Kindergarten

-Kindergarten at SCE-

Welcome to our Kindergarten blog!
Here you will find general information about our kindergarten program.
If you need detailed information then please contact your child's teacher.
 You can also see our new Staff Profiles - listed on the school's home page.

Soda Creek Elementary has four full-day kindergarten classrooms.
We strive to help each student to reach their full social and academic potential!

Thanks for visiting our class page!
- The Kindergarten Teaching Team -
  

Welcome Kindergarten Parents!

The SCE kindergarten teachers are excited for a super year of growing, working and learning with each student. All four, full-day kindergarten classrooms strive to balance curriculum goals with a developmentally appropriate program. We also try to provide a setting for each child to develop positive social, emotional and academic abilities.

We start our year with general themes to learn more about ourselves, our families and then our friends. We play games, learn classroom/school rules & expectations, and how to be safe, kind and respectful with our classmates. We read, write, play math games, and learn about science themes, like, the physical properties of objects.
** Please contact your child's teacher for more detailed curriculum information or with any specific questions related to your child's day. 

We look forward to a positive year of learning!
The SCE Kindergarten Team

Mrs. Osbourn         Mrs. Leech           Mrs. Mewborn         Mr. Turner

Kindergarten Essentials

A Parent Toolkit of Important Things to Know

1.      We will be having kindergarten screenings for the purpose of creating balanced classes, please sign up for a time slot.  The screening will take place on Friday June 10^th and will last approximately 15 minutes. 

2.      Know how your child will be getting home, have a dismissal plan M-F to give to your child’s teacher including bus # (find out by calling bus barn).  If your child is ever going to ride the bus home, we recommend they do it on the first day and second day of school when teachers will ride the bus over to SPE with the students to assist the children.

3.      Regarding children getting picked up in the loop, we will have the children wait for you in the front in the “kindergarten corral.”

4.      Please call the office if dismissal plans change as we can’t always access email or voicemail throughout the day.  The office will see that we get the change of plan.

5.      Your child will need a healthy snack each day. (No cans of soda, candy bars etc.)

6.      We recommend that your child have tennis shoes kept here at school for P.E. class.

7.      Please write your child’s name on jackets, P.E. shoes, lunch box and later on… gloves, mittens, boots, coats, snow pants, etc.

8.      Information will be sent home each week from school and the community in Thursday folders.  Look for the folders in your child’s backpack, empty its contents and return it to school each week.  To be green, a majority of classroom information from your child’s teacher will be sent via email.  If you don’t have email, let your child’s teacher know.

9.      Parent Volunteers are valued and helpful.   We will contact you when we are ready to begin our parent volunteer program.

10.  Your child will be eating lunch at school, if they attend full day kindergarten.  You can buy hot lunch for $3.00 per day and milk or juice can be purchased for $.50 per day.  It is recommended that you purchase a bulk amount of lunch purchases or you can set up a Nutri-Kids lunch account.

11.  The first day of school for your child will not be a full day.  It will be a brief classroom visitation for about a half hour with a small group of children and parents.

Always remember, we are teaming with you to have a wonderful kindergarten year with your child.  We value your input and communication with us.  We look forward to a fantastic year next year.

 Thank you for coming and have a great summer!

Soda Creek Elementary Kindergarten Team

Ginny Osbourn                        Beth Leech                  Deirdre Mewborn                   Grady Turner

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