Kindergarten Orientation
Lakeview Elementary School
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com
Info for the 07-08 school year has been updated.


The forms in this packet are needed at the end of the Orientation today:

1. (pink) Kindergarten Information form listing a temporary emergency contact
2. (yellow) How Will Your Child Get Home From School?
                  Neighborhood Walk Permission Slip

Return the rest of the forms in this folder by Friday of the first week of school:

3. PARENT HELPERS FORM: (goldenrod) Our class would love to have you come to our classroom to do some fun activities with small groups or individual children. All moms and dads and grandparents are welcome!

4. STUDENT PROFILE   page 1   page 2   page 3: (blue) In a million words or less: please write down anything you think would help the teacher get to know and better understand your child and your family.

5. EMERGENCY CARDS: (pink and white) Complete both sides of each card and sign them. Please include your cell phone numbers. It is important for the office to have up-to-date information for your child's safety. Please send in a note any time during the year if your emergency numbers or contacts change.

6. NON-SCHEDULED EMERGENCY CLOSING CARD: Please read the letter that explains the procedure. Parents are called first.

7. INSURANCE: Fill out and enclose the exact amount of money for the type of insurance you choose. If you are not interested, then write "NO" across the application and sign it. *This form must be returned whether you choose coverage or not. Is your child eligible for Pennsylvania's Children's Health Insurance Program? (CHIP) You can apply online!

8. KINDERGARTEN MILK PROGRAM: (white) Return the completed form only if your child qualifies. Check the "income chart" included in the letter.

9. COMPUTER SURVEY: (green) Please fill out the form about whether or not you have a home computer, internet access, or an EMail Address.

10. PUBLIC RELATIONS FORM: (white) Lakeview publicizes various events in local newspapers, district cable, the internet and other news media. Please indicate whether or not your child's picture can appear on the internet, or in the local press or media.

11. LIBRARY PERMISSION SLIP - (yellow) Please sign the permission slip if your child is allowed to check out books from the school library. Return the slip before we go to the library for the first time. See the Special Class Schedule.

12. HOME and SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP DRIVE (pink) Dues are $5.00 a family. Please fill out the form and list all children attending Lakeview School.

Not in this folder:

13. PRIVATE PHYSICIAN FORM: If your child has had a physical exam performed by your doctor please send the required form back to school. Call the school nurse at 610-534-1900, extension 1441, if you have any questions.

14. DENTAL FORM: If your child has had an exam performed by your dentist, please send the required form back to school. Call the school nurse at 610-534-1900, extension 1441, if you have any questions.

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DAILY KINDERGARTEN SCHEDULE

MORNING CLASS

08:40 The children line up and enter the classroom.
08:45 School begins. After this time you must sign in "late" at the office.
11:25 Children are dismissed.

AFTERNOON CLASS

12:15 The children line up and enter the classroom.
12:20 School begins. After this time you must sign in "late" at the office.
02:15 Wednesday only dismissal
03:05 Dismissal on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday

LINE UP: The children line up at our private classroom door on the terrace facing Constitution Avenue. Please say your goodbyes to your child before he/she enters the building. It makes it easier to get our day started.

While waiting for school to start the children may play on the terrace, under their parent's supervision, but may not climb on or jump off the walls at either end of the terrace near the library and the other kindergarten room. At 12:15 please do not allow your child to run and scream near the open windows of the classrooms above the library.

DISMISSAL: Please try to be on time. The children will exit our private classroom door on the terrace. Mrs. Jones’ Morning Class will meet you on the steps near the Bus Area. Mrs. Kane’s Morning Class and Mrs. Jones’ Afternoon Class will walk down the terrace and meet you on the steps near the lower playground. If you are more than 10 minutes late at dismissal, your child will wait for you in the office.

**PLEASE DO NOT WAIT FOR YOUR CHILD
IN FRONT OF OUR CLASSROOM WINDOWS.
IT DISRUPTS OUR DISMISSAL ROUTINE.**

Our Class Website is updated frequently.    http://www.mrsjonesroom.com
You’ll find class news, important dates, what we are studying, our sing along songs, small group news, the letter and words of the week and lots more! Please sign our guest book to let us know you and your child visited.

PARKING

Please encourage your child to wait for you to park your car legally and walk over to the steps to help him/her cross the street, driveway or parking areas safely.

MORNING CLASS: In the morning many buses use the BUS AREA on Constitution Avenue. They are usually finished unloading children between 8:30-8:35 AM unless delayed for some reason. After 8:35 you may park in the BUS AREA if you stay near your vehicle but you must move immediately if a bus arrives.

Morning Parents may park in the BUS AREA and/or on Constitution Avenue at 11:25 AM when you pick up your child at dismissal.

Mrs. Jones’ Morning Class Only: PARKING ON IN-SERVICE DAYS

There are several half days for students in first through fifth grades and special education during the school year due to Teacher In-Service meetings. The rest of the school has dismissal about the same time as the Morning Class. The bus area at the front of the building by the library entrance needs to be clear of cars so the older children can board their buses in a safe and orderly manner. Please park on the lower playground to the left of the building or along Constitution Avenue on In-Service days and wait near the terrace steps. The children will walk along the terrace and down the steps to meet you.

AFTERNOON CLASS: You may park in the BUS AREA when you drop off your child at 12:15 PM. If a bus does arrive unexpectedly, you must move your vehicle immediately.

Afternoon Parents may not park in the BUS AREA at dismissal because of the many buses loading children every day. Parents should park on the lower playground or on Constitution Avenue and wait near the terrace steps. The children will walk along the terrace and down the steps to meet you.

PARENT - TEACHER CONFERENCES

1. Conferences are held in December and March. There will be a sign up sheet for the December conferences posted at the September Back-To-School Night so you can select a conference time that is convenient for you. There will be a few appointments at night to accommodate working parents.

2. Quick questions are OK but please do not try to have a quick conference with the teacher at the start of the day. It delays our opening routine and affects the schedule we need to follow to share the reading teacher with the rest of the school.

3. If you would like to have a conference at any time during the school year please send the teacher a note in your child's folder about your concerns so a date and time can be arranged.

$ MONEY $

1. LABEL EVERY ENVELOPE you send to school with your child especially envelopes containing money. Include your child's name, the teacher's name and the contents.

2. PARTY MONEY: Please send in $5.00 to cover some of the cost of the special snacks and favors we will need to celebrate Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day and to buy pizza for the Kdg children at our Farewell Picnic on the last day of school.

3. MILK AND SNACK MONEY: There are 3 payment options:
a) $5.00 cash due the last week of every month
b) $22.50 cash for the first half of the year and $22.50 for the second half
c) $45.00 cash for the whole year
Please do not send in a check as we have no way of cashing it in a timely manner. If you cannot send in cash when it is due please send us a note to let us know.

If you qualify for the "Kindergarten Milk Program" (#8 on the list of Forms), fill out the form and return it. If approved, you do not need to pay for milk or snack.

CLOTHING

1. Your child should wear a uniform to school every day. The uniform consists of khaki or black pants, shorts, skort, skirt or jumper and a white or dark green polo shirt with a collar. Sneakers or shoes should be worn.

2. Each class will have 2 Gym periods each week. If you do not want your child to wear his/her uniform on gym days, he/she may wear dark or stone colored sweatpants and a white or dark green uniform shirt. For safety reasons your child must wear sneakers to participate in Gym on the following days:

AM Class: _________________   PM Class: _________________

3. ART SMOCK: You may buy one or convert an adult's shirt or T-Shirt. Just make sure it covers your child's uniform. Please write your child's name in the collar area for easy identification. It will be left in school all year long.

4. Please put your child's name or initials on all articles of clothing that are easily left at school, especially hats, scarves, sweaters, mittens, umbrellas, and rain gear.

5. Your child should be encouraged to tie his/her own shoes and zip or button his/her own coat. Practice at home until your child is successful.

6. Our room tends to get warm in the afternoon for most of the year. Your child should dress in "layers" so a sweater or sweatshirt can be removed if he/she gets too warm.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. HOMEWORK FOLDER: Your child will be given a pocket folder to return his/her homework to school. Envelopes, notes, important papers and Campbell's labels may be placed in the folder which we check daily. It is your child’s responsibility to place it in the "black box" next to the teacher’s desk before class starts every day.

2. BACK PACKS OR SCHOOL BAGS are very helpful in organizing papers, important notices and homework to go home. They can be helpful in returning papers and money safely to school, too. It should be big enough to hold a pocket folder without bending it. Please be sure your child can open and close it easily and his/her name is on it somewhere.

3. SUPPLIES NEEDED: During the first week of school, please send in a box of tissues, and either Quart or Gallon size ziploc or slide-lock baggies. Each child also needs a shoe box to decorate for his/her Home Book Collection, approximate dimensions from 5" to 8" wide by 11" long by 4" tall. Write your child's name on everything you send in.

4. ATTENDANCE LINE: Every day your child is absent you must call 610-461-6564 and leave a message with your child's name, teacher and the reason why your child is absent. Please try to call by 8:30 AM. You must send in a written excuse with your child the day he/she returns to school. Include the date(s) and the symptoms of the illness or the reason for the absence.

5. LATENESS: You must sign in at the office if your child arrives after 8:45 in the AM Class or after 12:20 in the PM Class. Please try to be on time. Lateness not only affects your child's work but also disrupts our routine. Chronic lateness is reported to the principal.

6. Arrangements must be made through the main office if your child must be dismissed earlier than the regular time. Please allow extra time to go to the office to sign a release form before picking up your child from our classroom.

7. SECURITY: For the safety of our students, there is a video camera and buzzer system at the three main doors of the building. If you wish to enter the building you must "buzz" the office, state your name and purpose, then wait for the office to electronically unlock the door for you.

8. For the closing of Lakeview School and the schools in Ridley School District,
the SNOW EMERGENCY NUMBER is DELAWARE COUNTY #453.

9. BIRTHDAYS: We will celebrate your child's birthday on his/her birth date. Parents may send in a treat such as cupcakes, brownies, homemade cookies, or "Munchkins" for the whole class. Please do not send in ice cream. SUMMER BIRTHDAYS will be celebrated in May and June before school is over. You will be given advance notice.

10. COLLECTIONS: Lakeview School collects all Campbell's products labels including V8 juice, Franco-American, Pepperidge Farm, Goldfish crackers, Swanson, Pace and Prego labels, lids or UPCs. Here's a printable list. We also collect the "BoxTops For Education" on General Mills cereals and products, and *any* Acme receipts. The fourth grade is collecting "pull tabs" from aluminum cans that will benefit Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. You can place any of these items in a baggie in your child’s folder and we will get them.

Mrs. Jones' Room    Kdg Program Info