ID badges: Each student will be provided one ID Badge with a lanyard. This is required for all students. It will be worn ALL DAY at school. It comes home with your child and returns every morning. A $5 fee will apply for students missing it. It might be a good idea to place it in your child's backpack every evening to ensure that it gets back to school. Don't forget to wipe it down frquently. You may purchase your child his/her own lanyard. Please make sure it's an easy release for choking purposes.
Morning Routine: Students enter the building in the morning at the front entrance beginning at 7:00. If your child eats breakfast, they will go directly there first. The students will walk silently down to the hallway and sit under their teacher's bulletin board until they are dismissed at 7:45 to their own classroom for morning routine.
When they arrive in the classroom, children complete the following procedures:
Take out Blue Froggy Folder.
Hang book bag on hook.
Place the Blue Froggy Folder in the bucket.
Sit at assigned seat at table.
BVTV begins at 7:50.
The teacher takes attendance and begins the instructional day.
Money: Inside your child's Blue Froggy Folder, there will be a plastic bag that will transport all money between home and school. A receipt log is enclosed and must be filled out so that we know where money is to go and ensure that we have received it. Please make sure that school, lunch and PTA money are separate as they are receipted differently.
Restroom Breaks: Students may go to the restroom without asking permission when they are working independently. They need to raise their hand and ask for permission if working with whole class. Students will be encouraged to use the restroom either before or after lunch.
Movement in the Classroom: Movement is incorporated into classroom instruction to keep students brains active and engaged. We primarily use Go Noodle, Kidz Bop and Just Dance, which all have a great variety of energizing and relaxing activities that are approximately 3 minutes each. Several activities are chosen throughout the day.
Lunch: Students will wear id badge and it will also act as a debit card for your child to purchase a school lunch. All money should be sent in the labeled bag money bag with your child’s name on it. You can also go on our school website to add money to your child’s account with a credit card under School Bucks. Students are offered chocolate/white milk or water with each meal. I will send home a copy of the lunch schedule, but it can also be found on the school website. Manners are expected during lunch. Students will be allowed to purchase extra snacks on Wednesday only. Please let him/her know if they are allowed that day to purchase. Again, you can send cash or make sure there is money on the lunch account. If your child has any allergies, please provide a doctor’s note to the school. In order to purchase a snack, your child MUST have their school ID.
Here is the list of snacks and cost:
Ice Cream - $1.50
Switch - $1.35
Water - $1.25
Rice Krispie Treats - $1.00
Chips - $0.85
Gummies - $0.85
Cookies - $0.65
Recess: Recess lasts for approximately 20 minutes each day. The teacher carries a Walkie-Talkie out to the playground in the event there is an emergency. If there is inclement weather, students will watch educational video or do fun centers.
Snacks: You will need to provide a daily healthy small snack from home. Snack time will be approximately 10 minutes. Only water can be sent in for cleaning purposes. Please send snack in separate labeled bag. Students get easily confused if they have it inside their lunchbox. Water bottles can be brought as long as they are leak proof. No plastic with twist off tops, please.
Fire/Tornado/Earthquake/Safety Drills: Procedures for these drills are practiced throughout the year.
Pack Up Procedures: Any school information and paperwork collected throughout the day in class will be placed in the Blue Froggy Folder. Please make sure to check your child's folder every night for important information from me or the school. Classwork Folders will be sent home on Tuesdays.
Dismissal Procedures: Students will be escorted to the designated holding areas for front and back path walkers, car riders, bus riders, daycare van riders, and after school care. Don’t forget to send in signed notes for any change in transportation.