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January Newsletter

January 7th, 2022 No Comments

Dear Families,

Happy New Year to all of our families and staff! We hope you and your family had wonderful holidays together, and are enjoying these extra snow days!  We have a lot in store for your children and for the whole family in 2022.

I am so thankful and excited to let you know, that as a community, we raised over $400.00 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through our Pajama Days in December.  Thank you to all who participated!!  You all also raised over $1,500.00 for our new Playground Apparatus in donations and in our profit from the Miss Chocolate Fundraiser sale!  When the snow clears, the children will see that the new apparatus has now been installed!  We thank you all so very much for your generosity!!!!

Announcing … ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR FALL 2022 IS NOW OPEN!  We are offering in-house priority registration to our current students so you can save a spot for your child before we open the registration up to the public.  You may complete  the registration form and pay the registration fee on our website to save your child’s spot for the next school year.

Here is the link to register using our secure online form:  https://www.pepperminttree.com/registration/
Here is our registration schedule:
  • In-House Priority Registration for School Year 2022-23 for current families only:  Now through – January 17, 2022.  As of January 18, 2022, Fall 2022 registration will be open to the public.   Online registration is open now, and we are also sending home a paper registration.
  • In-House Priority Registration for Summer Camp 2022 for current families only:  January 18, 2022 – January 31, 2022.  As of February 1, 2022, Summer Camp registration will be open to the public.  We are usually 100% sold out for camp (with a long waiting list), so please register during the in-house priority registration period to ensure you get a spot and the schedule you need!   At this time, we do not know what restrictions will be in place for the Summer – so we do not know how many visitors we will have, or if we will have field trips, but like last Summer, we will have the Swimming Pools open and we will have a great Summer with lots of on-site special activities and themes (as we have had the last two summers during Covid).  If your child has not attended our summer camp in the past, you can learn more about it on our website (again – the specifics of the program for 2022 will be determined by the Covid restrictions in place at the time of camp):    https://www.pepperminttree.com/our-summer-program/
(NOTE: In non-Covid times, there is an optional field trip every week and also a visitor every week.  Lots of choices and options.   We will be building the 2022 Camp calendar once we have a better idea of the Covid rules we will be following.  You don’t have to wait for the camp activity calendar to be completed to save your child’s spot in camp, since we allow children to sign up for any trip or activity, even if it is not their regularly scheduled day.  Trip & Activity sign ups will not occur until late Spring.)

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December Newsletter

November 29th, 2021 No Comments

Dear Families,

What a fabulous community we have!  I want to thank all those who donated non-perishable foods for the “Your Grandmother’s Cupboard” organization.  I also want to thank all of you who participated in our playground fundraiser.  This is such a big help to us, to offset the cost of a new “Apparatus”!

During the month of December we will be focusing on the spirit of giving, and, clearly the children have great examples of this in our wonderful families.

We’ve got an exciting month in December, including a Holiday Shop (by catalog) for the children, and, during our first week we have Pajama Days to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  Each classroom will celebrate the holiday season throughout the month, participating in the holiday shop, making wrapping paper, learning holiday songs, making crafts, gifts for family, and reading seasonal stories.  (more…)

November Newsletter

November 4th, 2021 No Comments

Dear Families,

In November, we will be focusing on what we are thankful for.  Each classroom will be discussing this with the children, and creating artwork to express the children’s thoughts about what they are thankful for.    We will be sponsoring a page on the Toms River Macaroni Kid website, all about what we have to be thankful for, and we will be submitting our children’s work to display on their web page and in their Thanksgiving Newsletter.  We will use first names only to identify the artwork by each child.  Some classrooms may decide to do a group project.  Plans are in the works.   Please let the office know if you do NOT want your child to participate in this.  They would still do the art project in class, but we would leave them out of the submission to Toms River Macaroni Kid.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. We are thankful for our Peppermint Tree families! (more…)

October Newsletter

October 1st, 2021 No Comments

Dear Families,

Our school year is off to a fabulous start: the children are making new friends, learning their new routines, and enjoying the lessons and classroom activities.  We’ve had some beautiful weather, so they are loving the playground, too!

Please enjoy this newsletter to stay “in the loop” about our upcoming activities, announcements and reminders.  Let’s have a great October together.

Valerie Frost-Lewis, MS Ed. (“Miss Val”)

Owner/Director (more…)

Spring Newsletter

April 8th, 2021 No Comments

Dear Families,

The weather is beautiful, and we are planning lots of experiences for the children to learn about the wonderful growth and changes going on all around us as the world bursts into the lively season of Spring.  The centerpiece of this hands-on learning Spring experience takes place in our gardens.  Over Spring break, the children who attended have worked hard to weed the garden boxes and prepare them for new seedlings and plants.    The classrooms are exploring nature items that are signs of Spring, in their Discovery interest areas, and there are books to be found, all over the school, all about gardening, seeds, and Spring!

In addition to the gardens, Mrs. Hamilton’s class will be doing a butterfly release in May, and Mrs. Sullivan’s class will be sponsoring our annual Chick Hatching later this Spring.  We will bring the butterflies and the chicks out onto the playground so each class will have a chance to see them. (more…)

February Newsletter

January 29th, 2021 No Comments

Dear Families,

IT IS TIME… to register now for the 2021 – 2022 school year, and for Summer Camp 2021.  We are accepting registrations for both programs NOW!

Registrations for the 2021-2022 School Year and Summer Camp 2021 are now flowing into the office from current families and we have now opened registration to the public for both programs (as of 2/1/2021 Camp registration will be open to the public).

Once registration is open to the public, we can no longer guarantee your child a place for camp or school next Fall until we receive your registration and fee.  It is first come first serve, and space is limited.  

Please fill out your child’s registration form either on paper & hand in to your child’s teacher, or on-line at our website: https://www.pepperminttree.com/registration/, and send in the $125.00 family registration fee for school and $75 for camp as soon as possible if you would like to reserve a spot for your child at Peppermint Tree next Fall and/or camp.  (more…)

January Newsletter

December 30th, 2020 No Comments

Dear Families,

Happy New Year to all of our families and staff! We hope you and your family had wonderful holidays together.  We have a lot in store for your children and for the whole family in 2021.  As a reminder, classes will resume on Monday, January 4th.

I am so thankful and excited to let you know, that as a community, we raised $615.00 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through our Pajama Days in December.  Thank you to all who participated!!

Announcing … ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR FALL 2021 IS NOW OPEN!  We are offering in-house priority registration to our current students so you can save a spot for your child before we open the registration up to the public.  You may complete  the registration form and pay the registration fee on our website to save your child’s spot for the next school year.

Here is the link to register using our secure online form:  https://www.pepperminttree.com/registration/

Here is our registration schedule:

  • In-House Priority Registration for School Year 2021-22 for current families only:  Now through – January 19, 2021.  As of January 20, 2021, Fall 2021 registration will be open to the public.   Online registration is open now, and we are sending home a paper registration form during the  week of January 4, 2021.
  • In-House Priority Registration for Summer Camp 2021 for current families only:  January 18, 2021 – January 31, 2021.  As of February 1, 2021, Summer Camp registration will be open to the public.  We are usually 100% sold out for camp (with a long waiting list), so please register during the in-house priority registration period to ensure you get a spot and the schedule you need!   At this time, we do not know what restrictions will be in place for the Summer – so we do not know how many visitors we will have, but last Summer, we did have the Swimming Pools open and we had a great Summer with lots of on-site special activities and themes.  If your child has not attended our summer camp in the past, you can learn more about it on our website (again – the specifics of the program for 2021 will be determined by the Covid restrictions in place at the time of camp):    https://www.pepperminttree.com/our-summer-program/

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December Newsletter

November 29th, 2020 No Comments

Dear Families,

What a fabulous community we have!  I want to thank all those who donated non-perishable foods for the “Your Grandmother’s Cupboard” organization.  During the month of December we will be focusing on the spirit of giving, and, clearly the children have great examples of this in our wonderful families.

We’ve got an exciting month in December, including a Holiday Shop (by catalog) for the children, and Mrs. Sullivan’s class will have a “Sing-Along” on Zoom for families of students in the Kindergarten class.   And, during our first week we have Pajama Days to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. (more…)

November Newsletter

November 8th, 2020 No Comments

Dear Families,

In November, we will be focusing on what we are thankful for.  Each classroom will be discussing this with the children, and creating artwork to express the children’s thoughts about what they are thankful for.    We will be sponsoring a page on the Toms River Macaroni Kid website, all about what we have to be thankful for, and we will be submitting our children’s work to display on their web page.   We will use first names only to identify the artwork by each child.  Some classrooms may decide to do a group project.  Plans are in the works.   Please let the office know if you do NOT want your child to participate in this.  They would still do the art project in class, but we would leave them out of the submission to Toms River Macaroni Kid.

Happy Thanksgiving to all. We are thankful for our Peppermint Tree families!

Sincerely,

“Miss Val”

Valerie Frost-Lewis, MS Ed.

Owner/Director (more…)

October Newsletter

September 28th, 2020 No Comments

Dear Families,

Our school year is off to a fabulous start: the children are making new friends, learning their new routines, and enjoying the lessons and classroom activities.  We’ve had some beautiful weather, so they are loving the playground, too!

I am excited to announce that the Department of Health has relaxed some of our restrictions, and we are now allowed to have an occasional visitor to enhance our program.  Any visitor must wear a mask, and stay 6 feet from the staff and children, and preferably stay out of doors.  Here are some of the exciting plans coming up, now that we can have visitors:

  • Mr. Scott the Music Man will be here, performing on the playground for the children on the morning of Thursday, October 1st!  Each class will have their own performance time, so they will not mix with children and staff from the other classes.
  • School Portraits are now scheduled for Monday and Tuesday morning, October 5th & 6th.  The photographer will wear a mask, stay 6 feet from our staff and children, and the photos will be taken outdoors.  If the weather is not good, we will have a make up day.    If your child does not attend on a Monday or Tuesday, and you would like to have their picture taken, please call the office to set this up.  The photo sitting is free and there is no obligation to purchase photos.  The proofs will be available within 2 weeks of the photo shoot, and you will be provided information to place your order online if you would like to purchase any photos.

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