Policies and Procedures

Absences: Whenever your child is going to be absent for any reason, you must call the office, email or sent in a note. We will gladly collect their work to be completed upon their return.  When a child is frequently absent or regularly being picked up early and/or coming in late, it disrupts the flow of their kindergarten experience. They quickly becoming overwhelmed, confused and feel disconnected from the group when they return to school.

Behavior Form: Behavior Form will be in the Behavior/Homework Folder. Each week I will record the number of times your child flipped a card. Students that stay on green will receive a smiley face. If there is an A, it stands for absent.  If there is an X, there was no school that day.

Birthdays: Your child’s special day is important to us. We do many things to recognize birthdays in class; hats, new pencils, stickers, and sitting in the "birthday chair." Parents are also invited to come in that day and read or do a special project with the class. If you would like me to allot some time for you, please write me a note a few days before your child’s birthday.

Classroom Schedule: Please click on the picture to view.

Clothing: We will be painting, coloring, playing, and experimenting. Please send children in appropriate clothing for these activities. Children also go outside for recess every day, so they need to wear comfortable clothing and sneakers for playing.. It is very important that they dress for the weather.

Dress: They spend much of their day sitting on the carpet, so clothing that does not hinder this is best.  Girls with short skirts have difficulty when we sit on the carpet, therefore a skort or long skirt is best.  We will be going outside everyday.  Please note in your handbook that students must wear shirts that cover their shoulders and shorts that come past their finger tips.  Sleeveless shirts are fine but NO SPAGHETTI STRAPS or OPEN BACK shirts. 

Email:   Please feel free to email me anytime with questions or concerns.  I check my email in the morning before school and after school.  My email address is brendastone@hotmail.com.

Homework: The Behavior/Homework Folder is where you will find your child's homework. Homework is a very important part of your child’s education.  It provides extra practice on the skills we have learned in class, teaches responsibility, improves fine motor skills and allows you to see what your child is learning in class. Homework should be completed every night and returned the following day in the appropriate folder. They should be able to do the assignment on their own, but it is okay for you to go over the directions with them.  ALL homework should have your child’s name and date on the top of the assignment.  If an assignment is to be colored, I expect it to be colored using “real world” colors (no green or blue people).  Coloring is a terrific way to develop fine motor skills.  Homework should take no more than 30 minutes to complete, if that.  This includes nightly reading.  THERE IS NO HOMEWORK ON FRIDAYS, OTHER THAN READING.

Lions Folders: Your child's Lions Folder is very important. All communication from the school, PTO and school work will be coming home in this folder. It is extremely important that everything is removed and reviewed on Monday evening. The folder should be sent back empty on Tuesday morning.

Lunch Procedures: When you send in money for lunch, please place it in an envelop with the child's name and teacher's name. Make sure the envelop is sealed. The student of the week will take the envelopes to the office each morning. Menus are handed out at the beginning of each month.

Marble Jars:  As you have  probably heard, each of your students is on a team for marbles.  The teams change every nine weeks.  They also name their team each nine weeks.  The students earn marbles throughout the week for showing good citizenship and following directions.  Marbles are also taken away when rules are broken.  On Fridays, the teams count their marbles. The team with the most marbles gets to go to the treasure box!

Notes: If you are sending a note to me with your child, please remind them before they leave that there is a note for Mrs. Stone in their Lions Folder or Behavior/Homework Folder. Please understand that I cannot, and will not, release a child to anyone other than a parent unless I have a note from you. If you have someone that will pick up your child on a regular basis, you may write me a note for the year so that I may release your child to this person at any time. All others, please send a note on that morning. Keep in mind that notes that cover more than one day; (i.e.- "John's grandmother will pick him up the second Tuesday of every month," or "...his babysitter will pick him up on Mondays and Wednesdays") are very confusing for the child and the teacher, especially if there is a substitute teacher in the classroom at dismissal time. If you forget to send a note, or have a change of plans for the day, please call the office and let them know that someone other than yourself will be picking up your child. Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Parent Helpers: What would I do without parent helpers?? There are many opportunities to be involved in our classroom. If you are interested just let me know.

Reading: Please read for at least 20 minutes each night. You may read to them, but encourage them to read or sound out any shorter words or words they should know. 

Returned School Work: All of the work your child does in school during the week, as well as their corrected homework, will be sent home in their Lions Folder. I do not send any work home during the week. The reason for this is that I want you to see, all at once, the work that your child has done throughout the entire week. I feel that if pieces come home randomly throughout the week, and you're looking at them in isolation, it is hard to get a global picture of how they are doing academically. If the entire week's work is reviewed all together, you are able to get a better feel for the objectives that were covered, the progression in which it was taught and how your child performed overall during the week. Every piece of work that comes home should have some indication that I have seen it, i.e.; comments, stickers, stamps, check marks, etc. If there is nothing from me on a piece of work, it means that I have not seen it and it should be returned to school as soon as possible. Thank you!

Scholastic Book Orders: I will be sending home scholastic book orders.  If you are interested in ordering books, please make checks out to Scholastic Books.  Scholastic offers great books at super deals and is a great way to earn free books for the classroom.  This is not affiliated with our school in any way and is completely optional.

Snack: Your child should bring a HEALTHY snack to school each day. We will have a morning snack break. If you would like a list of snack suggestions, please see the Healthy Snack Ideas section of this site. The children are very upset when they forget their snacks. Please help your child to check for their snacks each morning before they leave.

Specials: Specials are on a rotation schedule. 

Toys: Please remind your child that we are very busy, therefore they are not permitted to bring any toys to school. Treasure box prizes are to be put immediately in their book bags.  Thank you.

Treasure Box: Dollar Store items showing good behavior, citizenship, or any positive behavior.

Website: Our class website is http://wind.prohosting.com/bstone38. Please check the website frequently for updates and news. 

Weekly Newsletter: Each Monday I will send our class weekly newsletter. You can look to this newsletter to update you on the skills we will be covering in class that week for each subject. It will include a reminder list of the spelling words for the week as well as announcements, up coming events and school and classroom news.

Are there other policies you would like to see here? Please email me and let me know what I have left out! Thank you!