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Backpacks: To
help your child carry messages and information to and from school, you are
asked to provide a backpack. Students will be given a green HERO Folder from me to
send notes and information to you and for you to send notes to me. Please have
your child remove the notes and papers each day from the backpack and the HERO FOLDER to share with you.
Birthdays: We
celebrate birthdays in our room – if your family needs to be excluded from this
practice, please let me know! If your child has a birthday, you will be
scheduled for snack on or near that day if it falls on a weekend. As a Kindergarten team, we have come to the
consensus that cupcakes will not be
allowed as a Birthday Treat for our students. There are several reasons for this including
health and the mess that Kindergarteners make on the carpets. If you wish, you may want to have lunch with
your student on their special day. IF your child has a summer birthday, we can celebrate that in one of two ways: celebrate a "half" birthday or we can celebrate before we let out for the summer. Please just let me know what you wish to do, I will be very flexible with this.
Book
Buddies: Our class will be participating in book
buddies with Mrs. Moore’s 4th grade. We will have book buddies for a half of an
hour on Thursdays. Students will read with
their buddies, do projects, make books, conduct experiments, and other center
and skill activities.
Book
folders: Starting in a few weeks and continuing through
the year, students may come home with “Take Home Books.” More instructions will follow when your
student is ready for these. This folder becomes "homework" and you will have designated days to return this homework. The folders will also contain sight word practice for kindergarten.
Book
orders: Periodically throughout the year, you may be
receiving a book order newsletter from Scholastic Book Club, Troll Book Club,
or Trumpet Book Club. These offer great children’s books at a minimal cost to
you. If you wish to order, complete the order form, place it in an envelope
with a CHECK made out to the appropriate book club and return by the date on
the order form. NO CASH PLEASE. I will also set up the on-line
ordering for your convenience. I am
certain you will be thrilled with anything you order. I literally spend hundreds of dollars on the books from these clubs for both home and school.
Breakfast:
Students must arrive prior to 8:20 in order to eat breakfast at school. Consult the William Holliday handbook for
further information.
