Students will alternate their schedule weekly. Students switch after lunch except Friday where they switch after first recess. Students who start with me in the morning one week, the following week will be in my classroom after lunch. 

Classroom Logistics: 

Classroom: 

Snacks:  We will have 2 snacks during the day. The 2nd snack can be a finish your lunch snack. Please make sure your snacks are nut-free. We eat our snacks after recess.

Water Bottles and Lunch boxes: Please write your child's name on their water bottle. 

Sweaters/jackets: Please write your child's name on them as well. By lunch recess, they come off and get forgotten.

Please return yellow folders on Monday. They should return the paperwork signed that was in their yellow folders along with the folder. Yellow folders come home on Fridays with their school work. There will be no homework until curriculum night when we go over it.

Drop Off: Students can be dropped off at front or back of the school. Students being dropped off before 8:20 need to go to the cafeteria. Parents are still not allowed to enter the building with their students. Families should say there good byes at the entrance of the school. 

Pick Up (carpool): 2nd grade will be picked up in the back of the school were K and 3 are being picked up. The back of the school is on Potter street. 

This is a moving carpool lane. Please pull forward as much as you can. Your child will walk to you. At no time should an adult leave the car. Ideally, your student's car-seat should be place on the passenger side on the back to avoid kids crossing in front of a car. Start moving and your child will get buckled.

If your child has an older sibling at the school, your child's older sibling will line up with the younger sibling at the back of the school. If your child has a younger first grade sister, then they will go to the front school carpool. Your child should know where they are being picked up at the end of the day. Students should also know if they are going to Fun Club. 

The back of school also has life skills classroom bus departs during carpool. They have priority. 

Please be patient with the bus. Please do not pass the bus. If you are in a hurry, there is plenty of parking on Potter St. and you can walk to get your child in the carpool area.   

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Star of the Week: Each student in the class will be the Star of the Week. They will each have to present in French and English on Fridays. Students will have an opportunity to share small items about themselves. They also have extra responsibilities as the teacher helper and line leader. The star of the week will greet everyone in the morning. Please help him/her arrive at the first bell at 8:20.  

Birthdays: We unfortunately can not have parties or large celebrations for children's birthdays. They receive an announcement over the intercom in the morning and a song in French. 

Snacks: We have snacks in the mornings only, just after recess. We cannot accommodate gloopy snacks such as yogurt tubes, applesauce, kefir, and Juice etc. As they can be very messy in the classroom. Try one of these: 

Fresh fruits and vegetables

Dried fruit

Cheese

Sunflower or pumpkin seeds

Baked chips

Whole-grain cereals (be aware of sugar content)

Whole-grain or multigrain crackers

Please give special attention to the sugar content in your child's snack and discourage fruit roll-ups, fruit snacks, cookies, sugary cereal, energy/cereal bars that are high in sugar. Sugary items can be reserved for dessert during lunch. Please encourage children to know the difference between their lunch dessert and their snack. 

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Schedule:

PE/Music days are Mondays-Tuesdays-Thursdays-Fridays from 12:50-1:20.

Please make sure your child is wearing appropriate clothes and shoes those days.

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Communication: Please feel free to contact me anytime to discuss your child’s learning. Emails are my preferred first method of communication but if more detail is needed to address a concern, telephone calls, and meetings can always be arranged. 

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Volunteer: I have a flexible volunteer policy. If you let me know ahead of time or you have a regular time, that will allow me to plan something for you.   But the unexpected drop in is also fine with me; there is always room for more adults to help students learn. We need a lead parent to help with PTO events and library helpers.