Dear Kindergarten Families,
We have been hard at work establishing routine, becoming glue bottle, glue stick and scissors certified, and having fun getting to know each other. We have also discovered that Kindergarten is made up of “kind” and “kinder” as we write Kindergarten on the white board and slowly erase the letters starting with “n”.
Please read all the information you will need for tomorrow and the upcoming week.
Catechetical Sunday 9/18
Friends and families of our SAP students are invited to join tomorrow’s Sunday Mass at 11AM. If your child wears his/her formal Mass uniform they will receive a free dress pass from me. Please be sure to get a picture. Hope to see you at Mass!
Full day starting 9/19
I love how prepared our students have been lining up in the morning. I would appreciate it if you arrive between 7:30 and 7:45, that you take your child to the restroom so we do not expend extra time first thing in the morning for bathroom breaks. I am thankful we have been accident free.
Dismissal will be at 3:00 from the classroom. Parents who are late can pick their child up from Daycarein Room 7.
Starting every Tuesday, Kindergarteners will go to PE. Check the handbook for details about the PE uniform and correct tennis shoes. Please be sure your child has a refillable water bottle to take with them to PE.
Kindergarten will also start going to music class. We will have music every Tuesday and Thursday. The students were so excited to meet our music teacher, Mrs. Garcia.
Students getting picked up early and emails during the day
Parents, please send me an email the day before if there are any changes regarding your child’s pick-up time or if somebody else is picking them up. I usually don’t check my emails during the day as I’m focusing on the students. Please copy me and Mrs. Ray (sray1@stanthonygardena.org) for any urgent updates during the day. If you are picking up your child early, please wait in the office for your child.
Homework
I will be sending homework this week. I will post homework on Seesaw (log in information can be found in your child’s green folder) and sending a packet home in the green folder.
Monthly, I will send one packet of homework that is due on the last school day of the month. For example, the packet that will be sent home this Monday is due September 30th. Please feel free to turn it in early.
Uniform, hair, and nails
This week all teachers will begin giving out uniform infractions. Students must wear their complete school uniforms. Please work with your student on tucking in their shirts (girls included). Please check the school handbook for details on uniform, hair, socks, shoes, jackets and accessories.
If you send your child to school with shoe laces instead of Velcro, please double, even triple knot, their shoelaces so the laces do not come undone and become a safety issue. Alternatively, please teach your child how to tie their shoelaces.
Kinders will be attending their first mass on October 28th. Until then, formal Mass uniform is not required on Fridays.
Snack/Lunch
Please send your child with a healthy snack. I would appreciate it if you do NOT send your child with candy. During morning community circle, we have been talking about what we have for breakfast and other healthy brain fueling foods (e.g. peanut butter, fruits and sources of natural sugars, and vegetables. I loved the student who told me sugar snap peas and hummus). Because of individual dietary restrictions and COVID, students are asked not to share food with each other.
With full days starting, please let your child know what is for snack (at 10:00 am) and what is for lunch (12:00 pm).
Back to School Night, Wed. Sept 21
9/21 is our Back to School Night in person in the Hall at 6:30pm. Teachers will host two identical 15-minutes sessions in their classroom after our General Parent Meeting. Please find a sitter for your children, no daycare is available.
This is the first of three mandatory parent meetings throughout the year. Non-participation will result in a $50 fine every time, per the tuition contract you each signed. Please try to find childcare so you can attend. Additionally, I will have a sign up/attendance sheet for the upcoming Parent Teacher Conferences October 10th-14th in the classroom.
Vicki Marsha Uniform will be on campus that day in Rm 6, and we will also be passing out chocolates for our Fall Candy Sale that week in Rm 5. Stay tuned for more details. Come early to sign in for credit and pick up your chocolates in Rm 5 (tentatively).
UPCOMING EVENTS
As a reminder, our formal school picture day is Tuesday, 9/27.
School calendar can be found (clicking here)
As always, please don’t hesitate to email me if you have any questions/concerns.
Thank you & God Bless!
Mrs. McCabe
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