Rochester afterschool kids talked about their costumes and parties for weeks prior to the day! It was fun to see their excitement. They even made their own "one day" costumes one rainy day when we decided to do arts and crafts, using our own materials and kids' imagination. Check this out:
And while the weather is still nice, we spend at least 20 minutes outside, more on Fridays when we go to the skate park to ride our new scooters - we got a couple of new ones recently. This has been a favorite outside activity lately. Once winter comes and the skate park will become ice skating rink we are going to offer ice skating session. We did it two winters ago and all the children loved it! We provide ice skates so it makes it much easier for parents. We will also go sledding.
On Friday, October 28th, the whole staff from Rochester and other sites attended an all day Afterschool Conference at Stoweflake. It offered many informative, hands-on workshops with lots of ideas and solutions we will be able to apply in our program.
Starting November 1st, Ryan Veilleux is joining our staff as a full time head teacher. He has been working as a substitute for Rochester School for about 3 years with the last year working full time as a para educator in the first grade classroom. He is a great addition to our program and we are happy to have him. The kids are really excited!
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