Download - Curriculum night 2013
Welcome to Kindergarten
Curriculum Night!
Bienvenidos!
Mimosa Elementary
Parent Expectations
Parent Involvement
Discipline
Supplies and Classroom Expectations
Curriculum
First Day of School Tips
Parent Expectations
Blue Folders• Please check your child’s bookbag every
night for their blue folder and send it back to school with your child the next day. It is a good idea to go over the contents of the blue folder with your child. Please read and sign all papers as soon as possible. Take out completed work and keep at home.
• Important class and school information comes home in the blue folder:
Mimosa Manners Important dates & events
Teacher Notes Homework
Report Cards Field Trip Information
Homework
• Read with your child every night– English or Spanish or native language
• Guided reading/Reading log – books from school to practice skills
• Reading contract (2nd week of school. Students will receive book when signed reading contract returned back to school)
• Book Reports: (October)– to be completed by child
Good Kindergarten Habits
Students:
• Eat a healthy breakfast. Breakfast
is provided at Mimosa free of charge
for all students every morning at
7:15am.
• Get enough rest - be in bed by 8
pm.
• Be on time for school
Parents:
Help your child learn to tie shoes, button
buttons, do zippers, buckle belts and put
on & take off jackets independently.
Label all clothing – especially jackets
and sweaters.
Good Kindergarten Habits
Clothing for School
Dress for the weather!
• casual and simple clothing
• sneakers or sturdy school shoes (no flip-
flops, high heels, or “Heelys”).
• girls wear shorts under skirts
• Mimosa’s dress code – printed in the
Fulton County handbook
Mimosa Uniforms• Mimosa has implemented an optional dress code.
• Students may wear white, red, or navy blue polo style shirts
with black or khaki pants or shorts. Girls are allowed to
wear skirts with shorts underneath.
• Why should my child wear a uniform?
• More cost-effective
• Pride in our school – we are a TEAM
• Builds self esteem (everyone looks the same)
• Avoid conflict and confrontation (bullying) about clothing
Transportation• It is school policy to send a child home the
usual way unless we have a note informing us
of any changes. We can not accept verbal
messages from parents or siblings. This
includes changing from a walker to a car rider.
Please do not drive up to the front porch to
pick up a walker. You need to send a note to
tell us they will be a car rider that day, and
they can be waiting for you in the appropriate
line.
Transportation• Dismissal is at 2:25 – please be on time for
carpool/walkers and follow safety rules. If you
need a carpool/ walker number, please see Ms.
Vasquez in the front office.
• If your child is a car rider, please wait for them
in your car with your number displayed.
• If your child is a walker, please have your walker
tag with you every day in order to pick up your
child.
Transportation• Children must be signed out if they are
picked up early.
• Children must be signed in if late. A parent must bring them into the office to sign them in.
• Kindergarten children must be met at the bus stop after school. Please be on time.
• If your child is a walker, please be on time (2:25) waiting for your child on the front porch.
Attendance• Absences -
• You must send a note explaining the reason for the absence.
• Absences will be recorded as “unexcused” until a note is received by the teacher.
• See the Fulton County handbook for excused and unexcused absences.
• Children must arrive in the classroom before 7:45 a.m.;
allow them time to get to class from the front porch if they
do not ride the bus.
• If your child eats breakfast at school, they should arrive by
7:15 am so they have time to eat breakfast before
instructional time begins at 7:45 am.
• Arriving late to school impacts your child’s academic
progress and interrupts the learning environment in the
classroom. Chronic tardiness or absences will be referred to
the school administration or school social worker.
Tardies
Health
• Children should stay home if they have:
• heavy coughing or congestion • fever • contagious illness – head lice,
ringworm, flu, pink eye, severe cold
• Children should stay home until they have had:
• 24 hours without fever • 24 hours after vomiting/diarrhea• 24 hours after beginning antibiotics
Important Note:
• No medications including cough drops can
be given at school without written
authorization from a parent or doctor.
Please do not put medications in your
child’s bookbag. Parents must bring
medicine to the clinic.
IMPORTANT !• For your child’s safety, PLEASE
inform your teacher immediately if your child has any allergies or medical conditions that might require medication or emergency assistance at school.
• food allergies, asthma, insect allergies, chronic ear infections, contagious diseases.
Money and lunch• Any money sent to school should be in a
ziplock bag or envelope clearly marked with your child’s name, amount, and how the money is to be used.
• Please send lunch money regularly. Lunch is $2.20 and .40 cents if you qualify for a reduced lunch. If your child has a balance to be paid, they will only be allowed to eat a cheese sandwich with milk for lunch.
• A hot lunch is available everyday, or your child is welcome to bring a complete lunch from home. Please do not send “extra” things to eat.
Money and lunch
If your child brings a lunch to school,
please send it with them in the morning.
Only in emergencies should a lunch be
brought to school after school has
started. If your child forgot their lunch,
they can buy a lunch at school that day.
Parental Involvement
Volunteers
Mimosa needs your help ! • Field Trips, WRAD Day, Field Day
• Classroom helpers – ask your child’s teacher how you can help
• Media Center – we have more children and books than ever, help is always welcome
• PTA – join today ! Support the programs that PTA provides. Volunteers always welcome
Volunteers
Parent Resource Center
This is the place to
• Prepare materials for other teachers
• Computer access for parent use
• Check out materials and resources for your
child
• Obtain resources available in the community
• English and Spanish speaking liasion
available.
Discipline
Discipline
Step One: Classroom rules/consequences
Step Two: Mimosa Manners procedures
Step Three:School-wide discipline procedures
Step Four: Fulton County discipline policy
Discipline
We empower students to make good
choices on the school bus. However,
if you have behavior concerns on the
school bus, please contact Arianne
Holcombe, the Assistant Principal
and Carol Bentley at Transportation
North at 770-667-2970.
Self Discipline/Social Skills
School is not home. Students will develop
their problem solving skills. Please work
with us in developing the skills needed
when dealing with their classmates
regarding
• Bathroom behavior
• Sharing food
• Rough play
• Displaying affection
Supplies and Classroom
Expectations
Thank you for your generosity ! The school supplies that we received
are greatly appreciated !…the Kindergarten Teachers
Supplies/Change of Clothes
Curriculum
Curriculum:
• Students are taught Language Arts, Reading,
Math, Science, Social Studies, Health, P.E., Art and
Music. Students also have Computer Lab and
Media Center classes. Some students receive
extra support through ESOL, EIP and IRR.
(see 36 week curriculum handout)
• Differentiated Instruction: Students
receive work and materials based on their
individual needs in every subject.
Report Cards
• Report Cards are sent home every nine weeks
S = SatisfactoryN = Needs ImprovementU = Unsatisfactory
Evaluations/Testing
• GKIDS – ongoing state assessment
• iReady, Imagine Learning, DRA
• Unit assessments
• Student self-evaluations/ Data Notebooks
Specials:
• Music – once a week
• Art – once a week
• P.E. – twice a week (wear sneakers)
• Computer lab
• Media Center
KK7:15-7:45 Breakfast/Morning Work 7:45-8:00 Homeroom8:00-8:30 FIT8:30-9:20 Reading9:20-10:10 ELA10:10-11:00 Unit11:00-11:50 Lunch/Recess11:50-12:40 Writing12:40-1:30 Specials1:30-2:20 Math
2:25 Dismissal
Master Schedule
Lunch:
Parents are allowed to eat lunch with their child after the
first two weeks of school. However, please be on time
and only on your designated day. Adult lunches are $3.15.
Day Teacher Teacher
Monday Schlup (10:45-11:15)
Rogers(11:00-11:30)
Tuesday Kinoshita(11:00-11:30)
Kimbrell(10:50-11:20)
Wednesday Gumbs(10:50-11:20)
Miranda(11:05-11:35)
Thursday Lesh(10:55-11:25)
Williams(11:05-11:35)
Friday Kistler(10:55-11:25)
Parent Teacher Conferences Tuesday, October 15th
• Conferences are scheduled once a year. Please contact your child’s teacher if you need additional meetings during the year.
• Please schedule ahead of time with child’s teacher.
• Please bring an adult (18 and over) with you who can translate.
• Conferences – can held on conference day or before and after school other days.
• Teachers will discuss:• Your child’s progress• How Parents can help at home• Testing and Evaluations• Homework• Parent concerns
First Day of School Tips:
• Parents are permitted to walk their child down to the
classroom for the first 3 days of school. However, we ask that
you drop them off and leave confidently. Please do not
linger.
• Remember: parents are not permitted to eat lunch with their
child for the first two weeks of school.
• We strongly encourage you to send school supplies in small
loads that can fit in your child's backpack throughout the
week, instead of sending everything on the first day.
• Please leave all the transportation tags on the bookbags,
even if it will change after the first day. Also please ensure
your child wears their temporary name tags to school for the
first week of school.
Feel free to visit the cafeteria after this meeting
to obtain information about after school
programs, lunch/breakfast, uniforms and the PTA!
Thank You For Coming To Mimosa’s Curriculum
Night!
Gracias por venir!