MS. Vodraska

Ashley VodRASKA

1st Grade Teacher

(469) 742-9103 (ext.1987)

Conference Time

1:15-2:05 PM

Welcome to our Class!

Hi there! My name is Ms. Vodraska, although my students usually call me Ms. Vee. I have a beautiful 13 year old daughter named Bella, and a sweet 9yr old German Shepherd, Jasper. I love live music and performing, hiking, and cheering for the Chicago Cubs, but my favorite thing of all is spending time with family and friends. This is my 13th year in education. Over the years, I've taught private school, Special Education, 4th grade, and even trained teachers as an Education Director. But my heart truly belongs to first grade. This will be my 6th year teaching 1st grade, and my 3rd year here at Lykins! I can't wait to meet your first grader and watch them learn, grow, and blossom this school year!

meet the teacher

Meet the Teacher will be on Monday, August 11th.

What to do before Meet The Teacher:

Please bring all of the supplies on our 1st grade list. Do not label anything as we will be labeling them the first day. You will be sorting them with your child at meet the teacher.

This year our class will be using the Class Dojo App. This will be our main source of parent/teacher communication! You can go ahead and download the Class Dojo app. Please be on the lookout for future instructions to get connected.

MORE INFO ON THIS TO COME.

I will send a weekly email/newsletter digitally every Friday.

Daily Folders

Please check your child's folder each day. This will be where notes, high frequency word lists, reading log and other information will be sent home. This is also where you will send notes to school. Your child needs to bring their orange folder to school every day.

CLASS DAILY SCHEDULE

SPECIALS CLASSES

Our students attend a different specials class each day. Students need to wear sneakers every day to safely participate in P.E. or bring them to change into.

SNACK TIME

Please provide a healthy dry snack for your child to eat in class during snack time and a flip top/straw water bottle that can be easily refilled. No screw top bottles please.

LUNCH SERVICE

As our dining services have expanded, so has our system to better serve our Bobcats. This is so all Bobcats who wish to buy their lunch daily or occasionally, may create an account . Additionally, families who qualify for free or reduced meal programs, may indicate that need by filling out the confidential forms. If you qualified last school year, you must fill out the information once again for the 2025-2026 school year. For any Bobcat who had a balance in the My School Bucks system, those funds have been rolled over to the new school year. Your balance should be available when you login.

Change of Clothes

Please keep a Ziplock back of extra clothes in your child's backpack in case they have an accident at school or get dirty and need to change. Label the bag with your child's first and last name. Please make sure to swap out the clothes to fit the changing weather.

Please include:

underwear

socks

shirt

pants