Parent Updates
Trinity Preschool believes a strong relationship between families and the preschool is important to each student's success at school. Trinity Preschool keeps our families well-informed with a monthly printed newsletter from the Director and staff, consistent e-mail communications, a takehome folder and bookbag for daily correspondence, homeroom parents to help facilitate class-specific communication, and hallway bulletin boards with updates, news and community events. The Parents pages on the Trinity Preschool web site reiterate some of those communications, provide important updates in-between scheduled communications, and serve as a resource for school forms and volunteer opportunities.
Important Information Regarding Sick Children, Emergency Procedures & Snow Days
It is extremely important that children stay home from
school when they are not feeling well. Even if they just seem to be “a little under the weather”, they could be in the most
contagious phase of some illnesses (before actual symptoms appear) and spread germs to others.
Please use the following criteria to help you decide whether your child is too sick to come to school:
(1) Does your child feel well enough to participate comfortably in the usual activities of school?
(2) Will your child's condition affect or infect the other children or require attention from the staff that will interfere with their curriculum?
(3) Does your child have any of the following: fever, behavior changes, runny nose that is not clear, diarrhea and/or vomiting, discharge from the eyes, undiagnosed rash or skin lesions?
Before returning to school, children must be:
(1) Fever free, without any fever-reducing medication, for 24 hours
(2) Diarrhea free for 24 hours
(3) Vomiting free for 24 hours
Please make sure Trinity’s office phone number, 610-644-9370, is programmed in your cell phone. We really need to be able to contact you in the case of a child’s illness or if there is a school emergency. Please make sure that someone is available during preschool hours to answer the phone and pick up your child.
We have been very lucky this winter with no snow delays or closures. As a reminder, this is the procedure for changes in the school day schedule:
(1) Check your email. An email is sent from the “Trinity Alert” email account very early in the morning, as soon as the schedule change decision is made.
(2) Call Trinity Preschool and listen to the office voicemail message. The message will be changed once the “Trinity Alert” email is distributed.
(3) Check the T/E school district information. If T/E is delayed, Trinity Preschool opens at 10:00. If T/E is closed, Trinity Preschool is closed.
If the weather becomes questionable during the school day, please check emails for a change in dismissal time. Homeroom parents will also contact parents in this situation by cell phone.
Parents Helping Parents Program
One of the highlights of the volunteer efforts at Trinity Preschool is the Parents Helping Parents program. Volunteer parents stand by cars in the handicapped spaces in the Waterloo Avenue parking lot so that parents can leave babies and younger siblings in their cars while they walk their children into school. To make this very helpful system work most safely and efficiently, there are a few guidelines:
If the handicapped spots are taken, please circle around the block so that traffic can continue to flow through the parking lot.
Cars MUST be turned off and keys taken from the ignition.
Please make your trip into your child’s classroom brief so that our wonderful volunteers can get on with their morning.
The Parents Helping Parents program is looking for additional volunteers. Thank you so much to those who volunteer for this wonderful program! For more information or to volunteer (volunteers change monthly), please contact Alex Thompson or Seth Flesher. You can also view the current schedule and sign up in the Office at Trinity Preschool.
Outside Snack Procedure
Family providing snack (class snack, special day treats, party treats - includes all non-school provided foods and snacks) must:
(1) E-mail any and all families in their class with allergies or medical conditions 48 hours before bringing the snack into school. A list of who should get these e-mails will be provided at the start of the school year in each class. Please contact your homeroom parent(s) or teacher if you do not have a list for your class.
(2) The e-mail needs to include what is being provided (clear description of type of food and brand).
(3) The teacher must be copied on the e-mail.
If the family providing the snack does not get a response 24 hours before the snack is due at school, the snack will be served to the class. Any children with allergies will be served a safe alternative.
Hand Washing
Handwashing is part of our daily routine upon arrival at school each day, as well as before snack time, and as needed throughout the day in an effort to reduce the spread of illness. To help speed up and streamline the handwashing procedure before school, children can wash their hands in the hall bathrooms on the 1st floor, before going upstairs to their classrooms.
Community Connections Bulletin Board
Trinity's Community Connections bulletin board is located outside Mrs. Albanese's room (Rainbow Room, 1st Floor). This new bulletin board will highlight events in our community. Please note that Trinity Preschool is not affiliated with these events.
Happenings E-MailsHappenings e-mail communications are sent twice per month to currently enrolled families at Trinity Preschool. These e-mail communications keep families informed about Trinity Preschool news, fundraisers, school policies and community events.
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