Hi Families! My name is Stephenie Mosley and I will be your 4k teacher this year. This is my 15th year in education and I am so excited to be teaching 4k for the second year! I graduated from Columbia College in 2011 with a Bachelor's in Early Childhood Education. In 2019, I graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a Master's Degree in Language, Literacy, and Culture.
In my free time, I enjoy hiking with my family, reading, going to the gym, hanging out by the pool, and trying new places to eat! I enjoy exercising and staying active. My favorite color is green. My favorite things to eat and drink are coffee, tacos, and sushi!
Hello friends,
My name is Lindsey Houghton. I am so excited to be helping out in 4k this year! I graduated with my bachelor’s in early childhood education from USC Upstate in 2023.
I have a passion for helping students learn and grow academically, socially, and emotionally. This is my 4th year at Sugar Ridge.
I am married to my husband of 18 years and have two children. My son Braden is 16 and my daughter Elaina is 14. In my free time I love going to the beach! I am looking forward to a great year!!!
Hi Families!
This website will be our spot to send any important information such as schedules, lunch menus, important dates, and reminders. I will also send home a weekly homework sheet that will have all of the same information on it as well.
For communication purposes, we will use an app called Seesaw. I will be sending information on how to connect in your child's folder. You will need to download this on your phone. You will be able to connect with our classroom and communicate any questions or concerns you may have. I try to respond quickly, but please allow until the end of the day for me to respond. If you happen to have a question after school hours, please allow until the next school day for me to respond.
My e-mail is stephenie.mosley@spart2.org.
School Phone Number: 864-578-2884 EXT 4107
4K has high expectations for all students. It is also an extremely important transition period for students. In our classroom, positive reinforcement and praise is used to encourage continued success. IF a negative behavior persists, students will be met with a consequence. In the rare case that unacceptable behaviors are consistent without any improvements, parents will be notified so that we can work through the issue as a team. Students each have a clip on our behavior chart with their picture on it. Every student starts on GREEN each day. Here is how our color system works...
Green: Ready to start the day!
Yellow: Student has had 3 warnings
Orange: Student has not shown any improvements and is consistently making poor choices.
Red: Unacceptable and unsafe behavior that has continued all day.
Your child's color for the day will be noted on their monthly calendar that is located in their take home folder. If, for some reason, your child is on anything less than green for the day, there will be a note explaining what happened.
We will use Seesaw as our main form of communication. I will send home instructions on how to get registered on the first day of school. If you have any trouble, or any questions, please reach out to me.
Please allow until the next business day for me to respond. 99% of the time, I am able to respond fairly quickly, but there will be times when my responses may be delayed until the next day.
This is where I will push out weekly updates and any reminders.
My e-mail is Stephenie.Mosley@spart2.org
We will also have a monthly calendar that will stay in your child's red folder (which should come back and forth to school each day). This folder will communicate your child's daily behavior.
Typically we do NOT send red folders home on Friday. There might be an occasional Friday where we need to send information home in which case, red folders will be sent home then.
Change of Transportation: if your child will be going home a different way than usual, please send me a Seesaw message and call the front office and let them know. I don't always see my messages in time, so it's important that you notify both me and the front office just in case.
Welcome, 4K Families!
Welcome to a brand-new school year! We are so excited to begin this journey with you and your child. Whether you start on Monday or Wednesday, we can't wait to meet our new students and welcome our families!
This year will be filled with learning, laughter, friendships, and exciting discoveries. We are committed to creating a safe, caring, and fun environment where every child can grow and thrive.
As we get ready for the first day of school, I have one small request that will help everything go a little more smoothly.
Please send your child with a sticky note, index card, or small piece of paper that includes:
Your child's name
Room 107
Mrs. Mosley
If your child is a car rider, you can hand it to them as they get out of the car or clip it to their shirt. If they ride the bus, please have them hold onto it or clip it on their shirt. This will help our staff quickly guide them to the correct classroom.
After the first day, I'll send home stickers for your child to wear during the rest of the first week to make finding our classroom even easier.
Thank you so much for helping us make your child's first day a happy and successful one! We can't wait to meet our newest little learners! ❤️🐼
Announcements and Reminders:
Please check your child's red folder nightly. There will be a good bit of information coming home over the next few days.
Please label all of your child's personal belongings with their names. This is very important! It is inevitable that items will get misplaced and having name labels ensures we get them back to the right owner.
Wednesday, August 19th: Fall Pictures
Thursday, August 20th: Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night. (You can eat at CFA and support Sugar Ridge!)
Monday, August 31st: All About Me Posters Due! (Information will be coming home about this on your child's first day of school)
Please send a blanket or a towel for nap time. Please make sure it is labeled with your child's name.
If your 4K student has older siblings at SRE, you will ALWAYS pick-up all of your children and drop them off on the kindergarten side of the school. Even if your 4K child is absent, you will still use the kindergarten loop for older siblings.
🧇 Monday
1. French Toast Sticks with Sausage
2. Grilled Cheese Sandwich
3. Italian Ciabatta Sandwich
4. Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🌮 Tuesday
1. Chicken Quesadilla
2. Popcorn Chicken with Biscuit
3. Pizza Dunker Munchable
4. Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🍝 Wednesday
1. Spaghetti & Meatballs with Fresh Bread
2. Chicken Sandwich
3. Crispy Chicken Caesar Salad with Fresh Bread
4. Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🍽️ Thursday
1. Salisbury Steak & Gravy with Buttered Noodles
2. Cheeseburger
3. Ham & Cheese Munchable
4. Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🍕 Friday
1. Pepperoni Pizza
2. Fish Sticks
3. Turkey & Cheese Wrap
4. Yogurt Parfait with Granola
Hi Families! ❤️
Wow...what a wonderful first week of 4K! We are so proud of how much our students have already learned, and we are so thankful for your help in making our first week run as smoothly as possible!
Over the next few weeks, we will continue learning and practicing our school and classroom expectations, routines, and procedures. More importantly, we will be working together to build a strong classroom family where every child feels safe, loved, valued, and excited to learn. 🐼❤️
We will be learning how to be kind and caring friends, how to work together, how to share and take turns, how to solve problems, and how to encourage one another. Our goal is to create a classroom community where everyone knows that we are a team and we take care of one another!
Thank you for partnering with us as we begin this exciting journey. We are already seeing so many sweet friendships, big smiles, and little moments of growth, and we can't wait to see what the weeks ahead bring!
Here's to a fantastic year of learning, growing, and making memories together! ❤️🖤🤍🐼
Announcements and Reminders:
Please send in a family photo for us to put on our family tree as soon as possible.
Wednesdays, we will have PE. Please have your child wear sneakers.
If your child gets a sticker on their behavior chart, that means they had a great day. If something happened to cause them to lose their sticker, there will be a small note explaining what happened. This week has been amazing! Everyone is learning so quickly!
Please remember to LABEL ALL BELONGINGS WITH CHILD'S NAME. There are quite a few blankets with no names and it makes it difficult for us to know who they belong to because the kids don't always know either.
If you want your child to be able to get ice-cream on the designated days, please use the QR code that was sent home to pay online. If you need your child's ID number, please reach out to me.
Wednesday, August 19th- Fall Pictures
Thursday, August 20th- Chick-Fil-A Spirit Night
Monday, August 31st- ALL ABOUT ME PROJECTS DUE! Please remember to be creative with these. You can cut each section out and glue on poster board, use craft materials, family photos, etc. We are going to display these and we want them to be fun and exciting! Students love to have this visible to them while they are at school.
Monday, September 7th- No School
Please work with your child at home on learning how to wipe themselves and how to care for their personal bathroom needs as independently as possible. We will always guide, encourage, and assist them when needed at school, but our ultimate goal is to help each child become confident and independent when using the bathroom. Thank you for practicing these important self-help skills at home! ❤️
🍕 Monday
Pizza Cheese Crunchers
Hot Dog
Grilled Chicken Caesar Wrap
Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🌮 Tuesday
Beef & Cheese Soft Taco
Chicken Nuggets with Fresh Bread
Turkey & Cheese Munchable
Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🍝 Wednesday
Chicken & Broccoli Alfredo with Fresh Bread
Cheeseburger
Chef Salad with Turkey, Ham & Fresh Bread
Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🥪 Thursday
Ham & Cheese on Pretzel Bun
Corn Dog Nuggets
Chicken Nugget Munchable
Yogurt Parfait with Granola
🍕 Friday
Cheesy Pizza
Chicken Sandwich
Ham & Cheese Sandwich
Yogurt Parfait with Granola
Hi Families!
It’s been another great week in 4K! We are continuing to learn and improve our school and classroom procedures, and students are becoming more comfortable with their daily routines and the busy days that come with school. We are so proud of how much they are learning and growing already!
Thank you for your continued support and for helping make this transition into 4K as smooth as possible. We truly appreciate all that you do! 💕
Announcements and Reminders:
Please send in a family photo for us to put on our family tree as soon as possible.
Wednesdays, we will have PE. Please have your child wear sneakers.
If your child gets a sticker on their behavior chart, that means they had a great day. If something happened to cause them to lose their sticker, there will be a small note explaining what happened. This week has been amazing! Everyone is learning so quickly!
Please remember to LABEL ALL BELONGINGS WITH CHILD'S NAME. There are quite a few blankets with no names and it makes it difficult for us to know who they belong to because the kids don't always know either.
If you want your child to be able to get ice-cream on the designated days, please use the QR code that was sent home to pay online. If you need your child's ID number, please reach out to me.
Monday, August 31st- ALL ABOUT ME PROJECTS DUE! Please remember to be creative with these. You can cut each section out and glue on poster board, use craft materials, family photos, etc. We are going to display these and we want them to be fun and exciting! Students love to have this visible to them while they are at school.
Monday, September 7th- No School
Please work with your child at home on learning how to wipe themselves and how to care for their personal bathroom needs as independently as possible. We will always guide, encourage, and assist them when needed at school, but our ultimate goal is to help each child become confident and independent when using the bathroom. Thank you for practicing these important self-help skills at home! ❤️
Monday, August 24th- Goodies for Grands paper due to homeroom teacher
🍝 Lasagna Roll-Ups
🧀 Grilled Cheese
🥗 Crispy Chicken Salad
🥣 Yogurt with Granola
🌮 Chicken & Cheese Nachos
🍗 Popcorn Chicken with Biscuit
🍕 Pizza Dunker Munchable
🥣 Yogurt with Granola
🧀 Cheese Tortellini
🍗 Chicken Sandwich
🥗 Garden Salad with Egg
🥣 Yogurt with Granola
🍚 Sweet & Sour Chicken with Rice
🍔 Cheeseburger
🌮 Nacho Munchable
🥣 Yogurt with Granola
🍕 Pepperoni Pizza
🐟 Fish Sticks
🌯 Italian Wrap
🥣 Yogurt with Granola
Hi Families,
We had another great week in 4K! Students are progressing SO nicely! This week, we will start focusing more on recognizing and writing our first name, recognizing uppercase letter and numbers 1-20. We will also start our weekly homework sheet that will go home on Monday. Please let me know if you have any questions. I hope everyone has a great week ahead and as always, thank you for the amazing teamwork as we work to make this year the best ever!
Announcements and Reminders:
Please send in a family photo for us to put on our family tree as soon as possible if you have not done so already.
Wednesdays, we will have PE. Please have your child wear sneakers.
If you want your child to be able to get ice-cream on the designated days, please use the QR code that was sent home to pay online. If you need your child's ID number, please reach out to me. SEPTEMBER 4TH IS LAST DAY TO PAY FOR THESE ITEMS!
Monday, August 31st- ALL ABOUT ME PROJECTS DUE! Please remember to be creative with these. You can cut each section out and glue on poster board, use craft materials, family photos, etc. We are going to display these and we want them to be fun and exciting! Students love to have this visible to them while they are at school.
Monday, September 7th- No School
Please work with your child at home on learning how to wipe themselves and how to care for their personal bathroom needs as independently as possible. We will always guide, encourage, and assist them when needed at school, but our ultimate goal is to help each child become confident and independent when using the bathroom. Thank you for practicing these important self-help skills at home! ❤️
Hi Families!
What a great week we had in 4K! Students are starting to recognize their names, forming letters, hold the pencil correctly and learn our daily learning songs! I am super impressed with how well we are progressing!
Next week is COLOR WEEK! Please see flyer to the left to know what color to wear each day!
Families, you don't need worksheets or special supplies to help your child practice the skills we are learning in 4K! Some of the best learning happens during everyday activities. ❤️
Try spending just 5–10 minutes each day practicing letters, numbers, counting, and writing through play!
• Go on a letter hunt around the house.
• Look for letters on food boxes, signs, books, and toys.
• Pick a letter and see how many things you can find that start with that sound.
• Practice identifying the letters in your child's name.
• Count toys while cleaning up.
• Count snacks, steps, socks, or cars you see while driving.
• Look for numbers on clocks, houses, signs, and remotes.
• Roll a die and have your child count the dots. Then collect that many toys or objects!
Writing doesn't always have to mean sitting down with a pencil! Try:
• Writing with chalk outside
• Tracing letters in sand or rice
• Making letters with Play-Doh
• Drawing and coloring
• Practicing letters with crayons, markers, or pencils
• Cutting and gluing to help strengthen those little hand muscles
Name writing is an important skill in 4K! Encourage your child to:
• Recognize their name
• Identify the letters in their name
• Say the letters in order
• Build their name with magnetic letters or letter tiles
• Trace their name
• Practice writing their name independently
Try to read together every day, even if it's just one book. Ask questions about the pictures, characters, and story. You can also point out letters and numbers you recognize as you read.
Learning at this age should be FUN! Don't worry about perfection. Children learn through play, repetition, and encouragement. Even 5–10 minutes a day can make a BIG difference!
Thank you for partnering with us and helping our 4K friends grow into confident, independent learners! ❤️
Announcements and Reminders:
Please send in a family photo for us to put on our family tree as soon as possible if you have not done so already.
Wednesdays, we will have PE. Please have your child wear sneakers.
Monday, September 7th- NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, September 8th- Goodies with Grands
Friday, September 18th- Ice-Cream Sold
We had SO much fun celebrating Color Week! 🌈❤️💛💚💙 Each day was filled with lots of colorful learning, exploring, and of course, seeing all of our friends dressed in the color of the day!
Thank you so much for participating and helping make our week extra special. We loved seeing everyone’s colorful outfits and enthusiasm each day! It was such a fun way to learn, celebrate, and make some happy memories together. 💕
Announcements and Reminders:
Please send in a family photo for us to put on our family tree as soon as possible if you have not done so already.
Wednesdays, we will have PE. Please have your child wear sneakers.
Thursday, September 17th- Our class will attend the Book Fair. Please refer to the flyer that was sent through Seesaw. This will tell you how to add funds to their account.
Thursday, September 17th- Picnic with FOOD TRUCKS and OPEN HOUSE 5pm-7pm. We’re excited to welcome you into our classroom for Open House! This is simply a chance for you and your child to pop in, take a little look around, and see where they spend their days. We love having you be part of our classroom community! Just a quick reminder that Open House is not a parent-teacher conference, so there won’t be time for individual conferences or lengthy conversations. If you have questions or would like to discuss your child’s progress, please feel free to reach out to me separately so we can find a time to chat. We will be scheduling Parent-Teacher conferences in mid-October. We can’t wait to see you and share a little glimpse of our Pre-K world!
Friday, September 18th- Ice-Cream Sold if you paid
We had another wonderful week in 4K! Our little learners are growing, learning, and becoming more comfortable with our classroom routines each day. It has been so sweet to see their personalities shine and watch them make new friendships!
As we continue through the school year, we are beginning to see a few unwanted behaviors pop up here and there. This is completely normal as children learn, grow, test boundaries, and continue learning how to be part of a classroom community. 💗
If you have a few moments this weekend, please take some time to have a gentle conversation with your child about our school procedures and expectations, such as:
👂 Listening when the teacher is talking
👣 Following directions the first time
🙋♀️ Using kind hands and kind words
🧸 Taking care of our classroom and our friends
🧑🤝🧑 Keeping our hands and bodies to ourselves
⭐ Making safe and respectful choices
A quick reminder at home can make such a big difference! We will continue practicing these expectations at school as well, and our goal is always to help our little ones learn how to make good choices, solve problems, and be successful at school.
Thank you for partnering with us and for all you do at home to support your child. We truly appreciate our 4K families!❤️
We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, and we are already looking forward to another fun week of learning, growing, and making memories together! 🌈📚✨
Announcements and Reminders:
Please see the attached schedule for this week's dress themes for attendance week!
October 2nd- Custodian Appreciation Day! Please see the attached flyer if you would like to participate! We would love to shower our custodian with so much love on her special day. She takes such good care of us each and every day.