Kindergarten at the Jefferson School
Welcome to the Kindergarten Web Page. We hope that you will find information here, that will help ease the transition to Kindergarten for both you and your child. Please read the following information to learn more about kindergarten, policies, procedures, and the classroom.
Please refer to the document below for Registration dates and requirements.
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Kindergarten is such an important time in your child's education. It is your child's first real public school experience. It is a year of tremendous emotional, social, and academic growth. We hope that it will be a very meaningful and rewarding experience for you and your child.
1. What session will my child be in? During the summer you will receive a letter indicating which session your child has been assigned.
AM Session: 9:00-11:30
PM Session: 12:30-3:00
2. When will my child be screened? Kindergarten Screening will take place in September before Kindergarten begins.. You will be notified during the summer, the date and time of your child's appointment.
3. What can I do to help my child get ready for kindergarten?
* Go over the "Welcome to Kindergarten" packet, you received at registration. If you did not receive one please stop by school and pick one up. You will find many activities to do over the summer with your child.
*The most important thing you can do for your child is to read to him/her everyday.
* Go to the Rockland Memorial Library and get a library card for your child, if you do not have one.
* Make going to the library a weekly event.
* Check out the activities offered at the library for young children.
* Make a school box. With your child, put together a shoe box with supplies your child will need at home, to finish work, to do " homework" or to make up work. You could put crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue stick and scissors in the school box.
4. What do I need to purchase?
Backpack
Your child will need a backpack, large enough to carry papers, books, snack and other "important stuff!"
Kindergarten Notes
Policies and Procedures
Absences
Please call school, if your child is going to be absent and upon returning to school please send a note explaining the absence.
If your child is absent five consecutive days, your child will need a note from the doctor, before returning to school.
Birthdays
We love to celebrate birthdays. You are welcome to send in a special treat for the class. We celebrate summer birthdays in June.
Book Club
Every month your child will receive a book club order from
Scholastic Book Club. This is a good way to build a library at home, for your child. A love for reading is so important for your child's success in school.
Calendars
Town wide school calendars will be on sale in the school office in late August. The cost is $1.00.
Each month your child will receive a Jefferson School Newsletter and a classroom calendar, to keep you up to date on activities at school.
Day Care
If your child attends Day Care, please send a schedule to school.
Dismissal
Please send a note if you or someone else will be picking your child up from school.
Folders
Your child will be given a folder at screening, please make sure your child brings his/her folder to school everyday.
Kindergarten Hours
AM Session: 9:00-11:30
PM Session: 12:30-3:00
PAC
The Parent Advisory Council meets the second Tuesday of every month.
Parties
During the year we have: a Holiday, Valentine's Day and an end of the year/Birthday Celebration.
Parent Conferences
Parent Conferences are held in the Fall and in the Spring,
Report Cards
Report Cards are issued three times a year.
School Dress
According to the Student Handbook "Student dress should be comfortable and in good taste. Hats, visors, belly shirts, flip flops and clothing containing inappropriate messages or language may not be worn.
Take Home Class Library
Children can borrow books/backpacks from our class library. These are filled with activities that you can do with your child.
Snack
We have snack every day, please send in a nutritious snack. Milk is 7 cents.
Snow Days
Please check the local TV stations for no school announcements. If there is a delayed opening, there will be no AM session of Kindergarten.
Toys
Please do not send toys to school.
Transportation
All Kindergarten students are bused to school. Please have your child wear his/her bus tag, for the first week of school. You will receive the bus tag at screening.
Clothing
Please remember to put names on all articles of clothing.
A Typical Day
Class Meeting,Circle Time, Language Block, Whole Class Activity, Learning Centers, Snack, Math, Social Studies / Science, Free Choice, Review the Day, Get Ready to go Home.
Highlights of the Year
Autumn - PAC Fund Raiser, Kindergarten Open House, Columbus Day Observance, Parent Conferences, November 3,4, Kindergarten Bake Sale, Veterans' Day , Meaning of the First Thanksgiving.
Winter - Holidays Around the World, Holiday Classroom Party, Happy New Year, Martin Luther King Observance, 100 Day Celebration, Valentine's Day Classroom Party, Presidents' Day, Read Across America, ( Celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday).
Spring - Parent Conferences, Field Trip, End of the Year Celebration, Summer Birthday Party.
Expectations for Kindergarten
At Parent Conferences, in the Fall, you will receive The Expectations of Kindergarten, "What all kindergarteners should know before entering First Grade."