Author: Devon Zuleger
School Year Calendar
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2024-2025 School Year
MHNS School Calendar 2024-2025
*For students enrolled Tuesday – Friday PM: 4K T-F PM 2024-2025 Calendar
Racial Equity: Resources and messages
Resources (a few to get you started):
Watch the CNN/Sesame Street racism town hall
Books lists:
Anti-bias Education, Children’s Books for Each Topic; The Children’s Peace Education & Anti-Bias Library
Books and Resources to Help You Raise Anti-Racist Children; Brightly
Beyond the Golden Rule; Written by Dana Williams, Illustrations by Vincent Nguyen
Resources for parents:
Support for taking action to disrupt racism in young children, The Conscious Kid
They’re not to young to talk about race; The Children’s Community School
Talking to Children About Tragedies & Other News Events; American Academy of Pediatrics
How to talk to children about difficult news; American Psychological Association
Community Messages:
Building Blocks to our Goal
This year is unlike anything we have experienced in over 70 years at the Meeting House Nursery School. By adapting our procedures and finances we have been fortunate to stay open this year while living during a pandemic. However, with a decrease in enrollment our income much is lower.
The biggest key to staying open is our dedicated teachers. This year they have so many additional responsibilities. They have to teach kids how to properly wear a face mask, deep clean their classrooms, revamp lesson plans for more outdoor play and spend extra time communicating with parents via email instead of face to face. Some staff even voluntarily reduced their hours in order to help with our budget.
This year we have been spending a lot more time utilizing our outdoor classrooms to prevent Covid-19 transmission. Our teachers have requested more items in order to best equip these classrooms.
Our direct appeal this year is to raise $4000 to purchase hollow building blocks and storage sets from Community Playthings. These blocks will be a great gift to give the teachers to help our kids play, learn and grow.
This direct appeal is a no-frills fundraising campaign. We do not want you to buy anything. We do not want you to sell anything. We just want you to think about what Meeting House means to you and your family, and what an impact your contribution can make.
Your donation is fully tax-deductible, so remember to make your gift before the end of 2020! Contributions can be made via PayPal or you can mail a check to Meeting House Nursery School 900 University Bay Dr Madison, WI 53705.
Many thanks from the Board of Directors of Meeting House Nursery School
Tuition Express
Meeting House Nursery School is excited to offer the safety, convenience and ease of Tuition Express – a payment processing system that allows secure, on-time tuition and fee payments to be made from either your bank account or credit card.
To sign up, please complete and return the Tuition Express Form.
If you have any questions, please contact Devon at (608) 233-9776.
Student Forms
These forms are needed for attendance (per WI state licensing requirement).:
Enrollment_Health History_Emergency Care Plan
Health Report signed by their Doctor
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the office at 608-233-9776.
MyProcare
MyProcare: Account for billing and registrations
ProCare Connect: log in for parents and caregiver communication and attendance
2019-2020 Enrollment Update
Board of Directors Application Materials
We Need YOU!
The Board of Directors is the corporate policy-making body with ultimate responsibility for the total program. Board of Director duties include establishing the corporate and legal existence of the school, setting and reviewing the governing policies of the school’s program, and appointing an Executive Director to be the administrative officer in charge of the implementation of these policies and the day-to-day program operation. The Board’s responsibility also includes the authority for the setting and collection of tuition, disbursement of funds and establishing the nursery school budget. Board members also help to oversee the school’s various committees. Membership is open to parents and interested community persons and includes one teacher representative from the staff. The Executive Director is an ex-officio member of the Board. The Executive Officers of the board are the Chair, Vice-Chair, Treasurer, and Officer at Large. The board meets monthly during the year.
Feel free to call any of the current Board members or the Director if you have any questions about the election or the role of the Board of Directors.
Candidate biographies and ballots will be sent home to current MHNS families in April for a vote in early May. The election of board members concludes at the Annual Meeting in May, with board members beginning their term at the June meeting. Our school cannot function a nonprofit without at least 11 board members, so please consider a term.
Thank you for considering being a part of our Board!