In Defense of Play
By Allison Gopnik, The Atlantic (from August 12, 2016)
Why play? Childhood and play go together, and most parents and teachers have a vague intuition that play is a Good Thing. But if play really makes you smarter, or more focused, or more empathic, why not just aim to be smarter or more focused or more empathic directly? Why go through the elaborate detour of play?
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/08/in-defense-of-play/495545

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SCOUT INFORMATION NIGHT
Wednesday, August 31
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Growney Assembly Center (GAC)
 

We will also be giving our current Scouts their badges. There is one Cub Scout Troop (#48) serving 1st-5th grades (Bobcat to Webelos Dens) that is chartered by Manzano Day School but is NOT restricted to kids who attend Manzano Day School. If parents want to add a Kindergarten Den, that could be possible. Show up and find out how to join!

Contact David Hanson dthunm@gmail.com (parent of 3rd graders Ben and Sasha) with questions.

IMMUNIZATIONS:  Please be sure MDS has a current copy of your child’s immunization record or a current copy of their Immunization Exempt form.  This is a state regulation.  Please turn in your child’s immunization record or Immunization Exempt form as soon as possible. 

STUDENT HEALTH FORMS: The Health Forms SENT HOME IN THE Back to School Packet help us provide nursing care to your child.  Thank you for filling them out.  We need the forms complete and signed by September 1, 2016. 

MEDICATIONS: If possible, all medications should be given at home.  However, if your child requiresmedication during the school day, a Medication Administration Form must be filled out and returned to the nursing staff to ensure safe medication administration. The form is located in the nurse’s office and online under the On Campus tab on the left side of the Health and Well Being page under Health Forms. We cannot administer medications without a Medication Administration Form. This includes over the counter medication Please fill one out when you bring your child’s medication to the nurse’s office.  We need you to fill out one form per medication.

SICK KIDS: Sick children belong at home. Help us keep your children healthy by keeping sick kids at home.  Children with a temperature of 100 or more or children who are vomiting or have diarrhea need to stay at home for at least 24 hours.  

CONTAGIOUS EXPOSURES: Please notify the nursing staff of any contagious diseases, such as chicken pox or Strep Throat.  Information will be sent out via e-mail to all who may have been exposed.

Please feel free to contact our office any time with comments, concerns, or ideas you have for us to better promote health and wellness for your child while at school.  Our email is nurse@manzanodayschool.org.  Thank you.

Nurse Lisa and Nurse Carrie

If you have a child who is a sibling (new to Manzano Day School) who will be applying for the 2017-2018 school year, please go to our website and complete the online application and parent questionnaire, and submit the $80.00 application fee.  If you want your child’s admission file to be in the “sibling preference pool” (please see your Family Handbook, page 32) you must have his/her admission paperwork, as stated in the Handbook, completed by Thursday, December 15.

If you have questions, please stop by and see Madonna or Emily, or call either one at 243-6659.