Hi we are doing a Boo Hoo breakfast this year. I found this info while surfing and changed it a bit to suit a PTA/PTO's needs...
Dearest Kindergarten Parents,
Here is a little "gift" for you as you leave your precious one with (School name) on the first day of school. As you hold this cotton ball in your hand, the softness will help you to remember the gentle spirit of your child. After you've gone home and dried your tears, make yourself a hot cup of tea . Put up your feet and relax. Remember that together we will work for your child to be the best they can be.Thank you for entrusting your child to (school name)for the coming school year. Our school will do their very best every day to be your child's guide in learning and exploring this bright, new world they've just stepped into.
Sincerely,(The school's) PTA
Put following poem in a ziplock bag with the following items: a cotton ball, a Kleenex and a tea bag)
The First Day
We gave you a little wink and smile
As you entered our school today.
For we know how hard it is to leave
And know your child must stay.
You've been with him for five years now
And have been a loving guide,
But now, alas, the time has come
To leave him at the teacher’s side.
Just know that as you drive away
And tears down your cheeks may flow
We’ll love him as we would our own
And help him learn and grow.
For as a parent, we too know
How quickly the years do pass
And that one day soon it will be our turn
To take our child to class.
So please put your mind at ease
And cry those tears no more
For we will love him and take him in
When you leave him at our door.
I'd appreciate this poem too! We are planning our first BooHoo Breakfast this year. Our problem is what to call it because we'll have to do a morning and afternoon "BooHoo". Any suggestions?
Last year our PTO hosted our first BooHoo breakfast for kinder parents. It was such a success, we would like to do it again this year. I remember there being some kind of a poem or something -- cotton balls and hersheys kisses were purchased? Sound familiar to anyone? We cant find it anywhere in our records!
