The Children's House

We have several new and exciting projects emerging from the Science Room.  We have been working hard cultivating and expanding our community garden, with crucial contributions from parents and family members (especially Mussa Mwafrika, Kristi Pavlack, Tina Panyard, and Mary Gilkey: THANKS, Y’ALL!!!), working in tandem with our students.  We have planted broccoli, radishes, beets, lettuces, chard, two kinds of peas, and garlic.  All are thriving except the beets, which are struggling; we will have to do some plant detective work to figure out what they need.  We also have more lettuces, tomatoes and cucumbers planted indoors, growing as seedlings, waiting until it is safe for them to be transplanted into the garden.

We have applied for a matching grant to improve the resources and funding for our garden.  With it, we could expand our square footage, increase our capacity to grown indoors, and ideally allow us to establish a small grove of fruit trees on the other side of the drive, in front of the bus.

We have also used our MacDonald’s Grant to get our chicken coop up and running in the side yard.  We have a cozy little space for our three newest residents, laying hens named Amelia, Isis, and one we will be naming by consensus.  We’ll be working on acclimating them to their new environment, and making sure their space is as secure as possible.  We will also be collecting their eggs, putting them in cartons decorated by the students with instantly brand-recognizable and highly marketable logos.  These eggs will be available to the community.  (This will also involve the older students in the project of setting a price for a dozen based on market forces, a teachable moment in economics!)

We are excited about these projects and about making our school more vibrant, attractive and productive.  They make our community a stronger one, and we hope they’ll let more people become aware of what an exciting place The Children’s House is.

Summer is right around the corner and The Children’s House is offering a 10 week summer day camp, with a different theme for every week.

Sign up for the entire summer, or pick your favorite weeks.  Discounts apply for siblings and multiple week packages.  Sign up now, because enrollment is limited.

If your child is currently enrolled in our preschool, you still need to enroll them for the summer session.  We will be sending home registration forms and brochures in your child’s lunch box this week.  Please keep an eye out for it and return it by March 30 for a guaranteed spot!  Summer camp forms are available for downloading from this website!

It is time to start planning our fall enrollment.  We would like to make a discount available to our current student families who register early.  If you register your student for the 2012-2013 school year by March 30, 2012, we will take half off our usual fee of $100.  That means you can register for this limited time for only $50!  Please consider this a great opportunity to enroll your student for next fall.

School starts on September 4, 2012.  It’ll be here before you know it!  We will be sending home your registration forms this week.  Please look for them in your student’s lunchbox or backpack.  Have questions?  Call us at 317-253-3033.  All forms are also available for downloading from this website.

New to our school?  Register for the 2012-2013 school year by March 30, at the regular fee, and we will take $50 off your first tuition payment!