FREE Lunch, Milk and More!
Placentino students may have FREE lunch or a milk/snack daily. Please talk to your child about whether or not they are getting school lunch, so that they know their own lunch plans and can share this information with their teacher if needed. Teachers and cafeteria aides will help students use their student ID in the lunch line at school!
Nut-free snack: Unlike lunches, classroom snacks must be Nut-Free. Nut-free snacks should be packed each day (separately from your child's lunch bag) if you choose to pack a lunch from home.
Extra clothes: Please send in an extra set of clothes (suited for the current weather) for your child to keep in his/her cubby, in the case clothes get wet or spilled on.
When winter arrives... Snow clothes: A reminder to pack warm clothes, hat and mittens on cold days; and if needed, snow clothes and boots for your child. Please pack snow clothes in a separate bag from student backpacks; large enough for students to pack up fairly independently.
Snack and Lunch Classroom Guidelines
September 14, 2021
Dear Parents and Guardians,
The guidelines for a Nut Free classroom can be found below in this letter. Please take the time to review the guidelines. Again, we thank you for keeping all of our students healthy and safe.
Food that contains nuts or that was processed in a facility that manufactures peanut/tree nut products will not be allowed in the classroom.
Personal Snacks:
All personal snacks brought into the classroom must be peanut/tree nut free, regardless of whether or not there is a student with a nut allergy in the class.
Homemade personal snacks are allowed as long as the snack does not contain nuts or ingredients processed with nuts.
Shared Celebration Food: Not allowed.
Catherine Harkin RN, BSN (School Nurse, Placentino)
Placentino Homework Guidelines
Our goal is to ensure homework is meaningful, family friendly, age-appropriate and inspires a love of learning in all students. Reading will be the focus for all students across Placentino.
Students can be read to, read independently or share their reading with another family member (or pet, or stuffed animal). Families are encouraged to read nightly. Remember, there are 3 ways to read a book. You can read the pictures, read the words or retell the story. We hope that the love of a story will spark conversations and promote storytelling.
Daily reading experiences can include asking questions about the pictures in the story. Oral reading aloud to your child in English is an excellent way of helping him/her to develop the prerequisite language skills necessary to becoming a good French language learner!
Wondering how you can support your child's success as a parent or guardian of a French Immersion student? Click Here for an Informative Guide!