Friday, May 21, 2010

June Events


6/7 through 6/11: Parent/Teacher Conferences
Conferences are held throughout the second week of June.
Please see your child's teacher to schedule a time.


6/18: Desserts with Dad- In celebration of Father's Day, please come enjoy an afternoon snack made for you especially by your child!


6/21: Summer Camp Begins!!!

6/25: Summer BBQ~ Details to follow!

6/29: Moon Bounce

First Day on the New Playground!!!

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Even More Community Build Pictures

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community- Join Our Team!


TO: Next Level Development Family, Friends and Employees

FROM: Anastasia and Mary

We’d like you to join us as a team member for the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community presented by Highmark Blue Shield scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 12, 2010 in Historic Downtown Bethlehem.

Healthy Community supports local nonprofit organizations, such as Child Care Information Services, CCIS. This year, we are one of 23 organizations participating in the walk. Highmark underwrites all of the expenses for the walk ensuring that 100 percent of the funds you collect will go to Child Care Information Services, CCIS . All organizations participating provide many important programs and services that make a difference in the lives of countless numbers of people every day.

You can contact Mary for a registration form, information about this organization and tips for collecting donations or register through the website. The centers phone number is 610-439-1779 and Mary’s email address is salingermary@gmail.com.

Highmark is providing incentive prizes for the walk, and they’ll have entertainment, refreshments and free health screenings the day of the walk.

We will keep you posted on new details regarding the walk, more fundraising ideas and news about our walk team. Please join in this exciting event.

To join our team, please follow these few steps:

1. log onto http://highmark.landingbeth.dojiggy.com/

2. Scroll down and click Child Care Information Services, Inc.

3. After you have chosen CCIS click the “register” button on the top blue bar

4. Complete the Pledge Participant Registration from. Your Participation Preference will be “join a team”

5. Step 2 of the Pledge Participant Registration from. Choice a team Name to Join: NEXT LEVEL DEVELOPMENT, and complete the rest of the form.

6. Start raising money!

If you would just like to donate to our team Next Level Development please speak with Ms. Mary

Thanks for your participation!

Anastasia Attisano- Owner Mary Salinger- Director

Raising money for your cause is easy!

Here’s How To Raise $100 in Just 5 Weeks TOTAL

Week 1 Put in your own $10 contribution $ 10.00

Week 2 Ask two relatives for $10 each $ 20.00

Week 3 Ask four neighbors for $5 each $ 20.00

Week 4 Ask your employer to allow you to hold a 50/50 raffle $ 30.00

Week 5 Ask your hairdresser, veterinarian, dry cleaner, pharmacist $ 20.00

or other retailer for $10 each

$100.00

Here’s How To Raise $200 in Just 6 Weeks TOTAL

Week 1 Put in your own $10 contribution $ 10.00

Week 2 Ask three relatives for $10 each $ 30.00

Week 3 Ask three friends for $10 each $ 30.00

Week 4 Ask six neighbors for $5 each $ 30.00

Week 5 Ask your employer to hold a dress-down day $ 50.00

Week 6 Ask your hairdresser, veterinarian or dry cleaner to $ 50.00

raffle a package of their services* to benefit your team

$200.00

Here’s How To Raise $500 in Just 7 Weeks TOTAL

Week 1 Put in your own $20 contribution $ 20.00

Week 2 Hold a bake sale, ask friends to contribute cakes, cookies, etc. $ 50.00

Week 3 Ask your employer to hold a dress-down day $ 50.00

Week 4 Ask four neighbors, four friends, four co-workers for $10 each $120.00

Week 5 Ask your hairdresser, veterinarian, dry cleaner and one $200.00

other retailer to raffle a package of their services*

Week 6 Ask your kids to hold a car wash to benefit your team $ 40.00

Week 7 Ask your spouse to reward your efforts with a $20 contribution $ 20.00

$500.00

*Examples include $50 of dry cleaning services, a basket of pet products, a manicure and hairstyling gift certificate. If retailers would prefer not to hold a raffle, ask for a direct contribution

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Playground "Community Build" Day

Next Level Development held the playground "Community Build" on Saturday at the center in Whitehall.

More than 20 customers, co-workers, friends and family members contributed their time and lots of their energy to install this state of the art playground that will last a lifetime.


Ray Attisano, co-owner of Next Level Development said "Our director, Mary Salinger, was instrumental in first achieving the next star award within Keystone STARS, and then in being the central coordinator of this communuity installation.

We are so thankful to have had such amazing people come out and work so hard for this!  I can't wait to see the children's faces on Monday when they see it!"




About Next Level Development:
Next Level Development is a Daycare and Preschool located about a mile north of the Lehigh Valley Mall in Whitehall PA. They accept children from six weeks through school age and are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for children.  It begins with an age-appropriate curriculum that encourages children to learn, play and explore.


Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Summer Camp!


Dear Next Level Development Parents,

Summer camp is approaching and we have planned some great field trips, in-house events, and summer activities for the children to participate in this year.

For Toddlers and Preschoolers~

The in-house events will include:

    • The Traveling Farm
    • Ice Cream Truck Visit
    • K&L Creepy Creatures
    • Moon Bounce
    • Sports Day
    • Movie Day
    • Water Works
If your child would like to participate in a field trip, we will need your child to be accompanied by an adult and transportation will be left up to the family. The bus company will only allow children ages 4 and up on the bus. You will also need to cover the cost of that event.

For School-Age Children~

The field trips will include:
    • Trip to the Whitehall Library
    • Trip to an Iron Pigs baseball game
    • Trip to the Muhlenberg theater
    • Trip to the Crayola Factory
    • Trip to play mini golf
    • Trip to go bowling

The in-house events will include:

    • The Traveling Farm
    • Ice cream truck visit
    • K&L Creepy Creatures
    • Moon Bounce
    • Sports day
    • Movie Day
    • Water Works


Dates for these events are coming soon. The children will receive a Next Level Development t-shirt! We hope that every child will participate in our summer camp events, but it is not mandatory.

If you have any questions about summer camp events or cost, please feel free to contact us at the center.

Thank you,

Tiffany Miller

Assistant Director

NOW ENROLLING FOR SUMMER CAMP!!!

***** NEED AN EXTRA $100? REFER A FRIEND TO OUR SUMMER PROGRAM*****

PLEASE SEE MS. MARY FOR DETAILS

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Happy 2 Year Anniversary, Miss Erin!

Congratulations, Miss Erin, on two years of service at Next Level Development! We appreciate your continued dedication to the children and center.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

May Events

May 2010 Events:


5/3- 5/7: Teacher Appreciation Week

Monday
- A vase for each teacher will be placed on the table located in the front lobby. Every child is encouraged to bring in a flower for each of their teacher's vases. We would like to start this on Monday, May 3rd. However, the vases will be left up all week for children who do not attend school on Mondays.

Tuesday- We would like to host a breakfast in honor of our teachers. A sign-up sheet will be available by the tuition box if you would like to volunteer to bring in a breakfast item that morning.

Wednesday- For fun, the teachers will be on a scavenger hunt throughout the day to search for extra special gifts!!

Thursday- We would like to host a dessert day in honor of our teachers. A sign-up sheet will be available by the tuition box if you would like to volunteer too bring in a dessert item that morning. We will also have a Teacher Collage board hanging in the lobby. Please make sure you and your child stop by and write a special thank-you note to the teachers.

Friday- Teacher Appreciation Dinner- The teachers are invited out to dinner at 7:15pm in honor of them!

We would like to make this week extremely special for all of our dedicated hard-working teachers!!!

5/10: Munchies with Mom:
Moms, please join us for a special afternoon snack made for you by your child!

5/11- 5/14: Next Level Development playground closed in preparation of installation of NEW playground.

5/14: Whitehall School District Closed

5/15: Playground Building Day (Saturday)- The volunteer sign-up list is located by the sign-in computer. We would love all of the help we can get!

5/28: Pajama Day!

5/31: Memorial Day- NEXT LEVEL DEVELOPMENT CLOSED