Week of September 17, 2018
Dear Parents,
Week number two of pre-K 4, here we come!
I am very proud of our little ones as they did their best to get acquainted with our daily routine, classroom jobs, practice respectful rules, and make friends by playing with one another and sharing. We will continue to encourage respectful and kind behavior in the classroom and following our daily routine. New areas of interest and activity will be introduced as we prepare for becoming more involved in center times and small group play/learning in the weeks to come.
This week our friends will practice name games, identification of his/her names, name letter identification, along with fun activities practicing color and shape identification. The wee ones will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes, learning games, and STEM activities to help develop important pre-K skills.
Friendly Reminders:
We are a tree nut free classroom. Kindly continue to check snack bags for the ingredient indication of tree nuts, if there are traces of tree nuts, or manufactured in a facility that may come in contact with tree nuts. Please check with me before sending in any birthday or holiday treats. Thank you for your consideration and care!
Arrival: Doors to the Bond Avenue school doors will open at 8:55 a.m. and close by 9:05 a.m. If you arrive after 9:05 a.m., please walk your child through the main doors of the school and check in with Mrs. Booth.
Parents, please pull your car all the way into the parking lot when arriving at school. Kindly inform any caretakers who may drop your child off to please pull the car all the way into the lot. If cars stop at the entrance of the driveway, other cars can not pull into the lot. Thank you.
Dismissal: Dismissal is at 2:30 p.m. at the Bond Avenue doors (dismissal for children with siblings in the upper school is at 2:55 p.m.). Please inform me of any changes to your child’s dismissal plan by email. If the change occurs during the day, please contact the office because I do not always have the chance to check email before dismissal time.
Please continue to have photo ID with you at dismissal. Kindly inform any caretakers who will pick up your child to have his or her ID as well. Thank you!
Thursday is our designated gym day. Gym uniforms are expected to be worn for gym class along with sneakers. Sneakers/supportive shoes are also a good idea each day in pre-K since we often play outside or in the gym.
Thank you for sending in your pre-K information forms and fee payments. If you have yet to do so, please send them in this week.
If you are interested in joining along with another parent as Homeroom Parent to help organize fun events for our little ones throughout the school year, please contact me. Thanks!
School-wide forms are expected to be sent into the office this week. You may place any forms/payments in your child’s folder, and we will forward them to the office. Please check the spot on the school website for important forms: https://www.st-bernadette.org/
An Upper Darby health card will be sent home this week in your child’s folder. Kindly fill out the front and back and sign at the bottom of the form.
Kids Coupon Book will be sent home this week in your child’s backpack. It is a fundraiser for our school, so if interested, keep the book and send in the payment. If you are not interested in keeping the book, please send the book back in your child’s backpack.
Please mark all items with your child’s name including water bottles, lunch bags, backpacks, jackets, gym uniforms. It is very important that the items are labeled. We have quite a few duplicate items and would like all things to go home with the correct pre-K pals. Thank you!
Upcoming Events:
Saturday, September 22nd from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Springfield Lincoln- Ford’s Driven to Give Fundraiser to benefit our Early Childhood Program and future Media Center at St. Bernadette School. Please consider joining us for a 15 minute test drive of a new vehicle...no obligations! Just 15 minutes of your time could earn money for our Early Childhood programs (including Bernie’s Playground) and Media Center. Thank you for your consideration! I’ll be there in the morning helping out. Can’t wait to give a cool car a test drive!
School Picture Day will be on September 26th - SMILE!
Mark your calendars for the Halloween Parade on October 31st. Children will gather on the Bond Ave steps in their Halloween costumes to scare up some fun with a song and rhyme. We hope to see you there to help you get into the Halloween spirit! The parade will last about 15 minutes, weather permitting. More info to come!
Since the weather will continue to be warm this week, feel free to send in extra water with your child. Refreshing sips during the day are welcome!
We gladly collect paper towel or TP cardboard tubes to use in learning and art activities. Also, please consider sending in old family-friendly magazines as we use these in activities to encourage letter, number, color, and shape identifications as well as vocabulary development and cutting/gluing skills. Just send them in your child’s backpack, and we’d be happy to use them!
In the next couple of weeks I will be sending you an email to request a quick conference to inform you of how your child has adjusted so far in pre-K 4. This mini-conference may be either a phone call or meeting in school. I will take the next couple of weeks to observe and then request a time we can check in and discuss how things are progressing. I look forward to the opportunity to speak with you about your child’s progress in pre-K 4!
Thank you for your patience and consideration as we started the first week of school. It has been wonderful sharing this past week with your children, and I look forward to our pre-K 4 adventures during this school year.
Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Enjoy a blessed week,
Kaky Mullen
Go Eagles!ease Note: All SBS students will be listed by first name and first initial of last name. To obtain a complete listing please contact your classroom teacher directly