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CCDC November News  
Bring on that Indian summer! What a great start for fall, warm weather, clear skies, and lots of great activities.   This November watch for field trips to Grant Park Nature Nook, Hometown Buffet, and Laser Web.  School-agers will travel to lunch at Home Town Buffet and Laser Web during the Centerville Teacher Conferences November 12 and 13.  The preschools will take a journey into Ohio nature with a visit to Grant Park Nature Nook.  All three locations are great destination sites for those short family weekend activities.  Be sure to sign the permission slips in each home room.  

Conferences  
Eagles conferences will be held November 12 and 13.  Be sure to sign up with Miss Stephanie.  All other conferences will be held in January 2009.   

Picture Day   Picture Days are November 19 and 20.  Our photographer promises to have the photos available in time to give as Christmas gifts as well as on line purchasing.  Check with your homeroom teacher for your class photo times.  

Phone Calls-Help!   Here at CCDC we receive 60-90 calls per day.  Many of those calls are simple messages to the classroom teacher.  If we allowed all calls to the classroom the teachers would not be able to teach the lessons.  Please leave your message with the front desk staff and they will relay them to the teachers.  We also leave a message pad for your use in the foyer area for you to use when you drop off in the morning.  

Thanksgiving Feasts   Thanksgiving feasts begin the week of November 18 and continue to November 24.  We spread them out to allow space for everyone to park.  All family members are welcome, please sign up in your home room.  

Extended Hours   There will be no Extended Hours available November 11, 25 and 28.  Please make arrangements to pick up your children before we close at 6 PM.   CCDC will be closed for Thanksgiving Day and open Friday, November 27.

The Annual Blue Ribbon Day at Stubbs Amphitheater was a huge success.  Over 200 parents and relatives came to watch the student perform.  Most remained for the picnic afterwards

Wildcats build a volcano for the Young Scientist Program.

Father's Day Picnic in the Trailblazers Class


Is this real?  An igloo in the Jackrabbits Class!  Goes with the weather.

Thanksgiving was celebrated by the students and parents.  Pot luck lunches were served in many of the classrooms.

It's Halloween!!!!!

Congratulations to the staff at CCDC.  Another perfect inspection by the ODJFS.  The quality of your work and attention to detail are reflected in the great scores we have received over the years.  To see our inspection report visit www.odjfs.state.oh.us.

The teachers can't wait to be part of the act.

Parents and children enjoy the Ice Cream social in the shade at Centerville Child Development Center.


Lea Craine visited our school this month.  Lea brought her Book of Fun, an interactive story telling adventure to CCDC.

Cara Zinski from Fox 45 ABC 22 News interviewed the Jackrabbits for a story she is working on.  Cara asked the students questions kids might ask their doctor.

The Jackrabbits asked:  Why does my skin get wrinkly in the tub?  Why do some people have an outey and I have an inney?  Why do I get a brain freeze and why do we get goose bumps?





The Trailblazers meet with Clifford from the book fair.  A couple of Wildcats help Clifford read a book to the class.

Fran Avni, Rhythm and Rhyme Time, Snappy songs for Little Learners. 

Officer Matt pays a visit to the Challengers and talked about his job during Community Helpers Week at Centerville Child Development Center.

When the Amazing Maxwell Magic Show visits Centerville Child Development Center magic is everywhere.  Maxwell turned Ms Laura into the Amazing Laura!

School age students enjoyed craft night this December.  Children made special holiday ornaments, gifts and toys for the season.  Every year Centerville Child Development Center hosts a craft night for school age students.  Parents enjoy the night off or do some shopping while the children make holiday crafts.

Inclement Weather

CCDC Closings or delays will be announced on Channel 7 TV, K99.1 FM radio, and/or 95.7, 95.3 Classic Hits and 1290 WHIO a.m. radio.  The best way for all updated closings is to watch Channel 7 TV because all closings scroll at the bottom of the screen in alphabetical order.  When Centerville Schools are closed, Eagles are closed and our vans do not run but CCDC is OPEN unless otherwise announced.

Links:

http://www.whiotv.com/index.html

http://1290whio.com/news/local.html

Sunshine Express with Miss Franci
The Sunshine Express classes meet on Friday mornings with Miss Franci.



Referral Fees

Our best advertising is word of mouth.  If you know a family in need of child care refer them to us!  If they enroll full time the referral fee is $100.

Wanted:  Computers and Educational Software

Our old 486 computers are starting to wear out.  Some of them have served us since the 1990's!  Back then we purchased nearly 100 educational games that came on floppy disks.  Those were the days.  Now with the Pentium computers we need to use CD-ROM's because our old software is outdated. 

If you are replacing a computer or your child has outgrown his or her software, keep us in mind.  We need to update several rooms.  Thank you to Gina Warner for the new computer in the Trailblazer Room.

 Dangerous Driving

Please do not back out of the parking lot.  On coming traffic will not expect a car to back out of our entrance.  Keep in mind that if an accident occurs at the entrance in all likelihood a child may be a passenger!  Be safe!

Centerville Child Development Center offers infant, toddler, preschool and school age programs designed to meet the individual needs of the developing child.  CCDC is located in the center of Washington Township and Centerville just off State Route 725.

The Itty Bitty Programs serve serve newborn infants and maintain a maximum child/staff ratio of 5:1 with a maximum group size of five.  The Adventurers and Performers Programs for toddlers maintain maximum child/staff ratio of 7:1 with a maximum group size of 14.  The Pioneer Transitional Room serves students 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 with a ratio of 8:1.  The Trailblazers Programs serve preschooler age 3-4 with an average child/staff ratio of 12:1 and a maximum group size of 24.  A CCDC Navigators or Challengers pre-kindergarten class for children ages 4 or 5 is available with a maximum child/staff ratio of 14:1 and a maximum group size of 28.  The Eagles Program for morning preschool classes is available for children 3-5 with a maximum child/staff ratio 0f 12:1 and a maximum group of 24.  The Afterschool program, Jackrabbits and Wildcats, serves school children through age 12 with a maximum child/staff ratio of 18:1 and a maximum group size of 36.






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