Welcome to First Grade!

It is my pleasure to be taking our class up to first grade! I am looking forward to welcoming you all back at 8:45am on Thursday, August 20th!

As we are still maintaining a COVID-19 safety protocol, please review the Coronavirus Health and Safety Policy August 2020 (attached in today's email). Grade 1 will be lining up outside of the yard gate (same place as in June) with the other lower primary students:
 

Please arrive at 8:45am when we will begin temperature checks to avoid a lot of time spent milling around outside. Remember students need hats and plenty of liquids to drink during the day so please send adequately sized water bottles. I would recommend a 1-1.5L bottle. They have ones with straps that are easy for the student to carry along with their backpack like this. Also, our school is not centrally air conditioned, so please have your child dress in cool, loose clothing so they will be comfortable.

SUPPLIES
Also very important is due to the safety protocols for COVID-19, students should not be using shared resources. Please make sure your student comes to school with the following supplies:

• colored pencil set
• 2 pencils
• 1 eraser
• 1 glue stick
• marker set

Sometimes it is helpful to have a box for them to keep their things organized in their cubby like this cardboard box or this plastic box.

Parent Night! Friday, August 28th at 6pm. 

Please mark your calendars for our online class parent meeting at 6pm Friday, August 28th at 6pm. At this time I will go over what you can expect this year, answer any questions, and we will decide our Class Representative and Deputy Representative for the PTA! The Class Representative is the liaison between our classroom and the PTA and would attend the 1-hour, monthly meetings. If they were not able to attend any meeting, they would then call on the Deputy Representative to fill-in. We will first ask for volunteers and if everyone is too shy, we will draw lottery style.

I am so excited to learn with you all!