1. Mrs. Bielecki and Mrs. Lieberman

2. Introducing… Ms. O’Keefe!

3. Email If you have any questions, please email me at: Kim.bielecki@lcps.org 815-529-9908

4. Transportation Make sure you fill out the blue bus form. This is your exit ticket out today. We must know how your child gets home. Today you will find your child wearing a bus tag. Please fill this out and have your child wear this during the first week of school. You will also see a yellow bus tag on your child’s backpack on the first week of school. Please keep it on the backpack all year. This communicates to transportation and school staff how the child rides to and from school.

5. Transportation If there is a change, you MUST send a note or call the school immediately. We cannot place a child on a different bus or send them home with anyone else without written notification. Play date clause!

6. Lunch @ 10:50 am daily For students buying lunch: Student # - attached to account Student chooses daily Menu online monthly Students may pack

7. Lunch Numbers

8. Drink Break There will be no milk coming from the cafeteria this school year. You may bring in your own water bottles. Please label with their name.

9. Supplies Put inside baskets that you are in the hallway. We have labels with your child’s name. Please purchase a pencil box before first day of school.

10. Folders Daily Take-home Folder: Comes home daily (usually). Return to School/ Keep at Home Put notes in front. Do NOT count on me receiving emails during the day. I check it at 7ish and then after school. Homework will come home starting in October. More information to come on Back to School night.

11. Shared Reading Books This is our shared-reading. A new poem is added each week. This is an interactive journal that is used daily. When it comes home (usually Friday) please enjoy reading together, then return the next day(usually Monday). It is important to bring it back so your child can use it the following week for interactive activities that we do as a class.

12. Dressing for School Please make sure your child wears appropriate outdoor clothing necessary. We go out unless it is below freezing or raining. Girls—wear shorts under dresses/skirts.

13. Dressing for School Help your child learn to tie shoes. Until they can, velcro or other non-tie shoes are encouraged.

14. Attendance Call the attendance hotline if a child will be out or late. Attendance Hotline: (703) 957- 4330 Kids that ride a bus that is late are NEVER marked tardy.

15. Attendance Daily punctual attendance is important for school success. Doors open- 7:30 AM School begins- 7:50 AM Dismissal- 2:35 PM Sickness is a great reason to be home. Extended absences- notify principal for approval.

16. Delays and Early Dismissals Loudoun County Public Schools / Overview

17. Backpacks Please check daily. Backpacks without wheels. Soon there will be: Homework notebooks Shared Reading books Library books

18. Birthdays As a general rule, NO food can be brought. Invitations can be given out to students if each child is included Alternatives may include: Donate a book to our class library in honor of birthday. We will put a special label on it. A piece of recess equipment (jump rope, hula hoop, playground ball, etc.) Non-edible treats

19. Volunteers Two room parents to help organize special room events and grade-level events. If you would like to be a room parent, please sign up and if you have another parent in mind, include them. There are other opportunities for volunteering: At home, class, etc. Once room parents are picked, an email with a link to sign-up genius will be used for this and other class events. Volunteer & Questionnaire.docx

20. Parties Room parents help with this by planning, organizing and getting participation from other parents. Three parties: Fall Harvest, Valentine’s Day and End of Kindergarten. Because of school liability, we cannot allow sibling to come to classroom events or fieldtrips.

21. Food Allergies For special activities and parties, permission slips will be sent home ten days in advance with a specific list of the food and brands that we will be using/eating. If your child has an allergy to any of the products, please notify us by noting it on the permission slip and sending in an alternative food item with nutritional ingredients listed.

22. Medications NEVER send a child’s medication with the child. It MUST BE BROUGHT IN BY A PARENT AND TAKEN STRAIGHT TO THE HEALTH CLINIC ASSISTANCE— Even cough drops! If your child is taking cold or allergy medicine or an antibiotic, please send in a note. There may be a change in the child’s behavior because of the medication. If your child is/was sick, make sure they are fever free (without tylenol/advil) for 24 hours prior to returning to school. This also goes for medications. Please see Ms. McClellan in the clinic if you have any questions.

23. Packets You have received two forms today in your packet. Please fill out these forms and return them on the first day of school. Forms: Questionnaire Volunteers Volunteer & Questionnaire.docx

24. First Day Packets There will be a packet of very important information sent home on the first day of school. Please make sure those forms are read and filled out appropriately as soon as possible.

25. Scholastic News This year we will be doing Scholastic News with Kindergarten students. Please send in $6.00 on the first day of school so we can order the magazines.

26. Scholastic Book Orders More information coming Back to School night.

27. Back to School Night Thursday, September 15th: 6:30-7:30, 7:30-8:30 More details will be presented about Curriculum Report cards Conference sign up

28. General Questions?