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Summer Fun Is Wrapping Up

August is here already and September is quickly approaching. All of the children have been enjoying the fun activities during the summer program. We have had a magician come, a veterinarian, a mad science workshop and even fun pony rides! We hope all of the parents enjoyed the pictures! The older children have been going on many fun field trips too! The Popcorn park Zoo and the Planetarium are the trips in August. Just a reminder that on August 27th the school will be closed for teacher In Service Day. We will be holding Back to School Night that evening from 6-8pm. This is a great chance for you to meet your child’s teacher and for your child to meet other children in their class! We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to the PTO! The Chinese Auction went great and raised a whopping $ 1, 400 !!
Be sure to keep your eye Out for the PTO Board with upcoming meetings.
Thank You!
Toni Ann Eckerson
Center Director
Special points of interest:
  • Happy Birthday Miss Helen!
  • Back to School Night is August 27th from 6-8 pm
  • Look on PTO board for new meeting schedule.
  • Don’t forget to check your mailbox daily!
  • School closed August 27th for teacher in service day!

Darling Dolphins

We hope everyone is having a wonderful summer because our Darling Dolphins are! Our James is sitting up by himself for more than three minutes! Brianna is very busy trying to crawl putting one foot up and reaching for toys! She is also feeding herself! Rachel is walking around the room with non-stop taking toys off the shelf with one big swish! She is getting ready to move to the first steps room! Kiersten is a new addition to the Infants and she fits right in! She is trying to sit by herself! Ryan Mi. is now walking and climbing on top of everything! Ryan Mu. has taken his first steps and is now chasing Ryan Mi. all over! Let’s welcome Miss Karen and Miss Marzena to our room!
Miss Angela

Terrific Turtles

The Turtles have been busy learning about fantasy and animals. The turtles also have been having a lot of fun in the sprinkler. We have seen a magic show and we all loved it! Jamyla is becoming a social butterfly saying "hi!" to everyone who comes into the room. Jonathan is saying so much and loves to discover new things! He is getting ready to move to the Toddler room. Michael loves to play with his friends and also says more new words everyday! Nicholas had a new addition to his family so now he is a big brother! Welcome Justin who is visiting us from France! He likes playing with everyone! We are looking forward to a fun filled August!
Miss Melanie

Wonderful Whales

July has been a great month in the Whales class. We welcomed Tyler into our class ! We also had a lot of fun with the Goddard Olympics and Fantasy Fun themes. The Goddard Olympics really showed how talented our Toddlers are! Andrew and Josh love to jump. John, Jared and Charley enjoyed our paper shot put toss. Kaleigh , Christopher and Connor loved running races across the playground. Fantasy fun was a great theme for the Whales! Christopher added ghosts and bones to so many of our songs and activities. Jackie and Jade really enjoyed all of the wonderful stories that were brought in. Jarrett loved making his wizard’s hat and Hughie and William liked making their magic spells. Our Toddlers are so creative! August is going to be a ton of fun! Watch for information about sprinkler days and our end of summer Party! Thank you for all of your support with the PTO’s Chinese Auction!
Miss Kristy and Miss Helen

Fantastic Fish

The Fantastic Fish would like to welcome back Ben to the class! We have been having lots of fun with the summer program. We have made all different kinds of cool art projects, like big yellow sun’s and a ocean scene with goldfish. And we loved looking at dinosaur bones. We are also very excited about the visitors coming: pony rides and the vet. We are still enjoying getting wet outside. This past month has been so much fun!
Miss Robyn
Miss Gloria

Super Seals

We had a great time in our fairy tale world of July! We learned the difference between nursery rhymes and fairy tales. We are now taking our adventures into August. First of all I would like to welcome Kelsey, Kylie, Joey and Teddy to our Super Seal classroom. We will wrap up our animal adventure and Blast right into space. We will learn about the moon, stars and the sun. We will end our August adventure by having some carnival time. On the last two weeks we will play some carnival games and taste some carnival goodies.
Have a great summer!
Miss Andrea

Marvelous Manatee

Wow! July has been a super fun filled month in the Marvelous manatee room! We jumped, ran and leaped through the Goddard Olympics. Many of our students won ribbons and prizes and learned how to be a good sport along the way. In our Fantasy Fun theme we learned many new nursery rhymes and Fairy tales. Some of the highlights were our bowling trip, the magician visiting and the staff puppet show. August will bring us Animal Adventures, space journeys , and carnival times. We are looking forward to our trip to the zoo and the planetarium. We have so many exciting projects planned in August. Summer camp has been so much fun!
A great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Danek and Meagan this month!
Thank you to all the moms who volunteered for trips and thank you for helping with the Chinese Auction Basket.
Thank You!
Miss Diane and Miss Beth

Sparkling Seahorses

July was a great month for the Seahorses! We have made so many more new friends and have done a lot of wonderful things. July brought the themes of the Goddard olympics, Fantasy Fun, and Animal Adventures. We took some terrific trips to the Bowling Alley, and Funtasia. A great time was had by all! We also had an Enchanted Castle Cafe. Thank You to all of our parents who made it a success. We are looking forward to August with the themes of Animal Adventures, Space Journey, and Carnival Time. We also have a trip planned to the Planetarium. August will bring us pony rides, the ice cream man, a popcorn party, the Moonwalk Machine and a visit from the clown. There are so many fun things planned and I’m sure many surprises too!
Please remember that we will be closed on August 27th!
Miss Jen

Shining Starfish

We have been so busy with projects and activities that we barely realized that we were learning and doing so many new and interesting things. July just flew by! Our class has been a meeting place of old acquaintances and new friends. Some of us will soon be returning to our regular schools, while the others will be starting Kindergarten in our class. We have been having fun this Summer and are very excited and looking forward to school beginning!
Miss Barbara
The Goddard School in Toms River, NJ, 36 Bey Lea Road, Toms River, NJ 08753