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Wednesday, April 3rd after FORUM

Night State Board Prep Class

Hello Students!!
No need to practice at home...

Night state board class TONIGHT and next Thursday, April 4th 4:30 p.m.

School Photo Shoot

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Put your finger waving, victory rolls and pin curls skills in action with the Hair Through the Ages photo shoot.  Get your models ready!!  Can't wait to see what you create :)

Get Inspired
Check out these fun tutorials and links

Diary of a Vintage Girl

Retro Wave

Victory Roll

Marilyn

Audrey Makeup

Spring Break

Enjoy your break!!

March 29th-April 1st

Mom's Meeting

Mom's Meeting Today 

11:00 a.m. 

See you there :)

Vote your favorite makeup application

Nail Love!

To help Bri get ready for her Spring Break trip to Mexico, Emery did her nails all fancy like.

Emery is amazing at nails (as you can tell) so if you'd like to get yours done let her know!

Meet Haleigh

Our New Art Leader

Haleigh Wilcox was born in Ogden, Utah. In August 2010 she married her high school sweetheart. December of 2011 she graduated from Renaissance! February of 2012 they added a baby boy named Wyatt to their family. Haleighs interests include music of all sorts, hair, ballet and most of all art. Haleigh's father is a professional artist. At a very young age she was exposed to the world of art. When she isn't at daycare or attending to Wyatt, you will always find her drawing. Haleigh has been in numerous art galleries throughout the years and has even had the opportunity to display pieces in the Springville Museum of Art. She absolutely adores kids and is looking forward to sharing art with them!

Meet Jaymie

Our New Daycare Mom Liaison

Hello Parents!! My name is Jaymie Wilkerson and I am fairly new to Renaissance. I have had the opportunity to meet most of you and get to know your sweet children already. I thought I'd share a little about myself so you could get to know me a little better too. I grew up in Spanish Fork for the most part and love my Utah County home. I am a single mother of three great children!! I became a police officer 7 years ago and worked as a Deputy Sheriff in the Patrol Bureau for 5 years. I decided to take a break from law enforcement and focus more on being a mom and helping to care for a disabled family member. I found Renaissance Daycare through another Employee, Summer Trujillo, who saw that I desperately wanted to be around children and sought out a job working with them. Because of my time working long hours as single mother over these past years I have experienced first hand  how stressful leaving your child with other caregivers can be. I KNOW how it feels to not be able to focus because you are worrying about your child, I KNOW that concerns and questions are constantly raised regarding your child's environment when you can't be right by their side. My goal, along with the other staff members, is to provide a safe, healthy learning environment for your children. An open communication where questions and concerns can be discussed and addressed. This will hopefully help you have a more comfortable and enjoyable learning experience here at Renaissance. I have been thrilled to get to know so many beautiful children and their awesome Moms!! I really look forward to the new changes and improvements happening with the Daycare!! Thank you all so much for letting me be part of the Renaissance experience!

Renaissance Moms

Day Care News

The Day Care has been doing some rearranging in order to serve our moms and sweet children better.

Please be aware that when you arrive Monday morning the Preschoolers will now be meeting in their very own class room.

We've shifted things up in order to provide a kitchen area for art projects, snack times and lunch time away from the learning and play spaces.  Also the new location of the preschool gives moms the opportunity to visually check in on their children as often as they need throughout the day.

Here's a sneak peek....

New Class Schedules

Our goal for the Renaissance children is to provide positive interaction, learning and fun within their care environment.  

In order to support this goal we have created the following class schedules for each class.  We are excited and committed to making your children's experience one that they enjoy each day.

We will be testing these new schedules throughout the next 2 weeks in order to better gauge our little learners involvement in each area.  We will keep moms informed of any changes or adjustments that may occur.

Pre-School

(Ages 3+)

Leader:  Summer

10:00-10:45 Circle Time (Weather, Review, Pic a Book Time, Fun Flash Card Review)

10:45-11:00 Snack Time

11:00-11:30 Topic Review (Introduction to fun new information related to science, math, reading and more)

11:30-12:00 Free Play Time

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Quiet Time (Quiet time activities such as threading, puzzles, collages, blocks etc)

Leader:  Haleigh

2:00-3:00 Art 

Leader:  Assigned Leader 

3:00-3:30 Music

3:30 Snack Time

4:00-4:30 Organized Game Time

4:30-5:00 Free Play

Toddlers 

(10 months-3 years)

Leader:  Jaymie
10:00-10:30 Circle Time (Picture Books and Picture Stories)
10:30-11:00 Snack Time
11:00-11:30 Organized Game Time
11:30-12:00 Free Play

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Quiet Time or Nap Time
Leader:  Haleigh
3:00-3:30 Art
Leader:  Assigned Leader
3:30-4:00 Music
4:00-4:30 Snack Time
4:30-5:00 Free Play

Mom Time 

Moms, we as a day care staff, are looking to create a sanitation chart for bleaching and cleaning toys.  When mom's are assigned to a shift in the day care we would like to use this time, as a staff,  to clean and safe guard our care environment.  Please make it a priority to honor your assigned shift as we have many sanitation goals we'd like to accomplish on a weekly basis and we need your help to make it happen :)

March Graduates

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES!!! 

April McQuay

April you have been an integral part of our new leadership team and we will MISS you dearly.  Thanks to you we now have our beautiful BLOG and so many fabulous memories partying and getting to know one another even better through leaderships fun activities and events.
Your enormous passion for life shows in all you do.  You're an extremely talented hair dresser and have such a keen eye for fashion and trends.  We know you will find success in any endeavor you pursue as you always accomplish whatever you set your mind to.
We LOVE you and wish you luck as your new adventures begin.

Kielie Ivie

Kielie you make us SMILE :) Your laugh is infectious.  When you laugh we all laugh (even if we're not quite sure why we're laughing.)  We will miss your random "Trust Falls" and "Hand Hugs" the most ;)  

You have been such a dedicated student all the way through your program.  It's no secret that you were dubbed the "State Board Queen" and today all your hard work paid off :)  Your clients are lucky because not only will they leave looking great but smiling and feeling great!!  We can't wait to see where the future will take you because it's going to be AMAZING.  We LOVE you!!!

Teacher of the Month

Cherise Weber

CONGRATULATIONS on teacher of the month!!!  We LOVE you Cherise!!!  Thank you for your dedication, devotion and genuine care for your students each and every day.  You're seriously the BEST!!!

Hair Through The Ages Photo Shoot!

Hopefully you're as excited as we are about our next school photo shoot in April! The theme will be "Hair Through The Ages" and we are lucky enough to have our very own Vern to teach us how to prepare for the shoot.

March 25th: Day students 10-12pm MANDATORY
March 26th: Night students 5-8pm MANDATORY

See you there!! 

Upcoming Events!

Check out these awesome events and remind your friends!

3/21: Provo Care Center (Time will be announced soon)
3/29-4/1: SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!
4/2: Your Beauty Code (Night students)
4/6: Super Saturday (makeup any hours you have missed) 9:30-3pm (commitment required)

March-April Education Classes

 

Great news everyone! Education classes are coming your way starting this month. Mark your calendars and get ready to expand your knowledge and become a better Cosmetologist!

3/7: Specialty Shellac class 5-6:30pm
3/11: TIGI National Artist Guest class* 10-12pm MANDATORY
3/12: Night Pedicure class 5-6:30pm MANDATORY
3/13: Day Pedicure class 3:30-5pm MANDATORY
3/14: Night TIGI class 5-6:30pm MANDATORY
3/15: Marilyn Harris "Your Beauty Code" class 1-5pm
3/20: Day Manicure class 3:30-5pm MANDATORY
3/21: Night Manicure class 5-6:30pm MANDATORY
3/22: Marilyn Harris "Your Beauty Code" class 1-5pm
3/22: Lash class with Mair 9:30-3:30pm (select students)
3/23: Continued Lash class with Mair 9:30-1pm (select students)
3/28: Night State Board class with Mair Part 1 4:30-9pm (select students)
4/4: Night State Board class with Mair Part 2 5:30-9pm (select students)

 * Guest Artists with be on the floor all day Monday and Tuesday to answer questions!

Please be sure to schedule the Mandatory classes into the upcoming weeks so you can plan and prepare for them!    

Makeup Class

Put your best face forward.  We are going to have a blast teaching basic to advance makeup techniques covering eyes, brows, lips, complexion, contouring and everything in between. Stay tuned for class pictures to come!

She's leaving on a jet plane..

Our sweet Sandy Barber is moving this week to Colorado! We are SO sad to see her go as she has brightened up the school, made us laugh when we wanted to cry, and could rock perms like nobody's business!

Good Luck Sandy! Here's a tribute to our favorite brunette!

Here are some of the moments with Sandy we cherish most:

 

 

We love you Sandy! Good luck in Colorado, you will be greatly missed!

F stands for FUN FORUM!!

Girl 1: Hey friend! Is anything going on this week at school?

Girl 2: Um duh, just like the coolest thing ever. Forum baby! It's where Leadership Team tells us what's going on for the month, we eat good food, celebrate birthdays, and even play games!

Girl 1:  Sounds totally lame.

Girl 2: Lame? Watching Bachelor every Monday night is lame. Forum rocks. I wait all month for it. In fact, I even camp outside the back classrooms Tuesday night just to make sure I get a front row seat!

Girl 1: Seriously? I think I'd rather be washing my hair or doing a perm on my dollhead. I mean, really, I'm just too cool for something like "Forum".

Girl 2: What?! You've got it all wrong..everyone who's anyone goes to Forum. Last month I sat next to Taylor Lautner and Angelina Jolie. That's right...because it's THAT cool.

Girl 1: Hmm...well maybe I'll check it out. When is it?

Girl 2: The first Wednesday of every month at 4pm...that means THIS Wednesday!

Girl 1: Alright, I'll see you there!

See it's that easy folks! Share the news about Forum with your friends so everyone at school can get the 411 of what's happening around our school.

Check out some sweet action shots from January's Forum!

 

 

 

Doesn't this look like fun?

BECAUSE IT WAS FUN FORUM!!!!!

Don't miss out...Forum is THIS Wednesday at 4pm, be there or be square!

p.s- I spy Kami, Aubrey, Jensen, and Mandy! Who do you see?

Tutorial: Braided Updo

Tired of the same old french twist? Is your updo outdated and boring?

We have good news for you!

The lovely Shannon shows us how to take a simple french braid and turn it into a fab Updo that's great for any occasion.

Get yo supplies ready!

 

Start by clipping the hair half up. Turn your curling iron on.

Take the clip out and loosely curl the rest of the hair.

Now take that curled hair and show it what you're made of!

It should look like this. If you want more volume, just backcomb more hair..volume never hurt anyone. Except maybe Dolly Parton.

                                  Next, do the same for the sides and the top of the hair.

Standing to the side, divide the hair into 3 sections and begin a french braid around the side of the head. To french braid, pick up small sections of hair and add them to your braid as you go.

Keep the braid tight, you will loosen pieces of it later.

Once you have finished the braid, tie an elastic around it to keep it secure.

Loosen up the braid by carefully pulling pieces out at random.  Continue to do this through the top. Do not pull the hair out of the braid!

             Use your weave comb to pull the elastic out of the hair while securely holding the braid.

Wah-Lah.

With the elastic, pull all hair (including braid) into a half ponytail. It's okay if it's messy.

 

Grab some bobby pins and begin pinning hair into a messy, but controlled bun.

To complete this look, pull hair in the crown area a little bit so that the hair is loose and fancy free. Do the same for the sides.

So pretty!

All dressed up with everywhere to go...

Don't be afraid to change things up, try this updo on someone this week!