Enrollment for the 2018-2019 school year will begin on Monday, February 5th, 2018 at 9:00 am. Registration information and forms may be found by clicking on the Child Development Program tab on this website. Feel free to visit for a tour of the center Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday mornings at 9:30 am. or email Nancy at nancy.vanfossen@engagedbygrace.org. to arrange another tour time.
Holy Trinity Child Development Program
CENTER CALENDAR
2017-2018
August 2017
Tuesday 8-8-17 6:30pm Morning K-Club Parent & Student Orientation
Wednesday 8-9-17 6:30pm Afternoon K-Club Parent & Student Orientation
Monday 8-21-17 K-Club Begins
Monday 8-28-17 6:30 pm Preschool Parent Orientation (parents only, please)
Tuesday 8-29-17 Preschool walk-through 9:00 – 11:00 am
Wednesday 8-30-17 Preschool begins …
5 yr. old Teddy Bear Class 9:00 – 11:30 (all students)
4 yr. old Rainbow Class 9:00 – 11:30 (all students)
3 yr. old Panda Class MWF Staggered Schedule*
Thursday 8-31-17
3 yr. old Panda Class TR Staggered Schedule*
2 ½ – 3 yr. old Zebra Class Staggered Schedule*
*Look for a note from the teachers for times. Parents are always welcome to stay at school, but
do not need to stay for these shorter/transition times.
September 2017
Friday 9-1-17 All regularly scheduled classes begin
Monday 9-4-17 No Preschool/No K-Club/Labor Day
Tuesday 9-5-17 Lunch Bunch and Afternoon Adventure begin
October 2017
Thursday 10-5-17 Preschool Farm Trip (no Preschool Classes)
Monday 10-16-17 No Preschool/Optional K-Club/No UA school
Thursday 10-26-17 Optional K-Club/No UA Kindergarten
Monday 10-30-17 Halloween Parade and Parties
Tuesday 10-31-17 Halloween Parade and Parties
November 2017
Tuesday 11-7-17 No Preschool/Optional K-Club/No UA School
Monday 11-20-17 No Preschool
Tuesday 11-21-17 No Preschool
Wednesday 11-22-17 No Preschool/ No K-Club
Thursday 11-23-17 No Preschool/ No K-Club Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday 11-24-17 No Preschool/ No K-Club
December 2017
Thursday 12-14-17 Last day of Preschool
Friday 12-15-17 Preschool Holiday Gathering and Art Gallery 10:00 am
Monday 12-25-17 UA Winter Break begins (through 1-4-18)
January 2018
Friday 1-5-18 No Preschool/No K-Club/No UA school
Monday 1-8-18 All classes resume
Monday 1-15-18 No Preschool/No K-Club/Martin Luther King Jr Day
Thursday 1-18-18 Optional K-Club/No UA Kindergarten
Thursday 1-25-18 PJ Day
Friday 1-26-18 PJ Day
Monday 1-29-18 2018-2019 Enrollment for returning/HTLC families
February 2018
Monday 2-5-18 2018-2019 Open enrollment
Tuesday 2-13-18 Valentine’s Day Parties
Wednesday 2-14-18 Valentine’s Day Parties
Monday 2-19-18 No Preschool/No K-Club/President’s Day
March 2018
Thursday 3-1-18 Dads and Donuts 8:30 am
Friday 3-2-18 Dads and Donuts 8:30 am
Monday 3-12-18 through
Friday 3-16-18 Spring Break/No Preschool/No K-Club
Monday 3-19-18 No Preschool/Optional K-Club/No UA school
Tuesday 3-20-18 All classes resume
Thursday 3-22-18 Hat Day
Friday 3-23-18 Hat Day
Friday 3-30-18 No Preschool/No K-Club/No UA school/Good Friday
April 2018
Week of 4-?-18 NAEYC Week of the Young Child and Book Fair
May 2018
Thursday 5-3-18 Moms and Muffins 8:30 am
Friday 5-4-18 Moms and Muffins 8:30 am
Monday 5-7-18 Bike Day – Teddy Bear
Tuesday 5-8-18 Bike Day – TR Panda and Zebra
Wednesday 5-9-18 Bike Day – MWF Panda
Thursday 5-10-18 Bike Day – Rainbow
Wednesday 5-16-18 Last Day of Preschool
Wednesday 5-16-18 End of the Year Picnic 6pm
Friday 5-25-18 Last Day of K-Club/Last day UA school
HTCDP follows the Upper Arlington School closing schedule. If Upper Arlington Schools are closed for inclement weather, then Holy Trinity Child Development Programs are closed as well. If UA Schools are on a delay, HTCDP is delayed as well and will open at the end of the specified time (typically 10am).
*Calendar tentative as of 01/24/17
Do you remember your first day at preschool? It’s a big deal!
We want to do everything we can to make your child’s beginning here as smooth as possible. The parent orientation on Monday, August 29th (6:30 pm) is designed to fill you in on specifics. Remember, this meeting is for parents only. If you haven’t yet visited the program with your child, we encourage you to come to the preschool walk-through on Tuesday, August 30th between 9:00 and 11:00 am. Your child may look around the classroom, get acquainted with teachers, and enjoy a popsicle on the playground. Your child will also receive a welcome postcard from the teachers.
Transitions can be tricky! Before the program starts, you may want to read a few books with starting-school themes and discuss preschool routines. Our preschool day begins at 9:00 am. Arriving on time and walking in with other children helps ease anxiety and separation. When it is time to leave, please don’t slip out when your child isn’t looking. Your child needs to know when you are going and be able to say goodbye. Don’t worry. We’ll take it from there 🙂
Please join Holy Trinity Child Development Program for an all-school field trip to Circle S Farms on Thursday, October 6, 2016 at 9:00 am. (There are no preschool classes on that day.) Circle S is located at 9015 London-Groveport Road, Grove City, OH 43123. The cost is $7.50 per person. (Children under 2 are admitted free, but they will not receive a pumpkin, donut, or apple juice. Parents can give them theirs or buy them their own ticket.)
Siblings, friends, and family are welcome! Admission ticket includes: Hayride, pumpkin, donut and apple juice, fun barn, petting zoo, corn and sunflower mazes, and bale cave.
Columbus Speech & Hearing is coming to our center Thursday, September 29, 2016. The cost is $10.00 for a speech screening and $10.00 for a hearing screening. The speech screening will offer a brief survey of communication skills (speech sounds, what your child understands, how he/she uses words to communicate, flow and rate of speech and vocal quality) to identify concerns. The hearing screening is to quickly identify the presence of a hearing impairment and/or middle ear problem.
Children are taken from their classrooms to the church library (by staff) and meet with Pam France in groups of 3-4 to complete one or both screenings. A written summary of the screening is provided, however I encourage parents to attend the screening if you have specific concerns to talk directly with Pam about the results. This a great opportunity for a reasonable cost, to have these screenings performed by a licensed speech-language pathologist.
The center offers this opportunity on site as part of our commitment to quality care. The cost of $10.00 per screening is the fee of Columbus Speech and Hearing. If cost is a deterrent or hindrance to obtaining a screening, please see me to discuss further.
It’s official. Holy Trinity’s Child Development Program is top-rated in the state, earning a 5-Star rating for the second year in a row! Step Up To Quality (SUTQ) is a five–star quality rating and improvement system administered by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. SUTQ recognizes and promotes learning and development programs that meet quality program standards that exceed licensing health and safety regulations. The program standards are based on national research identifying standards which lead to improved outcomes for children. Congratulations to the staff of Holy Trinity’s Child Development Program for their professionalism and dedication to early childhood development. For more information on Step Up to Quality, go to http://www.earlychildhoodohio.org/sutq.stm. To find out more about the Child Development Program or to complete an enrollment form, please click on http://www.engagedbygrace.org/preschool/.
Welcome to my running online dialog on matters of our life together in faith community at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church—where the grace of Christ Jesus our Lord engages each of us and, in turn, sends us out to engage others with that grace as well. I look forward to learning and growing together.
- Pastor Steve Wachtman
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America News