Cher parents,

We have completed our gradual transition! Next week, the students will attend class with the rest of the school!

A few reminders and notes:

Inside/Outside Shoes – Inside shoes need to be appropriate for playing in the gym. Outside shoes need to be appropriate for playing outside. Open toed shoes or sandals don’t work as students get wood chips and dirt in their shoes

Backpacks: Need to be large enough to fit their dossiers and library books (starting next week)

Dossiers: Those plastic folders that came home on Tuesday are their “back and forth” communication folders. Essentially, you check them daily for any school communication and then they are sent back to school, every morning. If you need to communicate with us, email or notes in the dossier is best 🙂 Please ensure they come back to school everyday. Thank you to those of you that have done so. If any money is sent in, please put it in their DOSSIER, LABELLED with their name.

Popcorn Days: We typically do not participate in the first popcorn day. The students are still learning how to eat snack at school and introducing another element can be confusing which is why we did not communicate it 🙂 If you did send in money, your child did receive popcorn. For FUTURE popcorn days, please send money in DOSSIER, labelled with their name. We had several students hand in money on my desk with no name and two students who lost their dollar. It makes for an upsetting morning for the children. Popcorn days are organized by the PAC and they are a fundraiser. You can also choose to send your own popcorn on popcorn days or not participate as well.

Snacks and Lunch: over the weekend, please explain to your child the difference between a snack and lunch. We have done lots of practice these past two days as students wanted to eat their fried rice or mac and cheese at 10am 😉 We also encourage that any treats are eaten at the end of their lunch so if you can help us reinforce that, it is greatly appreciated. We get asked often for ideas for snack and lunch. Here are some ideas: Healthy_and_nut_free_snacks

Labels: Ensure to label with a sharpie or school labels (Oliver’s Labels, Mabel labels) shoes, water bottles, snack bags, umbrellas, jackets. These items get left behind so often it helps having a name or initials on it. 🙂