Dear Summer Program Families,
This week:
Rising PreK-Kinder children spent time getting to know one another. They revisited the alphabet through the exploration of how letters sound in Spanish and how they look in their names and in words describing their own classroom environment. They began a collection of summer words such as “sombrilla de playa''. For math, students explored size, shapes, and numbers through fun math games using dice such as “Pop and Count”. They strengthened their finger muscles by cutting and gluing paper to make a turtle.
Rising 1st-2nd visited the Bladensburg Waterfront Park as part of their sustainability learning and explored the Anacostia River wetlands, one of the most historic waterways in the United States. Students learned about the importance of the health of the Chesapeake Bay and surrounding ecosystems. They also began their creative writing project using non-word illustrations and a workbook guide to describe verbally and write what they see in the illustrations.
Rising 3rd-6th also began their writing project using similar non-word illustrations to describe verbally and write what they see using prompts from the workbook such as “describe what you see in the picture”, “how many characters do you see”, “who are the characters” and “what do you think they are doing”. Students revisited grade level math equations to keep their math skills in practice for the coming school year.
Rising 4th students had a visit from expert Carissa Tirado-Marks, Mundo Verde’s Sustainability Manager, who through a fun Scavenger hunt prompted the children to explore the plants in the school’s garden.
Rising 5/6th had a visit from a Humane Rescue Alliance expert who talked to them about speaking up for animals. Students learned about animals currently living in foster homes.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Families can view the program schedule for the upcoming week from July 17-21 below:
SY23 Summer Program Schedule - Week 2
SPECIALTIES
Art with Ms. Zoila: Rising PK-Kinder students learned that art is not only painting but a form of creative expression that manifests in many forms. Children made a paper xylophone by matching shapes, proportions and colors. Rising 1st-2nd learned about the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and made a kindness card for a person of their choice using geometric motifs.
Cooking and Gardening with Ms. Katherine: Rising 3rd-6th explored the planting process by planting in a cotton ball a pinto bean, whose growth they will monitor throughout the program.
STEAM: All Rising 1st-6th students started their study of energy forms and how machines that move such as cars, airplanes, boats harness different forms of energy.
Movement and Recess: PreK and Kinder danced to Spanish music with Ms. Yaquelyn. Rising 1st and Rising 4th played basketball during their recess hour with Coach Howard. Rising 2nd and Rising 5/6th played soccer during their recess hour with Coach Mario. Rising 3rd played floor hockey with Coach Jorge.
REMINDERS
Daily Attendance
Families are reminded that daily attendance is important for the children to develop the habits of mind and body to succeed in school and to maintain an incremental connection with their daily math and literacy learning. If a student must be absent, please send your notice to attendance@mundoverdepcs.org.
Upcoming Field Trips
Families are reminded to put sunscreen on their children, to make sure they have a refillable water bottle, and a sun hat to protect them from the day’s heat. Also, make sure you sign the permission form, which teachers will have for you at drop-off or pick up the day’s prior to a field trip.
July 19 - Rising Kinder - Smithsonian National Zoological Park
July 26 - Rising 3rd-5/6th - Bladensburg Waterfront Park
School Meals
The first week of summer school was a smooth week with students enjoying a variety of meals such as grilled cheese, bean and cheese tacos, spinach lasagna, “ropa vieja” sandwiches and a caesar salad. If you would like to enroll in summer meals, please email meals@mundoverdepcs.org.
Please remember to log into your parent portal to pay or add funds to your account to cover each meal which is $4.85. Here is a link for assistance: Add Funds
Arrival and Dismissal Process
As we go forward, we seek your support with the Arrival and Dismissal Process. We ask you to walk your student(s) to the daily entrance point where teachers are waiting to greet you. We do not have sidewalk supervision. Please help us keep your children safe!
Please review the arrival and dismissal procedure for the summer program SY23 Summer School J.F. Cook Arrival and Dismissal Procedures
Payments
We ask families in the Rising PK-Kinder program to make their final payment for the summer program by July 17. If you do not know what your remaining balance is please email summer@mundoverdepcs.org. Families with outstanding balances in their family accounts from last year’s Extended Day Program or the SY23 Summer Program will be ineligible for the SY24 Extended Day Program.
We are committed to communicating with you on a weekly basis in this format. If you have any questions do not hesitate to email summer@mundoverdepcs.org.
Sincerely,
Gloria Quirarte
Director of Extended Day Programming