| ***Our classroom is NUT FREE due to severe allergies. Please make sure
that any snack you send into school contains no nuts or traces of nuts.***
* Lunch tokens may only be purchased on FRIDAYS. Tokens are $11.25 per
week.
* Please study your phone number and address with your child. Your child is
reponsible for knowing this important information! Thank you!
*If for any reason your child is not taking his/her usual transportation
home, you must send a note into school informing the school of this change.
Include the date(s) this change will occur as well as your signature and a
way for us to reach you during the day. If transportation changes during the
day for that same day, please call the office. Thank you!
*Please check your child's folder EVERY DAY. This is the main link we have
to communicate with one another. Any notes from myself or important notices,
lunch calendars, permission slips, etc. will be on the "notes" side of your
child's folder. Homework will be on the homework side.
*We have snack every afternoon. Please pack your child’s snack separately
from his/her lunch. We ask that you not send glass containers to school,
please. The teachers do not provide snack.
*If your child chooses to buy lunch, buy from the school store, bring in
money for a special event, or bring in money for any other reason, money
MUST be sent to school in an envelope or wallet labeled with your child’s
name. Please DO NOT send loose money to school with your child.
*If your child would like to celebrate his/her birthday in school, please
send a simple treat (cookies, brownies, cupcakes, etc.) for the class to
share during snack time, along with napkins, to the office that morning.
Drinks are not necessary. Please be sure that your snack is PEANUT FREE,
meaning anything containing peanuts or anything made near food containing
peanuts. As we do not have a birthday party, only celebrate by sharing snack
together; parents are not permitted to host their child’s
birthday party in school during school hours.
*If your child will be handing out invitations in school, please make sure
that everyone in the class is invited. Invitations may not be handed out to
only a few children in school.
*Your child is given the opportunity to VOLUNTEER to sign up to read to our
class one day per each month. Children progress at different paces, and
allowing the children to volunteer ensures a child is not asked to read
before he/she is ready. The book should be one that has been practiced at
home already, and should be no longer than 10 minutes in length. Should your
child CHOOSE to read, a note will be sent home noting the date. If your
child does not volunteer, a note will not be sent home, and he/she will not
be expected to read. Thank you!
***We encourage independence in first grade and are trying to build
responsible patterns in our students. Please encourage this at home as well
by making sure your child is responsible for his/her own schoolwork,
backpack, etc. A responsible student is a successful one!***
*Each week, your child will take home a Reading Record. Each child is asked
to read at least ten minutes every night, and record the books on this
paper. Please return the Reading Record on Friday. Ten minutes might not
seem like much, but it is an important part of making your child a reader!
Thank you for your cooperation!
Thank you for your ongoing support. Your classroom donations, participation,
and volunteerism really make a difference in your child's education. We
appreciate all you do, and THANK YOU!
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A wise first grade teacher sent this note to all parents on the first day of
school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at
school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home." :-)
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