Meet the Teachers Ms. Kimmel Mrs. Traci

Meet the Teachers

• Ms. Kimmel • Mrs. Traci

Classroom Procedures:•School Calendar (in folder)

•Students can enter school beginning at 7:15 AM.

•Absenteeism/Tardiness• Only 4 parent notes per semester- the

following absences must be documented with a doctor’s note

• Considered tardy at 8:01 AM• 3 unexcused tardies result in a parent

meeting• 3 tardies = 1 unexcused absence• 3 or more consecutive days absent

requires a doctor's note

Our Day:Class schedule (in folder)

• 6.5 hour dayMeals

• Breakfast $1.25• Lunch $2.25• Please note on form if your child will eat

breakfast with usBefore/After Care

• Students can be dropped off at 7:15am---- no earlier

After School Program at Cartersville Primary School• Pre-K assistant teachers ride the bus• $10 registration fee• $10/day• BUS RETURNS…. $20 for the day!

Our Daily Schedule:7:15-8:00- Sign In & Opening Activity

8:00-8:15- Calendar Time

8:15-8:40- Breakfast

8:40-8:50- Music & Movement

8:50-9:10- Story Time & Phonological Awareness

9:10-9:30- Small Group

9:30-10:45- Centers & Clean Up

10:45-11:15- Recess

11:15-11:30- Large Group Literacy

11:30-11:40- Wash Hands/ Prepare for Lunch

11:40-12:10- Lunch

12:10-12:25- Restroom Break

12:25-1:25- Rest Time

1:25-1:35- Story Time

1:35-1:45 Closing Activity

1:45-1:50- Pack Up

1:50-2:15- Dismissal

Transportation Bus:•Students inside the school system may ride the bus to/from school to PERMANENT ADDRESS ONLY! (address on file with school)•Wear yellow bus tags, as bracelet

Car Riders:• Dropped off at 7:15- 8:00 am• Picked up at 2:15 pm• Do not line up until 2:00 pm• All car riders will have a car tag

assigned to them. • Needs to be hanging on mirror

during car rider pick up.

Curriculum and Assessment:

Assessments and

Conferences: Work Sampling Online

Informal Assessments:• Anecdotal notes• Matrices• Pictures• Work Samples

Formal Assessments:• PALS• PPVT

Conferences• December and May• Conferences are mandatory to

continue with enrollment

Field Trips:• Fire Station, Library,

Tellus Museum, and more!!

• We asked that NO SIBLINGS attend field trips

• Parents will follow the bus to the field trip

PACT Time:• Parent and Child Together

Time• Begins in September• We ask that each family try to log 4

hours per semester• The best time to come is….

-Center Time-Recess

CommunicationDaily folders- MONKEY BOOK• Need to be sent back to school every day!

Newsletters•Weekly newsletter from teacher every Friday •Monthly school newsletter

Our contact information…Megan Kimmel

Traci Linley

Email: mkimmel@cartersville.k12.ga.ustlinley@cartersville.k12.ga.us

Phone: 678-535-6330

PTC- (Parent Teacher Child)

Please join and participate!!

Activities by PTC:-Fall Festival-Fall Pictures-Character Kid Parade

WE NEED A ROOM PARENT!! If interested please sign up on the room

parent interest sheet! You will be contacted if you are our

room parent.

Important Items to send with your child on the first day of school: • Two Towels (Towels for naptime will be

sent home every other Friday to wash)

• Extra change of clothes to keep at school

• Book bag- (no wheels) big enough to fit towels and folder• PLEASE WRITE YOUR CHILD’S NAME ON EACH ITEM

AND SEND IN ON FIRST DAY!

• Fill out all paper work and turn into Mrs. Traci before you leave!

• Get your family picture taken!

• Let us know how your child will be going home on the first day of school and the following days!

• MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD WEARS THEIR NAME TAG ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL