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Field Trips/Combo/Snow Day Sites 5

Snow Day Letter 6

Newsworthy Notes & Helpful Info 7

Neighborhood News 8-10

Nurse Christy’s Corner 11

BASS Advisory Council 11

Lights On Afterschool Summary 12

Staffing Update 12

Character Education 12

Parents’ Night Out Flyer 13

Winter Swim Lessons Flyer 14

ClubZ Business Partner Flyer 15

LSR-7 District News 16

Business Partners 16

November Snack Calendar 17

November Activity Calendar 18

Observation Forms for Evaluation 2-4

Inside this issue:

DATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBERDATES TO REMEMBER

• 11/2—Daylight Saving Time

Ends

• 11/4—Full Day, see field trip

schedule on pg. 5, Election

Day

• 11/11—Veterans’ Day

• 11/26—Full Day

• 11/27-28—Thanksgiving

Holiday, BASS programs

CLOSED

• 12/12—Parents’ Night Out

• 12/19—Early Release Day



• 12/24—1/1/15—BASS Pro-

grams CLOSED for Winter Break

• 1/2/15—Full Day

• 1/5—Full Day

• 1/6—Classes Resume

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

http://bass.lsr7.org/

November 2014November 2014November 2014

Dear Families,

October is always a month full of kid

activities at Kids Country. Several non-

school days land in the month of October.

This makes for a challenge for staff to

come up with creative activities to fill the

longer days. Looking at the individual

school entries (pages 8-10) you can read

about several of the exciting activities that

kids experienced this month. All things

British at Trailridge culminated with a

“High Tea” complete with chinaware.

Even though October has several non-

school days scheduled, quality care must

go on. The administrative team visit the

sites and observe staff while training new

staff. Whole hearted effort goes into our

professional development. Take a look on

pages 2-4 to view the assessment forms

used to evaluate sites on a regular basis

which are very extensive. Feedback is pro-

vided to the site coordinator through the

forms and the forms are also provided to

the school principal. Certainly staff have

reason to celebrate as they have super

evaluations.

Our Annual Lights On Afterschool

(LOA) Celebration at Paradise Park was

also enormous in size and fun. Our ongo-

ing relationship with Paradise Park is ap-

preciated by our BASS patrons. We hear

so many wonderful comments from par-

ents as they enjoy their time at LOA. Lead-

ership at Paradise Park work diligently to

make this night a success. Hooray for

Paradise Park as they are an asset to this

community and beyond.

Blue October would not have been

complete without some fun amongst the

BASS leadership. To the ROYALS we say

you are the CROWN! You

shine brightly in our city. We

can certainly say JOB WELL

DONE and the enthusiasm

will carry to next season!

Let’s enjoy the goodness that is shared with family and friends during Thanksgiving this month. Be thankful for the USA. Be thankful for the comfort we live in compared to a third world country. Be responsible with your bless-ings and be a blessing to others.

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

BEFORE & AFTER SCHOOL SERVICES NEWSLETTER—NOVEMBER 2014

Observation Forms Used for Evaluating Sites


2014-15 Field Trip Schedule

Sites November 4 February 16 March 6

Longview Farm, Cedar Creek Emerald City Gym

2:00 pm—3:30 pm

Lunar Bowl

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Meadow Lane, Hazel Grove, Lee’s Summit, Westview Emerald City Gym

2:00 pm—3:30 pm

Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Prairie View, Highland Park, Pleasant Lea Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Bump City

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Lunar Bowl

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Underwood, Mason, Richardson AMC Movie

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Emerald City Gym

1:00 pm—2:30 pm

Sunset Valley, Greenwood, Woodland AMC Movie

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Paradise Park

10:00 am—12:00 pm

Emerald City Gym

1:00 pm—2:30 pm

Summit Pointe, Hawthorn Hill, Trailridge Paradise Park

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Bump City

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

Lunar Bowl

1:00 pm—3:00 pm

3LYNX—PLMS, BCMS, SLMS AMC Movie

10:00 am—12:00 pm

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

• 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

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.

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


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 to be paid and add to your shopping cart. Partial payments can be made with a debit

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

� Parents’ Night Out—Plans are under way for this year’s Parent’s Night Out for Friday, December 12. See sign-up

details on page 13 of this newsletter!

� The KC Cubbies preschool program is expanding! We will be opening a

new location at 1151 NE Colbern Road in January. Enrollments are cur-

rently being accepted online with an anticipated start date of January 6,

2015.

� Hints to Assist in Accessing your Account—For parents who may have

questions regarding how to access account information and make a

payment online, refer to the step by step instructions outlined below.

You can click the “View My Account” link on the BASS webpage or go

directly to the BASS web store at http://lsr7bass.revtrak.net

Cedar Creek Kids Country’s first half day was a success and our

kids had a blast with our theme, "The Drive In". We started the

day playing a large game of Movie Tag outside. Then we moved

inside and the kids created their own

personal car out of a cardboard box.

They had so much fun doing this and

worked for over an hour on their car!

The kids then used their car to sit in

while having snack and watching a

movie!

Hawthorn Hill Kids Country is

just bursting with excitement

right now. We are starting two

clubs—our newest one is Scrap-

booking—and the kids are so ex-

cited. This club isn’t “just for

girls” and students will be ex-

changing pictures, taking pic-

tures, as well as bringing some

from home. Science club was

such a great success last year we

decided to do it again and our kiddos can’t wait for all the experiments they will be doing. One of their experiments

involves a volcano exploding pumpkin—how exciting is that!?! We also decorated one of our walls with candy corn

that the kids made as a craft.

Neighborhood News


Our Prairie View kids are SUPER excited about the new

stage that we got from Mrs. Marta at Richardson! Thanks

so much!!!! We love it!

The kids at Westview KC have been fired up about baseball this

year. With the Royals in the World Series, we decided to do a

craft to support our hometown heroes. Each kiddo designed a

baseball glove or bat with a baseball to show their love and

support. They turned out AWESOME! GO ROYALS!!!

Sunset Valley Kids Country had a blast for the October Full Days.

We went on a field trip to Johnson Farms and the weather

turned out to be fantastic. The children went on a hayride and a

tour to see of all the animals including pigs, donkeys, baby

chicks, baby ducks, sheep and goats. They also played in the

tunnels and balls, hay maze, sand bus, barn and jumping pillow.

Even Mrs. Frann, Miss Rachel and Miss Cassie joined in on the

fun!!!! On Friday we stayed at SVE and enjoyed a Fall Fun Day.

We made mosaic pumpkins, played pumpkin

bean bag toss, fall bingo, and steal the pump-

kin. We also had the Lee's Summit Fire De-

partment visit as our special guests. All in all,

it was a great two days.

Trailridge Kids Country had a very special activity for

our October 22nd early release day. Vickie Figg, one of

our associates, educated us on all things British. A tea

party was the culminating event tying all our learning

together. We enjoyed “high tea” complete with glass

tea cups and saucers, tea pots, raw sugar and milk. We

ate biscuits with our tea which were cookies from Eng-

land purchased for this special occasion. Some of the

girls and the staff dressed up with hats or tiaras.

Pleasant Lea Kids Country students love the expression, “The Bigger

the Better”. For our Town Fire Department craft, the kids along with

Ms. Judy and Ms. Jillyn, made a fire truck and a station for the house

area. The project took over a week but each day kids were begging

the staff to work on it.

Neighborhood News continued


Neighborhood News continued


Lets go Royals! *clap*clap*clap clap clap* 3LYNX students at Pleasant

Lea Middle School have been very excited for our KC Royals to be in the

World Series. Several kids gathered around the computer to watch one

of the games and a few sat by the radio listening. We have some of the

biggest fans in this program and the Royals would be proud!

Several members of Longview Farm's Older Kids Club played a

rousing game of Kansas City Monopoly one morning (one of their

favorite games to play). Despicable Me was the theme of a recent

full day, where children made their own minion goggles and then

played Pin the Goggles on the Minion. It was fun!

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Keeping Everyone Healthy

Millions of disease-causing germs are launched

into the air when a person coughs or sneezes. This

year there are threats from the usual colds and flu,

and now people are worried about Enterovirus D68.

We have all been taught to cover our mouths and

noses when we cough or sneeze. It has been the prac-

tice to cover up the nose and mouth with one’s hands,

supposedly to prevent the spread of these millions of

germs.

HOWEVER---Those germs are then on the person’s

hands and unless that person washes their hands im-

mediately, the germs are then spread to phones, door-

knobs, shopping carts, computers, other people’s

hands, food, mouths—the list is endless.

The right and polite thing to do is to cough or

sneeze into fabric where the germs are trapped and

die. Usually the nearest appropriate fabric is a sleeve.

Using a tissue or a handkerchief may

trap the germs, but the hands can be

easily contaminated with the use of

these. Remember to wash the clothing as soon as pos-

sible.

Help keep everyone healthy. Cough and sneeze

into your sleeve. It is the right and polite thing to do.

Remember—the number one thing a person can do to

help keep everyone healthy is to WASH YOUR

HANDS!!! OFTEN!!!

Here are some informational web sites to visit:

http://www.webmd.com/children/news/20140909/

enterovirus-d68-parents

http://www.healthline.com/health/cold-flu/cold-or-flu

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/

Nurse Christy’s Corner


Before & After School Advisory Council

TEAM BASS—The vision for the BASS Peace Garden – a

memorial and celebratory garden to honor Jake Cava-

naugh, one of our former staff members who lost his battle

with cancer, is nearing completion. RFP bids were received

by the District on September 26 and are being reviewed.

The Exit Interview has been developed and is ready for

testing. The committee’s new project is to develop and

implement a plan for the recruitment of qualified candi-

dates for the BASS program.

The T.E.A.M BASS purpose is to open the lines of com-

munication about salary, benefits, and quality of work life

issues for all BASS employees. Quality of work life includes

staff development, celebrations, staff meetings, and

evaluation by exiting staff.

If you have suggestions on how we can improve quality

of work life issues, please email Nancy McCutcheon. at

[email protected] or contact me

at 816-986-3452.

The AIQ (Awareness, Inclusion, Quality) Committee -

Our committee is currently working on an enrichment pro-

gram that would be implemented during the Spring Semes-

ter. It will involve students from Summit Technology once

again. Everything is still in the early planning stages, so this

is as much information that is available at this time. How-

ever, we are convinced that the students at BASS will have

fun while learning new and interesting information about

our enormous and at the same time small world...and they

will learn that even though people around the world have

many differences, they also have many similarities.

Chore Core—A summary of this year’s Lights On After-

school event is highlighted in this newsletter as well as in-

formation on the upcoming Parents’ Night Out . Don’t for-

get to email any suggestions you might have for commu-

nity service projects to Ryan at:

[email protected].

Below are the dates of future meetings to add to your

calendar if you would like to be involved in providing feed-

back and input for these meetings.

� Thursday, January 22 (inclement weather date of Feb-

ruary 5)

� Thursday, April 23

� Location: Bernard Campbell Middle School Media

Center, 1201 NE Colbern Road—6:30 PM—7:30 PM


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!

Judith Witte—Associate at Trailridge

Monique Lozano—Associate at Cedar Creek

Strikerz Bowling - Mia Hunter - HG

McAlisters - Dayla Lennie - GW

McAlisters - Taylor Ramsey - TR

McAlisters - Brynn Biro - PV

McAlisters - Tyson Whelan - GW

McAlisters - Sophie Votypka - SP

CoCo Key - Caden Peter - SV

HyVee - Bella McGrew - WV

Paradise Park - Mitchell Chansley - UW

Paradise Park - Rory Abbott - LS

Paradise Park - Brady Edmonson - PV

Paradise Park - Reagan McConnaughhay - HH

Paradise Park - Bella McGrew - WV

Paradise Park - Ella Hayes - HG

Paradise Park - Emma Girdley - CC

BASS - Daniel Bacchetta - UW

BASS - Lindsey Tischer - RH

BASS - Aiden OBrien - MA

Lights On Afterschool Summary

Before and After School Services hosted our annual Lights On Afterschool celebra-

tion, a nationally recognized event, on October 2nd this year at Paradise Park. Although

the day started off rainy, the rain held off during the evening hours for us to enjoy the

many outdoor activities Paradise Park provided. An estimated 700+ people from the BASS

family attended this year. Our returning DJ, “Two Guys, a Girl and Some Speakers,” once

again did an outstanding job. Along with our upstairs survey room, raffle, and hot dog

meal, this year we added an art show where families could vote for their favorite art pro-

ject. The hayride and laser tag were a huge hit this year. The money from the $1 laser tag

donation this year funded $120 towards adopting a BASS family. Thank you for supporting

our program as we enjoy celebrating after school programs each year by providing a fun

evening for our dedicated families.

Listed below are the winners for the Lights On Afterschool prize drawing. A big

THANK YOU to the businesses that contributed prizes for this fun give-away event and con-

gratulations to those who won these great prizes!

Congratulations also go to Highland Park students who were winners of the Lights

On Afterschool art project. Grades 3rd-6th—Xylan C., Marie M., Natalie V. and Grant T. (pictured above)

Character Education

Self-Control: Choosing to manage one's emotions, desires or

actions and respecting the boundaries of others


BUSINESS

PARTNERS

Lee’s Summit District News

R-7 School District inclement weather

closings update

Inclement weather may result in closing, delayed opening

or early dismissal of school. If the weather is threatening and

there is a possibility of school closings, please tune into any

major local radio or television station and listen or watch for

"Lee's Summit R-7 School District." In addition to the notice

through the media, the R-7 School District sends a recorded

phone call to all students' families and all employees. Known

as SchoolMessenger, the service has the capability to send a

recorded telephone message to all families within minutes.

This service is used for school closings as well as other commu-

nication. If severe weather necessitates that students be sent

home early during the school day, these emergency calls

would go to up to six phone numbers per student, including

home, cell phones and parents' work numbers. If a snow day is

called the evening before or during the early morning, this

emergency call will go only to students' home phone numbers

as well as to all R-7 employees' home numbers. In the case of

families with multiple children in the R-7 School District,

SchoolMessenger will call the family just one time.

Families may also learn about snow days through the dis-

trict's electronic newsletter. All subscribers to R-7 News Up-

date receive e-mail notice of all cancellations, early dismissals

and late starts. To subscribe to this electronic newsletter, go to

http://www.lsr7.org/signup or call (816) 986-1014.

In addition, school cancellation notices are available on R-

7 social media. The first place to learn of snow days is via the

superintendent’s Twitter, found at @DrDavid McGehee. No-

tices are also placed on the R-7 School District's Facebook page

(search for "Lee's Summit R-7 School District" to become a fan

of the page), on R7 Twitter (search for "LSR7"), on the R-7

website and on the R-7 School District Telephone Information

Line. The District Information Line is (816) 986-1001.

Parents As Teachers scheduling pre-

school developmental screenings for 3-

to 5-year-olds

Getting ready for school starts well before kindergarten,

and parents of preschoolers have a variety of ways to help

their children be prepared. The Lee's Summit R-7 School Dis-

trict Parents As Teachers program encourages local parents to

schedule free preschool screenings for their 3- to 5-year-olds.

Parents As Teachers are currently scheduling developmen-

tal screenings. To schedule your child's screening, call (816)

986-2486. For more information, you may also visit the Par-

ents As Teachers website at http://pat.leesummit.k12.mo.us.

Screenings provide parents with an opportunity to see

where their child's progress fits in with standardized measures

of child development. Health, hearing and vision screenings

are also provided.

The developmental screenings highlight the strengths and

abilities of each child and usually reassure parents that their

children are meeting developmental milestones within ex-

pected age ranges. If delays are identified that may affect fu-

ture learning, parents can be referred to resources that will

provide help for their child.


November 2014

Activity Calendar

Health & Safety: Seatbelt Safety

Character Trait: Self Control

Monthly Drill: Soft Lockdown

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

3

Sun Catcher Leaf

Cooperative Play

4

FULL DAY

5

Health & Safety:

Seatbelt Safety

Foil Art

Cooperative Play

6

Tie Dye Turkey

Cooperative Play

7

Paper Pumpkin

Cooperative Play

10

Character Trait: Self-

Control

Apple Core

Cooperative Play

11

Veteran’s Day

Paper Curls Flag

Cooperative Play

12

Paper Bag Scarecrow

Cooperative Play

13

3-D Handprint

Cooperative Play

14

Corn Cob

Cooperative Play

17

Acorn Painting

Cooperative Play

18

Drill: Soft Lockdown

Painted Stick

Creatures

Cooperative Play

19

Pumpkin Spice

Play-Doh

Cooperative Play

20

Glitter Pinecones

Cooperative Play

21

Window Clings

Cooperative Play

24

Cut & Paste Turkey

Cooperative Play

25

Paper Bag Pilgrim

Cooperative Play

26

FULL DAY

Thanksgiving Break

27

KC CLOSED

Thanksgiving Day

28

KC CLOSED

Thanksgiving Break

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