What a wonderful first couple days of school we have had! It has been fun getting to see the returning students again and getting to know the new ones better. This is going to be a great year!
Just a few reminders: I sent home the first “home project” today, the brown bag biography. Sometime in the next two weeks, help your child find 5 things that tell us about themselves and will fit in the bag. They will then bring it to school and share with us what they brought and why.
Don’t forget that Thursday night is back to school night for parents. It will be from 6:30 – 8 p.m. The first half hour will be in the gym and the rest of the time you will be free to visit classrooms and talk to the teachers. Please come if you are able.
We shared this with the kids yesterday, Ms. Marleen is allergic to peanuts. For this reason, we ask that you don’t send peanut butter with snack. However, things with peanuts are fine. She is conscientious enough to know what she can and cannot eat. Having peanut butter with snack is a bit harder to contain so we ask that you not send it. Peanut butter with lunch, like in a sandwich or to dip apples in, is totally fine. We have talked to the kids and given them lessons about how to keep their areas fairly clean during lunch and how to clean up afterwards. If, for some reason the peanut butter at lunch becomes a problem, I will let you know. For now, it is totally fine to send.
Please remember that no candy is allowed in lunches. Also, please only send water and juice. We also ask that the juice not be red or dark colors as it stains if spilled. Capri-suns are fine.
If you have not been able to get a cloth place mat for your child, please do so. This helps contain the food and make lunch easier to clean up. We decided to go with cloth instead of plastic this year because no matter how many times we gave lessons on how to clean and dry them, they always ended up sticky and stinky. We have access to a washer and dryer at school and will wash the cloth place mats at least bi-weekly if needed.
Thank you for all your help, support, and patience.
Jalee