Dear
Parents,
Welcome
to First Grade! I hope you all had a
terrific summer, I sure did. I would like to let you know about a few things now, but most of the
information about first grade I’ll give to you at the First Grade Open House on
September 16th (watch for info). You can check out the Cole School website here:Cole School Website
Our Specialist
schedule:
Art– Day 1 with
Mrs. Dalton
Computer – Day
2 with Mrs. Suther
Early Library - Day 2 with Mrs. Patch
Early Library - Day 2 with Mrs. Patch
Music– Day 3
with Mr. Turner
Library – Days
4 with Mrs. Patch
STEM – Day
5 with Mrs. Wainwright
Physical
Education – Day 6 with Mr. Aho/ Mr. Tolios
The
children should bring their art smock to school on Day 1 as we will not keep
them in school. Also, please remember to have the children bring their library
books on Day 4 and wear their sneakers on Day 6.
On the first day of school you will receive a red folder. I am strongly suggesting that this folder be
utilized as a “school to home to school” folder. I believe that this will help
us to stay organized. Please read the papers you receive in the folder and return
the appropriate forms to me as soon as possible. Please check your child’s bus
tag, add the appropriate bus number and secure it to his/her backpack. Also, please
check your child’s folder daily.
I
will have volunteers in the classroom, however, we were asked to not start
volunteers until mid- October, so we can discuss the opportunities at the Open
House.
Lastly,
we will eat a morning snack in class. I
am allowing juice/water/milk at snack time. Please let your child know that one
snack is sufficient at snack time. We have no known allergies in our classroom at
the present time. Lunch is at 12:20 so a mid-morning snack will hold them until
then. Also, if your child wants to bring a water bottle to school to be kept in
the backpack (so it must be leak proof) he/she may do that. However, there is a
working water fountain in the classroom. I am asking for initial donations to
the snack basket. Then, should your child forget a snack, he/she may choose
from the basket. The following day, your child should replace the snack taken.
(It does not have to be the exact same snack, just another healthy choice.)
The children do not need to bring in individual supplies but I am asking for donations for general classroom supplies.
They are: dry erase markers, #2 Ticonderoga pencils, non-bleach wet wipes, one and two gallon zip-lock bags, scotch tape and white envelopes.
I
look forward to seeing you all at our Open House. If you have any questions or
concerns, please don’t hesitate to call me (ext. 5108).
Also, please take note of the pages along the side of my blog. Hopefully those pages will be helpful throughout the year.
Sincerely,
Kim Suther 
