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Attendance
As you know, regular school attendance is vital in order for students to make satisfactory progress. Much of our learning is accomplished through hands-on and interactive strategies which, unfortunately, are difficult to make up following an absence. We also get started with our day as soon as the students enter the classroom at 8:20am. If your child is tardy they will not hear the directions or the first part of the lesson which is the most important. Please try to have your child to school on time each day.
Planners
School planners are very important for daily communication and should be brought to school every day. Feel free to write notes to me in your child's planner. I look at them daily. Important announcements and activities will also be written in your child's planner. I also will communicate behavior problems that your child may have had in their planner. Any time I write notes about behavior please sign next to the note to let me know that you have read it.
Lunch
A hot lunch is offered each day for $1.65, or students can bring their lunch. Parents are welcome to come eat lunch with their child any day of the week. Please sign in at the front office. Please avoid sending in drinks that have been opened previously, sometimes they leak/spill in the classroom and can attract bugs. Also, we discourage sharing lunches with each other because of any allergies that a child might have. If you send in lunch money please label a bag/envelope with their name and lunch number.
Tuesday Folders
Every Tuesday your child's Tuesday Folder will be sent home with weekly papers inside. This finished work should be reviewed with your child. Any paper that receives a D or below will be stamped for a parent signature. I strongly encourage you to review these papers with your child. One side of the folder is for papers to be returned to school, the other side is for papers to keep at home. Every Wednesday your child needs to return any signed papers and his/her empty folder back to school. Tuesday Folders are a wonderful way to communicate and is critical to a successful year. Also included in this folder are school and class notes. Please look carefully through these papers every Tuesday.
Birthdays
We love to celebrate birthdays in our classroom! If you would like for your child to celebrate his or her birthday at school, you may send in a small birthday treat that day for him or her to share. Please send it with your child that morning, and we will make time after lunch to share birthday treats. Try to write me a note in advance if you are sending something in so that any children with allergies can plan to bring a treat of their own that day. If you are going to send party invitations, send them to me and I can place them in the Tuesday folder to make sure the parents see them.
Transportation
For the safety of your child, he/she must go home everyday in the usual way UNLESS I have a NOTE from you. If a change is to occur, please send me a note, or for an unexpected change, notify the office, and I will receive the message. The children are not allowed to go home with a friend if it means riding a bus other than their own unless a note is received from both students. If your child is to walk home or ride a bicycle, please send me a note giving your permission.
Medication
If your child needs medication of ANY kind (prescriptions, aspirin, cough drops, etc…) please send it to school with a note stating the time it is to be taken. I will see that our school nurse gets it and administers it to your child at the proper time. Please remember that the medication cannot be administered unless the nurse has written permission from the parent/guardian and a doctor's note.