Welcome to KINDergarten!

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Who is eligible for Kindergarten?

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• To enter Kindergarten, children must have their 5th birthday by September 1 of the school year.

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How to Prepare Your Child for KINDergarten

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Open and close lunch box and backpack

• Practice opening and closing food containers and water bottles
• Practicing putting lunch box in backpack
• Opening snack packaging, make a little tear ahead of time

Recognizing and writing their name

Build their fine motor skills:

• Practice snaps, buttons, and, zippers,
• Use scissors to cut out shapes
• Practice proper pencil and crayon grip

Socializing Opportunities

• PLAYDATES!
• Sharing things with others
• Compromising with others
• Using proper manners

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A Few Other Things To Know

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Optional Free Breakfast is available from 8:15-8:25

Kindergarten playground opens at 8:25.

School starts at 8:45.

School day ends at 3:05 except for Thursdays.

Thursday’s dismissal is at 1:25.

Regular attendance is very important! �Students who arrive late to school often struggle to adjust to the routines.

School Hours

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Dropping Off and Picking Up Your Child

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• We are a closed campus.
• Children are dropped off at the Kindergarten playground gate.
• Parents pick up their child at either this same gate or the bus loop gate, depending on their class.
• Teachers will not release a child until they see the adult picking them up.

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A lunch box with your child’s name on it if they aren’t having school lunch. A free school lunch is available for all students.

A separate snack with your child’s name on it. Please don’t put this in the lunch box. Each teacher has separate bins for these.

A reusable water bottle with your child’s name on it.

A regular size backpack (no rolling backpacks) with your child’s name on it that’s big enough to fit jacket, change of clothes, lunch box, and their folder.

Are you noticing a theme?

What To Bring To School

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Volunteering in Your Child’s Class

• Each teacher has different needs regarding classroom volunteers. Your child’s teacher will let you know specific needs at Back to School Night.
• Room parents make your child’s classroom experience much richer. We often like to spread out the workload between more than one parent. No prior experience necessary! Your teacher will let you know what is needed.
• We also need volunteers to help during Garden Visits, Fun Run, Class Parties, etc.

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Volunteering Requirements:

✔Code Of Conduct

✔Code Of Confidentiality

✔Current negative TB

✔Megan’s Law

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Forms filled out every year.

Bring in all completed forms

w/your ID in person to the office.

Field Trips require Level II

clearance which can take up to

60 days to process. Please plan ahead.

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We desperately need parent involvement! The Foundation supports teachers and students in everything we do! Even working parents can be involved!

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Extended Student Services

• MRES ESS Supervisor: Ted Mendenhall
• ESS Options: Before School Only, After School Only, or Before and After School Care

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Important Dates

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Tuesday Morning, August 12 – Teacher/Class Notification

Tuesday Afternoon, August 12 – Meet Your Teacher

Wednesday, August 13 – First Day of School

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Thank you!

We Can’t Wait To Meet Your Children!

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Questions?

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