Los Altos Parent Preschool

Thank you to everyone who turned out yesterday to celebrate 65 years of LAPP! It was so wonderful to see you all and to marvel at the growth of all those amazing (tall!) young people!

On a personal note, huge thanks to Lara Sandora, Shana Ernst, Mari Vargas, Holly Khazam, Diana Carter, Lillian Stadler, Shanon Pestrong, Kathleen Feigelman, Rohini Sabikhi, Ana Agan, Maria Bautista, and Dara Tynefield for the generous gift! I would love to thank you all individually but don't have contact information for everyone. I will indeed love planting fruit trees on the farm in honor of my LAPP roots. Love, love, love, Teacher Kerry

Los Altos Parent Preschool set to close after 65 years “It’s a complicated thing,” she added. “It isn’t just one factor.”One problem was that the school previously received money from the state that was lost in the aftermath of the 2008 recession.“That was one huge impact,” Moore said. “We had never been structured for the school

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One of our wonderful parents is a very accomplished artist, and she is opening up her home this summer to teach children some of her techniques! All the info is right here, take a look!

Mansi Bhatia, a local artist and LAPP mom, is opening up the doors to her backyard studio overlooking the Adobe Creek for two exciting Summer Workshops!
-- "Monoprinting with My Mini-Me" is a 90-minute hands-on, parent-child workshop filled with color and creativity. We will be using a gel plate, child-safe acrylic paints and our imaginations to make wrapping paper and bookmarks. There are four sessions to choose from and each $50 registration ticket admits one parent-child pair. If you wish to bring an additional parent or child, extra individual tickets may be purchased for $25 per person. This workshop is for children between the ages of 4-6 years and one parent. More details here: bit.ly/MansiMakesMiniMe
-- "Explore, Discover, Create" will be held July 22-26, 10 am to 12:30 pm. In this half-day drop-off camp for children in grades 2-6, we will explore techniques for stamp-creation, portrait-transfers, collage-making and abstract-printing using a gel plate and various mediums, including acrylics, alcohol inks and fabric paints. Students will work with different substrates, including tissue paper, card stock, wood and shrink plastic. Price: $60 per Module; $300 for entire session. Individual modules may be purchased. All materials will be provided. 4 seats remain. More details here: bit.ly/Summerartcamp
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About the artist:
Mansi is a self-taught artist and Los Altos resident. She has had her art exhibited at the Los Altos Library, Rick’s Cafe, Urfa Bistro, Red Berry Coffee Bar, Hillview Community Center, The Original Pancake House and the Lexus Showroom among others. She has led workshops for seniors as well as preschoolers. No matter the audience, her goal is to focus on free-spirited creations. She wants her students to feel the rush that comes from experimenting with different media, using colors as a way to express themselves, crafting with their hearts and hands...really tuning into their gut. Because when they listen to their intuition, they create art that connects with the soul.
Feel free to contact her with any questions at [email protected]

Monoprinting with My Mini-Me Mansi is opening the doors to her house for a special workshop geared toward parents and kids between 4-6 years old. Discover and explore the magic of monoprinting with homemade stamps, acrylic paints, and a gelatin plate. Your child and you will create wrapping paper and bookmarks to take home, enj...

As some of you have heard by now, we have news regarding the future of Los Altos Parent Preschool. Unfortunate as it is, we will not be able to continue offering classes into the 2019-20 school year.

At the beginning of this school year the Board and Staff became aware that the school was in trouble. With this knowledge we worked very hard to come up with a plan for a new program. We extensively studied other schools in the area to learn what kinds of programs they offered and what seemed popular to families. We also surveyed our own membership to see what areas we could potentially improve upon in our own offerings, and we consulted with other professionals in the field of cooperative preschools for ideas and guidance. We created and marketed an all-new LAPP program structure for our Open House, and we had a wonderful turn out. Truly, we hoped that we had turned things around. But the enrollment numbers never materialized. We did not receive as many applications as we had hoped and the number of people who accepted their spots and registered for next year was even smaller. In the end, we did not make the enrollment numbers needed to run the school for another year. All of these efforts have simply been unable to keep up with the challenges the school has faced for the last 8 or so years.

We are beyond sad to have to say that we will not be opening our doors in the fall. Our lease is up this summer, and we will not be renewing it. Los Altos Parent Preschool is going to be closing at the end of the current school year in June.

Please come help us celebrate the school and its enduring legacy at our Silent Auction & Ice Cream Social on May 11, 2019 from 2 - 4 pm at the school on Covington Road. We will have an ice cream sundae bar, games for the kids, and some fun items to bid on. Any funds raised during this event (and during our current online auction) will contribute to retirement funds for our teachers.

Thank you for 65 wonderful years.

Here's the link to the fundraiser:

LAPP Annual Fundraising Auction Silent auction 'LAPP Annual Fundraising Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

Our auction is open! Don't miss out on these wonderful items!

LAPP Annual Fundraising Auction Silent auction 'LAPP Annual Fundraising Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.

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Looking for some fun outdoors tomorrow? My friend Miriam, a park ranger, is leading a family hike! Free, too.

City of San José Park Ranger hike (with Ranger Miri) at Guadalupe Oak Grove Park Saturday, 4/6/19, 11 AM, rain or shine! Kid friendly all age hike to see wildflowers and explore and enjoy the oak woodland community. Free! Tell a friend!

We had a super fun day celebrating St.Patrick and the sneaky leprechauns! Are you green with envy? ;)

Why are we afraid to let children play? Teacher Tom has excellent thoughts on the matter. -teacher Kerry

They Need Their Childhood Why are so many of us so afraid to just let children play? Some time ago, we got out our boxes of Magna-Tiles...

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Welcome to our Mixed Bag Designs Fundraiser!