• 2 boxes of tissues

• 2 rolls of paper towels

• 2 packs of baby wipes

• 2 containers of disinfectant wipes

• 1 four-pack of playdoh

• 1 backpack large enough to fit a folder and a lunchbox

• fabric rest mat

• A full change of clothes for both hot and cold days, with multiple pairs of underwear

Optional: hand sanitizer

*We may ask for some restocking of tissues and paper towels halfway through the year

• Clothing: Navy blue shirt/sweatshirt and navy blue shorts or sweatpants

• Footwear: Children need to be in sneakers every day, even on dress down days. We move around a LOT every day and we need them all in safe, dependable footwear.

For rest time, your child needs to have a fabric nap mat, no plastic mats. You are welcome to find a nap mat on your own, but if you would like to purchase one at school, you can do so for $22. You will need to email Mrs. Venafra (pvenafra@qoaschool.org) if you are interested, because she is placing the order by Friday, August 19, 2022. Payments can be sent in on Back to School night, PreK Visit Day, or the first day of school. You can bring the payment in cash or in a check made out to Queen of Angels School.

We send the mats home bi-weekly to be washed.

Please make sure that anything you send to school has your child's name on it, especially clothing items. Many a year we have held up sweatshirts and missing mittens and none of the children claim them, even though someone indeed came in wearing them. Sometimes they even put things back in the wrong cubby by mistake and someone else takes their sweatshirt home. This comes with the territory of being four- and five-years-old, but please help our search efforts to go a little smoother by labeling anything that comes to school for your child.

We love to celebrate and learn about families! Please send in a photo of your family during the first week of school. (We display the family pictures on our class "Family Tree" for the year, and will send them home at the end of the year.) It provides a sense of comfort for your children as we start the year and sometimes at various points in the year if they are having a tough day. We also reference the photos when we talk about families in the beginning of the year.

We are a peanut/tree nut free facility!

Not only is this important for our little friends who have allergies, but I am also highly allergic to nuts. Please save any foods with nuts for when your child is home. If you send in any nut substitutes (i.e. Sun Butter), please add a little note to your child's lunch so that we know and don't have to call you. If anything comes into school with nuts, it will be sent back home.

Follow the cars down the parking lot from Summit Ave. to Cedar St. In the mornings, Sister Joan will be at the door to greet the children and help them in.

In the afternoon, our routine is that when the children come outside, they stick up against the wall. When I see you, I will call them to go. Please do not pull your child off the wall or call to them. This is how I make sure I have everyone accounted for. It will take some getting used to in the beginning of the year, because they will want to run to you when they see you. But they will get the hang of it and I appreciate your help by waiting until I tell them they can leave the wall before you reach for them. The lanes in the afternoon will be marked for "PreK Only" (lanes 1,3) and "Upper School Only" (lanes 2,4). If you are also picking up a child in K-8, you can either pull into the PreK lanes, pick up your child, and then pull back around to get into lanes 2 or 4 OR you can just pull right into lanes 2 or 4 from the start.

October Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

Every year we visit the pumpkin patch for our field trip in October! Info will be given out at Back to School Night.

We mention this now so that you have enough time to add it to your schedules, because there needs to be at least one parent/guardian present. For this field trip, we meet at and dismiss from the farm, so there is technically no school for PreK that day.

An element of IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is Child Find; a mandate that requires all school districts to identify, locate, and evaluate children with disabilities, regardless of the severity of their disabilities. This obligation to identify all children who may need special education services, in either public or private schools, exists even if the school is not providing special education services to the child.

It is my job as your child's teacher to help identify any areas that they might need more help so that they are set up for success. Please know that if we need to talk about some areas for improvement, it is only for your child's benefit.