What's Happening in KB?
contact info: Stephanie Boyle, sboyle@nrsd.net
Dulce Hidalgo, dhidalgo@nrsd.net
main office: (978) 779-2821
Emerson administrative assistant: Kim Laster, klaster@nrsd.net
Emerson nurse: Rebecca Carle, rcarle@nrsd.net
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Welcome! This is your landing page for all things KB. An email will be sent weekly to remind you to check in for updated information. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Dates to Remember
10/13-no school
10/24-early release
* An email to fssattendance@nrsd.net, sboyle@nrsd.net and dhidalgo@nrsd.net is needed when your child is absent. If your child has a dismissal change please use PickUp Patrol and email sboyle@nrsd.net and dhidalgo@nrsd.net. Unless it’s an emergency, please send emails by 8:00am. If it’s a consistent change (ie. pick-up every Thursday), one communication to all stating this is fine. Please put your child’s full name, the date, and your name on each communication. Health questions should go to Rebecca Carle, rcarle@nrsd.net. Anything that is simply classroom related (family news, having a tough day, classroom questions, etc) should go to myself and Dulce.
Schedule (please remember sneakers for PE and library books for library)
A day-Health
B day-PE & Technology
C day-Art
D day-Music & Library
E day-Technology (until 10/10)
ER-early release
A-E weekly schedule
9/15-A day 9/22-A day
9/16-B day 9/23-B day
9/17-C day 9/25-C day
9/18-D day 9/26-D Day
9/19-E day 9/27-E day
* Amazon wishlist - current needs: hand wipes
* Please remember to indicate which school lunch your child is getting on the menu in your child's folder every day they get a school lunch. We've had quite a few instances of not realizing a child is getting a school lunch until lunch time, which makes it more difficult to organize the children and keep the lunch line moving.
* Here are a couple of volunteer opportunities for families.
You must have a current CORI with the school (not another organization) to sign up to volunteer.
Contact Kim Laster (klaster@nrsd.net) to complete a CORI.
Mystery Reader - Come join KB and share favorite books! Sign up for a date that works best for you and choose a couple of favorite stories to read to the group. (Optional: Include a few fun facts and see if your child can guess it's you!)
Volunteers - sign up to lend a hand with your KB children!
If interested, sign up here: Mystery Reader and Volunteer sign ups.
* We are using the 'Zones of Regulation' as part of our social-emotional curriculum in which the 'zones' are designated by colors (green, yellow, blue, red). We have identified types of emotions for each zone and talked about strategies that can help us when we're in different zones. We have discussed that all emotions are valid but we need to be aware of how we express them and be sure we're not hurting someone, either through words or actions. These conversations will be ongoing throughout the year. Here is the Zones of Regulation slideshow so you know the language we are using with the children.
* When you have a chance, please fill out this Family Traditions Survey
* Early literacy foundational skills introduced :
(see the 'Ways to Support Growth' page on this site and the fall conference packet for at home suggestions to support classroom learning)
letters/sounds-Tt
rhyming; segmenting; blending; beginning sounds
* Math skills introduced:
one to one correspondence; calendar; counting school days; counting to 100
* Please be sure you are emailing ALL parties necessary for your child (ie, Ms. Boyle, Mrs. Hidalgo, fssattendance, PickUp Patrol, etc.) on days when there is a change in routine (late arrival, early dismissal, change in dismissal routine, etc.).
* Please empty your child's home folder and backpack daily.
* We have a mid-morning snack every day so please provide a snack and a water bottle. We are an allergy aware classroom so please do not include nut products for snack, lunch is fine. Children can get milk at lunch time but we do not get milk for snack time. If your child's classroom snack requires a spoon or fork, please send one in their lunch bag. We do not have the means to heat or store food items so all food needs to be edible from their lunch box. As much as possible, please help your child to be able to open/close their own containers.
* Please be sure your child has an extra bag (a sturdy, reusable bag, not a plastic grocery bag) in their backpack every day. There are often days where there are big projects, boots, coats, etc. that won't fit in their backpacks.
* The children go out for recess every day, even if it's raining, (unless there is extreme weather/temperatures) so please be sure children are appropriately dressed for the weather. In the warm weather, water bottles and sturdy shoes/sandals (not flip flops) and in cold weather, long pants/leggings/tights, hats, mittens, and boots are encouraged, layers are always good.
* Please send indoor shoes on the days that the children wear boots to school. We try really hard to keep wet, dirty boots out of the classroom.
* Do your best to get your child to school on time. School starts at 8:35 and if your child comes after that time you must walk them into the Emerson office and sign them in. Also, drivers should not be getting out of the car in the drop off/pick up line, please work with your child so they can get in and out of the car independently. Parents who do morning drop off and/or afternoon pick up need to drive around Emerson, not to the horseshoe at the front of the building.
* Please send your child in appropriate footwear every day. Sneakers or sturdy sandals with backs are safer for playing on the playground and they'll need sneakers on gym days. If skirts/dresses are worn, please be sure shorts/leggings are worn underneath as Kindergarten is full of flipping, climbing, and sitting criss-cross on the rug.
* Children should be appropriately dressed for gym on B days. Short sleeve shirts and sneakers are a must, even during the winter, and we encourage shorts, lightweight pants, or leggings. If your child tends to run warm, they're welcome to wear shorts under sweats in the cold weather if they'll be more comfortable.
* If your child uses their spare clothes, please send in new clothes as soon as you can.
* If you want to volunteer in the school this year, please see Kim Laster in the Emerson office to get the CORI process started. You must have a CORI through the school district, CORIs for other activities are not accepted.
* If your child wears shoes with ties to school, please work with them to teach them to tie them independently. With 17 kiddos, we could easily spend our whole day tying shoes! 😄 Thanks!
* Please send in 'found art' materials, such as toilet/paper towel rolls, magazines, empty small boxes, etc. and scotch tape. The kids have a blast creating with a wide range of materials during free choice time!
* link to Amazon wishlist-
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