Enjoy our Christmas Programs

Celebrating Christmas at the IPC Day School would not be complete without listening to the angelic voices of our children singing. The three-year olds will sing on Friday, Dec. 5th at noon in the Great Hall. Our four and five-year olds will sing on Tuesday, Dec. 16th at noon in the Sanctuary. Child care for younger siblings will be available. The four and five-year olds will also repeat their performance for the church's weekly chapel service on Wednesday, Dec. 17th at noon. Please call to make your reservation. We do hope you will join us. We promise it will warm your heart!

Lots To Do At Emmet O'Neal Library

Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Emmet O'Neal Library's October programming! We are so lucky we have such a wonderful library in our community providing so many fun activities for our children. I hope you will be able to enjoy some of them.

Oct. 7th -  6:00-  PJ Storytime

Oct. 14th - 6:00 - Cinderella at the Sock Hop Family Night - Rock Musical, a blend of original lyrics and Lew Carroll's poetry

Oct. 17th - 6:00 - A Night Dark and Grim - Sing Along Frozen movie, Face Painting, Enchanted Forest, Photo Booth, Carnival Games with Peter Pan, Dorothy, Olaf, Elsa, Anna, and more

Oct. 21st - 6:00 - Boards and Blocks

Oct. 28th - Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie and Popcorn

Oct. 31st - Trick or Treat Around the Library

PLUS Laugh Out Loud story time for Kdg. 2nd grade every Tuesday at 3:30!

No Cell Phone Zone

To help us ensure the safety of our children during carpool drop off and pick up, please refrain from using your cell phones while in carpool line. Not only is it a safety issue, but your children need you to tell them to good bye and to have a wonderful day and then to let them know how excited you are to see them when we load them in your car. Nothing says love like some special words and your undivided attention!

Fun For Moms, Too

There are several wonderful opportunities listed below for our moms to get together. The first is a special event and the other two are ongoing. We hope you can participate! On Friday, September 26th Fabrik in Homewood will open their doors from 9-11 especially for Day School moms. Everyone will receive 20% off and can enjoy coffee, mimosas and some yummy breakfast pastries. The discount includes designer denim, shoes, jewelry, purses and all clothes! Check out Fabrik on Instagram - @fabrikhomewood and contact Caron Lassiter if you have any questions-caronlassiter@gmail.com. Don't forget about yoga on Thursday mornings at 11:30 in 3116 with Nedra for all Day School moms. Free childcare is provided on the ground floor of the Day School in room G24.  Please email Cindy Shaw at cshaw@ipc-usa.org with questions or suggestions for time change.  Yoga is also available at 6:15 on Wednesday evenings in 3116. Faith in Motion has literally taken off. The group meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 in room 306 for Bible study before they head out for runs or a walk. Free childcare is available in G24. Contact Caron Lassiter (see email link above) if you have any questions. Please feel free to contact the Day School with any questions or suggestions. Blessings, Kathy Leaver

Lace Up Your Shoes For Good Causes

Lace up your tennis shoes and choose a good cause Saturday, May 10th in Birmingham!

The Children's Tumor Foundation NF walk will be at Railroad Park, 1600 1st Ave. N. to raise awareness and funding for neurofibromatosis research. We would love for you to be part of Team Lorol http://shar.es/Q9aTY.  Registration/check-in is  9:00-10:00 a.m. and the walk is from 10:15-11:00.

Girls on the Run will be sponsoring a 5K run at Marconi Park, 2400 7th Ave. N. at 8 a.m. Proceeds make the 12-week Girls on the Run program possible in our area. Register at girlsontherunbham.org.

The Mother Walk 5K and Fun Run to raise funds for ovarian cancer research will begin in Crestline Village across from the library. Events will begin at 9:00. You may register at the Mother Walk Birmingham site.

Roger Day Kids' Concert

Clapping, snapping, and toe tapping to fabulous, fun music is on the horizon at Independent Presbyterian Church! Our Day School children will have a wonderful opportunity on Wednesday, April 23rd to hear Roger Day as part of our Street Party held during school hours. AND everyone in the community and church will have this same FREE, exciting opportunity to hear Roger Day perform on Wednesday evening, April 23rd at 6:00 p.m. in 3116 (the building next door to our chapel). At 5:00, Melt, a delicious food truck, will be parked outside of 3116 on Highland Avenue so you can purchase supper. I hope everyone will not only attend but will reach out and bring friends. See you then!

A Huge Thank You

Thank you to all the parents who were able to visit the Day School and order Usborne books. Some parents purchased books from teachers' wish lists which was very generous. But with all that you ordered and through an educational grant Usborne has, we were able to buy all the books the teachers had listed. We love to read and are so excited to have these incredible books in our classrooms and in our collective library to read with your children, so thank you again!

A Wonderful Book Opportunity

If you have never seen an Usborne book, you are in for a treat! And no, I am not a paid rep, but was introduced to them years ago as a parent and teacher and love them. They are beautiful, educational and high-interest level books for babies through high school students. The variety is incredible. We have an exciting opportunity to purchase these outstanding books on March 19th and 20th. The representative from Usborne Books will be in the Day School foyer (entrance from covered walkway) from 8:00 to 1:00 on these days.  Don't miss out on this chance to purchase gifts or to contribute to your growing home library.  A link is provided below for your convenience if you would like to check out these books ahead of time. You may order on-line or during those 2 days at the Day School.             http://IPCDayschool.ReadUsborne.org

A Round of Thank You's

Wow! What a crazy day last Tuesday turned out to be. Our chapel lesson topic that morning was Thank You God For Winter and boy did young and old get to experience it in all its snowy glory. A huge thank you to all the Day School teachers who remained calm and made other arrangements for their own children so they could stay late into the afternoon until the majority of our students were retrieved by parents of neighbors. By the time they left, walking was the only option and many walked as much as six miles to get home. Another huge thank you to the seven teachers who stayed with me and a precious child whose parents could not get to him Tuesday night. With the church personnel who were also stuck here or elected to stay and help we had a great group of sixteen. Mr. Perry, our security guard, got the trooper of the year award.  He stayed up all Tuesday night on "watch" and would not leave until everyone was safely left late Wednesday.Thankfully, again, we had Kim with us to create her wonderful meals. Along with eating well, we had comfy sofas, tablecloths and blankets for our covers, we celebrated a birthday, shared phone chargers, had great fellowship, and a great game of Charades, all with lots of laughter.

Another huge thank you goes out to our wonderful parents who have been so diligent and creative to help make our transition to a completely tree nut and peanut free school seem so easy. If you do accidentally send a product we cannot serve your child, you will see an "Oops" sticker in your child's lunch box. It lets you know not only there was something he or she could not have, but lets you know we served your child a lunch we keep for just such occasions. All the teachers have enjoyed seeing what interesting things you are sending in the lunch boxes, and we are borrowing some of your ideas since we can't bring items containing nuts either. Our parents are the best!