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LCCP TIMES
Newsletter – July
 
619-443-2887
Email:  preschool@lakesidepc.org
Website:  www.lakesidepc.org
 
 
Hello Families!
 
Remember the Children’s Center will be closed Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.  Have a wonderful holiday and we will see you on Monday.
 
Fall enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year is now open to everyone. If you have not registered your child for the next school year, we encourage you to do so immediately. Stop by and pick up a registration packet and return it with your check for $85. The registration fee is needed to secure your child’s place in next year’s classroom; until the registration fee is received, we can’t guarantee your spot for the fall. Registration packets are available in the office. If you have any questions, please call the office.
 
 
Please have your child here by 9 am, this is when our preschool enrichment begins and your child will miss out when they are late.
 
SUMMER CAMP – We will be charging a $25 monthly summer activity fee; this will allow us to have the following activities: 
Week of June 30th – Soccer Shots
Week of July 14- Critters Encounters
Week of August 11 -Worship 4 Kids
These are paid events; we will also be providing theme activities for each camp week. 
 
June 16-June 20 Lost in Space
June 23 – June 27 Pirate Fever
June 30 – July 3 Summer Soccer
July 7 -July 11 Dinosaur Week
July 14 – July 18 Safari Adventure
July 21 – July 25 Camping
July 28 – August 1 STEM Week
August 4 – August 8 Travel Around the World (will include VBS Aug 5,6, 7)
August 11 – August 15 Drama
August 18 – August 22 Wet Wild
 
 
Happy Summer everyone!
La Teresa
 
 

P.S.

All accounts must be paid in full before the last day of the school session, June 13th. Please be advised that tuition rates will be increasing for the new school year, beginning August 1, 2025. If you did not receive the email with the new rates stop by the office to pick one up.

Misc.

 

It is very important to sign your child in and out each day; it is an official
document that will be used by emergency personal in an event of an
emergency. If your child is not signed in, the emergency personal will not be able to get an accurate count.
 
We will be monitoring the sign in and out sheets more closely and if you do not sign in or out you may be called back to sign them in or charged a fee. Only adults, 18 years and older, can sign your child in and out.
 
Please be sure to pick up your child by your contracted pick up time.
 
We need to make sure we stay in teacher to child ratio and if you are late picking up your child that affects ratios.

Curriculum

 

SUMMER CAMP

Themes:
Bible stories:
Letters & Numbers
Color & Shape:

Bible Verse
“Be kind and
compassionate to one
another”
Ephesians 4:32
 
 
 
 

Upcoming Events

 

July 4 – Holiday, we will be closed.
 
June 16-20  Lost in Space
 
June 23-27  Pirate Fever
 
June 20 -Jul 3  Summer Soccer
 
July 7- 11  Dinosaur Week
 
July 14 -18  Safari Adventure
 
July 21 -25  Camping
 
July 28- Aug 1  STEM Week
 
Aug 4 – 8  Travel Around the World (incl. VBS)
 
Aug 11 – 15  Drama
 
Aug 18 – 22  Wet Wild
 

 

 

Box Top$ for Education

is an easy way to support the Children’s Center without any expense to you.  Download the BoxTop APP, identify Lakeside Presbyterian Children’s Center and then scan your grocery receipt. Or you can connect your Walmart account. 

It is that easy! If you purchased any item with the Box Top logo, the Center would receive a check for all of the funds 2x a year. This is an easy fundraiser for our school.

 
 

 

 
 

PASTOR TIM’S THOUGHTS…

Hi Parents,

Wishing all our preschool families a very happy and safe July 4 holiday.

 
During this long weekend I encourage you to take some time to listen and play with your children. Spending quality time and engaging with your child is really what they want most.  This is the same with our heavenly father.  He yearns for a relationship with you. 
 
As we celebrate Fourth of July our country’s Independence Day let us take time to remember that Jesus freed us from our sin and that He wants a relationship with you.
 
 
 

A few reminders…

  • When signing your child in or out please remember to do it daily and use full signatures. The person signing your child in or out needs to be over 18 years of age. The sign in/out sheets are legal documents; please don’t let your child “sign” on them.
  • Please remember to drive slowly around the preschool. There are private houses and retirement houses around us; someone is always walking.
  • BoxTops is an easy way to support the Children’s Center without any expense to you.  Download the BoxTop APP, identify Lakeside Presbyterian Children’s Center and then scan your grocery receipt.  If you purchased any item with the Box Top logo, the Center would receive a check for all of the funds 2x a year. This is an easy fundraise for our school.
  • Scrip Gift Cards are a way to fundraise for our school, and recently we used the funds to install security cameras.  You simply select the business, and the dollar amount you want to spend. You pay face value, and the church/school receives a percentage in return. Shop at Albertson’s, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Home Depot, Target?  Restaurants, yep, they participate too. These are just a small sample of the stores and restaurants on SCRIP list.  The church takes orders on the last Sunday of the month, you select from a list the store and the amount of your order.  Write a check payable to LCPC and turn in your order. Your card for the amount and store you selected will be available for pick-up the following Sunday.  

SICK POLICY

 
We all need to work together to keep everyone safe and healthy.
 
Children will be asked to stay home or return home if any of the following applies:
  • Child has a fever or other potential symptoms illness, such as shortness of breath, persistent dry cough, sore throat, muscle pains or gastrointestinal symptoms (vomiting, nausea or diarrhea), chills with repeated shaking, fatigue, congestion or runny nose within the last 48 hours.
  • Colds, Covid, RSV, and the flu are still out there. If your child exhibits any of the symptoms, please keep them home for 24 hours after fever ends without the use of fever reducing medication. We want to make sure your child feels well enough to participate.
♥♥
 
The Health Department as well as Community Care Licensing will not let us attempt to distinguish whether the symptoms are caused by COVID-19 or another cause, such as allergies or a common cold. Any of the symptoms listed on the “Safer Practices and Sick Child Amendment –COVID-19” form will prevent a child from attending school. If you need another copy of the form, please let me know. 
 
Additionally, our policy is designed to protect the well-being of all the children, as well as the staff. When there are symptoms of illness or other indications that a child is not well enough for group activities, arrangement must be made for their care at home. If your child becomes at school, they will be isolated, and you will be called to pick up your child. Exposure to communicable disease should be promptly reported. By the same token, the school will notify you when your child has been exposed to an infectious disease.

Year-Round Program!

Lakeside Presbyterian Children’s Center, offers the following programs

YEAR-ROUND

Half Day
Three Quarter Day
Full Day
 
Children need to bring their own lunch and snacks.
 

Misc Tuition Info 

 
DISCOUNTS AVAILBLE!!!!
TO ACTIVE MILITARY FAMILIES,
 
WE ACCEPT SUBSIDIES FROM YMCA & CDA.
 
SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
   
DISCOUNTS FOR MEMBERS OF LCPC, or for 2nd Child ENROLLED.
 
Rates reflect full days, 3/4 days and half days.  
 
Non-potty trained children are $40.00 additional to the monthly tuition.  
 
If you are having financial difficulties please talk to someone in the office.  
 
 

Tuition Policy

Tuition can be paid weekly or monthly, however, all fees are to be paid in advance.  Weekly payments are due by Wednesday of each week.  Monthly payments are due by the 5th of the month.  If the 5th falls on a holiday or weekend your payment is due the next day your child is in attendance. 

If weekly payments are not received by Friday your child will not be able to attend the following week and your spot will not be saved.  If monthly payments are not received by the second week, your child will not be able to attend until payment is received and your spot will not be held.  Any account not paid in full by 30 days from the date of invoice will be assessed a fee of $45.00 per month.

IMPORTANT:

PARENTS, BY LAW YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN YOUR CHILD(REN) IN AND OUT EVERYDAY THEY ARE IN SCHOOL.   PLEASE USE YOUR LEGAL SIGNATURE. REGARDLESS IF IT IS READABLE OR NOT, AS LONG AS IT IS YOU’RE USUAL WAY OF SIGNING YOUR NAME.  NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 IS PERMITTED TO SIGN YOUR CHILD IN OR OUT.  THE SIGN IN/OUT SHEETS ARE LEGAL DOCUMENTS.  PLEASE DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD ‘SIGN’ ON THEM.

CONTRACT INFORMATION

Please note, in your signed contract, it states: no refunds for illness or holidays.  The preschool does not give credit for days missed due to illness, holidays, or other reasons
 
You received the NEW handbook during registration, please take the time to read the handbook to learn the Children’s Center policies, rules and regulations.
 
 If your child will not be in school for the day, please call the school.
 
Vacation requests must be in 2 weeks prior to start

ILLNESS POLICY:

 If your child has a fever, vomits or has diarrhea at school or home, they may not return to school for 24 hours after the symptoms are gone.It is very important to keep your child home if they are not feeling well.  If you have any doubts it is better to keep your child home one more day than to send then to school when they are not quite up to it.  If your child has conjunctivitis (pink eye) they may not return to school until they have received antibiotic treatment for 24 hours.  Remember good handwashing is very effective in keeping disease from spreading.  Our policy will cut down on the transition of disease to other children, and our staff.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION

If anything has changed with your emergency or contact information, please contact the Preschool Office so we can update and be sure we have your correct information.  When a little one is ill, time is of the essence in trying to reach a parent.  In addition, if working, please leave-detailed instructions if needed to make it easier for us to contact you at work.  Cell phones are not always reliable.  We need a backup way to reach you.