Calendar:
May 9: Friends Club closes early at 4:30
May 9: Bright Futures Gala, 6:00-10:00 p.m. at The Park Place, see below (volunteers needed!)
May 13: 6th Year Portraits
May 16: Grounds Work Bee, 8:30 a.m. - NOON, details here
May 16: Drama Club School Performance, all-school assembly, 2:00 p.m. Junior High Dismisses from Long Lake
May 16: Drama Club Performance, friends and family welcome, 6 p.m. in the barn, details here
May 17: Saturday Grounds Work Bee, 8:30 a.m. - NOON, details here
May 17: Drama Club Performance, friends and family welcome, 6 p.m. in the barn, details here
May 21: Upper Elementary Musical, parents are invited, in the Gym at 2:30 p.m.
May 22: Junior High Grandparents & Special Friends Day, Park Street Campus, 2-3 p.m., see below
May 23: Grandparents & Special Friends Day, The Children's House, 9-11 a.m., Campus closes at 11:30, see below
May 26: Memorial Day, No School
May 27-30: Junior High Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Backpacking Trip
May 28-30: Upper Elementary Camping Trip
May 28-30: Lower Elementary (2nd & 3rd years) at Leelanau Outdoor Center
May 29-30: 1st Years at Leelanau Outdoor Center (no overnight)
May 30: Kindergarten Dunes Trip
May 30: No Elementary Friends Club
Jun 3: Friends Club ends at 4:30
Jun 3: Moving Up Ceremonies, Kindergarten at 5:00 p.m. and 6th Year at 6:30, details here
Jun 4: 8th Year lunch with the Board of Directors
Jun 4: 8th Year Graduation, 6:00 p.m. at The Children’s House, details here
Jun 5: Field Day
Jun 6: Dance of the Cosmos, 11:00 a.m., campus closes immediately following, details here
Look further ahead…
In The Know:
Tonight is the night! Bright Futures Gala: Beyond Bright!
40th Anniversary Celebration and Fundraiser
Friday, May 9 from 6-10 p.m. at The Park Place
Get ready to bid - visit our auction site to see the full catalog of items up for auction!
Sincere thanks to our gala sponsors!
Founders Circle Sponsor: High Street Insurance Partners
Gold Sponsors: Events North, Freshwater Development, Independent Bank, All Ethos, Brick & Corbett, Rehmann, Northwestern Michigan Dermatology, Mark and Karen Lundmark, Associates in Dermatology, Maier Ceramics, Traverse City Orthodontics, Dr. Madelyn Stumpos, TVC Cherry Capital Airport, and Neidorfler Group
Silver Sponsors: The Beverage Co., Beers & Lints Family Dentistry, Alfie, 4Front Credit Union, Suzanne & Jason Allen, Trattoria Stella, Cass Street ENT, and The Schofield Family
Bronze Sponsors: Carlton + Company, Paige Lee Interiors, Golden-Fowler Home Furnishings, Down to Earth Landscaping, Sandbox Alliance, TBA Credit Union, JNR Auto, Heather Burger, Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors, Shugart Builders, isee Communications, Adventure Golf & Sports, Form Modern Pilates, Modern Bird, Julian | Black Wealth Management, D&W Mechanical, National Writers Series of Traverse City, and Williams Chevrolet
Grounds Work Bee: Friday, May 16 and Saturday, May 17, 8:30 a.m. to Noon
We need your help making our campus beautiful before welcoming 400 grandparents and special friends to our school! Please meet in the lobby to learn about and choose a project. Bring water, appropriate workwear, and gloves. Come when you can and stay as long as you like!
Sign up here so that we can be prepared for you with snacks and tools.
Cherry Festival Float Builders Needed
Attention current families of kindergarten and first graders. Princess Linden Miklos and Prince Riley Narmore and their families are excited to share this year's Cherry Festival fun with you! The Junior Royalty float theme is Christmas in July! With the focus being on Christmas songs. The Children's House will proudly represent "Sleigh Ride!" Planning is already underway. If you have an interest in riding the float and helping with float production, we want to hear from you! Cherry Christmas!
Next build date is Sunday, May 25 at 10 a.m. Reach out to Amber for details.
Riley's mom (Amber) 231-645-1418 and Linden's mom (Jill) 989-737-4754
Time to Order Lunch
May Lunch Menu is now available, view menu here. We will no longer be offering gluten-free pizza. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. Any purchases for gluten-free pizza for the month of May have been refunded.
Grandparents & Special Friends Days
On Friday, May 23, 9 to 11 a.m., we will host our 21st annual Grandparents & Special Friends Day on our main campus. This is a heartwarming day when grandparents and special friends are treated to a musical performance, campus tours, and time spent in the classroom with their grandchildren. This is one of the best “feel-good” events of the year!
Volunteers are needed Sign Up Today!
Action needed: Friday, May 23, is a half day. The campus closes immediately after the event. Please make a plan for your child's departure. Many children go home with their grandparents on this day. Be sure to add whoever your child will be leaving with to Ravenna in the Parents tab. Double-click on your child’s name to edit your “Emergency & Pickup Contacts.” All children must sign out with their teacher and leave through the main doors.
On Thursday, May 22, Compass Junior High will host their Grandparents & Special Friends Day at our Park Street Campus from 2 to 3 p.m. Volunteers are also needed. Sign up today!
Blog:
Embracing the Seasons with your Toddler
By Annie Botsford
Toddlers are my favorite people for many reasons, but one quality of The Young Child that I absolutely treasure is their ability to be completely present. Life moves awfully fast, and I often find myself thinking about the next thing on my To Do List in an attempt to keep up. Continue Reading...
Democratic Movements Trip to Washington D.C.
Written by Gwennie Goodreau and Ava Hagerty
Photography by Olivia Mittelstaedt
For the workshop, Democratic Movements we all got a chance to choose our own topic. Our assignment was to make a five minute presentation, a research paper, and an art project. Students studied topics like women's rights, immigration rights, maternal rights, non-proliferation and labor rights. Continue Reading...
Extracurriculars:
You don’t want to miss the Drama Club’s production of Twice Upon a Time…
May 16 and 17, 6 p.m. in the barn - friends and family welcome!
Grandma doesn’t really like fairy tales — she prefers adventure stories about pirates and astronauts. So when her grandkids ask for fairy tale bedtime stories, Grandma puts some pretty silly twists on them! Grandma begins each goofy retelling of a once-familiar classic. Cindy-Rella is now an insufferable neat freak not inclined to leave her chores to attend the prince’s barbecue, even if there will be a bouncy castle there. Grandma seems to have forgotten about the Big Bad Wolf, so her stories pull Big Bad Bear away from his porridge to threaten both the Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Pants. Even Goldilocks is confused why she has cameo appearances in both these stories!
The event is free to attend. Profits from concessions will benefit the Drama Club.
Community Bulletin:
Welcome to the Community Bulletin! This is your space to share activities, events, and extracurriculars that your family is involved in outside of school. To submit a message for the bulletin, email Arielle@traversechildrenshouse.org.
- The Children’s House is now a pickup location for Mi Farm Co-op CSA! Learn more
This Week in Photos:
See the link below for more photos not seen in the Waypoints!
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May Day Celebration: https://traversechildrenshouse.passgallery.com/k2ky2HvlBYqor
