September Newsletter

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

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

                  

First of all, I would like to welcome a new student to our class. Her name is Madigan and she is from Long Island NY. Welcome Madi!

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