1. Welcome to Powell Elementary
(919)

2. Welcome to Kindergarten Orientation
Please write your questions down on the post it notes and save them for our
Q&A session at the end.
Rising kindergarten students and siblings can go to a Kindergarten Classroom during the presentation! 
Thank You!

3. Our Staff
Principal: Curtis Brower Assistant Principal: Melissa Hart Kindergarten Staff Teachers: Jess Gill Katelyn Brisson Jenna Beauregard Hannah Warren(CCK)
Teaching Assistants:
Connie McCollum
Doris Jamerson
Angela Wooten
Monica Wooten

4. Help your child!
Get involved. Get Connected. *Volunteer in your child's classroom. *PTA

5. Before/After school care
Ways to travel…
Carpool
Buses
Walkers
Daycare Vans
Before/After school care

6. Students ROAR at Powell
We are a PBIS school. (Positive Behavior and Intervention support) "Respect Yourself, Respect Others, Respect Property, and Respect Learning"

7. Staggered entry…What is it? Why do it?
Staggered Entry Week: August 29th-Sept. 2nd 2016
Your child will come to school only one day during the first week of school (this day will be assigned to you)
Small groups each day allows us to get to know your child, introduce new activities, centers and routines, and complete assessments (KEA) in order to plan instruction
Kindergarten Entry Assessment-measures skills in literacy, math, oral language, social development, gross/fine motor
This is NOT a “test”!

8. On your staggered entry day…
Letter in the mail with your assigned day
Check in at the end of the kindergarten hallway
Bring lunch box or lunch money-$2
Do not bring school supplies until “Meet the Teacher”

9. How will you know who your child’s teacher is?
•When is “Meet the Teacher?” Friday September 2nd.
•What is the “official” first day of school? September 6th
Bring school supplies (please do not label supplies)
•Be sure to bring your child’s completed health assessment!

10. What your child needs for school…
Book bag
Lunch box or lunch money
Medications (must have a plan on file)
Healthy snack
Weather appropriate change of clothes (to keep at school)

11. Getting Ready for Kindergarten!!
Visit your public library and read!
Learn letters, numbers, colors and shapes!
Practice self-help skills!
Use bathroom/wash hands independently!
Cleaning up after yourself
Opening drinks/lunch items
Practice fine motor skills! (Buttoning/snapping/zipping/tying shoe laces
Coloring, cutting with scissors
Writing your first name.
As school approaches try to set a sleep schedule.

12. Resources for Parents Family Academy! Free classes!
To promote continued cooperation between families and schools, we offer Family Academy – a series of classes, workshops and events aimed at helping families learn to engage with the school system and positively contribute to their child’s academic and social success. Classes are offered in English and Spanish. Contact Rosa Rangel at (919)  
Project Enlightenment!
Project Enlightenment offers workshops to parents with young children birth through kindergarten age. Topics include discipline techniques, communication, school readiness, child development and more.

13. Kindergarten Website