Open Houses at the BriarPatch

Upcoming Open Houses & Registration Nights will be held on the following dates:

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Once the preschool is full for the 2011/2012, we will then close registrations but will continue to hold our Open Houses & fill up our waiting lists.

Please email our centre at briarpatchkids@shaw.ca or leave a message a voice mail at 780.464.3217 for more information.

Summer Open House & Registration Night

Our next Open House & Registration Night will be held on Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Come out & tour the school & register for 2010 ... or beyond! Yes, we do have a list of interested families for 2011 & 2012. For more information, please call our office: 780.464.3217 or email: briarpatchkids@shaw.ca.

Winter 2010 Open Houses ...

The BriarPatch Community Preschool will be holding several Open Houses & Registrations Nights over the next few months. Here's the schedule:

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

The doors to our preschool will open at 6:00 p.m. An orientation to the program will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. & includes a tour of the centre. Beginning at 7:00 p.m., registrations will be accepted for the current program, the fall program & future years. Families are encouraged to register early. Once all classes are full, the remaining Open Houses will be cancelled.

For more information or to obtain a registration package, please contact the school by calling 780.464.3217 or by email: briarpatchkids@shaw.ca.

Hope to see you there!!

Still looking for a preschool program?

We do have room in our classes for a new friends. All prospective students need to be 3 years old but can start at any time throughtout the school year. To schedule a free class or a visit, please call our preschool at (780) 464-3217 or send us an email: briarpatchkids@shaw.ca. Registrations are also being accepted for the following years:

2010/2011

&

2011/2012

We have several babies on our waiting list who haven't even been born yet. We can't wait to meet them, when they finally arrive!

Fall Open Houses

We have 2 Open Houses coming up for new students to register & future families to visit. Come out to the preschool on the following dates to take a tour & meet our staff:

Thursday, August 27th, 2009 @ 7 p.m.

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 @ 7 p.m.

The preschool is located at #100A ~ 50 Brentwood Boulevard in Sherwood Park. Children are very welcome to attend. Bring them along to explore their new classroom & see first hand how they react to the environment. The BriarPatch will continue to accept registrations into our preschool well after the beginning of the school year, until all classes are full. If you have a child who is turning 3 part way thru the year, they can start preschool in our program after their 3rd birthday. And they don't have to wait until next fall. Contact our office for more details. Not sure about the preschool experience? Join us for a free class to see what preschool is all about.

Got Bottles?

We're holding our first "bottle drive" for the preschool. But there's a catch!

There's no drive!

Unless of course, you count the "drive" over to the preschool.

Here's how ours will work:

If you have bottles that you would like to donate to our preschool, bring them to us, when we're open. We'll store them in our storage room. When there is enough to fill the back of our truck, we'll take them over to the bottle depot for exchange into cash.

Sounds easy enough. Please make sure that the bottles are rinsed. If they are sorted, our job is even easier.

Thank you for helping us to continue to help our environment by sending the bottles for recycling, instead of sending them to the landfill. The proceeds will go to supporting our year end family celebration.

Child Care Conference.

We are so excited that our teacher is attending the 2009 Child Care Conference at McEwan Community College this weekend. What is particularly fascinating is that several of the sessions are focused on the Reggio Emilia Method that we use concepts of for our preschool. One of our board members is also attending. Between the two of them, we should have some interesting new ideas to hear about & implement into the centre.

http://www.childcare.macewan.ca/