The preschool family has been very busy in November and December. We have had parent/teacher conferences, made a living flag for Veteran’s Day, conducted our Savory Foods fund raiser, collected food items for the Thanksgiving food drive here at Mountview, participated in Operation Christmas Child, held a Thanksgiving “Feast”, collected mittens and hats for the Dahlberg Center, went on a family field trip to Marmon Valley Farms for the Country Christmas live nativity, and held our annual Christmas program here in the sanctuary on December 9 to a full house!

We thank everyone who helped in any way with these projects and events! We especially thank Adrielle Van Bibber for directing the best Christmas program ever! We congratulate Amy Richards, the teacher of our Little Lions, on her marriage to Colby Richards on December 11. We sadly say “good-bye” to Jenna Mann who has resigned from her assistant teaching position here at the preschool in order to pursue her academic career and we happily say “welcome” to Debbie Spurlock who is the newest member of our teaching staff, taking Jenna’s place on January 3, when school is back in session after the Christmas holiday.

Beginning in January there will be 70 students enrolled at the preschool! We are very near full capacity! Thank you for your recommendations to friends and family. Enrollment for summer and the next school year will begin February 1.

We have had a proposal for new equipment for the indoor playroom. It is very costly, running close to $12,000! We currently have a Preschool special gifts fund of approximately $1200 that we can put toward this expense. Please let me know if you are interested in contributing to this project in any way.

The preschool is looking for persons interested in becoming part of the teaching team at Mountview Christian Preschool. We are always in need of substitute teachers, and part-time and full-time teaching positions become available at times. If you are qualified and interested in present or future part-time or full-time work here at the preschool, please contact me for more information.

Blessings,
Pam Larson, Director