| Date | Activity | Time |
| Nov. 19th | E- Learning Day | No School for Students |
| Nov. 20th | PD for Teachers | No School for Students |
| Nov. 22nd | 'Stone Soup Day' | 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM |
| Nov. 24th | Thanksgiving Dinner | Central High 1-3 PM |
| Nov. 27-29th | Thanksgiving Break | No School |
Dear Families,
Recently there have been rumors posted on Facebook concerning an infestation of bed bugs at the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center. I would like to inform our families and our entire community that there is no infestation of any kind of insect at Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center. We have been issued a report from Anderson Pest Solutions indicating that no bed bugs are present at our facility. Furthermore, our maintenance and cleaning staff routinely monitor and sanitize our classrooms. Our goal at the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center is to provide a safe and rigorous learning environment. If there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center. My contact number is 219-391-4172.
School Family,
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 is our second practice e-Learning Day. Students will remain at home and access their lessons online. There will be no classes hosted at the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. We are practicing so that things go smoothly on an actual e-Learning Day that will be implemented in the instance of inclement weather. The link below provides the details for e-Learning Days. Please contact your child's teacher if you require a paper packet or have any questions concerning e-Learning.
E learning Letter for Gosch Web Page.docx
Special thanks to the Pena family for all of their help with this event!
Healthlinc
Indiana Parenting Institute
Students at Gosch learn about self-regulation. Conscious Discipline helps us to teach the students to get ready to problem solve by intentionally teaching the students to identify their emotions and learn how to deal with them. Intense feelings such as anger, frustration, anxiety and fear may be something that your child encounters when beginning school. Our staff utilize strategies from Dr. Becky Bailey to support our students as they learn to manage their emotions.
New to Carrie Gosch ELC this school year is The Baby Doll Circle Time. The circle time is designed to teach students empathy. Specifically, The Baby Doll Circle Time incorporates skills such as attention, self-regulation, impulse control and initiative. Learning these skills help students develop positive relationships with others and supports academic learning. The circle time is facilitated through engaging social activities, such as singing and rhyming and is presented as play to the students. There is also a connection from home to school that is created during this activity.
If you would like to learn more about Conscious Discipline or the Baby Doll Circle, let your child's teacher know. Your child's teacher will provide printed information. If we have enough interested parties, we will host an informational session at Gosch in the Parent Cafe.
County Line Apple Orchard
County Line Apple Orchard
STEM Room Visit
Making Shapes
Conscious Discipline Breathing Technique- The Balloon
Pre-K: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Elementary Schools: 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM (Late Start Wednesdays: <9:00 AM - 3:00 PM>)
Middle School: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Late Start Wednesdays: <9:30 AM - 3:30 PM>)
High School: 7:30 AM - 2:30 PM (Late Start Wednesdays: <8:30 AM - 2:30 PM>)
School Family,
Last month the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center hosted a Fall Festival, our classes visited Lincoln Park Zoo and we started our after school activities. Wiz Kids Club and Ballet classes are held after school and both classes started on October 29, 2019. We will have a dance performance in December and I'm looking forward to seeing the upcoming performance.
The unit of study for this month is Community Jobs and Fall. We kicked off the unit with visits from the community helpers in East Chicago. On, Thursday, November 7, 2019, the East Chicago Fire Department, East Chicago Police Department and Superior Ambulance, all sent community helpers and their specialized vehicles to visit our students. The students were able to ask questions and explore the vehicles at our Touch a Truck event.
For academics, we will work on building numeracy to 6 in the classrooms. Teachers are asking the students to identify/name the number, recognize the number on a ten frame, count six objects and show finger patterns to six or different ways to make 6 using our fingers. Students will continue to work on developing reading comprehension skills by answering questions and re-telling stories. The featured story this month is The Three Little Pigs. Compound words will be introduced and students will write and respond to questions by drawing and labeling their pictures. At the end of the month teachers will share your child's progress toward these learning goals by sending home our 3 week rubric. Please review the rubric and feel free to ask your child's teacher for suggestions on how to build skills at home.
Family engagement activities are important to us. We host an opportunity for families to come interact with teachers, have some fun and see what the children are learning. This month we will host several other events. Punch and Paint will be hosted on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 from 2:30 until 4:00. Invitations were sent home and unfortunately this event has been 'sold out'. Since we have such an interest in this activity, I am making arrangements to host another Punch and Paint in March. The teaching staff sent home notes asking families to help hide Thanksgiving Turkeys by creating a disguise. The disguised turkeys are due back at school on Monday, November 18, 2019. Please help us save the turkeys by sending in your project. The students will cook 'Stone Soup' at Gosch on Friday, November 22, 2019. More information about the 'Stone Soup' meal will be sent home soon.
The Children's Progress Academic Assessment (CPAA) will be given during the first few days in December. Please practice mousing skills at home if your child still needs work with maneuvering a mouse on the computer.
We look forward to seeing you this month at the Carrie Gosch Early Learning Center and we wish you well!
Click the link below to find the Pre-K bus routes
