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Thursday, August 17, 2017

2017-2018 Opening Letter and Supplies to Parents

September 7, 2017

Dear Parents,

     I am delighted to welcome you and your child to our Preschool Program. Let's work together to make this a joyous growing experience for your child.

    Our program is designed to develop awareness and nurturing of each child's precious spirit. Our program recognizes that our Pre-K students are eager learners even though their social, fine and gross motor skills, language and cognitive abilities are not fully developed.

     This program is designed to meet the individual needs of the early learner and teach children how to share, socialize and function in a group. The group lays the foundation of faith and guides the children in daily prayer and academic activities designed to prepare them for Pre-K second level.

    A typical Pre-K day entails:

  • Opening exercises (Welcome prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, calendar and weather)
  • Religion (lessons via circle time)
  • Math (positions and classifications, comparisons and patterns, number readiness and graphing, numbers 0-20, adding and subtracting, fractions, measurements, geometry)
  • Reading/Language (rhymes, little books, big books, oral language development, phonetic awareness activities, auditory discrimination and listening skills, visual discrimination, knowledge of the alphabet, development of writing activities, beginning print and book concepts, comprehension skills, learning center activities)
  • Science (life science, earth science, physical and body awareness)
  • Social Studies
  • Story time (theme of the week)
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Nap
  • Bathroom
  • Center time
Supplies (Please have everything labeled with your child’s name)

  1. 3 plastic folders
  2. 1 Pre-K notebook (sold at the OLQM school supply room)
  3. 1 Coloring book
  4. 1 pack of triangular crayons (sold at the OLQM school supply room)
  5. Child baby picture
  6. Family picture
  7. A change of clothes
  8. Baby wipes
  9. Clorox wipes
  10. A roll of paper towels
  11. A can of Lysol spray
  12. Box of tissues
  13. 2 gluesticks
  14. Hand sanitizer
  15. 2 reams of printer/copy paper
  16. 1 ream of construction paper
Reminders
  1. Bring your child to school on time (after 8:00 am your child needs a late pass);
  2. Bring absent note if your child is absent (IT’ S A MUST!) It is required by the Department of Education;
  3. Read calendar carefully for early dismissals;
  4. Send your child’s supplies on time;
  5. Bring Emergency cards on time;
  6. Send homework on time;
  7. If you want to throw a birthday party in the lunchroom, please inform me at least two weeks before the party date;
  8. If you need to talk to me about your child’s progress, you must see make an appointment;
  9. Please, no outside toys and blankets allowed;
  10. Read to your child every night (15 minutes);
  11. Label everything your child brings to class;
  12. Your child must wear a gym t-shirt and jogging pants on gym days (Gym day TBD);
  13. Children should have breakfast every day before 7:45am;
  14. No glass or plastic bottles allowed; juice should be in a juice box or the aluminum packaging;
  15. Full uniform required every day except gym day;
  16. Shoes should have velcro;
  17. No belts for boys; make sure pants fit properly.
Sincerely,

Mrs. Fundora