Fun at Our Open House!

Our first Open House was a success before it even began! We had one family drive by, see our signs, and visit the school before the Open House had even started.

At 11:00 the floodgates opened and several more families came to visit the school.  All of our board members had a delightful time mingling with prospective families and those who have already enrolled. We learned that a few of our students are about to become big brothers and sisters – congratulations to those families and we look forward to welcoming your new children to our 2012-2013 school year!

All of the kids who came to the open house had fun playing with shaving cream, painting large colorful pictures, making paper pizzas, creating sculpture with  blocks, and creating (and eating, and feeding the birds with) a healthy snack of do-it-yourself trail mix. A few children enjoyed looking at several of our native insects under mangifying lenses; a few others bypassed that station with loud proclamations that bugs are “yucky!”

Families had time to mingle with many different members of the St. Michael’s community. Our Pastor Robby Vickery and his wife Debbie are both members of the school board. They were like a couple of proud parents as they showed people around their new “baby.” Our school’s chaplain, Janne Osborne took a stroll through the school while taking a break from some of her other activities. And every board member was represented – and the board members’ kids all came and played with the visitors, too!

Thanks to the fantastic word-of-mouth about our school, our twos class is nearly full - there may be one spot left. So if you’ve hesitated to call or visit, now’s the time. Our threes and fours class is filling steadily, and we expect it to be full before school opens in September. If you’re on waiting lists at other schools, now is the time to visit St. Michael’s Episcopal Day School and see what we have to offer.

There is another chance to visit our preschool this week; come by St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on Sunday between 10am and 11am and we will be doing it all over again! There will be much more activity in the church, as we will be showcasing our preschool in between Sunday services. But there is plenty of parking and we’d love to meet you, so come by!