Thank you to our Community Helpers

Our wonderful and dedicated fireman and mounted police paid visits to the Day School 4's and 5's in September. What a great opportunity to make learning about community helpers come to life. The timing of the visits also coordinated with their letters of the weeks, F and P. The children learned about fire safety and the importance of having a family plan of where to meet their parents. They also watched one of the firemen don his full protective gear including the mask that made him look like Darth Vader! The importance of not being afraid of the loud breathing noise was reiterated, and the children learned that was a good sound because it meant someone was there to help. Each child also got to sit in the firetruck!! We also had a visit by Slade the horse and his policeman, Officer Herndon. The children learned that mounted police can go where police cars cannot always go and that being up high on top of the horse allows the policeman to see more, as well as information about the care and behavior of the horse. We sure appreciate our community helpers and having them visit and make our study become real.
l.Officer Herndon with his horse, Slade

MOMs Fellowship and Study Opportunity

• MOMs (Ministry of Moms), Room 304, Second Wednesdays, studying Sabbath in the Suburbs. The class meets from 6:15 to 7:15 and childcare is provided.

September Activities at Emmet O'Neal Library

Join in the fun and well-planned activities at the Emmet O'Neal Library.

Story time - Library Out Loud: Tuesdays - 3:30, Kindergarten - 2nd grade

Movers and Makers: Wednesdays - 1:30,  Preschoolers 3-5 years old with adult. Please register.

Family Night -Picnic and Drum Circle on the Lawn,  Sept. 12th, Dinner 5:30, Drumming 6:00

Breakout Book Club - Sept. 18 - 6:00, emerging readers and their adults

Four Ways To Find Great Books:
www.eolib.org/Childrens-recommendedreading.php

KidsReads.eol - EOL reading radar on Instagram

EOL Kids' Reads monthly newsletter of books worth checking out

Kids reads.eol@gmail.com - Email or visit the children's desk for expert advice

Get your child a library card and support your local library!

IPC Day School T-Shirt Salae

Introducing Our New Fall Fundraiser!!

IPC Day School T-shirt order forms have been sent home with your child or will be coming home in the blue bags. This will be our fall fundraiser in place of the coupon books. The t-shirts are soft and comfy so everyone will love wearing one! The deadline to order is Wednesday, Sept. 13th.
We have had a great first week of school. Thank you for sharing your precious children with us. Wanted to remind you we will be out of school for Labor Day, Sept. 4th. Have a safe holiday and we will see you next week.

Summer Reading Kick Off at Emmet O'Neal Library

It's time again for the Summer Reading program to kick off at Emmet O'Neal Library. The theme this year is "Build a Better World." There will be the Thomas Hughes Brinkley Memorial Fun Run at 3:00 followed by the carnival at 3:30 on May 21st. Registration and purchasing the Combo Band for the Fun Run and Carnival can be done at www.eolib.org or you can drop by the Children's Desk at the library.We all know the importance of reading to or with your child and aren't we lucky the the library makes it such fun?

Time to Say Good Bye to our Graduates

Our Four and Five-Year-Olds will graduate tomorrow, Thursday, May 18th. The ceremony will be at 11:00 in the Sanctuary and will be live-streamed on the IPC YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/IPCBirmingham.  Some of the students who graduate will be Top Dogs here at the Day School next year, and the rest will be attending Kindergartens throughout the city. It is always a bittersweet day to say good-bye to these precious children and their families, but we love celebrating with them. You are all such blessings to all of us at the Day School.

Our last day of school is Friday, May 19^th. Have a safe and happy summer!

Saying Good bye to Miss Jill

Miss Jill Marlar is retiring after twenty years in the Day School. She taught the three-year-olds, the four year olds, and most recently our music classes. She has brought joy through her teaching to so many children and their families, she will certainly be missed. Please thank her and have your children thank her when you see her. We will still see Miss Jill when she comes to teach the Enrichment classes, Art Scope and Showstoppers in the afternoons. The very capable Dana Porter (currently the Top Dog assistant teacher) will take over as our music teacher next year.

Miss Jill with Ruby and Miss Dana at the organ in the IPC chapel where she played for us every week.