Nuts and Bolts To Begin Please pass around the clip board and sign in Please grab one pack of papers per family! Before you leave, please sign your student up for their *STAR STUDENT* week! It is on the Writing Center Table (more information to come!)

My 2 nd year teaching at Creekside! WSU….GO COUGS! BA in Elementary Education Grew up in Port Orchard, WA 2 sweet nieces that I adore! I love to read, hike, and be with my family. About Me…

Information for you and me! Parent Homework Home/School Transportation Getting to Know Your ChildClass Directory Volunteering How can I help my child succeed? Important DatesKindergarten with Miss Hubner Any other important information about your child that I did not ask about, please me! The more I know, the more helpful I can be to them

Kate Hubner Rm. 166 Classroom phone Class Website please visit weekly wednet.edu *BEST FORM OF CONTACT*

Daily Take Home Folders Transport classroom work, homework, notes and reminders from me, book orders, field trip permission slips, school notices and community sports opportunity handouts, etc. Please check daily! There will be two sides to these folders which will work as follows: To be LEFT at home: these papers will be yours to keep ! Bring RIGHT back: these papers will be something that needs your attention, and are to be sent back to me!

Arrival for AM Kindergarten Driving your child to school & walking to school – front entrance –Walk down the sidewalk at the left end of the school. If they arrive prior to 9:05 wait in covered basketball area. –9:05am (first bell) they will move to the area outside of our classroom windows and line up with their classmates until 9:10am –At 9:10am teacher comes to pick up class

Student drop- off Parents exit Students climb out of the car independently Pull all the way forward

9:10 arrival student line –up area Goodmorning !

Dismissal of AM Kindergarten EA (Educational Assistant) will pick up the kids and walk them to their bus. Pick up – meet your child at the front entrance of the school (near the office).

Arrival for PM Kindergarten Bus – the kids will get off the bus and an EA (Educational Assistant) will walk them in a line to the classroom. Walk to school or ride to school – you will park and walk your child down to the bus area to meet the EA who will escort everyone in together.

Dismissal for PM Kindergarten Few minutes before the bell Bus – teacher will walk kids to bus area and help them find their bus. –They will have a color coded bus card – please keep in their backpack! EA will walk the kids to the front of the school who are picked up Walkers – walk through the bus area to exit the school

If there is a change in your child’s going home routine… Need the arrangements in writing (note and/or ). –Emergencies – over the phone (call front office) Bus passes – fill out form online and place in Daily Folder to turn in to me at school.

Library We have library once per week. Kids will be allowed to check out 1 book every week (check out won’t start for the next month or so). Kids may return their book anytime during the week and must return it in order to check out a new book.

School Supplies We share all consumable supplies. Bring to school daily: Daily Folder Backpack Coat, jacket, or sweater

Blake Label your … Jacket and backpack

Appropriate Clothing Dress comfortably. PE days – pants, shorts, or tights. Non-skid, closed toe shoes for the gym. No hats in the classroom please. A coat for our unpredictable weather.

AM Specialist Schedule Monday – PE Tuesday – Music Friday – Library all are at 9:30am

PM Specialist Schedule Tuesday – Library from 3:10-3:40 Thursday – PE from 2:40-3:10 Friday – Library from 3:10-3:40

Bathrooms We will take a break to “empty our tanks” each day before or after recess. Encouraged to go during “working” time, not “learning” time. Emergencies – always allowed to go!

Birthday Celebrations In keeping with our district nutrition policy, we will not be having birthday treats in the classroom. We will celebrate in other non- food ways in the classroom. Summer birthdays can be celebrated at anytime during the year, please talk with me to set this up. Please do not pass out party invitations in class, as this can cause hurt feelings to those children not invited.

Snack Please send in a snack each day There are nut allergies present school wide – please be mindful of this when packing appropriate snacks This will happen during “snack and story time”, at the carpet, so please choose easy clean up snacks. For healthy, nut-free ideas, visit

WE FILL BUCKETS!! Part of our CREEKSIDE culture is “Bucket Filling”. When you are kind and helpful you fill someone’s internal bucket. When you do something unkind, you empty their bucket (as well as your own). Many growth and learning opportunities in terms of behavior. We will fill our classroom bucket with “warm and fuzzy” feelings! We are also a “Leader in Me” school. We practice the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Leadership Skills. You can find more information about this Creekside Philosophy on our school website!

Volunteering Parent volunteers working with students will begin after the first few weeks of school, as I want to foster independence and an “I Can Do It” attitude first. –Parent volunteers may work in the work room during these first weeks on prep work. –More “job specific” information/sign up opportunities can be found in your paperwork today, and more opportunities will be presented on a need basis.

No regular homework is given. Ask that you read (or child reads) 15 minutes a night and practice sight words (will information will be provided at curriculum night). Please set aside a “book box/tub” for our small readers! There are occasionally special projects that will be sent home that usually require adult assistance.

Curriculum Night September 17th This is when we will go into depth about our Kindergarten Curriculum: Please set aside box/ tub for little reading books. Phonics based reading program (Fountas & Pinnell) Everyday Math Lucy Caulkins Writing (full adoption this year) Social studies (My World), Health (My Body, Communities), and Science (plants, solids and liquids, 5 senses, and rocks)

STAR STUDENT MondayTuesdayWednesda y ThursdayFriday Share “All About Me” Poster Tune Tuesday! Share their favorite song (school appropriate, please!) Nothing extra Pick “Snack and Story” book (May bring a book from home or choose from our classroom library) Show and Tell Calendar with available dates on Writing Center Table. Please sign up today if you can! Students who aren’t signed up will be assigned a free week and I will contact families to let them know. Their All About Me poster will go home with them the Friday before their week!

EventParticipantsDateTime Kindergarten First Day of School Full Day Kindergarten Thursday, September 4 th 9:15 – 3:40 AM Kindergarten Thursday, September 4 th 9:15-11:45 PM Kindergarten Thursday, September 4 th 12:25 – 3:40

Thanks for Coming!