26 May 2011

Open House June 4th!


Come visit us!!! We are having an Open House on
June 4th 
from 10am  to 2 pm. 

This will be the perfect time to come see our cozy space, meet me, and chat about the school.

I will also open up fall registration on June 4th. You can either stop by the open house to pick up a registration form, or request one via email, and I'll send it to you. sarahbunch77@gmail.com


We don't have a sign up yet, so just look for the balloons!

The address is:
10745 sw 110th st
Vashon, Wa
98070


I am really looking forward to meeting you all! 
If you have any questions, please call me! 206 473 0445 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            206 473 0445      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

16 May 2011

Postponed. Progress Made.

Hello all!  Yes, you may have already guessed, I am not as far as I wanted to be by this point. Therefore, I am postponing the open house, and the grand opening of the preschool. : ( Boo!


The open house is now scheduled for Saturday June 4th. The summer program has morphed a bit as well. Instead of two months of "summer school", I will be opening up on Monday, June 27th, and will be offereing 5 weeks of summer camp-like programs with some very exciting themes including La Playa, El Circo, and Fiestas!  I will give more details about the camps soon, but here is a quick run down:
  • Children may choose one week to come, and attend every day, just like a standard summer camp, or they may come a couple days a week for a month, as they would during the regular school year. The choice is yours.
  • I will open registration up during the open house for both the summer program and for the school year.
  • During the summer, El Gato con Botas will be open from Monday to Friday.
  • Keep checking back. I will continue to update with details.
In other news...

Last Saturday I had a work party to set up the play structure and clear out some blackberry bushes from the property. I want to send out a huge huge THANK YOU to all of you who helped out!!! Thank you to my lil brother, Geoff Bunch for helping me all week long! I am going to miss you so much! Come back soon. Your nieces adore you and so do I.
I also want to take this opportunity to thank my mom, Diane Jurgensen and step dad, Roy Jurgensen for constantly helping me out and supporting me throughout this very challenging time. You have no idea how much I appreciate it! Thank you to Jenny and Marty Mickelson for helping me out nearly every single day. You two are incredible. Thank you for recruiting Ed and Tony (I don't know thier last names, but these two AMAZED me. I was awed by their generosity and willingness to help) And thank you SO SO MUCH to all of my friends who came and helped and who make my life so much better by being a part of it: Hailey and Mike Thompson, Jesse and Elicia Johnson, Claudia Campbell and Melody Zavis. Anyway, thank you all!  You all rocked my world and my heart. I can not tell you how much it meant to me.

24 April 2011

Schedule / Your Opinions - El Gato con Botas Spanish Immersion Preschool, Vashon Island

Hi All!

I just wanted to keep everyone up to date on the progress of El Gato con Botas.


OPEN HOUSE
I am planning an Open House for the end of May... sometime between the time we get the play structure up and the fence in! We are busy busy busy!!! I'm thinking of doing it on Friday, May 20th in the afternoon/evening. All of my weekends in May are booked up, otherwise I´d aim for the weekend.

SCHEDULE CHANGES - OPINIONS PLEASE!!!
I am also playing with the idea of running the preschool until 1pm instead of 12. This will obviously change the tuition and would mean that children would need to bring a sack lunch to school, but it would give us more time for art projects and more outdoor discovery time.  Any thoughts about this? I´d love to hear what you all think. Please leave me your input in the comments area below, or contact me directly:
(206) 473 0445
sarahbunch77@gmail.com

I will keep you all updated.

The other change I have already made is that I will not be opening up on Mondays. We are members of The Vashon Maury Cooperative Preschool, and I just love it soooo much, that I can´t imagine Bella not being a part of it.


Keep the calls and ideas coming! I love hearing from you.

19 April 2011

Summer Program Plans

Hello everyone, and welcome to El Gato con Botas, Spanish Immersion Preschool!!!  We are ECSTATIC  to be here.

At the moment I am working on getting the preschool space all set up,  the back yard all landscaped and beautiful with a new play structure, and getting all my ducks in a row! If all goes according to plan, I will be offering a summer program starting in June. This program will be an introduction to the preschool, to Spanish, and to me and is really meant for those children who are interested in carrying on with the program next year.  Like the yearly program, we will spend our time together engaged in self-guided play, music,arts and crafts projects, puppet shows and outdoor free play as well as some organized games and other activities - all in Spanish.  Summer is a great time to do this because we can take advantage of the sun (I hope!!!) The summer program will run just like the yearly program. It is not a summer camp, so the hours, tuition, and all that other jazz will be exactly the same.

I will be opening registration up around the middle of May, and it will go on a first come, first serve basis. Spaces are very limited, as I already have my daughters in the class, and will only be taking five more each day, so keep that in mind. I will post the details here when I have them! : )

I am very excited to get to know all of you, and really hope this program will be a success. I promise I will give it all I have, and I'm confident I have a lot to give.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Thank you!
Sarah

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