Happy Valentine's Day from Algonquins's students and staff to you. If you know anything about our preschoolers, we LOVE to show kindness and love to one another. Today was a day to spread extra love and kindness around. We wish you a wonderful long weekend.
Algonquin celebrated World Read Aloud Day today! Parents, please partner with us and read aloud to your child daily. #WorldReadAloudDay #ElevatingExcellence #District163 @Scholastic
As we celebrate Black History Month at Algonquin, the students have begun identifying their dreams like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happy 100th Day of School! The students at Algonquin enjoyed celebrating "all things 100" this morning at school.
Mr. Ron, our social worker, is a special person at Algonquin. He has been going into all classrooms with amazing preschool activities that help our students with social emotional learning.
Mrs. Rowland's new Food Truck kitchen center is a huge hit with the students! They are enjoying the process of setting up a food truck, ordering items, making and serving the food, and best of all..."eating" the delicious tacos while catching up with friends!
Please join us for our upcoming Family Playgroup sessions (9:30 AM or 1:30 PM) on Friday, January 31st. All families who attend will create 2020 vision boards with their children. Light refreshments will be served. We hope to see you there.
The Principal always enjoys her read-aloud time with students at Algonquin.
Students engaged in a measurement activity this week to see "how many mittens long" they were. They then tracked the data.
Students are enjoying creating "ugly sweaters" in honor of spirit week this week.
Our morning winter program performance was wonderful this morning. The students did a GREAT job! Please join us this afternoon at 1:15 PM at Michelle Obama School for another awesome performance from Algonquin's preschool students. We look forward to seeing you there.
We are so excited to present "Holidays Around the World" to you at Michelle Obama School on Monday, December 16th at 9:15 AM (and/or) 1:15 PM. See you there!
The students at Algonquin are really enjoying their new themed unit: Clothing. Dress-up in the Dramatic Play center is always a fun option for our preschoolers.
Students: Join us for Winter Spirit Week the week of December 16-20, 2019. We look forward to the festive gear as we celebrate the "spirit" of the holiday season the last week of school before winter break. Please see the attached flyer for more details.
Please consider partnering with High Performance Fitness and School District 163 by donating to the Holiday Food Drive which will help the Food Pantry of Rich Township. Donations will be accepted December 9-13, 2019. The flyer is attached.
The students at Algonquin are learning all about the color of the month: GREEN (and how to mix blue and yellow to make green).
How awesome that our students are still working and learning at home over breaks! Pictured here is Mikey, proud to showcase the turkey he created on Thanksgiving Day (as well as his beloved dinosaur). We are proud of you, Mikey, and so happy to have you as part of our Algonquin Family.
Friday's Family Playgroup sessions were a hit! Thank you to all of the families who joined us for Thanksgiving BINGO and making healthy snacks with your child.
Thankful Turkeys
Students had fun riding on tricycles during Gross Motor this week.
