1. Welcome to Sunnycrest’s 2018-2019 Kindergarten Orientation
Sunnycrest Elementary School
Home of the Screamin’ Eagles

2. Introductions: Tim Haines, Principal
Dave Bartlow: Next Year’s Principal
Debbie Carter, Kristi McNeil, Julie Sewald, Mel Siebel, &
Chanel West--our outstanding kindergarten team!
Sharon Mohney & Christie Jones: Registration Team
Jessica Spohnholtz: Nurse

3. The Purpose of Tonight’s Meeting:
To welcome all incoming families ☺
To share effective strategies that will allow you to best prepare your child to have a positive, rewarding, and academically appropriate kindergarten experience
Most importantly, to answer all of your questions and alleviate any concerns that you might have!

4. Volunteer in your child’s classroom
Please be Involved (Help your child know that his/her education is very important!)
Attend school functions: Literacy Night, parent-teacher conferences, PTA meetings
Volunteer in your child’s classroom
Read and respond to newsletters, calendars, and notes

5. Registering Your Child For School
Registration packets are available.
We are currently accepting completed registration packets. Please submit your packets early to support staffing.
Your child must be 5 years old by August 31, 2018.

6. A complete application includes:
Registration packet
Your child’s birth certificate
Proof of residency
Your child’s current immunization records

7. Immunizations (Nurse Jessica Spohnholtz)
Washington State Law currently mandates that students attending public schools be up to date on all required immunizations:
3 Hepatitis B
2 MMR
5 DPT/DTaP
4 OPV/IPV
2 doses of Varicella (chicken pox) or proof of the disease by physician’s documentation.
Additionally, if your child has any major health concerns, please notify our school nurse, Nurse

8. Developing Social Skills Mel Siebel & Chanel West
Purposeful Play: What is it?
Supporting your child’s social development
Join a playgroup
Host play dates
Library Story Time

9. Developing Motor Skills Kristi McNeil
Buttoning, zipping, donning clothing
Drawing pictures
Practicing writing your child’s name
Practicing Numbers and Letters
Developmentally appropriate motor movements
Appropriately “gripping” pencils and crayons

10. Appropriately “Gripping” Pencils & Crayons

11. Kindergarten Mathematics Julie Sewald
Counting
1:1 Correspondence
Recognizing Numbers
Playing board games
Counting frequently
Encourage problem solving
Sorting objects according to their similarities
Fun math activities

12. Kindergarten Literacy Debbie Carter
Read to your child for at least 20 minutes everyday!
Talk about print: point out and discuss familiar logos and environmental print.
Help your child recognize the letters in his/her name.
Play with beginning sounds and rhyme!
Learning Letters and Sounds=
Questions to Ask When Reading to Your Child

13. Childhood is a journey--not a race!
Children grow and mature at different rates. Not all children of the same age are ready for school at the same time. Children who enter school with a wide range of skills and knowledge tend to be more successful in school. There is no perfect formula that determines when children are truly ready for kindergarten; please review our suggestions to foster your child’s physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development. Our suggestions include items that are important to your child’s success in kindergarten.
Childhood is a journey--not a race!

14. Miscellaneous Your child’s safety is our number one priority!
Save Visitors Check-in System
Monthly Drills
Safety Apps, Door Stops, etc.
Establish bedtime routines.
Visit the campus during the weekends/summer
Call if you have questions!

15. In mid-August . . .
You will receive a letter informing you of your child’s teacher.
Receive an invitation to our annual Kindergarten Ice Cream Social/Open House
Meet your child’s teacher
Tour your child’s classroom/school
Sign up for Family Connection Conference
Ride a school bus
Meet the PTA
Drop off school supplies
Meet new friends!

16. In early September . . .
We will meet with you and your child during the first three days of the school year to best understand how to support your incoming kindergartener.
Wednesday, September 5- Friday, September 7 will be our family connection days.
The first "regular" school day for all kindergarten students will be Monday, September 10, 2018