Ms. Bethanie's Classroom

Happy Summer Break! We hope everyone has an enjoyable summer! Be sure to explore all the free activities Chicago has to offer, sign up for a library card and read loads of books with your preschooler.

In addition, the Office of Early Childhood has purchased our school a Scholastic BookFlix account. Once on the website login with username: eceray password: eceray. Happy Reading!

Preschool Registration:
Ray preschool is a half day, play-based preschool program. In order to apply for preschool you must visit the Chicago Early Learning Website.
After you have received notification from CPS that you have been accepted you have 14 days to verify your placement. You must visit a verification center located at one of these sites.
List of Family Resource Centers Visit a Chicago Early Learning Family Resource Center to review your options and submit an application with an application support representative.

Austin Library
5615 W. Race Ave, Chicago IL 60644Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

Avalon Park Library
8148 S. Stony Island, Chicago IL 60617Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

Bezazian Library
1226 W. Ainslie St, Chicago IL 60640Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

Budlong Woods Library
5630 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago IL 60659Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

Colman
4655 S. Dearborn St, Chicago Il 60609Hours: M-F: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Humboldt Park Library***
1605 N. Troy, Chicago IL 60647Hours: MW: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm; TTH: 10:00am – 6:00pm; F: 9:00 am – 5:00 PM

Legler Library
115 S. Pulaski Rd, Chicago IL 60624Hours: MW: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm; TTH: 10:00am – 6:00pm; F: 9:00 am – 5:00 PM

Little Village Library***
2311 S. Kedzie Ave, Chicago IL 60623Hours: MW: 10PM-6PM; TTH: 12PM-8PM; F: 9AM-5PM

McKinley Park Library***
1915 W. 35th St, Chicago IL 60609Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

Portage-Cragin Library***
5108 W. Belmont Ave, Chicago IL 60641Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

Thurgood Marshall Library
7506 S. Racine Ave, Chicago IL 60620Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

West Lawn Library***
4020 W. 63rd St, Chicago IL 60629Hours: MW: 12PM-8PM; TTH: 10AM-6PM; F: 9AM-5PM

After verifying your position you must come and register at Ray. The Ray office has limited days that they will be open this summer. The dates are listed below.

A Preschool teacher will try and be present each Wednesday that the office is open. Please email: Becky Weinberg at rgraham2@cps.edu or Bethanie Smith at bsmith4@cps.edu if you have any questions.

Ray’s Summer Office Hours
July 18-20th, 10am-1pm
July 25-27th, 10am-1pm
August 8-10th, 10am-1pm
August 15-17th, 10 am-1pm
August 22-24th, 10am-1pm
August 28-Sept. 1st, 8:45-3:45 pm
*And by appointment only:
Principal, Megan Thole: mmthole@cps.edu
Assistant Principal, Gayle Harris-Neely: gpharrisneely@cps.edu

Please be on the lookout for a welcome letter in your email for parents that have been accepted. You can also look back at our blogs for more updates.

Hello Parents:

The students have been thoroughly engrossed in the butterfly and plant life cycle. The children are enthused about learning lots of new vocabulary words. A few of those words are: metamorphosis, proboscis, molting, and seedling. Be sure to ask your child about the life cycles.
We are beginning our cleaning and reflection of school year. The children will assist in cleaning the manipulatives and toys we have used over the year and discuss how they used the materials. Please be sure to dress your child accordingly (lots of wet/water activities).
We are calling on our wonderful parents to come and assist us in packing up the classroom for the summer. The annual Parent Pack and Play day will be on Wednesday, June 14th. If you are able to help out please sign up on the sign-up sheet. The more parents we get the faster the packing goes.

Thank you, in advance!