School hours are from 8:25-3:30. It is important not to drop your child off too early because there is no adult supervision outside before 8:25. Third graders should proceed directly to their classrooms. If they are getting breakfast from the cafeteria, they should pick it up first. Students will be dismissed out the front doors at the end of the day. It is important that you and your child have a designated meeting spot outside of the school. If your daily plans change, be sure that your child is aware of these changes and please email me or send a note of any special or different arrangements on a specific day. If you have a change that your child does not know about, please notify through the office and they will call our room to let the student know.
All Cougar Run students are expected to follow our ROCKS behaviors. They are:
R—Respect and Responsibility
O—Power of One
C—Compassion
K—Kindness
S—Safety
Birthdays are an important day for children. We celebrate by signing a class card, and students will get a small gift sack to take home. If you would like to send treats, they must be store-purchased and easy to serve.
It is very important that students come to school with a full water bottle. We do not go to lunch until 1:05, so we will have time in the morning when students may have a snack. It should be easy to eat and not shared. I will have (and collect donations) for a community snack bin for those who forget or do not have one to eat.
Friday folders contain important school information as well as student work. Please check your child's folder, empty all contents, and return on Monday. Sometimes folders may contain paperwork from the office that needs to be returned. Graded class work will also be sent home on a regular basis. We use a grading system consistent with our report cards:
E—Exceeds expectations (meaning the work was above and beyond fifth grade level)
M—Meets expectations (the work is consistent with expectations for a third grader at that point in the year)
A—Approaching (the work is not quite to third grade level )
B—Below expectations (the work is below grade level).
Please note that not all work is graded; some is just checked for completion or has been gone over in class.
All fifth graders will have a Chromebook assigned to them. At the beginning of the school year, students will attend a "tech academy" and learn the rules and expectations for using computers. The computers will always remain at school. It is also very important that you they have working headphones. Please make sure headphones are able to be plugged in. If headphones break, they will bring them home, and I will send you an email letting you know they need replaced.