Clemson Child Development Center Newsletter Spring Edition | March 2019 2019 CCDC Board of Directors Jackie Malloy President Deanna Ramey Vice President Kathy Fulmer Secretary Donna Patterson Treasurer Sharon Hwu Director Ruth Andreasen Stef Goodenow Charlotte Holt Patti Hunnicutt Jennifer Petersen Carol Salter Gavin (Reno) Wilson TrivIA Night Mable Wynn Fundraiser Our Mission Do you think you know a few things The mission of the Clemson Child Development Center about a few things? is to provide affordable, quality child care and Join CCDC for a Trivia Night Fundraiser! preschool education. Thursday, April 25 from 7-9 p.m. The Clemson Child Development Center fosters The Alumni Restaurant in Clemson learning and development There will be prizes! in an environment that appreciates diversity. Emphasis is also given to Advertise your business by sponsoring a table! programs that strengthen the Contact Jackie Malloy for details at [email protected]. home environment, enabling families to provide the optimal development of their All proceeds support scholarships for students at the preschool children. Clemson Child Development Center! www.clemsoncdc.wordpress.com CCDC Happenings Christmas Parade We kicked off the holiday season with the December 4 downtown “Parade of Lights.” Once again, board member Reno Wilson drove the mini bus loaned to us by his friend, Jim Weldon. Reno and our parents Above left: Parents and children ride the decorated the vehicle with paper mini bus to the parade site. Two-year-old Carlen shows a big lanterns the children made. The smile from the parade vehicle! Center provided snacks for the Above: Our well decorated parade mini-bus! 20 some parents and children Left: CCDC families participated in 2018 who attended the parade. As always, everyone had a jolly City of Clemson Christmas parade. time! Thanks again to Reno, Jim Weldon, and the parents for making this event possible. Holiday Revue As always, the annual Holiday Revue drew a large crowd and was enjoyed by all. Each class worked hard on their part in the program and came through with flying colors. Several individuals also treated us to memorable performances! Staff members Linda Anderson-Sessions and Karen Wiley danced to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” and two-year-old Mae Shaughnessy sang “Deck the Halls” with her mother Margaret and brother Frankie. A previously unknown talent, Frank Kieninger, husband of 3’s teacher Lois (“Mrs. K”), did a very dramatic reading of “The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything” while the 3’s acted out the story. He followed this up with a delightful rendering of “Oh, Holy Night.” Once again, we are grateful to Dewey Brown who posed as Santa, bringing that magical presence to Two-year-old Mae sings “Deck the delight the children of all ages. Many thanks also to the parents who prepared refreshments for this Halls” with her mom and brother. special occasion. The afternoon was the perfect way to get everyone into the holiday spirit! Two’s class sings “I Am a Little Snowman.” Office staff Linda Anderson- The 4K class sings and dances to “Santa Mr. Frank reads the story “The Little Sessions and one’s teacher Karen Claus is Coming to Town” with Santa Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Wiley have fun dancing. himself! Anything.” Teacher/Staff Appreciation Dinner Our dedicated teachers and staff work hard to provide high quality childcare and education to all our children. Each year board members and parents “pass the hat” to treat the teachers and staff to a relaxing and fun-filled evening out. Their December 12 celebration was held at J. Peters Restaurant in Anderson, where they enjoyed dinner, sang and danced, and shared in a gift exchange. Devoted as the teachers and staff are to the children, it is a treat for them to enjoy the adult company of one another from time to time. Thank you staff and teachers for all you do! Far left: 2018 Teacher/Staff Appreciation Dinner. Middle: Kitchen manager Kerri Gillespie receives gifts from 4K teacher Dorian Young. Near left: Three’s teacher Beth Crain receives a gift from one’s teacher Karen Wiley. 2 CCDC Happenings Southern Wesleyan Traditional Valentine Fun Plus a Students Doing Field Work “New Twist” We are thrilled to have 19 Southern Everyone loves Valentine’s Wesleyan University students doing Day! Love is what it’s all about! All their field work at the CCDC this our children loved sharing valentines semester. Two students majoring and enjoying treats. in Child and Family Study are In an effort to downplay the candy working with the two-year-olds. The and sweets, 4K teacher Ms. Dorian Three-year-old Maji gives out others, majoring in Early Childhood Young planned a holiday fashion show Valentine treats to her class. Education, are working with the 3’s as a culminating activity for her unit and 4K children. Each student is study on “clothes.” Parents had fun scheduled to observe and interact with rounding up dress-up items. Then our children for three hours each week parents Katherine Arnold, Angela during the 12-week semester. 4K child Ariana poses Craft, and Jamie Rogers helped set up We are delighted to be working with her “Little Mermaid” the classroom and assisted in dressing with Dr. Mona Thornton from SWU, fashion. the children. They even crafted a who has made the arrangements. Dr. runway for the fashion walk. The children had a hilarious time Thornton’s granddaughter Kaileigh and loved this “new twist” on the traditional holiday party. Ms. attends CCDC. This opportunity Dorian also encouraged parents to send non-sweet valentine gifts 4K child Brooklynn hands out provides a positive experience not only to be shared with classmates. Valentines to her class friends. for the college students, but for our children and teachers as well. SWU education student Katherine Wiggins reads to our three-year-olds (from left) Lira, Rosalie, and Alexus. 4K children pose for a group 4K child Lukas shows his cool Balloon play after the fashion picture after the fashion show. fashion! show. Dental Care Talk Marie Wimpey, a nurse from Issaqueena Pediatric Dentistry, recently gave a wonderful presentation to our 3’s and 4K children about dental SWU education student Candace Gibby works care. After describing the importance of with 4K children Kaileigh (left) and Genevieve brushing teeth and showing the proper on patterns. technique, she let the children practice 4K child Maura practices Nurse Marie shows 4K children on stuffed dinosaurs as she read a story brushing teeth. how sweets stick to our teeth. about taking care of our teeth. Marie stressed the importance of knowing which foods are healthy and good for us versus those non-healthy ones that cause problems by sticking to our teeth. She brought dental care coloring sheets and a toothbrush for each child to take home. Thanks so much to Ms. Wimpey SWU education student Hannah Shilhanek and Issaqueena Pediatric Dentistry works with the 4k children (from left) Pierce, for this entertaining and educational Nurse Marie shows three-year- Three-year-olds practice brush- Ariana, and Maura at the block center. presentation. olds how to brush teeth. ing teeth on dinosaurs. 3 Community Involvement Mortar Board Volunteers and A Very Special Thank You Donations The CCDC’s newsletter is vital to the Center’s mission. Through it, we share about the The Clemson University Chapter of amazing people, efforts and events of the CCDC. Thank you to Edward Jones Financial Mortar Board hosts the annual Miss Advisors Jim Hill, Lee Woods, Eric Lundblade, and Tommy Campbell for Clemson Scholarship Pageant, held re- sponsoring the newsletter in 2019. We are beyond grateful for their generous support! cently on January 12. In conjunction with this event, the pageant contestants volun- teer at the Center and collect a variety of donated items and supplies. They have stocked our storeroom with paper towels, facial and toilet tissue, cleaning supplies, and art supplies. Anna Newton, crowned Miss Clemson University 2019 at the recent pageant, plans to help as much as she can at CCDC throughout the year. The pro- ceeds from the event are being donated to the Center. Once again we are grateful to all the Mortar Board members for their help and contributions. Congratulations to Miss Newton! Miss Clemson beauty pageant contestant Mary Katherine Miller helps care for Mia in the infant Help with New Appliances room. Our kitchen staff is thrilled with the recently installed new high temperature commercial dishwasher. Replacing its leaky predecessor cost $10,266.86 and was made possible by the generosity of the Clemson Community Foundation and the City of Clemson. Last October the foundation approved funding for $5000 toward the much-needed replacement. Donated items Shortly thereafter, Clemson City Council voted to make up collected by the the difference of $5266.86. The City also funded the new Miss Clemson commercial refrigerator for $2626.30 that we purchased last beauty pageant June. contestants line These new appliances make a huge difference in our kitch- the storeroom en as we work to provide nutritious meals for our children. Newly installed commercial high walls of CCDC. We are so very grateful to the Clemson Community temperature dishwasher. Foundation and the City of Clemson for their support. In addition to the $5000 funding for our dishwasher, Clemson Community Foundation sent another donation of $1048.74 at the end of December. This contribution came from a group of civic-minded individuals who attended a holiday “Tacky Sweater” fund-raising event at the Esso Club. Miss Clemson Thanks for the donation. We hope your event was fun! beauty pageant contestant Rebekah Holsen- back plays with our one’s and two’s, Chezaire (front left), Hen- ry, and Yasmine CCDC is grateful for the new (back).