Welcome to Kindergarten!

Hi there!

I had so much fun meeting all of you at Open House! It was such a good turn out and it felt great to finally see all of my new Kindergarteners!

As a few of you know, this is my first year teaching, so this class is a special one for me :) These kiddos are my first group ever and I'm so excited to be a part of your child's year! We get to do our first year of school together and I know that helped a lot of the students feel a little less nervous at Open House when they know their teacher gets to do the first day of school with them too!

Just a few reminders about next week:

• We will be lining up on the Kindergarten playground near the West gate.
• Feel free to drop your child off or wait in line with your child. But please encourage them to stay in line with their class. It is so important these first few days and weeks of school to keep consistent routines so they can learn all of the things they will be doing every single day!
• When it comes time to walk into the school, please tell your brand new Kindergartener goodbye with a hug! It will be an emotional few minutes for everyone and I know they will be nervous, but please reassure them that you will be back to get them, they will be okay, and they will have so much fun in Kindergarten!
• Please remember to either load money into your child's lunch account, send lunch money with them, or send a cold lunch to school with them. We will be practicing lunch room procedures in the morning on Tuesday so they will know what to do when it's time for lunch!
• I know a few parents were concerned with the fact that there aren't bathrooms in our rooms. We will be going over bathroom procedures right away on Tuesday and will take a few group bathroom breaks during the day, as well as eventually reach the point of going to the bathroom with a buddy and a pass on their own! If you want to keep a change of clothes for you child in their backpack every day, that would be a great idea as well!
  
• When you pick up your child on Tuesday afternoon, our class is going to be in the same line that we meet at in the morning. Children will need to pick up something from me before they go with you so I can be sure they are leaving with the right person. Also, so I can start placing kids with the right parents and getting to know you as well! Please discourage your child from running out of line to you! I know they will be so excited to see you, but I need to be sure I have a count of all children!

See all of you on Tuesday! I'm so excited to start the year!