The Kindergarten Teachers

• Mrs. Gross Mrs. Kehl-Hess

• Mrs. Patton Mrs. Minemyer

• Mrs. Eisenhauer

Important people to know in the school:

Mr. Peters – principal

Mrs. McHale – vice principal/school psychologist

Mrs. Hestor – guidance counselor

Ms. Hess – secretary

• Kid Writing - Students will illustrate and write stories.

• Math - We learn to count and skip count, identify numbers, read graphs, continue patterns, identify fractions, tell time, identify coins and their worth, and much more.

• Guided Reading - Students will be taught strategies that will help them learn to read independently.

• Communications - Reading, Comprehension Skills, and English tied into one.

• Personal Hygiene – We will promote good hygiene and practice throughout the day

Students will also have Art, Music, Gym, and Technology.

Before School Each Morning

• Before bringing your child to school / putting

them on a bus

– Temperature check

– Check list of how their child is feeling, etc.

• Our nurse will provide parents a sheet

– Stay home if a child has a 100.4 or higher temp or is

displaying any flu like symptoms.

• Home daily screenings are essential to keeping

everyone safe and healthy

• Your child’s temperature will be taken at school

on their arrival

• They will not be permitted into the school if

they have a temperature or are showing any flu

like symptoms

1st Week of School• Bus students should keep their bus tags

on their book bag to and from school.

Your teacher will provide this tag on the

first day. Be sure it stays attached to their

book bag each day!

• Parents of walkers may drop students off

at the doors at 9:00 a.m.

**No student will be permitted into the

school until 9:00 a.m.

• Mask (gators not permitted)

• Pencil box/pouch

** If parents choose to supply the following items they may, but they will be provided by the teacher

• Pencils

• Crayons

• Scissors

• Glue sticks

• Small packs of tissues are also a good idea.

• Earbuds/headphones

• Washable markers

• Crate• Backpack

• Please provide your child with a reusable

water bottle to use throughout the day-

they will not be able to refill at school or

use the water fountain at school.

• Water is the only thing that is permitted

(no soda, juice, tea, etc.)

• Label with your child’s name someplace

**The Parent Group is providing one water bottle to

each student but students must bring in a water bottle

with fresh water daily.

Spare Clothes

• It is a great idea to put a spare change of

clothes in your child’s backpack

– Gallon baggie

– Labeled with their name

– Grade and Teacher’s name

• Sometimes they need clothes because

there was a milk spill at lunch, water on

the slide at recess, had an accident, etc.

Label everything…

• Make sure to label backpacks, lunch

boxes, jackets, crayon boxes, etc.

*everything your child brings to school.

• It would not hurt to have an index card in

your child’s backpack with their name,

address, and a phone number where a

parent/guardian can be reached, the name

of the teacher, and how your child gets

home from school.

• Breakfast begins at 9:00. If your child will be eating breakfast at school, he/she should grab a “bag to go” of breakfast and go directly to their classroom to eat.

• School breakfast and lunch will be free to all students this year.

• If at any time you have questions regarding your child’s account, please contact Lori Frey at 759-6400 x.3111.

• Each student will provide a snack for themselves

each day. Keep your child’s snack in their book

bag, in the same spot daily. They will get it out at

snack time.

• Snacks should be

– kept simple

– nutritious

– individually wrapped

**Your child will have to be able to

open their own snack daily

• If your child will be absent or late due to an illness or appointment, please call the office at 759-6400 ext. 3601 before 9:15 a.m. When your child arrives back at school, you need to send a written excuse or doctor’s excuse.

• If a bus student is not riding the bus home on a certain day, a note is required. If a note is not received, the child will be sent home on the bus.

• If a child is to be picked up early, he/she must be picked up at the office and signed out by an adult.

* * If someone other than the “regular person” is going to pick up your child, a note must be sent to the office.

• Kindergarteners are dismissed at 3:15. This time is 5 minutes earlier than the older students. It is important that you be on time to pick up your child.

• Please be ready and waiting around the kindergarten playground. There will be one gate to enter and one gate to exit, please abide by the signage.

• Students will be taken to the office if the person picking them up does not arrive.

• If your kindergarten child has an older sibling, the older sibling will come down to the kindergarten wing to pick up the kindergartener and come out the kindergarten doors together.

**Please be patient as dismissal will be challenging this year

• Call the school before coming & you must wear a mask

• Parents will only be permitted into the building in an

emergency- you may drop off items or wait in vestibule to

pick up your child

• If you need to enter the building you may not park in the

student drop off circle.

• All parents entering the building must park in the

Washington Street parking lot in front of the building or off

Sycamore Street.

• Once your child is picked up, please leave promptly and be

curtious to everyone.

• Check and pack your child’s backpack the night before. Your child will be receiving a traveling folder. This folder will travel back and forth to school with your child. Please be sure to check the folder each day.

**On the last day of the week a “Weekly Note” will be sent home informing you of events for the upcoming week.

• Dress your child appropriately. We go outside for recess in all types of weather, except rain. No child is allowed to stay indoors for recess unless there is a doctor’s excuse. When the air conditioning is on it can get chilly for some students. You may want to send a sweater. No clogs or flip flops due to danger of accidents.

• Be positive.– Give your child a smile and a hug, tell her/him you love them, and wave goodbye.

• Help your child say goodbye.– Saying goodbye in a new setting can be frightening for some children. When you say

goodbye (either at the bus or at school), reassure your child that you will see her later.

Mention a specific time and a concrete activity, for example “We will have a special dinner

tonight after school.”

• Avoid behaviors that might upset your child. – For example, try not to:

• Cry as you wave to your child through the bus window.

• Argue with the bus driver who may be late the first few days. (The drivers need time to

learn the route and talk to anxious parents.)

• Battle with your child about an outfit you want her to wear. (She doesn’t have to be the

school fashion queen.)

• Force your child to eat a big breakfast. (She may be nervous and it might be better to

eat lightly than to have a stomachache, for the first couple of days).

• Wait to ask the teacher your specific questions.– The first day of school is not the time to bombard the teacher with personal requests and

information. Remember, your child is one of 20 children. Trust that the teacher is a

professional who will make your child feel welcome and help her/him feel like a member of

the classroom community.

• There is a FaceBook Parent Page that you can

join that is very informational.

• Lots of questions/concerns can be answered on

this page, login to join!

• https://www.facebook.com/groups/14thstshare/?ref

=share

• There is also an Instagram page that is

informational as well.

• @WestBerwick

• We strongly suggest that you sign up for the

text-free phone app, which is a quick line of

communication for parents and teachers.

• Your child’s teacher will provide information on

how to sign up for this free app

We’re looking

forward to

having a

great year!