1. North newton Elementary School
“Shaping the World, One Student at a Time”

2. Front office Staff Shane Whitener, Principal
Jill Hager, Instructional Coach
Gina Styers, Data Manager
Monica Lofland, Finance Officer

3. Kindergarten teachers
Adriana Botero
Danielle Gold
Kristin Fernetti
Shana Smith

4. North newton vision & mission
Shaping the World, One Student at a Time
Mission
North Newton Elementary will ensure
that each student succeeds!

5. Be Prepared Act Responsibly Respect Others Keep Safe
BARK Expectations
Be Prepared
Act Responsibly
Respect Others
Keep Safe

6. Core values
All children can and will learn. Through our family atmosphere based upon mutual respect among students and staff:
Diversity is celebrated.
Risk-taking is encouraged.
A compassionate and safe environment is fostered.
Everyone feels a sense of belonging.
Community and parental involvement are essential for our success.

7. Preparing for Kindergarten Academics…..
Know letter names and sounds (refer to the Letterland handout)
Count and recognize numbers 0-100
Be able to write name correctly using ONLY a capital letter at the beginning
Identify 2D/3D shapes & colors
Correctly hold/use scissors
Months of the year and days of the week

8. Preparing for successful behavior…
Practice giving your child 2-3 step directions
Practice 2-3 steps in a sequence: Ex. Brush your teeth, pick up your toys, and then make your bed.
Practice basic social skills
-sharing
-please, thank you
-taking turns
-tattle telling (big/small problem)

9. Health information: Nurse Jennifer is our School Nurse!!!
Parents have 30 calendar days to provide proof of immunization and health assessment.
Students cannot attend school after 30 days until immunization information is provided!

10. Keep your contact information up to date
In case of emergencies, we need:
Current home phone number
Current work number
Pager or Cell phone number
Phone number of an emergency contact
*If any of these numbers change, please notify the office immediately!

11. North newton expectations and policies:
All visitors must sign-in at the front office before visiting the classrooms or going to the cafeteria.
Parents must get in the car line when picking up students after school. NO WALKING UP TO THE BUILDING.
Parents will not be allowed to walk students to class after the first week of school.
No early check-outs after 2 pm without a doctor’s note/appointment card.

12. Lunch information
Your child will be eating lunch at school on the staggered days.
You must send money if you are planning to buy lunch the first day.
Lunch currently costs $2.25 and Breakfast costs $1.25.
Pay weekly or monthly.
Free and reduced lunch forms will be distributed.
Help your child begin to learn how to open a milk carton and to carry a tray.
Please do not bring in lunch from outside vendors.

13. Staggered entry
Only ½ of the class will enter each day for a total of 2 days.
You will receive a start date over the summer in the mail. School begins Monday August 28th.

14. Computers Physical Education Library Music Art Drama
Specials
Computers
Physical Education
Library
Music
Art
Drama

15. volunteers
We love volunteers! If interested, you will need to complete a volunteer form and submit $6 for a background check.
Any time that you could donate to help in your child’s classroom would be appreciated.
We need volunteers to be classroom assistants, tutors, chaperones for field trips, lunch buddies, and much more.

16. World culture school Each grade level has a specific cultural focus:
Kindergarten: 1st Qtr-North America, 2nd Qtr-Europe and Antarctica, 3rd Qtr-Africa and Asia, 4th Qtr-Australia and South America
1st Grade: Africa
2nd Grade: Australia
3rd Grade: North America
4th Grade: South America
5th Grade: Asia

17. Dual Immersion Class/Visiting International faculty (vif)
Kindergarten has a Spanish speaking VIF teacher from Colombia, Ms. Botero, who partners with one of our English speaking teachers. This is a Dual Immersion class where students will receive half their instruction in English and the other half in Spanish. This will be our third year implementing this program. We will have an application process to determine which students will participate in this program. More information to come about this.

18. 2nd Annual International Festival
Tomorrow 10:00-1:00
Food samples from around the world
Global games and activities
Students will be displaying global projects they have completed in class.
Will conclude our Soles for Souls project.