Looking forward to a pawsome year

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Looking forward to a paw-some year!
Welcome to Pre-Kindergarten!

• Mrs. Gilchrist
• PK-3

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• Welcome to Pre-Kindergarten! I am happy to be
  working with you and your child! I look forward
  to the new and exciting school year!

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Arrival

• School begins at 740.
• After 740, your child will be counted tardy and
  must obtain a tardy slip in the office.
• Please drop your child off in the cafeteria
  before the 740 bell. (First week, you can bring
  them to the room.)
• You will need to sign in if you wish to enter the
  school.

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Departure

• Bell rings at 240. If you have not picked your
  child up by 300, then they will ride a shuttle
  over to the daycare at Primary.
• Car riders can be picked up in the cafeteria when
  the bell rings to dismiss school. (First week,
  come to the room for p/up.)
• Please do not enter the school before the bell
  rings unless you have signed your child out in
  the office.
• If you plan to pick up your child and he or she
  is normally a bus rider, please call, send a
  note, or e-mail me.

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Bus Riders

• Please let me know what bus number your child
  will be riding.
• Transportation is located in the cafeteria
  tonight (Orientation night).
• Bus barn number [phone] or [phone].

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Attendance Info

• Your child will be counted absent after 1000.
• If your child is absent, a note must be sent
  within 3 school days in order for the absence to
  be excused. Call-ins are no longer accepted as
  an excuse.
• Put the date(s) your child was out legal name.
• If you have had your child at the doctor plan
  on sending him/her to school, please bring the
  doctors excuse.
• Students receive awards for perfect attendance.

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More Attendance Info

• If your child is absent due to a death in the
  immediate family, the state now requires either
  the obituary or documentation from the funeral
  for the absence to be excused.
• If your child will be out due to a religious
  holiday (documentation from church needed) or
  family event, the principal will excuse up to 2
  days. But you MUST get approval from principal
  beforehand. (See p.13 of Parent Handbook)

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Folders

• Please check and initial your childs folder
  daily! This is a very important form of
  communication between home and school.
• Send any notes or money in an envelope labeled
  with my name, your childs name, and what the
  money is for.
• Place notes and money in the pencil pouch located
  in your childs folder.
• On Tuesdays, a Tuesday folder will come home
  with important campus and district info. Please
  take papers out and sign the log sheet for that
  day.

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Lunch

• Lunch is at 1035. Due to an early lunch, you
  may send a snack for your child to eat in the
  afternoon.
• We teach students to make healthy choices so soda
  and candy are discouraged.
• If your child has a food allergy, please bring a
  note from the doctor so the cafeteria can
  accommodate your child.

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Discipline Plan

• A weekly responsibility chart will be stapled in
  your childs folder.
• Please sign daily.
• Students get rewards for No Hole Punches.
• If the folder is not signed, a freebie is used or
  if the freebie has already been used it will
  result in a hole punch.
• Weekly Responsibility Chart.doc

• A weekly responsibility chart will be stapled in
  your childs folder.
• Please sign daily.
• Students get rewards for No Hole Punches.
• If the folder is not signed, a freebie is used or
  if the freebie has already been used it will
  result in a hole punch.
• Weekly Responsibility Chart.doc

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Discipline Plan (cont.)

• If a rule is broken, the students pull a card.
• Green ?
• Yellow warning
• One hole punch (note home)
• Two hole punches (time out of the room)
• Three hole punches (parent call)
• Four hole punches (office referral)
• Aggression will not be tolerated automatic
  office referral.

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Parties

• We are allowed to have 3 parties
• Christmas
• Valentines Day
• Easter
• Birthday parties are celebrated during lunch.
  You may send cupcakes to celebrate your childs
  birthday.

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Clothing

• See handbook for dress code.
• Please wear shorts under dresses or skirts.
• Please keep an extra set of clothes in your
  childs backpack in case of an accident.
• Appropriate shoes are important for recess and
  P.E.
• No boots, flip-flops, or backless shoes.

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The Nurse

• ALL medication given to your child must be
  handled through the school nurse.

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Emergency Information

• It is extremely important you inform the school
  of any changes to your contact information. In
  the event of an emergency, I or the school will
  need to get in contact with you.

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New Information

• If you come on campus, it will be required that
  you leave your ID in the office and pick it up as
  you leave.

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• Again, I look forward to working with you and
  your child. Please call, set up a conference, or
  e-mail me if you have any questions or concerns.
  You and I are here for the same reason - to see
  that your child succeeds!
• -Mrs. Gilchrist