Week 5 Newsletter

Dear TK Family and Friends,

We made it to the end of September!

This week we will cover:

• More apples
• The biography of John Chapman
• Apple parts
• Sorting and classifying
• Jesus calls us to be his friend.
• Numbers 3 and 4
• Letters Aa to Tt (recognition)

We sent home the Yellow,Fun Run T-shirts on Monday.  This Thursday is the first Fun Run Collection.  Please send the envelope to school with your sponsors.  Your child is encouraged to wear their yellow Fun Run shirts as well.

I will be putting a volunteer sign up sheet.  For now, I am opening up Tuesdays only.  Please sign your name if you are interested in volunteering.  I will have to verify if you have been fingerprinted and Safe-Environment trained.  Tuesday volunteer hours are from 8:30 to 11:30 am (3 hours).

As part of the school's uniform policy, please make sure nail polish is removed before school.on Monday.  Also, just a reminder that hair accessories must be red, navy blue, and/or white.  Other colors are not part of the uniform.

Thank you to all the September Birthday parents for the snacks.  The kids really enjoyed it.  We will celebrate the October Birthdays on October 9.  A special snack will be provided for all the students.

{EDIT @7:15 AM}
I forgot to mention, Mrs. Roberts will head the photography for TK.  Please send any TK photos to: sticlassof2025@gmail.com and she will organize them for an end of the year keepsake.  

Have a good week!

Mrs. Paragas

Volunteer Needed

I am looking for an adult volunteer that can accompany TK to the Atrium of the Good Shepherd every Tuesdays from 8:30 am to 11:30 every week.  The volunteer with assist Mrs. Ruth Bradley on a weekly basis with the class. Let me know if you are available.

Volunteers need to be fingerprinted and safe-environment trained.

If you are able to volunteer, but cannot commit for an entire year, please let me know what your availability are so that I can try to fill in the gaps.  Mrs. Bradley prefers a consistent person so that the volunteer is aware of her expectations.

Thank you!

Gate Procedures / Pick up and Drop offs

The gates were added for additional security for our TK/K area.  With the gates being locked at certain times of the day, we wanted to give you some guidelines to follow in case you came to drop off or pick up when the gates are closed.

• If you are dropping of your child past 8:10 AM  - you will need to go to the office and pick up a tardy slip.  The office will call the classroom to inform us that you are on your way with your child.  A school employee will greet you at the gate.

• If you are picking up your child between 11:45 AM to 2:20 PM - you will need to go to the office and let the office staff know that you are picking up your child.  The office will call the classroom to inform us that you are on your way to pick up your child.  A school employee will open the gate for you.
  Due to the school's early dismissal on Tuesdays, the gate will be reopened at 1:30 PM.

Prior to 8:10 AM, the school gates will be open.  Please remember, no adult supervision will be available before 7:30 AM.  You are welcome to sit with your child prior to 7:30 AM, but please do not leave them unattended.  

The gates will be opened at about 11:20 AM for you to pick up your child.  After 11:45 AM, the gates will be closed.

The gates will be reopened at 2:20 PM for Kindergarten dismissal (or 1:30 PM on Tuesdays).  

If you have an appointment with me during the times the gates are closed, please go to the office first so that they can call me to let me know that you are on campus.  I will personally greet you at the gate. 

If you have questions, let me know.

Have a great day!

Mrs. Paragas

Week 4 Newsletter

Dear TK Family and Friends,

Yesterday, we joined the school in the Fun Run Assembly.  The theme this year is Super Heroes!  We are all super heroes in some way of helping each other.  The TK-ers are really excited about this year's Fun Run theme.  A Fun Run folder was sent home yesterday in your child's Take Home folder. The goal is for every child to raise at least $80.  I hope you will support the school and help bring in donations.  The envelopes are due every Thursday starting Oct. 1 up until the day before the Fun Run.  Every Thursday, your child can wear his or her Fun Run T-shirt when they turn in their envelope.  I have already placed orders for the t-shirts and should expect them to come in very soon!

This week, we will focus on the following:

• Friendships and how Jesus wants us to be friends
• Songs: Come Be My Friend and It's Story Time
• The legend of Johnny Appleseed
• Apples and their parts
• Matching Quantities
• Sorting
• Letters up to Mm
• Reading our Sight Word books - focus is the word "A"
• Number 4

We are having Birthday snacks this Friday to celebrate Sydney, Frances, Issa, and Jayden's 5th birthdays.  You are welcome to still send a snack with your child to school; however, please know they will be served a special snack (in case they come home on Friday with the snacked you packed untouched).  

Those children celebrating their birthdays in the month of October.  I have scheduled your birthday snack day to be Friday, October 9.  A note will go home with those children to remind you.

Our cubbies are here and have been assembled!  Your child has been placing their tote bags in their own cubbies.  I'm excited to see how fast your child is learning his/her class number.  Remind them of their number each morning and every so often show them that number to familiarize themselves with it.  They are getting the hang of it pretty quickly!  Because they each have their own cubbie, they are each asked to pull out their own snack from their tote bag.  If they are a daycare student, remind them of which bag or items are for snack and which is to be saved for lunch.

I am keeping this week's newsletter short.  If I am forgetting to address something, please send me an email to remind me.

Have a great week!

Mrs. Paragas

Did you get the E-mail regarding Eagle Shirts/Sweatshirts?

I hope you received the newsletter from St. I regarding the last day for ordering the Eagle Shirts or Sweatshirt.  If you did not receive it, please add yourself to receive the newsletter by going to the school website.

Here is the order form to order.

Scholastic Book Order

Don't forget, if you want to order books - all orders must be placed by tomorrow before 2:00 pm... If you plan to order books but can't place the order by 2pm, please email me ASAP.

Thanks!

Thank You for you HOPE participation!

I saw many of you bring in bag full of donations for our HOPE project.  TK and K filled an entire lunch bench full of food to share with those in need.  I can't imagine how much food the entire school brought in!

HOPE bags will be sent home on a monthly basis.  As a school, the bags are given to the children on Tuesday prior to the Wednesday they are due.  If you would like to know when HOPE is scheduled, please refer to your school calendar as it is already listed for the ENTIRE year.  This will give you ample time if you want to plan ahead on the weekend to purchase food to donate or to clear out your pantry.

You can either view the calendar from the school's website* OR simply look to the right column on this page.  A mini school calendar is posted for you to scroll.  All the important dates are already there.  Please check the calendar regularly to see any upcoming events.

I hope this helps!

Again, thank you for your help and donations :)

Mrs. Paragas

*You can even subscribe to the school calendar and merge it with your work/personal calendar.