1. Welcome to Kindergarten Maplebrook Elementary

2. Principal: Tiffany Caseltine Asst. Principal: Wendy Anaya
Front Office
Principal: Tiffany Caseltine
Asst. Principal: Wendy Anaya
Counselor: Lorrie Ogletree
Registrar: Roxann Marroquin
Nurse: M J Ruffier
Kindergarten Team
Lisa Cooper
Megan Miller
Lisa Sonnier
Amy Torrico

3. Arrival
The school day begins at 7:50. Please try to have your child here on time. The side doors will close at 8:00 and after that, students need to be dropped off at the front of the building. The tardy bell rings at 8:05. If your child is tardy, he/she must go to the office to get a tardy slip before going to class.
The building will not open until 7:30 in the morning and there will be no supervision before that. Parents may drop off at the early childhood wing or cafeteria side of the building. If your child will be eating breakfast at school, it will start at 7:30 and close at 7:55.

4. Daily Schedule
7:50-8:10 Arrival, unpack, lunch choices, morning work, pledge and announcements
8:10-8:55 Calendar/Shared/Interactive Writing
9:00-9:45 Handwriting without Tears/Writer’s Workshop/Snack
9:45-10:30 Reader’s Workshop (Shared Reading/Focus/Phonics/Read Aloud
Words Their Way)
10:30-11:00 Lunch

5. Daily Schedule Cont. 11:10-11:40 Recess/Restroom
11:45-12:15 Language Arts Cont.
12:15-1:00 Guided Reading (Daily 5)
1:00-1:55Specials
1:55-2:40- Math
2:40- 3:10- Science
3:10-3:15 Clean up, stack and pack, evaluate the day, songs
3:30 Dismissal

6. Kindergarten Lunch
Lunch will be approximately 30 minutes each day. Lunch times will be given at a later date.
Every student will be issued a lunch account number. The number is usually the student’s school id number. Please help your child memorize his/her number.

7. Lunch Cont.
You may deposit money into your child’s account online or send the money to school in an envelope with your child’s name and acct. # on the front.
Of course, your child is welcome to bring a lunch from home. Please write his/her name on the lunchbox.

8. Lunch Cont.
You are welcome to have lunch with your child on Fast Fridays. However, we ask that you refrain from visiting for the first 2 weeks of school. This will make the period of adjustment to school go more smoothly.
You may bring food from home or fast food restaurant for your child only. Bringing food in for another child is not allowed.

9. Visiting MBE
Upon visiting MBE, please remember to always check in at the front office to get a visitor’s sticker before going anywhere in the building. You will need your driver’s license. This is for the safety and protection of all MBE students.

10. Dismissal
Kindergarten school day ends at 3:30. Please be on time to pick up your child.
Please make sure you have a yellow car rider sign with your child’s name written in bold, black writing. The sign goes in the front windshield and it really helps expedite the car rider dismissal process. A yellow car sign must be in the windshield the entire year.

11. Dismissal cont.
If your child is not picked up on time, they will be waiting in the office for pick up.
If your child is going to be a bus rider, please be on time at the bus stop.
Absolutely, no cell phones in a school zone at any time.

12. Change in Transportation
If there is ever a change in transportation, please notify your child’s teacher in writing. We cannot change a student’s transportation unless we have a note from a parent. Also, if someone different is picking up your child, their name must be on the release form in the office. Your child will not be released to anyone whose name is not on the information card.

13. Forms of Communication
Daily Folders: Students will bring home a daily folder for you to look through each night. There will be a calendar, conduct sheet, class work, and sometimes important letters to parents. Conduct sheets need to be initialed by parents every night.
Teacher
Teacher voic
Teacher web pages
School newsletter
On orientation day, please sign up to get
district alerts via or text messages. You will also need to sign up for the MBE group to receive the school newsletter every week. This will also allow you to receive important news from our campus.

14. The school ID number is: MAP040
School Supplies
It is a great idea to order Kindergarten school supplies through EPI. All of the supplies are in one package and it is delivered to your child’s classroom at the beginning of school. You can order the package by filling out the order form or online at:
The school ID number is: MAP040
Cost: $40.00

15. Assessment
At the beginning of the school year, your child will be evaluated on a computer evaluation program called I Station. Your child will be evaluated on this at the beginning of each month. The information taken from the testing will help guide the teacher’s instruction. We individualize as much as possible in the classroom and the testing results will let the teacher know where to begin with each child.

16. First Day Fest There will be a school wide orientation before school
starts. It’s a good
chance for you to meet your
child’s teacher and learn where his/her classroom will be. Please attend to find out more specific info. about: snacks, birthdays, rest time, classroom procedures, rules, and curriculum.
Orientation dates and times will be posted at a later date in the following ways: front marquee, school webpage, district webpage, and local newspaper.

17. Things to Work on in the Summer
Practice writing his/her name w/only the first letter capitalized
Recognition of upper and lower case letters
Letter sounds
Counting from 0-20
Sorting objects
Experience with using pencils, crayons, scissors, and glue
Tying shoes, zipping coats, and buttoning
Read to your child on a daily basis
Practice using computer mouse and tablet.

18. We are so excited to have your child in Kindergarten next year!
We look forward to a partnership to ensure a successful, quality educational experience for your child!