Backpacks To help your child carry messages, schoolwork, and information to and from school, you are asked to provide a regular size backpack. Please do not send backpacks with wheels. Students will be given a “BULLDOG folder” for me to send notes and information to you and for you to send homework, notes, etc. to me. Please have your child remove the notes and papers each day from the backpack and the BULLDOG folder to share with you. BULLDOG Folders need to be returned to school every day! Birthdays Birthdays are special occasions for young children. If your child wishes, he/she may bring in a treat to share with the class. We will eat birthday treats during our snack time. We love cookies, brownies, donut holes and other easy to eat snacks. Take-home treat bags are also a wonderful idea! Please avoid sending in ice cream, cakes, cupcakes (mini cupcakes are fine) and drinks. We will celebrate summer birthdays as half-birthdays. Also, we do not pass out birthday invitations in the classroom. Book Orders Every month I will send home a Scholastic Book Club Catalog for you and your child to look over. These clubs offer wonderful books at reduced prices---what a great way to build your home library! In addition, our classroom earns free books and educational videos for every student order. If you choose to order books, please make the check payable to Scholastic Books, or look for information regarding online ordering! Breakfast A school breakfast is served every morning from 8:30-8:50 am. The fee for breakfast is $1.35 per day or $6.75 for a week. Bulldog Bucks Bulldog Bucks will be utilized to recognize students for exhibiting good behavior, and following our school rules of Be Ready, Be Respectful and Be Responsible. Gold/Honey Tags can be used to purchase Bulldog Bucks (25 gold tags=1 Bulldog Buck), and once a month, students can use their Bulldog Bucks to purchase items from our school store (BeeMart), including pencils, erasers, water bottles, T-shirts, etc.
Opportunities Your child will have a wide variety of opportunities to learn and grow in kindergarten. They will participate in whole group, small group and individualized lessons. Parent Involvement Your support of school activities makes your child feel important and sends the message that you value school! We are always happy to have your help for special activities in the school or in the classroom. When help is needed for school or classroom activities, information will be sent home in your child’s Bulldog Folder. P.T.O. Parent-Teacher Organization The PTO serves both the Primary and the Intermediate schools. Our PTO is made up entirely of volunteers. Throughout the year, PTO organizes and promotes several fundraising activities such as the Membership Drive, the Fall Fundraiser, Holiday Shop, and the Spring Flower Sale. The profits generated from these events go directly back into our school. The PTO offers monetary start up assistance to our teachers at the beginning of each year along with departmental assistance to the Art, Guidance, Music, PE and Library Programs. Financially, the Woodridge PTO also assists with specialized programs (Safety Town/Field Day), playground equipment, and our new Enrichment Program. This program will be available to our teachers who need additional financial assistance to complete a project/proposal. Parties & Celebrations There are three main parties each year---Fall Fantasy, Christmas and Valentine’s Day. The room parent organizes these events and coordinate volunteers and donations. We will have some other celebrations that I will organize such as Thanksgiving, the 100th Day of School, and our End of the Year Celebration. P.E. (Physical Education) The children will attend a 40 minute P.E. class with their P.E. teacher, Mr. Shovestull. The children are asked to wear sneakers on P.E. day and girls might consider wearing pants or having a pair of shorts under their dresses. Their P.E. class will be held on Day 4 of rotation schedule. Playground Procedures Please review these playground rules and safety procedures with your child: 1. Always follow the directions of the adult on duty. 2. Follow all school rules. 3. Walk to recess in an orderly manner. 4. Do not jump off any playground equipment.