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Field Trips/Combo/Snow Day Sites 3

Parents’ Night Out Flyer 4

New KC Cubbies Preschool Flyer 5

Snow Day Letter 6

Newsworthy Notes & Helpful Info 7

Staffing Update 7

Character Education 7

Neighborhood News 8-9

Nurse Christy’s Corner 9

LSR-7 District News 10

BASS Advisory Council 10

Business Partners 10

Winter Swim Lessons Flyer 11

December Snack Calendar 12

December Activity Calendar 13

Lights On Afterschool Survey Results 2

Inside this issue:

DATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBER

• 12/5—Deadline to sign up

for Parents’ Night Out

• 12/6—Aquatics Open

House 10 am—12 pm

• 12/12—Parents’ Night Out

• 12/19—Early Release Day

• 12/22—Full Day

• 12/23—Full Day

• 12/24—1/1/15—BASS

Programs CLOSED for

Winter Break

• 1/2/15—Full Day

• 1/5—Full Day

• 1/6—Classes Resume,

NEW KC Cubbies program opens @ Colbern Road

location

• 1/19—Full Day

1151 NE Colbern Road • Lee’s Summit, MO 64086 • (816) 986-3440

http://bass.lsr7.org/

December 2014December 2014December 2014

Greetings BASS Families,

December is here again. I feel

like I am on a continuous sled ride

down the snowy moun-

tain...Whoosh, how time flies by!!

The great thing is that sledding is a

whole lot of fun!

Provided on page 2 is the survey

from the Lights On Afterschool

event in October. We estimate at

least 500 families enjoyed Paradise

Park. Each year we have a survey

room upstairs. We encourage fami-

lies to complete the surveys. First

of all, it enters you for a chance to

win some super fabulous prizes.

Secondly, we do take all comments

into consideration

when making program

changes and understanding better

how to inform families as to what

we do daily with kids. We are

pleased with the majority of the

answers; however, we will take

some action on the ones that

scored low as well as the comments

regarding our accounting software.

We encourage you to attend next

year and visit the survey room up-

stairs and give us your comments.

“81” out of 500+ was not a success-

ful response from the majority that

attended. We want to hear from

you.

~ Dawn Butler

BASS 4BASS 4BASS 4---111---111

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES NEWSLETTER—DECEMBER 2014

Note: Times listed do not include travel time. Students may bring up to an additional $5 for concession stand and/or tokens at Lunar Bowl and

Paradise Park. Times and locations are subject to change. Parents will always be notified of any field trip changes.


2014-15 Field Trip Schedule

Sites February 16 March 6

Longview Farm, Cedar Creek Lunar Bowl

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Meadow Lane, Hazel Grove, Lee’s Summit, Westview Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Prairie View, Highland Park, Pleasant Lea Bump City

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Underwood, Mason, Richardson Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Emerald City Gym

1:00 pm—2:30 pm

Sunset Valley, Greenwood, Woodland Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Emerald City Gym

1:00 pm—2:30 pm

Summit Pointe, Hawthorn Hill, Trailridge Bump City

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Lunar Bowl

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

3LYNX—PLMS, BCMS, SLMS Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Extreme Fitness

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Selected sites will combine their site on full days with their snow day site. This allows schools with lower enrollment numbers to

contain costs due to lower staffing needs as well as provide a more enjoyable environment for children. Refer to the chart below to

determine schools participating with the combo site on full days.

ADDITIONAL COMBO SITE DATES & LOCATIONS

Designated

Attendance Site

Combo Site

Phone #

Schools Attending

Designated Site

Dates to Combine

(All non-school days)

MEADOW LANE 986-3261 Hazel Grove, Lee’s Summit,

Meadow Lane, Westview • Tues., Nov. 4

• Wed., Nov. 26

• Mon., Dec. 22

• Tues., Dec. 23

• Fri., Jan. 2

• Mon., Jan. 5

• Mon., Jan. 19

• Fri., Feb. 16

• Fri., Mar. 6

SUNSET VALLEY 986-4251 Greenwood, Sunset Valley,

Woodland

UNDERWOOD 986-3291 Mason

SNOW DAY / SPRING BREAK COMBO SITES

Designated Attendance Site Site Phone

Number Schools Attending Designated Site

LONGVIEW FARM 986-4191 Cedar Creek, Longview Farm

MEADOW LANE 986-3261 Hazel Grove, Lee’s Summit, Meadow Lane, Westview

PRAIRIE VIEW 986-2291 Highland Park, Pleasant Lea, Prairie View

SUMMIT POINTE 986-4221 Hawthorn Hill, Summit Pointe, Trailridge

SUNSET VALLEY 986-4251 Greenwood, Sunset Valley, Woodland

UNDERWOOD 986-3291 Mason, Richardson, Underwood


5TH


Dawn Butler


Newsworthy Notes and Helpful Information

� Online Payments—Please note that updating the credit card information on file does not process

a payment. You will need to select the invoice(s) to be paid, click on the shopping basket to add

to your shopping cart, and then go to checkout where you can pay online. Partial payments can be made with a

debit or credit card by calling the BASS Administrative Office for assistance at 986-3440.

� The KC Cubbies preschool program is expanding! Our new location at 1151 NE Col-

bern Road (KC Cubbies Underwood) will be opening January 6, 2015 and enrollments

are currently being accepted online. Enroll by December 19 and save $70 for one

child or $90 for a family!!

� Attention Parents—BASS is collecting empty paper towel rolls and empty 2 liter soda

bottles for a Spring Break project. We’ll be happy to take these off your hands and

save space in your recycle bin at home. Just make sure to rinse and air dry the bottles

before dropping them off with your Site Coordinator.

� District Email Addresses Have Changed! - Please note that all Lee’s Summit R-7 district

email addresses have changed. Read the complete article detailing benefits and fea-

tures on page 11 under Lee’s Summit District News heading.

� 6 Steps to Good Digital Parenting—The article in the link below was included in the National Afterschool Associa-

tion's email news that was recently received. As a parent, we should welcome any resource that can help us keep

up with our kids and their exposure to technological advances that seem to be faster than the speed of sound or

lightning! It is impossible to keep kids from technology, nor do we want to. Many good things come to us through

the use of technology. However, there are negative sides and we have a responsibility to help teach our kids to be

safe in a technology-based world. Enjoy this short article with some great tips!

http://naaweb.org/resources/item/253-six-steps-to-good-digital-parenting

NEW KC Cubbies NEW KC Cubbies NEW KC Cubbies NEW KC Cubbies

location opening January 6!

Call (816) 986-3440 for information.

Staffing Update

We continue to add new staff members to our BASS team. Please

join us in welcoming the new faces at your site and help them get ac-

quainted with your child!

Dillon Wirsig—Associate @ Longview Farm and PLMS 3LYNX

Alexandra Halfmann—Associate @ Meadow Lane

Kimberly March—Associate @ Underwood

Character Education

KINDNESSKINDNESSKINDNESSKINDNESS: : : : Acting humanely; being considerate of others

Neighborhood News


Hazel Grove Kids Country has been having a lot of fun sending

their Mascot, Captain America, home on the weekends. Captain

America is courageous, kind and loyal—traits we try to carry with

us every day. Kids get to take the Captain home at the end of the

week if they have displayed upstanding citizenship and friendship.

Shaving cream was recently a big hit at Trailridge Kids Country.

No, we didn’t put shaving cream on our face; we put shaving

cream on the tables and enjoyed feeling it between our fingers.

We had fun writing and drawing in it on the tables.

At Prairie View Kids Country, they’re gearing up

for the winter with indoor snow!

Highland Park students will be busy making cards

and stockings filled with holiday coloring sheets,

crayons, and a candy cane to bring some holiday

cheer to the kids at Children's Mercy Hospital.

December is a magical month. There are parties, school programs, special attractions

and events around town, beautiful lights and decorations everywhere, school break, and of

course the holidays. December is also the month when lots of new toys find their way into

homes. Below are some websites that address toy safety. Please have a safe and happy December.

http://kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/home/

safe_toys.html

http://www.toysafety.org/

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/toy_sfy.html

http://www.everydayhealth.com/kids-health/toy-safety.aspx

Neighborhood News continued


Richardson Kids Country students participated in a Community

Service Project by making "thankful turkeys" that were used as

table toppers at the Hope House in Lee's Summit. The kids also

prepared a kit of the thankful turkey supplies that were donated

to the children of Hope House so they could craft their own tur-

key.

Hawthorn Hill Kids

Country is sending

care packages to our

troops in Afghanistan

throughout this school

year as our community

service project. With

the support of our Kids

Country parents, the

kids are donating items

that are on the wish

lists supplied to them.

Everyone is so excited

and can’t wait to see if

they receive a reply.

What an outstanding

project for our kids!

Nurse Christy’s Corner

BUSINESS

PARTNERS


Before & After School Advisory Council

AIQ (Awareness, Inclusion, Quality) Committee—Our

committee continues to work on an enrichment program

to be implemented during the spring semester which will

involve students from Summit Technology. More infor-

mation will be available in the January newsletter.

Chore Core—The next planned activity is the Parents’

Night Out event on December 12th. In January we will be

meeting to discuss new curriculum for next school year.

Don’t forget to email any suggestions you might have for

community service projects to Ryan at:

[email protected].

TEAM BASS—TEAM BASS is excited to embark on our

new recruiting program in December. We will be visiting

various community colleges as we begin implementation

of this new program. We wish everyone a wonderful holi-

day season!

Below are the dates of future meetings to add to your

calendar if you would like to be involved in providing

feedback and input for these meetings. Meetings are

held at the Bernard Campbell Middle School Media Cen-

ter, 1201 NE Colbern Road from 6:30 PM—7:30 PM

� Thursday, January 22 (inclement weather date of

February 5)

� Thursday, April 23

Lee’s Summit District News

The Lee’s Summit R-7 School District recently com-

pleted a transition to Gmail for its approximately 2,600

staff members. Students have had Gmail accounts for

around three years, and staff members are making the

transition this fall.

Email domains are being shortened from

@leesummit.k12.mo.us to @lsr7.net. Email messages

sent to the old domain name will be forwarded for some

time, although the district is encouraging the public to

switch to the shorter Gmail domain. Staff members are

notifying school district parents and others about the

email address change throughout the fall and the remain-

der of the school year.

For the Lee’s Summit R-7 School District, the transition

has several advantages. The district’s long-time email ser-

vice is through Lotus, a software pro-

gram that is difficult to obtain support

for since it is considered end-of-life. By moving away from

Lotus, the school district will no longer have to pay for

maintenance, support and archiving through the Lotus

service.

Gmail is free for education entities, has unlimited stor-

age and free archiving for users. For the past few years,

the district has used the suite of tools in Google Apps for

Education, and Gmail is one more tool being added for

district staff. The suite of tools may be used for collabora-

tion and communication on numerous electronic devices

and from any location with internet access.

R-7 Makes Transition to Gmail


December 2014

Activity Calendar

Health & Safety: Winter Safety

Character Trait: Kindness

Monthly Drill: Tornado Drill

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1

“Let it Snow” Wall

Hanging

Cooperative Play

2

Character Trait:

Kindness

Erupting Snow

Cooperative Play

3

Paper Plate Elf

Cooperative Play

4

Skiing Pinecone Snow-

man

Cooperative Play

5

Health & Safety:

Winter Safety

Handprint Reindeer

Cooperative Play

8

Fingerprint Holiday

Lights

Cooperative Play

9

Snowflakes

Cooperative Play

10

Drill: Tornado Drill

Snowflake Christmas

Tree

Cooperative Play

11

Roly Poly Penguins

Cooperative Play

12

Handprint Santa

Cooperative Play

15

“Love Never Melts”

Handprint

Cooperative Play

16

Reindeer Headband

Cooperative Play

17

Paper Airplane Flying

Contest

(Wright Brother’s Day)

Cooperative Play

18

Reindeer Food

Cooperative Play

19

EARLY RELEASE

End of 2nd

Quarter

22

Full Day

Activities

23

Full Day

Activities

24

KC CLOSED

Winter Break

25

KC CLOSED

Christmas Day

26

KC CLOSED

Winter Break

29

KC CLOSED

Winter Break

30

KC CLOSED

Winter Break

31

KC CLOSED

Winter Break

January 1, 2015

KC Closed

Winter Break

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