feast, Chanukah Sing along, Art Auction, Passover Seder, focusing on holiday celebrations provide opportunities for family participation. Parent and community involvement is encouraged and parents volunteer for a variety of activities.

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Professional training opportunities are provided for the staff by colleagues and invited guests. Some of the training classes were; First Aid/CPR by American Heart Association, Science by Kowiachobee Animal Preserve, Social Development through the curriculum, Promoting Children’s safety by Collier County Safety Organizations. Teachers and the director work closely together, sharing ideas and strategies that support the education of young children. Parents and children participate in fundraising activities that support enrichment opportunities. “Shalom Cafe” which is nutritious hot lunches we offer to our children, the sale of school T-shirts , school pictures, spirit nights , Square Art projects and Parent directory are some of our fundraisers. On May 1st, 2014, we are having our annual TSP Art Show. We are so proud that this event made $20000.00 last year. With moneys raised from the Art Show, we were able to build the “Technology lab” an amazing tech lab for the preschool children to learn different aspects of technology in a fun and exciting atmosphere. We were also able to offer partial financial assistance to 7 families. We are anticipating a huge success this year also. The P.O.T.S (parents of Temple Shalom) continues to help the preschool with different activities. This committee consists of preschool parents and teachers and their role is to help and advice the preschool in special fund raising events under the direction of the director. Temple Shalom Preschool continuously participates on Mitzvah projects. We helped St Jude Children’s Hospital, Boys & Girls Club, Humane Society, Abused women’s Shelter, Homeless children of Collier County, and many more….. Miss Jane Galler, Temple Shalom Preschool music teacher, also is our Mommy and Me and More teacher. The children in our Mommy and Me and More program then register for the school base program when they are age eligible. We are currently offering 7 weeks of summer camp in June and July. In addition we are offering Camp Einstein, an academic summer camp program for children between 5-8 years old. Summer camp hours and days are very flexible, this makes it easy for families to sign up their children. We get a lot of children from other schools. They fall in love with TSP and end up signing up for the school year.

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