Dear
1A Families,
I am excited
to welcome everyone on Tuesday, September 6th! Below are some
reminders about the first week of school and information about our schedule for
this school year.
Tuesday will
be our first day together and will also be a half day of school. Please send your child with a
bag snack. Dismissal on Tuesday for
first graders will be at 11:55. I will walk them down to the parking lot
for pickup. The first grade team will be down in the gym to
welcome everyone for morning assembly on Tuesday beginning at 7:45.
Assembly will begin at 8:00 each day. For the remainder of the year I
will be in the gym by 8:00 to meet the kids.
Throughout
the first few months of school I will walk the kids down each day for dismissal
at 2:30.
On Tuesday, Mrs. Arbuckle and
I will take the day to begin building our classroom community. Students will see many familiar faces, but
new ones as well, so we will do some icebreakers and name activities to start off
the day. We will also begin to establish
routines within the classroom. Each
student should bring the following on the first day:
- An independent reading book to be kept at school
- Supplies from the supply list for the school year (I will label all materials during the first week!)
- A “summer treasure” photo of your child this summer to share
As
some of you may know, students in first grade have gym twice a week. For us this will be both Tuesday and Friday afternoons.
Students should wear their gym uniform and sneakers both days. The first day of gym will be Friday, September 9th. Our
library day will be Tuesday. Please feel
free to send book returns back any day of the week.
If
you are interested in becoming a room parent to help support 1A, please use the
link below to read more about this opportunity:
Lastly,
please respond to this email so that I know each parent has received it. If you and your spouse or another caretaker would
both like to be on the email communication list, just let me know and I am
happy to add them on!
I am
looking forward to a great year!
Alison
