Class Information

Absences

Absences

If your child is absent from school, please report their absence through the following link https://forms.dentonisd.org/Forms/absence-note

before 9:30 am.

Change of Address or Phone Number

It is very important that the information we have on file is current. If your address or phone number during the year, please send a note to school with your child notifying us of the change.

Communication Between Home and School

Please feel free to e-mail me, or send a note if you have any questions or concerns. My email address is skoch@dentonisd.org. My phone number at school is (940)369-3610. If you call during the school day, you will most likely get my voicemail. Please leave a message and I will call you after school.

Conferences

You are welcome to schedule a conference with me at any time. Just send a note, or e-mail me to schedule a conference either before school, after school, or during my conference time (Monday –Friday 12:10-1:00).

Early Arrival

Class begins at 7:40 a.m. Children who arrive between 7:10 a.m.and 7:30 a.m will wait in the cafeteria. Students may come to the classroom at 7:30 a.m. I would like the students to be responsible for their morning duties. It is hard to let our children grow up, but they are so capable and excited about being at school. Saying your goodbyes at the door will help your child achieve the independence they need to have a successful year!

Tardies

The tardy bell rings at 7:40 a.m. Your child is counted tardy if he or she arrives to class after 7:40. Please make sure that your child is at school on time. Good habits begin early! When you child is late, he or she misses out on important announcements and instructional time.

Lunch

You are welcome to join your child for lunch. Please meet us in the cafeteria at 10:40. You can purchase the cafeteria food or bring in lunch for you and your child. Please do not provide lunch for any child other than your own.

You can put money on your child's account for the week or month. You may pay at the office,online at www.schoolcafe.com (you will need your child's school ID) or you may send lunch money in an envelope labeled with your child’s name and the teacher’s name. Please let the teacher know you are sending money so they can make sure to retrieve it.

Transportation

If there is a change in the way your child goes home from school,a note in your child’s folder is the best way to let me know. If a change occurs during the school day, the office must be notified by phone (940-369-3600) by 1:50 p.m. to notify us of the change. This protects your child and the school. It puts the teacher in a very difficult position when a kindergartner insists that he or she is supposed to go home a different way than previously arranged.

Clothing

Please consider how challenging clothing can be to fasten and unfasten when you select attire for school. Your child should be able to remove clothing to go to the restroom independently and quickly.

Children are expected to wear tennis shoes on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for P.E.

Even if your child has never had an accident, we recommend a complete change of clothes be labeled with your child's name and kept in a Ziploc bag in your child's backpack.

Birthday Celebrations

We are not allowed to have birthday parties at school. You may send a small store bought snack for the class with your child on his or her birthday which we will have at snack time. Please do not send drinks, whole cakes, or cookie cakes . If your child wants to pass out birthday party invitations at school, it is a school policy that every child in the class must receive one

Report Cards

Report cards will be available at the end of the marking period on HAC.

Money

Money will occasionally be requested for field trips, parties, and special activities. You will also have opportunities during the year to participate in fund raisers, to purchase pictures, etc. Please send any money in a sealed envelope labeled with your child’s name and the teacher’s name.

PTA

Our PTA does wonderful things for our school! I hope that everyone will join the PTA this year to support our school.