🏫School Phone: 858-576-2120 (Ext. 302)

📧 Email: jcampbell@tcps.org

💻TCPS Website: TCPS Homepage 

🙋Getting in Touch with Teachers

• Teachers are available before and after school. I will be available at 8:15am Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays! 

• If you need to meet at another time, please email me so we can schedule it 

• Teachers will be at the check-out area during dismissal from 3:00-3:15pm daily unless otherwise specified

🕒On Tuesday afternoons we must be upstairs by 3:15 for staff meetings.

👣Don’t be shy, come on by! – Please feel free to come talk with me before or after school!

Homework 

The purpose of homework is to allow your child to show you what they are learning in school currently. Homework should be 30-45 minutes per night.

• We will have homework every week for three times per week on Tuesday's, Wednesday's, and Thursday's

• Students will almost always have math homework to take home along with extensions of the lessons that were taught that day. 

• Please reach out if the homework is too difficult, or your child is taking longer than expected to complete assignments. 

Absent Work 

Please let me know as soon as possible when you are anticipating your child to not be at school. Preferably at least a two week notice for when you will be expecting to miss an extensive amount of school.

• Assignments for absent work will mostly be posted on Google Classroom, or may be assembled and given to the students to take home if possible.

• If your student is absent from school, they can turn in make-up work by the following Monday.

• The student is responsible for asking the teacher for any missed work they will need to complete to ensure that they understand the assignments!

Late Work 

Late work is not accepted in 5th grade. It is the student's responsibility to communicate that they will need extra time and support on assignments well before the anticipated due date!  

• HOWEVER- We are an equitable classroom! Therefore, if your family is experiencing any personal matters, please communicate that with me and we can create a plan to help accommodate the classwork and/or homework expectations. 

Reading 

• Students are responsible for bringing an independent reading book to school everyday, students are welcome to pick a book from our library, but they MUST return the book when finished in good condition! 

• Students will complete three book report/projects this year. 

• In addition to reading in the classroom, students should be reading at least 20 min per night. Students will have their reading logs signed nightly by parents/guardians, and will turn it in at the end of every month. If all students turn in their reading logs, each one completed and signed by a parent/guardian, then the class will earn a class prize of their choice! 

Responsibility as a TCPS Community 

In our school, we follow the TIGER KEYS and we are accountable for our choices.  We take care of the classroom and the school together. Students will have classroom jobs such as Librarian, Supply Organizer, Line Leader, Calendar Updater, and Health Inspector. Each job will be held for a week before we rotate. Students will all have a chance to participate in helping take care of our class! 

Birthdays 

We love to celebrate birthdays and do so with a mini celebration! 

• We celebrate during snack or lunch in our classroom. 

• Please contact me beforehand, if you would like to provide special snack and napkins- please keep it simple! 

• Please do not include hats, favors, and other decorations. 

Summer birthday? No worries!

• We’re happy to celebrate half birthdays too!

Lunch 

Lunch Policy

• Students will bring home what’s not eaten

• Lunch time is first and foremost for eating! 

• We will spend 10 minutes eating, chatting, and cleaning before 15 minutes of lunch play time.

Top Notch Catering

• Our Hot Lunch program is a great option for some families. 

• All ordering and payment will be done online.

• Check the TCPS website for more information!