Off to a Good Start

We had our first group of kindergartners today.  What a wonderful day of learning school rules, sharing, touring the school and meeting new friends.  I can't wait to see the next groups of kiddos tomorrow!

Welcome To Full Day Kindergarten

Welcome to Kindergarten
 

We are very excited to implement a Full-Day Kindergarten program this year.  In kindergarten, children develop skills that they need to be successful as they enter first grade and continue through school. Having a full day of school will allow children to develop early reading and math skills, social skills, and have lots of time for fun and play.  Our program also includes; music, library, science, P.E. and social studies.

 

Kindergarten Staggered Start Schedule

 

This means that for the first three days of school (Sept. 9-11), your child will only attend one of these days. Only a portion of the students will come to school each day, until all students have attended. Then, all students will come together as a class, on Monday, September 14.
 

Parent letters and post cards will be mailed before school that will provide details regarding the staggered start schedule and which day your child will be attending school.

 

We believe this ‘staggered start’ method will be helpful to both your child as well as our kindergarten team.  Many of our kindergarten students have never experienced school before. This is a new transition for them, especially attending for a full day. By providing teachers with smaller groups of students, this will eliminate many of the worries our youngsters may bring. In addition, this schedule will provide an opportunity for our kindergarten team to get to know all the children through small group activities as they begin to learn about school. Further, teachers will be able to observe, assess and get to know children and parents before developing class lists.
 

  Parent letters and post cards will be mailed before school that will provide details regarding the staggered start schedule and which day your child will be attending school.

Class Lists will be posted on Friday,  September 11th at 4:00. 

 

All students will attend Monday, September 14th.

 

I am looking forward to a great year in Kindergarten.  I can't wait to meet the students and parents and work together to make a WONDERFUL beginning to a lifetime of learning.  See you very soon.

 

Sincerely-

Mrs. Thompson

 

 

 

 

 

Engineer Day

The Sudents had a wonderful time engineering animal habitats.  Ask your child which animal team they were in and what they used to build their animals shelter!

Book Character Day

Book Character Dress Up Day!

Tomorrow we will celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America, we are holding a favorite Book Character Dress Up Day.  We hope that this day will be a huge success, with the children enjoying themselves and taking away some ideas for their next good book:)

• The rules are simple:
• Outfits must be appropriate and follow school dress code policies
• No violent toys are allowed
• Mask may not be worn during class
• Student should be able to go about their regular school activities and go outside
• Costumes mus be based on a book
• Have FUN!

Read-A-Thon

The Ridgeview Read-a-Thon kicks off Today!!! This year's theme is "Reading is a Blast."  Each classroom has been assigned a galaxy rocket.  The more minutes a class reads collectively, the farther their rocket will travel down the hallway.  If every student read or is read to at least 10 minutes a day we will reach our goal    The goal for the morning class is 5,000 minutes and the PM class goal is to read 3,750 minutes.   Please remind your child to turn in their reading logs daily.  Thank you for reading with your child.

Spotlight on Kindergarten

The Spotlight Music program will be on Thursday, December 18th at 6:30.  We will be having a dress rehearsal on the same day Thursday, Dec. 18th at 1:30 in the afternoon.  All morning kindergarten students are welcome to come back and practice in front of the school.   Mark this day on your calendar!  This music program is a great time for the students to share what they have been learning in class. After the program, you are invited to stop by and look around the classroom.

We will be watching the movie, The Polar Express on Friday, December 19th.  The students will be able to wear their pajamas that day!!  We will be serving hot chocolate and the students will get a special gift from the North Pole at the end of the movie:)