Open House 2018-2019

My name is Ms. Portugal and I am so excited to be your teacher this year!! We are going to have so much fun learning and exploring new things. A little bit about myself, I have been teaching for sixteen years. I absolutely love what I do and I am always striving to better myself as a teacher. I have a Master's degree in Reading . I am very passionate person and love to learn.

Art Spanish Music Business Wednesday Monday Tuesday Friday Thursday

Science- Elevate Science Social Studies- Time for Kids Reading- Superkids Math- GoMath Science- Elevate Science Social Studies- Time for Kids

E= Excellent G= Good S= Satisfactory M= Minimal Progress U= Unsatisfactory

Arrival Procedures: 8:10am-8:20am- Students are held in the Discovery Museum Kinder- parents can park in ECD parking lot and walk student directly into their classroom Door open at 8:10 am Tardies will be after 8:30 AM At this time you must park in the Building 5 parking lot and walk your child into the main office to sign in.

Dismissal- Pick up line will be through the Discovery Museum parking lot at 2pm. You enter from 112th avenue, you will make an immediate right into the parking lot. All students will be held inside the Discovery Museum. 2 Pick-Up Options: Drive through the car line and student will be loaded into the car (car decal must be easily visible in the car) Park and walk to pick up line and wait for child (present car decal to the teacher dismissing the students) At 2:15 the students who have not been picked up will go to the main office, check in and call their parents NEW- For every minute late, the parent will have to pay $1 (Example: 15 minutes late $15.00)

Before Care 7:10am-8:10am Location: Room 504 $60.00/month- Pay online

**Payment is due the first week of every month! Story Hour Kinder-1st Grade- 2:00-3:00pm Kinder: held in Kindergarten classroom 1st Grade: held in 1st grade classroom $60.00/month- Pay online **Payment is due the first week of every month!

Breakfast is served in the cafeteria between 8:10-8:30 am. Please notify the teacher if your child will be receiving school lunch. Balances can be paid on the school website.

You can access weekly homework on Class Dojo as well as on the school website. To access the HW on the website, just must create an account on the website. Once you have created your account, select classes/homework, select Kindergarten and search for the teachers name. On the bottom of the page select add to my class list. You will receive notifications via email when hw is changed or updated.

3 Think Central Assignments 1 Math (iReady) Assignment 1 Reading (iReady) Assignment Spelling (2 activities from spelling menu)

Behavior/Astro bucks Class Dojo is used for behavior and conduct Astro bucks is a new incentive that the entire school is participating in. Students earn Astro bucks in order to participate in the monthly activity.

Business Program Every month, the Somerset Prep students attend a “business seminar” where they listen to informative presentations from business leaders in the real world. (Students need to wear their white polos on these days) Our Business Program targets all grade levels, starting from kindergarten until grade 5. The program targets several topics of business such as personal finance, money management, entrepreneurship and marketing. Students have the opportunity of becoming financially responsible by maintaining a classroom mortgage and earn and spend money in a simulated micro economy.

School Website www.somersetacademyprep.com The school’s website is the place to go to stay updated! All parents are encouraged to create a login for the school website After today’s session you can go to the cafeteria where laptops are set up to create your website login. It’s a quick and easy process! With a website account, you will be able to receive automatic Homework alerts on your cell phone. Anytime a teacher edits her homework you will receive a notification. On the website you will find: News and Announcements School Calendar Breakfast and Lunch Menus Events and Student Pictures Teacher Websites And more!

Items for Sale Student Spirit Shirt- $15 Agenda- $10 (Mandatory for 1st-5th Grade) NEW- SoPrep Lanyards!- $5 Jean Day All Year- $60 PTO Membership- $25/family SoPrep Car Magnet- $5 Pollo Tropical BOGO Fundraising Card- $5

All families are asked to volunteer 30 hours for the 2018-2019 school year. This can be accomplished through various volunteer opportunities throughout the year (including snacks for the classroom) IMPORTANT- In order to volunteer your time, you must be cleared through the Miami Dade Portal. (Laptops will be set up in the cafeteria to create your login) You will be given a letter every quarter with the amount of volunteer hours completed. ACT Fund- Assistants for Classroom Teachers SoPrep is asking parents to contribute $300 to be able to afford a Teacher Assistant. If you pay, your volunteer hours will be credited, you will receive a free spirit shirt and a free car magnet! Payments can still be made!!!

Field trips are available to all parents to chaperone (As long as the location allows it) We will be having a field trip soon (probably around November) Parents are not allowed to travel with us on the bus. We recommend carpooling with the other parents.

Uniform Policy Girls: White or Yellow Polo w/ Logo Long Sleeve Polo White w/ Logo Green Plaid Skort Blue Bermuda Shorts or Pants Black or Canvas Belt Mary Jane Shoes All Black Sneakers White or Black Socks Solid Navy Blue Sweater Boys: White or Yellow Polo w/ Logo Long Sleeve Polo White w/ Logo Blue Bermuda Shorts or Pants Black or Canvas Belt All Black Sneakers White or Black Socks Solid Navy Blue Sweater All students are required to wear a school uniform daily. Any student not wearing a complete school uniform will be issued a warning. If a parent does not bring the uniform, disciplinary consequences will be issued to the student. A referral will be issued for continued violations of the uniform policy.

Students will be taking the SESAT this year Date: TBA (usually around March or April) Students will be assessed in Reading and Math

Monthly Birthday’s

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