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Parent/Teacher RelationshipI believe that you, the parents, are the primary educators of your child. You and Iare partners in this exciting adventure. A good parent-teacher relationship isnecessary for maximum school success for your child. Throughout the year I willcommunicate with you through weekly newsletters via email and parent-teacher

conferences. I ask you to contact me if you have any questions or concerns atany time. You can call me at school (789 0224), home (722 6450), or email me athome ([email protected]). I check my email many times each day.

School AttendanceYour childs regular and prompt attendance at school is crucial for success. Mostpreschool learning activities involve interaction with classmates. Therefore, it isnext to impossible to make up work at home. Please view school as a priority,and see to it that your child attends every day except in cases of illness oremergency.

School starts at 8am !

We will begin our day at 8am if your child is late, they will miss out on importantactivities please make every effort to be at school on time. Problems are lesslikely to arise if your child arrives at school on time and is picked up on time.

Before care (and after care)

Before care opens at 7:15am. This will be handled differently this school year details to be announced soon). Your childs tuition includes before care.
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Aftercare is not included in your childs tuition if you require after care for yourchild, please let the office know at final registration in August, and you will begiven details. The fee for after care is $3.50 per hour, 3pm till 6pm.

Pick up and drop off

Parents who pick up their children at 3pmmay not park right in front of thepreschool because of the grade school carpool line. All preschoolers must bebrought into the building by an adult in the morning. No child may bedropped off outside to come in by themselves, no matter how much they insistthat they're "big enough" to do it.

Backpacks

Your child will need a backpack. A medium sized one is perfect. The over-sizedones are too large for our small storeroom to handle and the tiny ones will not

hold all their belongings. The children are very proud of their work and if it hasto be scrunched in their backpacks, they are disappointed. Check backpacksdaily you dont want to miss any important information.

Outdoor RecessThe children will be going out for recess every day unless it is extremely cold.Even during rainy weather, we have the luxury of a covered play area so that wecan still enjoy some fresh air. For the most part, if your child is well enough to beat school, he/she is well enough to participate in outdoor recess, if properlydressed. In fact, the germs that cause colds thrive more readily in the heated

indoor air, and it is beneficial to go outside for fresh air.
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Clothing

All items of clothing are to be marked with your childs name, including jacketsand coats we have a large collection of unclaimed and unnamed clothing in ourpossession! On the first day of school, please send a zip loc bag with a changeof clothing (socks, underwear, shirt and pants) for your child the bag and

everything in it must be marked with your childs name. These clothes will besent home if your child has an accident, and needs to be replaced the very nextday. Problems are less likely to arise if your child knows how to attend to her/histoileting and clothing needs without assistance do not send your child to schoolin clothing that is too difficult for them to fasten, unfasten, tie, zip, snap andbuckle by themselves. We will always be there to help them, but if they aredesperate to use the bathroom, these tough tasks make it a lot more stressfuland upsetting for them, and that is when accidents happen. Keep clothing simple

this is not a fashion parade. As much as I believe children should go barefootas much as possible, school policy requires that every child wear shoes. Weinsist on sneakers and socks, or strap-backed sandals, not flip flops and open

back sandals.

For Girls

Girls need to wear shorts under their skirts or dresses.

Illnesses

I encourage the children to be at school every day, but if your child is sick, pleasedo not send them to school we have too many little bodies in a relatively smallspace spreading every available germ around. Your child must be fever free (or

without vomiting or diarrhea) for 24 hours WITHOUT medication before they mayreturn to school. Do not send your child to school if they have a fever, or upsettummy. If they have strep, they have to be on an antibiotic for at least 24 hoursbefore returning to school.

Here are some of the measures we take daily to prevent germs from spreading.Most activities in the preschool are hands-on; the germs are more likely tospread rapidly.
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We Clorox counters, faucets and handles often during the day, and wash handsmany times.

We insist in the classroom that the children sneeze and cough into the crook oftheir arm or the neck of their t-shirts/sweaters, NOT into their hands. After a

sneeze we tell them to use a tissue and then wash their hands.

After using the bathroom, they MUST flush (youd be very surprised to find outhow often mostof the children do notdo this!), and wash their hands with soap.We do not flush for them we call them back to do it themselves.

We strongly advise them to eat most of the healthy food at lunch time, and alsoencourage the eating of fruit and vegetables at home. Our experience is thatmany of the children will throw their entire tray of food into the trash can if wewerent looking. Even though we do not force anyone to eat, we do give choices,and we do not allow children to buy treats like ice-cream, lollipops and popcorn if

they have not eaten most of the healthy food first.

We talk about getting enough sleep at night. A sleepy, tired child will not learn,and will be susceptible to all kinds of infections. 9-10 hours is the right amount ofsleep for a 4 and 5 year old.

We turn the heat down in our classroom to 68 degrees hot and stuffy air is theperfect breeding place for germs. We open the door many times during the dayto get fresh air circulating.

We encourage the wearing of long sleeves, long pants, and shoes and socks in

the wintertime t-shirts, shorts, bare legs and arms, in winter lead to runnynoses.

Lunch

We eat lunch in the gym every day with the rest of the school at 11am . Lunch isnot included in your tuition you will need to purchase a lunch card.
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Your child is able to choose a school cafeteria lunch or bring a healthy cold lunchfrom home. No candy or soda please. We have a fridge to keep food cold. Youare welcome to join your child for lunch at any time (you may inform us of this inthe morning before school), but we do encourage independence as much aspossible, especially in the beginning, so that they are able to learn the

procedures without distractions.

We do not force them to eat all their food but we do expect them to choose atleast two things from the menu, which includes the main food item, and finisheating those. We also expect them to drink most of their milk. You will receive amenu from the cafeteria each month so that you will be able to determine whento send a lunch from home if your child does not eat that food.

Special candy days

The school offers the students opportunity to buy lollipops, ice cream or popcorn

every few weeks. The price is 50c for lollipops and popcorn and 75c for icecream. On these days, you may bring the money to school and we will allow yourchild to buy it after lunch. However, if your child does not eat a good lunch thatday, we reserve the right to send the money home without a purchase.

Home Room Mom

One of the duties of a homeroom mom is to help us on the second Wednesday ofevery month by watching the children during lunchtime and lunch recess forabout 45 minutes. This is teacher appreciation day and we are able to enjoy achild and duty-free lunch at the school while two or three parents watch the

children. If you would like to help during this time, please contact the homeroommom so that it becomes an easy task for her to find helpers. We alwaysappreciate your kindness on this day.

Mass

Mass is on Wednesdays at 9:30am. For the first few weeks we do not attend,because we are trying to work on important classroom procedures. After that, we

join the rest of the school for mass. We do not stay for the entire service; Fatherdismisses us after the homily. You may join us for mass at any time, but, again,we do encourage independence in the beginning, so that they are able to learn

the procedures without distractions. Our pew buddies are the 4

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grade class.The children become very attached to them.
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for each boy. If you want to keep the party small, please mail the invitations fromhome.

Field Trip

We have a school bus which enables us to take trips to local areas of interest.Field trip dates will be given to you well in advance. The children will beencouraged to travel on the school bus for field trips, but we love parents joiningus. If you would like to be a driver for your child, or accompany us on trips, youwill need to sign the safe environment forms at the office and you also need tosee the safety video, and begin the background check online, even if it is onlyyour child you are driving. During school hours, I am responsible for your childand this is our school policy. The school handbook will be given to you for all ourschool policies.
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Allergies

Let me know of any allergies your child has. We do not allow peanuts and peanutproducts in the classroom until we have determined that no child in our room isallergic to it. I am willing to work within the boundaries of your childs allergies to

some extent, but cannot diminish the enjoyment and learning experience of therest of the children in the class. If this is a problem for you, we need to meet andtalk about the issue as soon as possible.

Toys

No toys from home will be allowed at school.

Naptime

In the afternoon, we take a nap every day Your child will need to bring their

own naptime blanket and a SMALL pillow to be kept at school. Blankets will besent home for washing. The perfect size blanket is about 5ftx4ft.

After naptime other great enrichment activities are planned every day.
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Box Tops and Campbell s labelsThis is an important fundraiser for our school and you are asked to collect these.There is a red collection box on the shelf at the door so that you can drop the

labels in there at any time.

Physical EducationWe try to do PE once a week on Wednesdays in the gym or outside, weatherpermitting.
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PTC Meetings

Please make every effort to attend the monthly PTC meetings. Every meetingattended counts as a volunteer hour for the family. Many of the meetings areless than an hour long. We have an annual auction in April, and a Carnival inOct, which are our main fundraisers for the year. 30 volunteer hours areexpected for all families. These are recorded in the office. Volunteer hoursinclude PTC meeting, lunch and office duties, field trips, making play dough inpreschool, and teacher appreciation days.

Parties

We have two parties, one at Christmas time and one at Mardi gras, but we dohave a simple Valentine celebration.
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Tom Turkey Play

We have a Thanksgiving tradition of presenting a play for the school and ourfamilies, called Tom Turkeys Thanksgiving. It is an easy production whichencourages confidence, interaction and participation. We have the costumes andthey will be used from year to year.
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Poetry Festival

In May the preschoolers and Kindergarteners have an opportunity to take part inreciting a poem for classmates, family and friends. This usually takes place inMay.

Journal

Your child will be keeping a journal (examples of their work) this will becollated and given to you as a gift from them at the end of the year.

Snack

We will have special snacks from home every Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday. Your child will be assigned a day once every 6 weeks or so to bring 20small snacks for the class. I will send home a Snack Bucket which will remindyou of your turn. Your turn will be marked on the calendar I send home. Nocandy please! The easiest snacks are the individually wrapped ones. OnMondays and Fridays we will use the general snacks you will bring as part of theschool supplies at the beginning of the year. The children participate in the
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distribution and clean up of snack time. Social graces and proper tableconversation are taught and encouraged.

Library

We visit the library once a week, on Tuesdays. Your child will be able to choosea book only if the previous one has been returned. If the book is damaged or lost,the librarian will send you a notification to send the money to purchase it again.Your child will not be able to take out another book until the money has beengiven to her. We have a library tub on the shelf at the door. The children mayput their books in there as soon as they have finished with it. We ask you to allowyour child to be responsible for taking care of the book as much as possible. It istheir responsibility to put it into their backpack when they are finished with it. Youmay remind them once or twice, but after that, it may be a lesson for them tomiss taking out a book for that week. We do not want parents to run backhome to get the book for them on Tuesdays. Ms. Alma from the Warr Acres

library will visit us again this year, and she is wonderful with the children. She hasfamily attending St. Charles. Please join the library and make yourself known toher.
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Art in our classroomTheprocess is more important than theproduct. Please remember thatsometimes it looks very close to what its supposed to be, and sometimes it

absolutely does not! But you can be sure they had FUN doing it! If you cannotdecipher the picture, a good question to ask is, Tell me about your picture, andnot, Whats that?

Play doughWe need fresh play dough every week. At the end of the week it will be thrownaway to prevent germs spreading. I would appreciate parents volunteering on arotation basis to make play dough for our classroom. It is an easy recipe, and itmakes the best play dough in town! Please email me at [email protected] tooffer your help. Recipe:4 cups water, 4 cups flour, 1 cup salt, 2 tblsp cooking oil, 4 teasp cream of tartar,food coloring.Combine ingredients. Cook, stirring constantly, until most of the moisture isabsorbed. Store in a covered container - does not need to be refrigerated. Add abit of baby oil to get a softer texture and a nice smell.
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Email addressesOne of the easiest and fastest ways for me to communicate with parents isthrough email. I am also able to provide websites for excellent educational andfun games and activities for your child to do at home on the computer. Pleasemake sure I have your email address you can email me at [email protected]

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School websiteThis is a very important source of information for you. I keep it updated everyweek with photos, ideas and information, from our calendar to our weekly news.If you have lost any of the paper trail, you will find what you need on the website.Please visit our class web page often. The address is

http://www.scbschool.org/ for the school, and http://www.scbschool.org/pre-school.htm for our classroom. Add these to the favorites on your computer.

Book Orders

Your child will be bringing home many Scholastic forms to order books aboutonce a month. If you wish to order, simply fill out the form and send a checkmade out to St. Charles Borromeo Catholic School. These orders areprovided as a convenient way for parents to buy quality books at a low price. Asan added bonus, for every dollar that is spent on books, we earn bonus points,which I use to purchase books or equipment for our classroom.

Discipline

Our school motto is

Act kindly, love tenderly, and walk humbly withGod. (Micah 6:8) With that I also use eight expectations as the standard in myclassroom. This provides a predictable environment in which the children knowwhat is expected of them. It is apro-active wayto teach procedures and
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establish expectations that build self-esteem and make the classroom a placewhere children are immersed in a "character" rich environment.

The Eight Expectations are

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We will value one another as unique and special individuals.

2. We will not laugh at or make fun of a person's mistakes nor use sarcasmor putdowns.

3. We will use good manners, saying "please," "thank you," and "excuse me"and allow others to go first.

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We will cheer each other to success.

5. We will help one another whenever possible.

6. We will recognize every effort and applaud it.

7. We will encourage each other to do our best.

8. We will practice virtuous living, using the Life Principles.

(The Life Principles are chosen by the principal as the Word of the Week forthe school, and include concepts like respect, initiative, compassion, self-discipline, cooperation, perseverance, honesty, patience, and responsibility you will find the Word of the Week on the calendar I will send to you)

Three additional expectations I have for the children in my class are that weaddress each other by name, speak in complete sentences, and use theMagic Triad (smile, gentle touches, and kind words) in our treatment of each

other. I will not tolerate hitting or inappropriate touching of any kind. I wantevery child to feel safe in our room without the fear of being hurt by someoneelse. If a behavior is persisting or interfering in the learning process I will calla conference with you and your child to discuss further options.


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