Weekly Note for Aug. 27

Dear Parents,

Welcome to kindergarten! I am so excited and happy to have your child in my classroom. I know that we are going to have a wonderful year together. Every Monday you will be receiving a note like this from me. In it, you will find the information that you need to have concerning school and the activities that we have here. Please read through this note carefully. If you have any questions, just ask me. I will help you in any way that I can.

This week we are going to work on establishing a routine. Some of the children have been to preschool and some have not. All of them need to get to know the rules and learn what is expected of them here at school. I know the children will do well, but don’t be surprised if they are very tired at the end of the day. They are just adjusting to school. During the week, we will work with a story Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Michael Morris. Along with the story, we will briefly introduce the letters M, J, and A. In math, we will work with the numbers one, two, three and four. For our circle time, we will discuss safety rules here at school. I will be explaining a fire drill to the children. Let me know if your child is frightened by them. I want to help them work through that. Finally, our Bible lessons will be “God Creates Our Beautiful World” and “God Creates Man and Woman.” From these lessons we will learn that God is the almighty, loving Creator.

On Friday, I want to have sharing with the children. I don’t know if I will do this every Friday, but I would like to start the year this way. I want the children to bring in one item or picture that tells something about their summer. Discuss this with your child and see what you find.

Along with this note, you will notice that I have included some other papers. Probably the most important paper is the singing schedule. You will want to put this someplace where you can easily see it. As you can see, we sing on September 23 in the late service. Please mark that date on your calendar so that you will be able to attend the service. I will keep reminding you of that date, but it is good to have it marked so that other plans do not get made.

Other papers include notes concerning the Box Tops and the hot lunch program. The Box Tops are found on various food items. Look especially on General Mills cereal and you will find them. The note explains where they are found and how we will work the program here at school. Let me know if you have any questions. The first collection day for Box Tops is October 23. The class collecting the most will get to receive the dollar amount collected to purchase something for their classroom. We will see how it goes. But, do clip the Box Tops. Thank you.

The other item concerning hot lunch is explained in another note. I am including a menu for you so that you can see what food options will be offered. Since I have a milk break at 10:00 every morning, I am asking you to decide with your child what milk or juice you want to have. Perhaps you do not want any milk at that time. Whatever you decide is fine. We are sending home these notices so that I can honor your wishes. I know this is confusing, but please bear with me. I will do my best to find the answers to whatever questions you might have. Fill out the milk forms and return them to school by Friday. We will make sure that your child gets whatever you ordered.

Finally, I want to thank you all for allowing me to come and see you over the summer. It was such a pleasure getting to know you better. I am so honored to be your child’s teacher. May God bless our year together here at Apostles.