OCTOBER NEWSLETTER 2025
HALLOWEEN will be fun with the children and teachers in their costumes. We will be celebrating Halloween on Thursday, October 30th and Friday, October 31st! Your child is welcome to wear their costume to school if they would like to. Please bring a change of clothes for your child to change into after the celebration. Also please no Halloween masks as they can be a tripping hazard. Face paint is a great alternative! Our Halloween celebration is a very low-key celebration and is only for the children. Your child’s teacher will be taking lots of photos that day to share with you! Hope you all have a safe and happy Halloween!
OUR T&C EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEM will be tested on Friday, November 7th. If you do not receive this notification via phone call and text, please contact Miss Anne in the T&C office to update your emergency contact numbers. Please also let the individuals you listed on your emergency contact list know that this will be taking place.
T&C EVACUATION DRILL will take place on Tuesday, November 25th. This allows all children and teachers to practice this procedure in case of an earthquake or other major problem. All classes will gather on the playground, eat a snack, and play before children are signed out and released at 12:00pm from the Outdoor Classroom. IMPORTANT: PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS MUST PRESENT AN ID AND MUST BE ON THE EMERGENCY LIST FOR YOUR CHILD TO BE RELEASED. With everyone picking up at the same time, please drive slowly and be patient in the parking lot.
THANK YOU PARENTS for your enthusiastic participation at Back to School Nights! We appreciate your attendance and kind words. We look forward to a school year of great parent-teacher involvement and families building our T&C community.
PARENT EDUCATION: Miss Sharon & Miss Julie will make a presentation and lead a discussion on “The Best Placement for My Child: TK, Kindergarten or T&C” on Thursday, November 20th from 12:30-2:00pm in our library. We will have a parent panel of current & former parents talk about how each decided on where to enroll their children. Parent Education for December will be a Private School Panel presentation on December 2nd. Please join us to hear presentations from 6different private schools in the area. Child Care is available at no charge for T&C students. Please RSVP to the office if you will be attending and if you should need free Lunch Bunch in the afternoon.
FLOWERLINK FUNDRAISER: Purchase beautiful flower bouquets just in time for the holidays! There will be 4 different bouquets to choose from. Bouquets are $35 and 20% will be donated back to Town & Country! Last day to order will be November 14th and pick-up will be between 12-3 on Monday, November 24th as well as the morning of Tuesday, November 25thbetween the hours of 8-9:30am.
ROCKEFELLER FUNDRAISER: Mark your calendars! Rockefeller is hosting a fundraiser on November 5th! Dine in or take out! Proceeds will benefit Town & Country Nursery School. Be sure to bring your flyer so your server knows you are dining in support of Town & Country Nursery school. Rockefeller will give 15% back to Town and Country.
THANK YOU FAMILIES FOR ALL THE PUMPKIN DONATIONS: The children are really enjoying them in the Outdoor Classroom!
LUNCH BUNCH continues to be a wonderful experience for the children who are participating. Enrichment activities are being offered each afternoon by your child’s teacher. Language Arts, Music & Movement and Nature Hikes are popular features in the afternoons. Yoga as they “cool down” is also a favorite. Your child’s teacher will let you know what the afternoon enrichment schedule is for these programs. We know that holiday shopping time is coming, and afternoon childcare may be a big help to your schedules. You may even call by 9:30am to reserve an LB spot on the days that your child does NOT attend school in the morning.
AS YOU DRIVE INTO OUR PARKING LOT: When dropping your child in the mornings, please stay in one line only until you reach the first crosswalk. Once you’ve crossed over the first crosswalk you can then divide into two lanes. If you’re dropping your child off to walk in on their own, you should be in the right-hand lane. If you’re parking and walking your child in, please use the left-hand lane. Please stop and wait at the STOP placard for the direction of Miss Sharon or Miss Julie who will be directing traffic.
CHURCH PROPERTY: The only entrance to Town & Country is through the lower parking lot. All other entrances are for St. Francis church use only. There is also no entry from the side gate onto the brick patio where rooms 6,7 & 8 are located. Thank you!
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS: We will be closed on Tuesday, November 11th for Veteran’s Day, and November 26th, 27thand 28th for Thanksgiving Vacation. School will close at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, November 25th. There will be NO LUNCH BUNCH that day.
NATURE DAYS will be scheduled for each class with Miss Megan taking each class out for an extended exploration on one or two mornings this school year. During this 2-hour experience, we will be investigating the animals, plants, and climate of the area near our school. Snacks, wonder and the joy of discovery will be provided. You will be informed by your child’s teacher what days this will happen. Coincidentally we will be travelling on the evacuation trails surrounding T&C so your children will be more familiar with this area should they ever need to arrive at a different pick-up area in case of any emergency.
WELCOME to the newest additions to our Town & Country families: Isla is a big sister to Cora Zuri. Shadow is a big brother to Canyon Starr, Madeline is a big sister to Harper and Keira is a big sister to Lila.