Kathy Horning, Director [email protected] Michelle Henry, Assistant Director [email protected] Lois Whitmore, Administrative Assistant [email protected] www.etowncns.org 717-367-6772

Free & Fun for Summer E-town Library 1,000 books before As summer approaches, we find ourselves Kindergarten & Summer Reading often looking for things to do with our children that get us out of the house. Here’s Programs a list of free and fun things to do this The E-town library offer two different summer with your family. incentives to promote early literacy and reading skills, the first is the 1,000 books  Go to the park/playground before kindergarten. This program o Fun Fort encourages parents to read books to their o Rapho Township park child, log what has been read and turn in o Daniels Den the logs every time you reach 100 books o Wolgemuth Park read. After your family reaches the 1,000 o Gifford Pinchot State Park book mark, the library will celebrate with o West Donegal Township you! The second program, the summer playground reading program offers incentives to  lunch children for reading books and completing  Enjoy the flowers at Masonic Village different activities. The 2016 Elizabethtown Gardens Library summer reading program  Bake cookies and then make ice will take place June 4-August cream sandwiches with them 13.  Have an A to Z scavenger hunt; pick up items that begin with each letter. Enrichment Unit  Take a nature walk, bike or walk a Our 2 week enrichment unit was held April trail 4-15 and the theme was “Nursery Rhymes”.  Visit the fire station It was a really fun 2 weeks and we are so  Kids workshops at Home Depot grateful to the ECNS Board of Directors  Read books outside and our families for making it such a  Tent/camp in the backyard successful week of learning through play!  Wash the car  Have a tea Campbell’s Labels for Education  Movies in the Park The Campbell’s Labels for Education sponsored by Gears program is coming to an end. ECNS has (www.getintogears.org) collected Campbell’s  Create an obstacle course labels for years and  Draw a bike path with sidewalk chalk submitted them to earn  Sleepover in the living room points, which were cashed in for supplies for our school such as balls, All ECNS families are invited to an glue, paint and much Ice Cream Social to celebrate a more. We are sad to see great year at ECNS on May 5, 6- the program come to a 7:30pm at the ECNS close and thank all of our playground. families for participating! Scholastic Book to all who participated in this fundraiser for ECNS hosted a our school.

Scholastic Book fair in April and ECNS earned Teacher Newsletters more than $700 in Monthly Teacher Newsletters can be Scholastic dollars which are used to viewed on the ECNS website, under purchase books and supplies for our the News tab. classrooms. Volunteer Clearances Kindergarten Playdate As the ECNS school year comes to a close, ECNS will be hosting playground time after we thank all of our families who went the close of the ECNS school year for our through the volunteer process. If you students who will be attending Kindergarten would like the copies of your in the fall, this is an opportunity for clearances returned to you, parents and children who are please contact Michelle in the planning to attend certain schools to ECNS office before your child’s last get to know each other and day of class. connect. Students who plan to attend a school other than one Lending Library & Literacy Backpacks listed, please let ECNS know, we As the end of our school year approaches would be happy to attempt to arrange a we would like to remind our families to playground day for you as well! kindly return any items borrowed from our East High Elementary- May 18 9-10:30am lending library and literacy bags. Thank Rheems Elementary- May 19 9-10:30am you for utilizing these wonderful tools! Mill Road Elementary- May 20 9-10:30am Bainbridge Elementary- May 20 10-11:30am Security Cards (Note: There is no rain location) Please remember to return your security card(s) to the ECNS office the last day of Memorial Day Parade class. It is important to include your name ECNS families are invited to with the card when you return it so we have march in the Memorial Day a record. parade with us on Monday, May 30. Decorate a wagon or Summer Hours stroller and wear your red, white and blue! The ECNS office is open on a limited More information to come! basis during the summer. Please feel free to contact us by email or leave a Willowood Swim message at 367-6772 and we’ll return your ECNS families are invited to a swimming call as promptly as possible. event at Willowood Swim Club in Elizabethtown on June 1 (rain date of CALENDAR June 3) from 12-4pm. Willowood members May 5………………………..…….Ice Cream Social are free, non-Willowood members over the age of 2 will be $2 per person at the door. Come enjoy an afternoon of swim and play May 10 &11………………..Farm Field trip for our with your preschool friends. 4 year old classes

Enrolling for 2016-2017 May 12………………..….last day for T/Th classes Applications are still available for the 2016- 2017 school year. May 13………………………last day for W/F class

Giant A+ School Rewards May 16……………..last day for M/W/F & 2’s class The 2015-2016 school years Giant A+ program has come to a close. ECNS had 523 May 30………………………Memorial Day Parade designations when the program ended and earned $6,664.59 for our school! Thank you June 1……………..Willowood Family Swim Event