I wanted to remind everyone about our Normalization Period.  This is a critical time for your child to develop their independence within the school and classroom.  Please refrain from entering the building with your child until this normalization time has ended. We have a supportive community which will allow for your child to be successful without your assistance.  Normalization will continue until October 2nd, after this time our classroom will be open for parent involvement.  I know several of you are anxious to start helping within the classroom and we too are excited and welcoming of the help.  Once we welcome October I will be contacting families for volunteer opportunities.  We have had a wonderful first week back and will continue to work on classroom community, grace and courtesy, and team work.  If you have individual concerns, please feel free to contact me via email.

Normalization Period

Please respect the first 6 weeks of school. Please try to avoid being absent during this time, including vacations.  This period of time is essential where the dynamics of the classroom are being formed; the children are learning their environment and curriculum, establishing time management skills as well as establishing themselves intellectually, emotionally and socially. We will be creating a community in our classroom and building teams by playing cooperative games and other activities. We’ll be getting to know the children and doing placement testing.