Parent Info

Contacting Mrs. Owens:

Please feel free to write a note, send an email, or make a phone call anytime you have a question or a concern. Our school policy is to return calls, notes, and emails within 24 hours. You can email me at slowens@greenville.k12.sc.us or call me at 864-355-4134.

Folders:

Your child’s daily binder is the key to communication between home and school. Please place all notes and money (coming from home) in your child’s purple folder. In return, I will send daily communications to you in the folder as well.

On Friday, your child will bring home all graded work, newsletters, their monthly behavior sheet and other information.

Conferences:

I am in our classroom from 7:45 until 2:45 daily. Appointments may be made for conferences by phone or at school. You may call my voicemail and leave a message. The number is 355-4134. I will return your call within 24 hours. You can also reach me by email at svargas@greenville.k12.sc.us I check this often and will try my best to reply back as soon as I possibly can!

Homework:

Your child’s homework will be posted on the board each and every day. It is the student’s responsibility to copy the assignment down into their agenda. Homework will be assigned Monday through Thursday on a regular basis. Each child is expected to read 20 minutes every night. A reading log will be sent home for parents to initial every night. Please return all written homework in your child’s daily homework folder. I will check everyday to see that homework has been completed.

School Procedures

Absences:

If your child is absent please send a note the day your child returns to class. Please remember vacations are considered unexcused absences. Your child will need to make up work that was completed during their absence.

Sending Money to School:

When you are sending money to school with your child, please place it in an envelope or zip lock bag. Please label the envelope or bag with your child’s name, teacher, and the purpose for which the money has been sent. Sending loose cash creates much confusion for teachers and children and can very easily be lost.

Late Arrivals/Early Dismissals:

If your child is late to school for any reason, as soon as the student arrives, please walk your child in. They must stop by the front office and receive a tardy pass.

If you should need to pick your child up before dismissal time, please send a note that morning so we can make a record of the dismissal. When you arrive at school to pick up your child, please go to the office and they will call our classroom and let us know that you are there to pick up your child.

Afternoon Transportation Change:

Any transportation change must be communicated with me. Please send a note explaining the change. If there is a last minute change, please contact the front office at 355-4100 to leave the message so that I am sure to receive it.