Happy New Year PEDP families! We hope you have all had a wonderful and restful holiday season.
An eventful first month of 2025 is planned. But before we get into all of that, let’s reflect on our December Craft Fair…
The staff is excited to announce that the fair raised a record-breaking $3,800 this year!! The students did a wonderful job of helping to run the event and shopping for their family and friends. Thank you to all the families that participated in making this fun and worthy cause such a great success!
Curriculum Theme
This month we are learning all about the fascinating world of horses! There is much to discover between their history, breeds and color, lifestyles, horse shows and riding styles, the science of their anatomy and nature, and much more. Your child will have ample opportunity to participate in crafts and STEM, and other projects that cover this topic.
Special Events – Clubs
The Sharks are going to have clubs on Tuesdays in January. There are three clubs that the students have the opportunity to choose from. Mr. JP will be doing a Speed Club (card game), Mr. Olivier will be running a Chess Club, and Ms. Yvonne will be leading a Community Club (acts of kindness and paying it forward to members of our community).
The Barracudas will be having clubs on Thursdays in January. The kids will choose their club on January 2nd and they will run from January 9th to the 30th.
Classes
*Be prepared for the start of the Ski/Snowboard program which begins on January 8th.
*The K/1 review and rehearsals start on January 8th as well.
Parent Conferences
Parent conferences will take place during January and February. Meetings will be on Zoom and will last about 15 minutes. An email will be sent in a few days with more details, including how to sign up. Progress reports will also be sent prior to the individual conferences.
Winter Vacation Week Program
PEDP will be offering a vacation program for interested families from February 18-21 for interested families from 8:30 – 4:30 pm. Cost is $85-100/day. Information about how to enroll will be emailed out in about a week.
Program Closings
Wednesday January 1st – New Year’s Day
Monday January 20th – MLK Day
Wednesday January 29th – Lunar New Year
Reminder 
When there is snow on the ground, kids will need to have boots and snowpants in addition to hats, mittens and a warm jacket. Without these items they won’t be able to go outside.
Thanks for reading. We look forward to making it a great 2025!
Best wishes,
Ms. Yvonne, Sharks teacher
On behalf of the PEDP Staff
