Dear Kindergarten Parents,

            Welcome to our St. Gabriel Kindergarten Program. We are looking forward to working with you and your child, throughout this upcoming year.

            Please read the following information before school begins. If you have any questions, please email us or ask at Open House.

            Our Kindergarten school hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. Children may be dropped off as early as 7:25 at the gym. Arrival procedures are explained in the Student Handbook. At afternoon dismissal, Kindergarten parents will need to pick up their child at the cafeteria doors. We will dismiss the Kindergarten students a few minutes early to avoid the traffic of the older kids.

            Please call the school office by 2:00 p.m. if your daily dismissal routine changes. Please do not rely on email for dismissal changes.

1:00 Dismissal days- Please remember that the 1st and 2nd days of school are 1:00 dismissals! Early dismissals occur once a month. Please see the School Calendar for specific dates.

Clothing- Kindergarten students are required to wear school uniforms. The uniform code is listed in the student handbook. Belts are optional for Kindergarten students only. Tennis shoes must be worn on P.E. days. The schedule for P.E. is as follows:

Monday- Mrs. Adams                  

Tuesday- Mrs. Boyd

Tuesday- Mrs. Macaluso

Wednesday- Mrs. Flynn

 

Name tags- For the first week of school, it is important that your child wear a name tag. The information needed on the name tag is as follows:

Child’s Name

Teacher’s Name

Cafeteria PIN number

Dismissal Plan (ex: afterschool care, car rider, bus rider with color listed)

 

Absentees- When your child misses school, a written excuse must accompany your child upon his/her return.

Field Trips- We will be taking several field trips this year. Parents will be notified of the scheduled trips in weekly newsletter. We look forward to you chaperoning our trips. All chaperones must have completed the Safe Environment training and have had a background check.

Mass- Kindergarten students will attend the all school masses at the beginning of the year. They will celebrate a Kindergarten Mass in February. Beginning with the Lenten season, we will attend weekly masses on Wednesdays.

Lunch- Our lunch time is 10:50-11:20. Kindergarteners will have all the lunch choices available. Students may bring bag lunches from home. Each student will have their own lunch account with the cafeteria. Your child will receive a PIN number to use with their account at lunch. Please practice this PIN number with your child before school begins. Students making purchases will be asked to enter this number into a key pad as they go through the lunch line. An example key pad is included in this letter (see last page). Please practice.

Parent/teacher communication is a vital part of Kindergarten. Each Monday expect a newsletter to be posted online (stgabriel.net) from your child’s teacher. Please take time to read this information. E-mail is a great way to communicate with us at school (except for changes in dismissal). However, we are not always able to read emails until after dismissal.


            We hope you will be able to join us in some of our class activities. Field trips, holiday parties, and class projects usually lend an opportunity for parent volunteers. We will send home a volunteer signup sheet the first week of school.

 

            We are looking forward to working with your child this year. With students, parents, and teachers working together, Kindergarten should be an exciting and successful beginning to your child’s Catholic education.

 

                                                                                    Sincerely,

 

                                                                                    Your Kindergarten Teachers