September
2015
Dear Kindergarten
Families,
This memo is intended
to help you understand some kindergarten policies and procedures.
Arrival and Dismissal
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Students
will be picked up by their teachers at 8:35 in the auditorium.
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School
starts promptly at 8:40.
§
Breakfast
is served daily starting at 8:00 in the cafeteria.
§
School ends
at 3:00. Kindergarten classes will be
dismissed along the gate on 4th avenue.
Absences and Early Dismissal
§
Attendance
is extremely important. If your child is
absent, please call the school office and leave a message regarding your
child’s absence. The phone number is
(718) 965-4200.
§
If your
child is absent, please send a doctor’s note in your child’s folder when they
return.
§
If your
child must leave school early for an appointment, please send a note telling us
what time your child will be leaving.
This will help us have homework ready for your child without disrupting
the class.
Homework Folder
§
Homework
will be assigned daily.
§
Please
check to make sure your child completes their homework and brings it to school
every day.
§
Please
remove all homework after it has been checked from the homework folder.
§
Please
check the homework folder daily for notices from the school and sign and return
if applicable.
§
Reading
each night is part of the students’ homework assignment. Please fill out the reading log each night
and make sure it remains inside of their folder.
Field Trips
§
Please sign
and return trip slips as soon as possible.
Please put the slip and money in a sealed envelope in your child’s
homework folder. Write your child’s name
and classroom number on the envelope.
§
Volunteers
are needed to chaperone field trips. For
each trip, we will let you know how many chaperones are needed. On some field trips, we must limit the number
of chaperones.
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For trips
in which we will not be back for lunch, the school will provide lunch for your
child to bring. Unless there is a
student allergy in the class, this lunch will be either peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches or cheese sandwiches. We do
not know ahead of time which option will be provided, so if you child does not
eat these choices, please make sure to send them to school with a lunch on trip
days.
§
If you
would like to celebrate your child’s birthday in school, please contact your
child’s teacher to make arrangements.
§
If you do
choose to do so, the birthday will be celebrated during last period, at 2:40.
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If you are
bringing in food, please make sure it is in individual servings, such as a
cupcake or cookie (no cakes or items that need to be cut).
§
If you are
giving out goody bags to students, please make sure there is no food or candy
in the goody bag.
Thank you for your
cooperation and support, we look forward to a great school year!
Sincerely,
The Kindergarten Team
