MECE Newsletter

MECE Preschool

August News

Camp MECE

We had an amazing final two weeks of camp!! The children had a wonderful time in art creating watercolor paintings, Olympic torches, and clay metals. During science time they created Fireworks in a bottle and launched shot put catapults. In Fun with Food they enjoyed crepes with strawberries and whip cream and peaches and whip cream torches.

While in Bibletime the children heard stories about David and his life's journey, played instruments like David, learned the song "My God is so Big", they also talked about how God made each of special and unique, he gave us our five senses and learned the song "Oh, be careful". Our campers had a great time learning all about the game of soccer from Coach Jake from Storytime Soccer and Coach Connor from Amazing Athletes taught the children all about Track and Field events.

We would like to thank our specialist teachers, Miss Sandie, Art/Science/Fun with Food, Miss Melissa, Bibletime, and Miss Romi, Sports for all their hard work, planning and dedication to make sure our campers had amazing experience at camp. Thank you to our camp group leaders and youth helpers for all they did to make sure they got to their activities on time and help keep our campers busy during those rainy times. We hope your child enjoyed coming to camp as much as we did!!

We look forward to seeing everyone again next year!!!

Make a Change

During camp we collected $140.26 for Special Olympics. The Special Olympics mission remains as vital today as it did when the movement was founded in 1968. Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Welcome to the Birthday Book Club!

No new members at this time but we hope you are reading to your child every night.

We are looking forward to the new school year! MECE uses the Procare app for contactless sign in and out. If you are new to MECE then you will receive an invitation about 5 days before your child's first day of school (see important dates below). Returning families may find they need to log out and log back in.

MECE provides school supplies for all preschoolers. Children need a full sized back pack, a lunch box (if staying for Lunch Bunch) and a reusable water bottle (filled with water, not juice). We also encourage the use of reusable containers in lunch boxes. We will have our friend, JoAnn Di Lorenzo from Tupperware available on Meet the Teacher day if you want to stock up on water bottles or other containers.

The Palm Beach Health Department requires that all water bottles, lunch boxes, etc. be labeled with a child's first and last name. I recommend you order Mabel's Labels for reliable stick on labels. Be sure to indicate MECE as the organization you are supporting.

The Health Department has a number of brochures that we must provide to you. Please enjoy reading, "About your Child's Daycare", "Distracted Driver", and "Flu Prevention" at the bottom of this email. You will be asked to sign a form at Meet the Teacher day regarding these.

Please note that the Health Department does not allow children to have hand sanitizer in or on their backpacks. Please do not send in any hand sanitizer. Children wash their hands at the sink whenever possible and teachers provide sanitizer

if needed outside.

Carline helpers are needed for morning drop off. Please let me know if you are available one day of the week from 8:45-9:10. This is a fun way to

get to know MECE staff and families!

We are excited to announce that Marvelous Mondays are available to all potty trained students in a 2 day or 4 day class. This program is the same hours and has a focus on gardening, composting, and other green topics! Pay by the semester or use as a drop in program (with advance notice

at $50 per use).

Parents Morning Out (PMO) is open 5 days per week from 9-noon! Get more information and sign up on the church's website.

FUMC offers Sunday School during the 9:30 Contemporary service for children ages

3-5th grade. See details below!

Lilia Carroll, Jett Dinin,

Zareeh Lina, June McElwee,

Parker Naidus, Julien Pia, Jagger Rack,

Nicholas Rodrigues,

Xavier Salmon, Miss Sharon B.

and Miss Michele

Important Dates

Meet the Teacher is Monday, August 26. Please pay close attention to your child's class's time. This is your chance to meet the teacher and other families in your class. You will also be taking

care of important paperwork.

9:00 AM-all 3 day Classes

9:30 AM-4 day and 5 day Threes

10:00 AM-Fours Classes

10:30 AM-all 2 day Classes

Regular classes start the very next day-Tuesday, August 27 for all 2 day, 4 day and 5 day classes, Wednesday for all 3 day classes. You will walk your child to our front door (Miss Emily's Twos can go straight to the Two's door). Then walk down to the Music Suite for a Mandatory Parent Orientation at 9:15. This is offered both Tuesday and Wednesday so if you have children in different programs, please select the day that works best for you.

Lunch Bunch begins on Tuesday, August 27. There is no need to sign up in advance, just pack a lunch box for your child (be sure to label it clearly with the child's first and last name), and send it in at drop off then we know they are staying until 2 PM. Lunch Bunch costs $11 each time that you use it.

Early Drop begins on Wednesday, August 28 starting at 8:15 am in the Twos classrooms (Monday/Wednesday/Friday) and Room G (Tuesday/Thursday). Please enter through the playground and look for the door labeled Early Drop. This service is $6 per day per child. No sign up required, just sign in using the Procare app when you arrive.

Carline begins Wednesday, August 28. All families, except Miss Emily's Twos are required to use carline. Please review the carline procedure here. For the safety and security of all students you can not park in the church parking lot and walk up. Families living in the neighborhood are welcome to walk or bike from home. We ask that you pull all the way up before getting out to buckle your child in. The second invoice is due on Friday, August 30. You will receive this bill and all future bills via email or you can view your account at Myprocare.com. We highly recommend that you set up automatic payments, please email us and indicate your preference for ACH or credit card (fees apply). Automatic payments will be processed on the due date.

Enrichment Programs begin Monday, September 9 for Threes and Fours classes we offer: STEAM on Mondays, Wiggle and Praise on Tuesdays, 6 Bricks on Wednesday, Sports on Thursdays, and Art on Fridays. On Fridays we offer Little STEAMers for students in Twos (fully potty trained), Junior Threes and Threes. All are offered during Lunch Bunch. Registration begins at Meet the Teacher day.

FUMC Worship

FUMC offers a Traditional service at 11 am and Contemporary worship service. You might enjoy the 9:30 Contemporary service in the Gathering Place.

The purpose of the MECE Parent Association is to build a strong community among our pre-School and kindergarten parents; support the teachers and staff; and to raise funds to support the school. All parents of MECE students are members of the Parent Association. The MECE Parent Association plans numerous events and opportunities for parents to get involved and participate in the MECE Parent Association, thereby directly supporting the school and our children.

Welcome MECE Families!

We hope you're having an amazing summer. The start of the school year is quickly

approaching and we are ready to kick off the school year with lots of fun!

Thank you to the parents that have emailed interest and offered to help with the Parent

Association and events! There are still open positions and we would love to have all our

parents get involved!! To learn more about our MECE events, please attend our

Welcome Breakfast on Wednesday, September 4 at 9:15 in the Gathering Place and our first meeting Thursday, September 12 at 9:15 in the Center Room.

Vice President and Treasurer needed!

We are looking for a vice-president for this current year that would like to take over as

president in 2025-2026. Please reach out to meceparents@gmail.com if interested!! In

addition, we are in need of a treasurer to help keep track of our budget and

occasionally write some checks. All are welcome to these positions, so please do not

hesitate even if you are new to MECE or returning. It is a great way to get to meet

faculty and families while enjoying moments occasionally seeing your child in the school

environment. We are also still looking for parent chairs to plan some of our events. Please click here and sign up if you’d like to help!!

Please mark your calendars for some of our upcoming events:

Back to School Play date!

Join us Friday, 8/23, on the playground for the Parent Association's back to school play

date! It's a fun hour on the MECE playground so children (and parents) can say hello

before the first day of school!! 2's classes will be from 9-10 am and 3 and 4 year old

classes will meet from 10-11 am!

Welcome Breakfast

Wednesday, 9/4 at 9:15 am in the Gathering Place. Come have breakfast treats and meet other parents in your child's class and school. We will also have more information about the

Parent Association upcoming events such as trunk or treat, the auction, family fun day,

the fun run and more.

Parent Association Meeting

Tuesday, 9/10 at 9:15 am in the Center Room. Join us for a quick meeting to discuss upcoming events. Sign up for any events you'd like to be a part of! There will be a chance to sign up as a homeroom parent at the MECE Meet the Teacher days. Please note that all homeroom parents must attend the MECE PA monthly meetings to gather information to pass along to their class families.

MECE Barnes & Noble Book Fair

We have an annual book fair at Barnes and Noble on Sunday, September 22 from 10 am -1 pm!! It is a fun day where

the MECE families gather at Barnes and Noble for activities like story time with their

teachers, a scavenger hunt, a raffle and a chance to make purchases where B&N

donates a percentage back to MECE. More info to come soon! Thank you to Victoria

Hanna for volunteering to chair our book fair this year! Look out for a sign up genius or reach out to Victoria if this sounds like something you’d like to help with! Thank you!!

DCF has several flyers for you to view. Click the logos below to learn about childcare facilities, flu prevention and distracted driving.

MECE is eligible for both Step Up for Students and AAA Scholarships!