Classroom procedures & expectations

Parents, 

Please read the information below. We will spend much time practicing our procedures so that students know exactly what is expected of them in first grade.

Classroom Rules

1. Listen and follow directions the first time.

2. Raise your hand before speaking or leaving your seat.

3. Keep your hands and feet to yourself.

4. Respect your classmates, teacher and school.

Bathroom

 When students enter in the morning, they are asked to try the bathroom after they check off their names. We take a class bathroom trip before PE and then in the afternoon. At other times, students are asked to raise their hands to take a bathroom pass and use the restroom responsibly. This will all be explained and modeled to students.

Lunch & Snack

Lunch is eaten in the cafeteria, and snack is eaten in the classroom. Sharing of food is not allowed. We often have students in the class with nut & gluten allergies, so this is extremely important. Snack is at 1:10pm. It should be a dry snack that the student is able to open and eat independently. Please see the Arrow for information on ordering lunches through Campus Cuisine (link is below).

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dZOCpv8qi5qwnb4VlF6F0d8ahDELd3-y/view

Absences

As much learning takes place in the classroom, attendance is very important. Please keep your child home if he or she is sick. Please refer to the  family handbook: Family Handbook - Northern Colorado (ascentcolorado.org)  We understand that emergencies may arise. As a general school policy, teachers do not provide advance work ahead of a planned absence. Please continue to read with your student in the event of an absence and go over recent math pages / assessments that were sent home.

Student Birthdays

Each student receives a birthday tag to wear on his or her birthday, and the class sings happy birthday. Students will also receive birthday bags at the end of the day. We do not have birthday parties here at school. Parents are welcome to join their son or daughter for lunch and may bring in food for their child only. All summer birthdays will be celebrated at the end of the school year. 

If a student wants to bring in invitations to a birthday party, every classmate in the class needs to receive one. 

School Uniform

Please ensure that your child meets the uniform requirements. Hoodies may not be worn at school (regardless of the color).  Please see the following link for more information on our uniform policy.

https://noco.ascentclassical.org/uniforms/

Health issues  / allergies

I have a list from our health technician of students with allergies / health conditions, etc.  Please send me an email if there is additional information you'd like me to be aware of.

Parent Volunteers

If you are interested in future volunteer opportunities with 1B and missed the sign up at Meet the Parent Night, please sent Ms. Priest an email to indicate interest. The front office has collected all names and more information on volunteering will be coming. Stay tuned:)

Communication with parents

Please reach out with any questions you have about anything mentioned on this page. I can best be reached via email at allison.priest@nc.ascentcolorado.org

Discipline Colors

Purple: Going above and beyond and showing virtue // Green: Doing well and following directions // White: Reset and think about our actions due to needing reminders for disrupting class / not following the rules // Yellow: needing many reminders throughout the day to follow the rules and email home to parents - beginning in week 3 // Red: Office referral  Note: Students color on their calendar the color they earned each day. Parents - You can find this in the gray folder.