August 28, 2013
Dear Parents,
Dear Parents,
Welcome
to Kindergarten, Room A-3 at Ortega School
Here are some
helpful things for you to know and do:
*Please send a
healthy snack for your child each day.
Please send a nutritious snack for your child (half-sandwich, fruit,
cheese, crackers, etc.) that is separate from his/her lunch. Also
you may send water in a thermos or bottle.
No juice for snack please. Please do not send “go-gurts” or fruit cups
as they are hard to open and squirt all over. Yogurt in containers is
acceptable.
*Please label all of
your child’s lunch boxes, bags, sweaters, jackets and coats. Also, each child needs a full size backpack to carry home
homework, books and projects. It is very
important that the backpack come to school every day. Please empty your child’s backpack every
night to check for school work and notes.
*Yard Duty in the
morning begins at 8:20 a.m. Please do not allow your child to arrive
before 8:20 am as there is no supervision on the yard. When the bell rings we will teach the
children where to line up on the yard.
Once we are assembled, we will walk as a class and enter our classroom
through our outside door. Please try to be on time and honor our request to
line up on the yard. If your child is
late to school please do not knock on our outside door. You will need to go to the office and get a
late pass.
*If you are late to
pick up your child you will need to pick him/her up at the office since we do
not allow the children to remain in the yard unattended. At dismissal, parents and caregivers should meet their child at the back door. Daycare children will stay with us until
personnel come to pick them up.
*If you would like
to help in our classroom please sign and return the attached Parent Volunteer
Sheet by Tuesday, September 4th. We
need parents to help with literacy centers, library, special projects, and
preparing for projects. (We have things
you can do at home!) We will also need a
room parent to help with parties and special events. We depend on parent helpers to assist with
many of the activities we do in Kindergarten!
We will not need helpers for the first two weeks of school. Volunteers need to check in at the office and
get a badge, since we are discouraging people from wandering the halls for the
safety of all!
Also, please be courteous and turn off cell
phones while working with the students.
*If you need to
speak with one of us please drop a note in our mailbox or telephone the school,
email us at (650) 738-6670. We typically do not check email or messages over
the weekend, but will get back to you as soon as possible. Our email addresses are mbrazil@pacificasd.org and dharrold@pacificasd.org Please
include both of our names in your email.
* Kindergarten
Assessment: Please sign your child up
for an assessment time. The schedule
is posted on the Kinder door. If your child attends TTT, you do not need to
sign up as we will pull them from TTT to do the assessment.
*On Fridays each
week, your child will bring home a Kindergarten Newsletter to let you know all
about the fun things we did and learned during the week. The will allow you to work with your child at
home on things we have learned at school.
The newsletter will also contain
important information about future weeks, so please read it carefully.
* Another important
item to note is that the school and State asks that if your child is sick with
a fever or is sneezing or coughing that they remain at home. Sick children will
be sent home so it is a good idea to have an action plan. Kindergarten students
generally miss quite a few days the first year because sick children come to
school. Please take this into consideration. We teach the children to sneeze
into their arm and then get a Kleenex, blow their nose and then use the hand
sanitizer.
*We will discuss our
plans, homework and curriculum on Back
to School Night on Thursday, August 29th at 6:00 in our
classroom. This is a night for adults
only, so you can listen and learn how to help your child be a successful in
school.
We are very excited
about working together as a kindergarten team.
This will be a great year for all!
Michele Brazil and
Diane Harrold
Kindergarten
Schedule
August 28,
2013- October 4, 2013
8:30 – 12:00 p.m.
October 7,
2013- May 30, 2014
8:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Your child will be scheduled
for a once-a-week small group slot from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. We will let you know which small group day is
your child’s after assessments are completed.
OUR CLASSROOM
WILL NEED TO BE A PEANUT-FREE ZONE!!!
We have a student with a severe
peanut allergy and exposure could cause extreme illness or worse. This will be
a challenge but together we can keep a safe environment for everyone. Please
check all packages and do not send items with peanuts or peanut oil in them to
school. Also many products are made in factories with peanuts so the children
will be taught not to share any food with each other. If someone forgets and
sends a peanut item for snack your child will have to eat in the office to
insure the safety of their classmate.
For many of us peanut butter and jelly is a staple but this can continue
to be something that is eaten AT HOME! Also the children will wash their hands
and the table with be wiped daily to help with all germs as well as the
possible peanut contamination.
