Feature from Director Dawn Hove
Please download the November 2024 Newsletter or see the newsletter below for more information.
UNO Child Care Center Happenings and Reminders
Announcements/Reminders
1. 1. Week of November 4-8, 2024 ~ Parent/Teacher Conference.
Please make sure you have signed up for Parent/Teachers Conferences. The sign-up books are located on the front desk counter. You can do in person, zoom or phone call. Please indicate your choice when you sign-up. Please note the days/times your child’s Lead Teacher is available.
2. Annual Food Drive for Together Inc. Food Bank ~ November 1-18, 2024.
Our annual food drive has begun. We will be accepting non-perishable food items, toiletries and donation for the food bank. This is our annual service-learning project to help needed families in the Omaha and surrounding area. The classroom with the most donations will win a classroom pizza or ice cream party. Please bring in your donations and place them in the labeled boxes in the multi-purpose room for each classroom. Monetary donations will also be accepted, please make sure you indicated which classroom, so we know where to put the donation to count for the contest. One dollar equals 4 items. Thank you for your support. The food bank is greatly appreciated.
3. Mark your calendars now for the Child Care Center’s Winter Program.
The program will be on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at the Milo Bail Student Center’s Ballroom at 10:00 A.M. The children who participate in dance lessons with Stretch-N-Grow will also do a dance performance. Please have your child at the Milo Bail Student Center by 9:45 A.M. There will also be a special visitor, so bring your cameras. Hope to see you all there!
4. The children do play outside and will go for walks on campus both in the mornings and afternoons. The weather is starting to get cooler. Please make sure your child has a jacket, sweatshirt or coat for outside play. In the morning, the temperatures have been in the 50’s. We do not have enough jacket/coats for every child. You can one here on your child’s hook. Please make sure to label it. If you know that you will be picking up early, please let Dawn, Monica or your child’s Lead Teacher know, so that your child can stay back if you pick up before 4 P.M.
5. Please let us know if your child(ren) will not be in attendance for the day. You can call the child care center at 402-554-3398 or email Dawn (dhove@unomaha.edu) or Monica (mdey@unomaha.edu) to let us know. This helps us for preparing meals and staffing for the day. Reminder that if your child has been diagnosed with an illness to please let us know. Depending on the type of illness, we may need to inform families of the illness. Thank you for your cooperation.
6. The UNO Child Care Center will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 28 & 29, 2024, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday. We will re-open on Monday, December 2, 2024 at 6:30 A.M. normal business hours. We hope that all our families have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and weekend.
7. The UNO Child Care Center closes promptly at 5:30 P.M. Please make sure you are picking up your child by 5:30 P.M. The staff thank you.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Dawn at 402-554-4936 or by e-mail at dhove@unomaha.edu.
Fall Semester Holiday Closures
Thursday & Friday, November 28 & 29, 2024; Thanksgiving Holiday
Saturday, December 21, 2024 through Wednesday, January 1, 2025; Winter Shutdown
Calendar
| November | National Native American Heritage Month |
|---|---|
| 1 - 18 | Food Drive for Together Inc. Food Bank |
| 3 | Daylight Savings ends, set your clocks back! |
| 4 - 8 | Parent/Teacher Conferences |
| 5 | Election Day |
| 8 | National STEM Day |
| 11 | Veteran's Day |
| 14 | World Kindness Day |
| 20 | Universal Children’s Day |
| 26 | National Cake Day |
| 27 | UNO Student Holiday; UNOCCC OPEN |
| 28 - 29 |
Thanksgiving Holiday; UNOCCC CLOSED |
| December | Safe toys and Gifts Month |
|---|---|
| 3 | Giving Tuesday |
| 4 | National Cookie Day |
| 14 | UNO CCC Annual Winter Program; MBSC 10AM |
| 14 - 20 | Final exams for UNO students |
| 21 | Winter Solstice |
| 21 - Jan. 1 | University Winter shut down, CCC closed |
| 25 | Christmas |
| 25 | Hanukkah begins |