Announcements: Important Update, September 8th, 2015!

Hello everyone!

Thank you so much to everyone who came for their visits today! We hope everyone had a good time and that it eased some nerves :)

I just wanted to go over a couple of things that I either forgot or thought should be mentioned.

1) Important Bags: Every student needs an important bag, which is a courier bag we've bought from the dollar store. I forgot to mention it to the first two groups; if you did not purchase an important bag from us during orientation, you can buy one from us for $1.50. If your child is a previous student of mine, they can use theirs from last year or buy a new one :) We have name cards for them already made. Previous students will use the same from last year!

2) Milk: The office runs the milk program. You will get a form sent home OR it will be explained in the school newsletter. The milk program is not expected to begin for at least two weeks.

3) Shoes: It looks as though we will be having gym 3 times a week this year, a big change from last year! It will be in 25 minute intervals. Changing shoes for outdoor time two times a day and gym might be a bit excessive, so having your child already in gym-appropriate shoes may be the best option. Also, we don't have a ton of room for students to keep an additional pair of shoes here.

4) Special Event/Pizza Money: You will notice that on your checklist that pizza money and special event money has been crossed off, and those forms are not in your welcome package. This is due to our current work-to-rule. We are not yet sure if/when this will change, but you'll will be the first to know after us :)

5) Supplies: We had SO many donations from parents today, it was UNBELIEVABLE!! Thanks so much for your support, as we couldn't run such an effective program without these donations. If you've lost your list, it's in the previous blog post.

6) Staff: I mentioned in a previous post that Miss King would be our ECE until Mrs. Tortola came back, but this has changed. We will have a supply ECE until a temporary one has been hired. We would also like to welcome Mrs. Rossi who is an EA that we have working with some students in the Kindergarten division.

7) Possible Reorganization: We have a total of 33 students this year. There is a possibility that we will be opening up a fourth Kindergarten class due to our large class sizes. This will not happen until the beginning of October. If this were to happen, approx. 5 students from each class would enter the new class, in which case you would be informed ASAP. We know nothing else at this time.

Please read through your packages carefully, as it will answer the majority of your questions. However, please don't hesitate to contact me about anything, ever!

Here's to a great year :)

~ Miss Pliura