May 2022

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s):

Kindergarten graduation will be here before you know it!  We are excited to share this special day with you and your child. The kindergarten classes from McIlvaine Early Childhood Center will participate in a graduation celebration at the time noted below, in your child’s classroom:

There is a strict two ticket limit per student for graduation. Tickets will be distributed to students towards the end of May. Additionally, in order to keep walkways clear and give you the best view of your student we kindly ask for you to leave strollers & balloons in your vehicle or at home.

In order to be good neighbors to the families attending a ceremony before or after your child’s ceremony please be sure to arrive no more than 10 minutes prior to your child’s scheduled graduation time and please understand that we will need your parking space for the next group of families to attend their scheduled event. If you choose to sign your child out for the remainder of the day to continue the celebration it will be an excused early dismissal. Please do not forget to bring your photo ID if you are planning to sign your child out!

Gowns for the ceremony will be provided by the school.  However, the cap & tassel is your child’s to keep from this event. We will have photo stations set up outside with gowns to borrow for pictures. Please be sure to return the gown to the rack after taking the photo. Additionally, the picture stations will be set up all week beginning Monday, June 6^th for you to take pictures at a time that is convenient for you.

Sincerely,

The Faculty and Staff of McIlvaine Early Childhood Center

School Climate Survey

Spring 2022

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Included is a link to a survey about your child’s school.  We are asking you to complete the survey to help us learn what parents and guardians think about our school.  Your thoughts and opinions are very important.  Through this survey, we will use your experiences and opinions to help us build on our strengths and work to make improvements. 

The survey will only take about 15 minutes to complete and can be accessed by desktop, laptop, or mobile device.  If you have more than one child in this school, please complete the survey with one child’s experiences in mind.

The Delaware School Climate Survey was developed by the Delaware Positive Behavior Support Initiative (a partnership between the Delaware Department of Education and the Center for Disabilities Studies at the University of Delaware).  There is no identifying information on the survey, so no one will know how you individually answered any of the questions. Information from completed surveys will be used by the University of Delaware to make a report for our school.

When completing the survey, please do the following:

• Answer every question
• Mark an answer that best describes what you believe about the situation described

• Complete the survey by May 20, 2022
• Complete only 1 survey per child

Please feel free to contact me, or your child’s teacher, if you have any questions about the survey.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and opinions with us and helping to make our school a better place for all students. 

To access the HOME version of the DE School Climate Survey by desktop or mobile device, please click on this link and it will take you directly to the survey.

English - https://delaware.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0O4LS0HB8rxNW2q  

Spanish - https://delaware.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9WWlakcFbAPILAy

For families that have listed Haitian Creole as their first language a paper copy will be sent home for you to complete and return.

Sincerely,

Principal

Welcome

Welcome to McIlvaine Early Childhood Center, Home of the Littlest Riders! Our staff can’t wait for you and your child to enter the doors of our learning community. Your kindergartener is embarking on the start of an exciting educational journey, and we’re glad that you’ve chosen McIlvaine ECC as the place to begin the learning process.

Education is a partnership that involves you, your children, and our staff. We will provide outstanding teachers, a caring and supportive staff, and a safe and fun learning environment for your child. As our partners, we need you to instill in your children the value of education. Some of the best ways to do this are making sure your child is well-rested, arrives each day on time and ready to learn, helping them with homework, and talking with them about ideas and topics that they're studying in school. I also strongly encourage you to read to and with your child everyday. This is one of the best ways to instill their love of reading while building and reinforcing important literacy skills. Twenty minutes of daily reading -- to and with your child -- equals one hundred and twenty two hours of reading skills practiced in one year!

McIlvaine ECC is your school. We want you to feel that you are a welcome and integral part of the learning community. Everyone at our school including teachers, students, families, office staff, paraprofessionals, custodians, and food service workers is continually learning, growing, and working together to enrich the learning environment. Learning together and sharing with each other are two of the most powerful ways to learn. Acting in this way also builds relationships and a sense of community in our school.

Get involved! Time invested with your child(ren) at home and at school pays off in huge dividends. The more you participate, the more you and your child will benefit from school. I strongly encourage you to attend school functions and to volunteer in the classroom or library, share your talents, and chaperone field trips. Please contact your classroom teacher or call the school for more information on ways that you can get involved.

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