Special Events/Calendar

Below is the Calendar of Events for the 2008-2009 school year.

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The Co-op Calendar has important event and meeting dates for the coming school year. Please refer to this for long range planning, and use your classroom calendar for the current month’s activity schedule. If WSSD (Wallingford-Swarthmore) schools are on a two-hour delay, or closed due to bad weather, the nursery school will be closed UNLESS you hear otherwise. This DOES NOT apply to the Kindergarten Complement classes.

All Nursery School classes meet from 9:15 a.m. to 11:45a.m. (The Wednesday afternoon Elephant class meets from 12:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.) The Kindergarten Complement class times are 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. for the AM KC class and 12:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. for the PM KC class.

Please be prompt at both arrival and dismissal times.

• Elephants are Ms. Jodi’s three year olds that meet twice weekly on Tuesdays and Thursdays or three times weekly on Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.
  
• Giraffes are Ms. Julie’s three year olds that meet three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
  
• Zebras are Mrs. Colonna’s four year olds. They meet three times weekly (M/W/F) or four times weekly (M/T/W/F)
  
• Lions are Mrs. Robichaud’s four year olds. They meet four times weekly (M/W/Th/F) or five times weekly (M-F)
  
• Playschool is Ms. Georgie’s two and three year olds. They meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  
• MMO is the Mother’s Morning Out class. It meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
  
• KC is Mrs. Marks’ Kindergarten Complement classes – both morning and afternoon groups and meet on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

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SEPTEMBER

• 2 (T) Drop In Day for Kindergarten Complement (KC)
  
• 3 (W) Parents’ Night. 7:00p.m
  
• 4 (Th) Drop In Day for Elephants 10:00a.m. - 11:00a.m.
  
• 5 (F) Drop In Day for Giraffes, Zebras and Lions.10:00a.m. - 11:00a.m.
  
  AND
  
  5 (F) Back to School Picnic 11:00a.m. – 1p.m.
  
• 5 (F) Second tuition payment due. You can bring it to Parents’ Night, Drop In Day or Back to School Picnic.
  
• 8 (M) First day of school for MMO, Giraffes, Zebras and Lions
  
• 9 (T) First day of school for Playschool, Elephants and KC
  
• 22 (M) Executive Committee (EC) Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.
  
• 30 (T) Nursery School Closed. Rosh Hashanah.
  
  

OCTOBER

• 6 (M) The Around the World Club starts
  
• 7 (T) Lion Class adds the 5 th day and Zebra Class adds the 4 th day
  
• 7 (T) Pizza Social for Elephants and Giraffes @ 6:30 p.m. *Hospitality & Set Up Committees
  
• 8 (W) The Book and the Cookie Club starts
  
• 8 (W) Pizza Social for Zebras and Lions @ 6:30 p.m. *Hospitality & Set Up Committees
  
• 9 (Th) Nursery School Closed. Yom Kippur.
• 
  TBD Fire Safety
• 27 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.
  
• 29 (W) Parent Teacher Conferences for Zebras and Lions. No regular school for these classes. You just come in at your conference time.
  

NOVEMBER

• 4 (T) Nursery School Closed. Election Day
  
• 5 (W) Third tuition payment due
  
• 5 (W) School Photos for MMO, Giraffes and Zebras
  
• 6 (Th) School Photos for Playschool, Elephants and Lions
  
• 10 (M) Mom’s Night Out. 7 p.m. at Quotations in Media
  
• 13 (Th) Parent-Teacher Conferences for Elephants. No regular school for this class. You just come in at your conference time.
  
• 14 (F) Parent-Teacher Conferences for Giraffes. No regular school for this class. You just come in at your conference time.
  
• 24 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.
  
• 26-30 THANKSGIVING - No School
  

DECEMBER

• Speech Language Screenings
  
• TBD Toy Clean up days *General Committee
  
• 10 (W) Budget Meeting * Finance Committee
  
• 18 (Th) Last day before Holiday Break for Playschool, Elephants and KC
  
• 19 (F) Last day before Holiday Break for MMO, Giraffes, Zebras, and Lions
  
• 20- Jan 4 HOLIDAY BREAK - No School

JANUARY

• 5 (M) School Resumes for MMO, Giraffes, Zebras, and Lions
  
• 6 (T) School Resumes for Playschool, Elephants, and KC
  
• 15 (T) Deadline for current families, siblings, alumni, and members of Wallingford Presbyterian Church to enroll children in The Wallingford Cooperative Nursery School for the 2009/2010 school year
  
• 19 (M) ML KING DAY - No School
  
• 21 (W) Open House *School Representatives
  
• 26 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.
  
• 29 (Th) Open House *School Representatives
  
  

FEBRUARY

• 4 (W) Bring Someone Special to School N ight for Giraffes and Zebras @ 6:30 p.m.
  
• 5 (Th) Fourth tuition payment due
  
• 5 (Th) Bring Someone Special to SchoolNight for Elephants and Lions @ 6:30 p.m.
  
• 13-16 (F-M) PRESIDENT’S DAY WEEKEND - No School
  
• 19 (Th) Mom’s Night Out. 7 p.m. at Quotations in Media
  
• 23 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.
  
  

MARCH

• Yellow Dyno Safety Presentation for Lions and Zebras
  
• 6 (F) Progress Reports for Lions and Zebras go home.
  
• 23 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.
  
• 31 (T) Variety Show and Ice Cream Socialfor Elephants and Giraffes. 6:30p.m.
  *Set Up and Hospitality Committees
  
  

APRIL

• 1 (W) Variety Show and Ice Cream Social for Zebras and Lions . 6:30p.m.
  * Set Up and Hospitality Committees
  
• 2 (Th) Last day before Spring Break for Playschool, Elephants, and KC
  
• 3 (F) Last day before Spring Break for MMO, Giraffes, Zebras and Lions
  
• 4-12 SPRING BREAK - No School
  
• 13 (M) School Reopens for MMO, Giraffes, Zebras, and Lions
  
• 13 (M) Progress reports for Giraffes go home
  
• 14 (T) School Reopens for Playschool, Elephants, and KC
  
• 14 (T) Progress reports for Elephants go home
  
• 22 (W) Open House (If Needed) *School Representatives
  
• 27 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.
  
• 30 (Th) Open House (If Needed) *School Representatives

MAY

• 5 (T) Tuition deposits for 2009/2010 due
  
• 7 (Th) Mother’s Day Tea for Elephants and Lions
  
• 8 (F) Mother’s Day Tea for Giraffes, Zebras
  
• 13 (W) Mom’s Night Out. 7 p.m. at Quotations in Media
  
• 18 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media. (Being held on the third Monday of the month due to Memorial Day being the fourth Monday of the month)
  
• 19 (T) Nursery School open despite WSSD being closed. KC WILL NOT BE HELD
  
• 21 (Th) Last day of school for Playschool, Elephants and KC
  
• 22 (F) Last day of school for MMO, Giraffes, Zebras, and Lions
  
  AND
  
  FIELD DAY @ 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. for Elephants, Giraffes, Zebras and Lions
  
  AND
  
  END of SCHOOL PICNIC @ 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. for all classes
  
• 25 (M) MEMORIAL DAY
  
• 28 (Th) EC Luncheon 12:00p.m. – 2:00p.m.
  

JUNE

• 1 (M) WPC Strawberry Festival
  
• 22 (M) EC Meeting. 6:45 p.m. at Quotations in Media.