Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to third grade! We are really looking forward to our upcoming year together. Third grade is an exciting year for students and parents, and we'd like to give you a little information about the beginning of the year. 

Hopefully you have already taken the time to click on each of our photos above to get to know a little bit about each of us. It would also be helpful to familiarize yourself with what your child will be learning this year by clicking on the tabs under the two teachers that will be team teaching your child Math/Science and ELA/Social Studies this year. 

As the year begins, we'll spend some time learning classroom routines and getting to know each other. As we explore new learning topics and review some content from second grade, we'll also work at becoming a strong community together during our Morning Meeting. Morning Meeting is a twenty to thirty minute daily routine in homeroom that begins promptly at 7:30am. With a goal to nurture the whole child, it is crucial to have your child in class by 7:30am. When students feel safe and comfortable in their classrooms, they're better able to take on academic challenges. 

We created a list to help your child come to school prepared and ready for each school day:

~Your child will need a lunch, snack, and refillable water bottle EVERYDAY (even if you order your child hot lunches via the parent portal in advance, your child will still need a snack everyday).

~PLEASE be sure your child is dressed in school uniform daily. Students may wear any color Polo (collared) shirt. Collared Polo shirts may have a logo on the chest not to exceed two inches. Sweaters, sweatshirts, and hooded sweatshirts must follow the same guidelines. Hoods are not allowed to be up once in the building. School spirit t-shirts will be permitted daily. Jeans are ONLY permitted on Friday's and special designated days that will be communicated throughout the year. 

~School Supplies should be purchased and brought into school within the first week. PLEASE write your child's name on each notebook and folder. In order to keep the transfer of germs to a minimum, it is important that your child KEEP their individual supplies in their backpack (crayons, markers, scissors, and headphones) to be used when needed in each class. 

~CHARGE student devices nightly and PLEASE be sure the devices come with the students to school EVERYDAY. We will be using the devices in class everyday and we were not given any extra devices to keep in the classrooms.

~PLEASE be early/on time to class. We understand that there will be times when this is unavoidable, but in order for us to provide engaging and interactive lessons and respect the schedules of the resource teachers within the classroom, being on time is critical. 

~ALL class assignments are due each day (in class) and any missing assignments are due NO later than the end of the week they were assigned. 

~Visit our third grade Bloomz app frequently for up-to-date information.

If you have questions, please communicate with the appropriate teacher in a timely manner through Bloomz. We will do our very best to get back to you as soon as we can (during office hours) and within 24 hours (if not within the office hours).

We want this year to be the best school year EVER for you and your child. Please let us know if you have any questions, concerns, and/or positive feedback. 

Thank you for your time and all that you do to support Bridges Prep.

Respectfully,

Bridges Prep. 3rd Grade Team