Director Newsletter: October 2021

The weather is starting to cool off and Fall is in the air, are you all ready for winter yet?

NOTE: With the increase in cases due to the Delta Variant, CDC is now recommending that even vaccinated people mask up while in indoor settings. Please be sure to do your part to keep yourselves and your families safe. Boulder County has implemented a mask mandate for all indoor public places, so please ensure you are wearing your mask when entering the school.

With the cold weather creeping in, please ensure your child has appropriate clothing like sweater, jacket, gloves, etc. based on whatever the weather conditions are for each day.

As a reminder, we are having our staff meetings on the 2nd Friday of each month. This is for staff training and development like we accomplished prior to COVID. We will be closing at 4:00 p.m. on those days. Dates are posted at the check-in area. October 8th will be our staff meeting this month.

Two Reminders*: 

*Fall pictures will be accomplished October 21st. Order forms will be provided by your child’s teacher.

*Sunset Academy will be having a “Trunk or Treat” event for children in the afternoon October 29th at 4:00 pm. Children can bring their costumes to put on or can wear them to school that day. No scary costumes, weapons or violent characters and no costume masks are allowed. 

Thank you, parents, for your precautions keeping your child at home when sick or not feeling well. We know the extra stress this creates, but as you all know it is required to keep everybody safe and healthy. We truly appreciate you all.

Fall Activities for your toddler:

  1. Rake leaves and jump in them
  2. Rake leaves into a maze for you toddler to walk through
  3. Go on a leaf hunt. Go out and collect leaves from your area and discuss the differences with your child
  4. Find the tree that matches the leaf. Collect some leaves near your house and take your child out and have them try to find the tree that the leaf came from
  5. Use the leaves you collect to make something with art
  6. Do a leaf counting scavenger hunt to see how many different colors or kinds of leaves you can find

Nina Emmer – Director, Sunset Academy.