Three Year Old Class:
Tues. & Thurs.: 9:00 - 11:30 AM

Three to Four Year Old Multi-Age Class:
Mon./Wed./Fri.: 9:00 - 11:30AM

Four Year Old Pre-K Class:
Mon. through Thurs.: 12:15-2:45PM

It's Advent!  We are busy getting ready for the birth of Christ by learning Christmas songs, making presents for parents and greetings for others in our community and decorating our classroom with gingerbread houses and nativity scenes.

Upcoming Christmas programs:
The MWF morning class will have their program on December 10th from 10:30-11:30 in the social hall.
The M-Th afternoon class will have their program on December 10th from 1:45-2:45 in the social hall. 
The TTh morning class will have their sing along on December 11th from 10:30-11:30 in the preschool classroom.
Sign up sheets to bring treats are in the classroom.  Children are to arrive at preschool at their usual time and we will use the time before families arrive to decorate and make sure we're all ready to go!

Christmas vacation is December 17th-January 1st.  We'll be ready to go back on January 2nd!  

Have a prayerful Advent and Christmas and a safe New Year, 2019.
Abbie, Susan and Liese






As you arrive to drop off and pick up your child, please remember the speed limit in the parking lot is 10 miles per hour.  If you're running late it's o.k!

A little bit about us:
Abbie Nelson, Director/Teacher
Taught preschoolers with special needs in Kent School District for 32 years, primarily at Fairwood Elementary School.  Little Saints Director/Teacher since 2014.  She and her husband, Craig have been members of St. Stephen since 1998 and have three grown children (Dane, Sonja and Burke).

Susan Prelesnik, Teacher (M-F morning sessions)
Taught primary grades as well as preschool, religious education, Children's Liturgy of the Word and Vacation Bible Camp at St. Stephen.  She and her husband, Jim, have been members of St. Stephen since they were married here in 1990 and have three grown sons (Mike, Jesse and Danny).

Liese Diachenko, Teacher (M-Th afternoon session)
Is our current nursery coordinator at St. Stephen, has a mental health, nursing background, home schooled her children for 17 years and has taught preschool religious education.  She and her husband, Dan, have been members of St. Stephen for 10 years and have four children (Alex and Elizabeth, grown & Sarah and Nick, still at home).


INCLEMENT WEATHER:
Remember to follow the information from Kent School District to find out what we're doing when the weather is bad.  You can go to their website www.kent.k12.wa.us as well as check any of the three major networks for school information (KOMO 4, KING 5, KIRO 7).  
If Kent School District:
*has no changes, we have no changes
*has a one hour delay, we have a one hour delay
*has a two hour delay, preschool cancelled, we are cancelled (afternoon class may still be in session--we will try to notify you)
*is closed, classes cancelled, we are closed
If you have any questions or are unsure, please email Abbie (sstm.littlesaints@gmail.com) !
The parking lot at St. Stephen can be surprisingly slippery--be careful on winter mornings!

Abbie Nelson, Director/Teacher
sstm.littlesaints@gmail.com
253-631-6175 ext. 123