Welcome to West Woods Elementary!

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Kindergarten Orientation

4 Teachers

4 Paras

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Together we make our kinder team!

DROP-OFF: SOFT START

• Students can start arriving at 8:05. The bell will ring at 8:15 to indicate the start of the school day. Students will be marked tardy after 8:20.

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• Students may enter through the north doors if they get dropped off via the bus, the front doors or the south playground doors.

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• Students arriving after 8:20 will need to enter through the front doors and stop by the office to sign in.

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• You may walk your child to the classroom on Thursday and Friday of the first week, without signing in at the office. After the first week you will need to say goodbye at the exterior doors or sign-in at the office first.

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PICK-UP

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• Bus riders: students will be escorted to the bus/daycare van by a staff member

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• SAE: those enrolled in SAE will be picked up by staff from our classrooms

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• Walking/Biking/Car riders: Classroom teachers will walk all remaining students out to the main parking lot car loop at 3:10, five minutes prior to the afternoon dismissal bell.

To avoid the car loop long lines you are welcome to walk, ride bikes, park in the lot or park near Bear Park and pick up outside of your classroom door.

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• School dismissal bell: 3:15

PICK-UP, CONTINUED…

• All Kindergarteners will stay close to us until we see with whom they are leaving.

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• Please make contact with your child’s teacher so we know everyone is getting home safely.

Should your child be going home a different way than usual, we MUST know by 8:30 that morning. An email BEFORE school begins would be the best way to inform us. You may also call the front office and they will give us the message.

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Watch for an email, early next week, from your child’s teacher about how your child will be getting home from school. It is very important that we have this form before the first day of school!!!

FLAG CEREMONY: Kindergarten plans

• On the first day of school it is a West Woods tradition to kick off the school year with the raising of the flag and reciting the pledge as a school. All classes will be gathering on the playground for this ceremony.

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• To help make things less chaotic for kinders, we ask that you stay on the playground blacktop, with your kindergartener for this ceremony. It will begin around 8:25. After the ceremony we ask you to walk your child into your classroom as the start of the kindergarten year. (Do not come into classrooms until after the ceremony).

LUNCH AND SNACKS

• School lunch (free) or bring a lunch from home

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• Students may bring 2, labeled, small healthy snacks each day

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• 1 labeled water bottle for the classroom, additional drink included in lunch from home.

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• NO PEANUTS or TREE NUTS for snack

RECESS/GROSS MOTOR

• We go out for multiple recesses everyday, unless the school has called an inside day due to weather (20 degrees with wind chill).

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• Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the changing weather.

HOME CONNECTION

• We foster the home-school connection through the weekly Friday Folder and a weekly Kindergarten email.

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• To receive the email you must be sure to update your email preferences on Jeffco Connect.

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• You can reach us via email- our contact information will be given at the end of this presentation.

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• Report cards go home three times a year.

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• Conferences are held in the Fall and Spring.

FLEX TESTING DAYS

• We will be doing one-on-one testing with each child on our school’s scheduled Flex-Days.

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• Your child will be required to attend only one of the testing days for 10-15 minutes.

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• Look for a Sign-up Genius link that will be emailed to you soon.

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• Testing Days:

Friday, August 25th and Monday, August 28^th

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Testing Days for West Woods are schedule to be:

Friday, August 25th and Monday August 28th

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Once classes have been assigned your child’s kindergarten teacher will let you know about her particular Flex Day testing schedule.

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FIELD TRIPS

• We hope to go on at least two field trips during the year.

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• Parent Chaperones
• Depending on where we go, there may be limited space for chaperones – we use a lottery system and you will be contacted by your child’s teacher if you will be joining us as a chaperone.

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BIRTHDAYS

• District policy does not allow treats to be brought in for birthdays

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• We will sing to your child and recognized him/her for their special day.

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• Your child may donate a new book to the library and have his/her picture taken and displayed on the board in the library.

LIBRARY and AMPS

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• We go to the library with Mrs. Dockerty once a week.
• Return the library books the following week by your library day.
• AMPS (Art, Music, PE, Stem) occur every day on a rotation.

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Kindergarten Here I Come…

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Each day, your child needs to bring:

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• Full size backpack - labeled
• Extra set of clothes to be kept inside backpack
• One filled water bottle - labeled
• 1-2 healthy snacks - labeled

OTHER INFORMATION

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• West Woods has a great and very involved PTSA…we recommend you become involved.

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• If there is an emergency, call the office 303-982-5649.

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• All medication is dispensed in the clinic.

Obtain forms in clinic.

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• SAE - before and after school care program

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• Absences:

Call attendance line

303-982-5640 or go on

the school website to

report an absence

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• Family Vacation – excused absence form will need prior approval

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• Curriculum Night

Aug. 22rd, in-person from

5:00-6:00 pm

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CONTACT

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The best way to contact us is via email:

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-Miss Smith

allison.Smith@jeffco.k12.co.us

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-Miss Meier

karen.meier@jeffco.k12.co.us

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-Miss Bangas

noelie.bangas@jeffco.k12.co.us

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-Mrs. Cannon

jennifer.cannon@jeffco.k12.co.us

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