==> SNACK- Please provide your child with a small snack daily. Please have
the snack be healthy
(no cookies, candy, soda, etc…). Pack the snack separately from your child’s
lunch. One food item
and one box drink is plenty
==> LUNCH-We will take orders and collect money at the beginning of each day
(non PASTA MARKET day during our “Morning Meeting”.
==> HOT LUNCH- Hot lunch is offered everyday except for Wednesday by The Pasta
Market. You
will set up an account with them and find out the details in your Tuesday
Envelope. Wednesday hot
lunch is run through the school and your child will need to bring money on
Wednesdays he/she
would like to purchase hot lunch. We collect money and take orders in the
morning. For the first
few months we will send home a baggie with an order slip to make it easy on
you and your child.
You’ll just need to mark your child’s choice for lunch and include the money
as well.
==> REST TIME- Each Kindergartner needs to bring a standard size pillow and
pillowcase to leave at
school. Pillowcases will be sent home on Fridays for washing. They should be
sent back to school
cleaned and ready for the following Monday.
==> TUESDAY ENVELOPE- The oldest child in the family will bring home an
envelope on Tuesdays
that will be filled with important information. This is your main
communication link with the school.
Be sure to read everything carefully and return the envelope to school by the
following FRIDAY.
==> BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT- Back-to-School Night is scheduled for the second
week of school.
This is when we
will go over more detailed information about our class. Please be sure to be
present that night.
==> 8th GRADE BUDDIES- Each Kindergarten child will have a “buddy” in the 8th
grade. They will
stand together at morning assembly and participate in a variety of activities
throughout the year.
You will enjoy watching the relationship blossom between your child and his or
her special buddy.
We will be meeting our 8th grade buddies this week to prepare for our Prayer
Service, which will be
held next week. The Kindergartners will be introduced at this Prayer Service.
==> SHARING/”ME BAGS”- We will explain in detail on Back-to-School Night.
==> TAKE-HOME FOLDERS- Every child has a yellow “Take-Home” folder. It will
be yours and your
child’s responsibility EVERY DAY to check the folder for any notes from the
office or me. The folder
will contain a “Weekly Kindergarten News” sheet. This will contain
announcements, notes,
reminders, homework and other assignments from me. The Take-Home Folders are
the key to our
communication! Students will begin to take their folders home starting next
Tuesday. PLEASE BE
CONSISTENT WITH CHECKING THE FOLDERS. THE FOLDERS ARE TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL
EVERYDAY AND THEY WILL GO HOME EVERYDAY EXCEPT FOR FRIDAYS.
** We will explain the following in detail at Back-to-School Night: In
addition, the folder contains two
very important pieces of our pie. First it contains a piece of individual
paper with stop lights (part of
the classroom management plan). Each child strives to earn a green light each
day which they then
earn a sticker on the calendar (on the left side of their folder). You are to
initial under EACH stop
light each night so that you are aware of how your child behaved in school
that day. In addition,
there will be a calendar (the calendar will be new each month). The calendar
is just another
reinforcement tool and communication piece.
==> BED TIME- Bedtime for the little ones NEEDS to be 8:00 or earlier. As you
know our class is a
full-day kindergarten and the students get tired and restless in school if
they aren’t fully rested. If
your child is resistant to getting to bed early just tell them that Mrs.
Schwoob and Shiu says that you HAVE TO
go to be in order to be ready for a fun day of learning tomorrow. We’ll take
the blame! ?
==> CLASSROOM SUPPLIES- • 1 pillow with pillowcase (please label)
• 1 backpack-NO rolling or suitcase type please! (please label)
• 1 lunch box (paper bags are fine) (please label)
• 1 box of tissues
• 1 roll of paper towels
• 1 box of UNSCENTED baby wipes (for tables and things)
• 1 box of graham crackers, Cheezits or saltines (for those who forget to
bring snack)
Thank you in advance for your cooperation and support. Again, we are looking
forward to a wonderful
year working with your child and you!
…Mrs.Schwoob, Mrs.Shiu and Mrs.Caropepe
