We loved our first day together and enjoyed getting to know your cute kids! They are so much fun! We learned procedures and rules for our class mixed in with some fun and practice. I’m looking forward to tomorrow!
I will be sending an email this weekend with a link to see pictures we take, and we’ll continue to add pictures to the folder that you can enjoy all year.
We are excited for our FIRST DAY of school Wednesday!
What to bring: Please send your child with headphones and a spill proof water bottle in their backpack. Please label these items.
Drop-off: The front door to Q1 and the gate between Q1 and Q2 open at 8:00. You are always welcome to walk with your child to the playground where they can play until the 8:22 whistle. Students can look for me before the whistle blows to know where to line up. I can’t wait to see those cute faces!
Schedule Overview:
Monday, August 18
Room 106
6:00-8:00 Presentations will begin every 30 minutes (6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30pm)
We’re looking forward to meeting with you!
Wondering how to navigate the Quest parking lot?
Whether you are new to Quest or a Quest veteran, please take a moment and view this informative AND entertaining video about the parking lot procedures at Quest. Not everything will apply since we are half day Kindergarten. Some differences for PICK UP include:
Kindergarten = A BIG CHANGE for your child
Some students adjust very well and LOVE Kindergarten right away!
Some students… don’t and may go through an adjustment period.
If your child has trouble adjusting: Know that this is perfectly normal! It will get better!
Sleep: Early, consistent bedtimes
**Start changing your summer schedule to a school schedule now**
Healthy Meals: Especially Breakfast!
Be Encouraging: Excitement is infectious
Consistent Attendance
Monday, August 18
Pick a Time: 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, OR 7:30 pm
During Back to School Night you will have the opportunity to come to our classroom (room 106) and learn more about our class and the upcoming school year.
We are looking forward to meeting with you and your student!
Kindergarteners:
I am so excited to get to know you! Please answer a few questions: All About Me
Parents:
To help us get to know your child, please complete this online questionnaire. Click here: Getting to Know Your Child form
Throughout the year if we need to contact you directly, we will use the contact information you provided in Aspire. Please make sure it remains up-to-date. Click here to check your contact information: Aspire Gradebook
Thank You!
We’re thrilled to welcome you to our Kindergarten class and can’t wait to meet everyone!
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In addition, under the “Parent Information” heading you will find my Class Disclosure and Supply list.
The first day of Kindergarten will be Wednesday, August 20, 8:30am-11:30am. Click here for the full Quest 2025-2026 school calendar.
If you’re wondering if your child is ready for Kindergarten and what to work on this summer:
We look forward to seeing each of you during our Back to School Night on Monday, August 18, 6-8pm. Enjoy the rest of your summer break!
Your child has worked SO hard this year and deserves to maintain or even increase his/her skills over the summer! We hope you will make summer learning a priority. There are different levels of achievement available to allow all students the opportunity to participate and receive recognition for their efforts.
Ideas for student’s “Independent Reading” minutes:
(You can click on the flyer below for a printable version of the Summer Tracker if you need another one).
Reading
No other skill is more important to maintain over the summer months than READING. Children who read regularly are shown to have higher intelligence and general knowledge, better fluency, improved analytical thinking, broader vocabulary, better memory and increased writing skills. Please use every opportunity (long car rides, waits at the dentist/doctor, before bedtime, etc.) to have your child read to you and you read to them.
Writing
Writing is “backwards reading” and not only improves your child’s writing skills, but also improves his/her reading skills as well. Encourage your child to use best handwriting and to sound out words phonetically, and assist your child in creating complete sentences that include proper use of upper and lower-case letters, and to include proper punctuation.
Math
It is important that your child practices their math skills so that he/she can build on them in 1st grade! Review counting to 100 by 1’s and by 10’s, writing numbers to 20, recognizing written numbers up to 100 quickly, count up to 20+ objects, adding and subtracting within 10, (especially using real life problems), and adding and subtracting fluently within 5 (you can find timings in your student’s yellow folder they brought home for the summer).
What an honor to be your children’s teachers this year! They are dear to us and we are so proud of their hard work and it’s been so much fun to see how they’ve grown! Luckily, we know most of them will be close next year and we will be able to see their adorable faces now and then–so this isn’t really good-bye!
Thank you, parents, for all your amazing support this year: helping your child read and practice other skills at home, help on field trips and in the classroom or helping from home. We truly appreciate the kind, generous, thoughtful gifts and notes.Thanks for all your donations for field trips and classroom supplies! We can’t thank you enough, and especially for sharing your kiddos with us. We will miss them, but excited for all the growth and learning that lies ahead! 🙂
With Love,
Ms. Lisa and Ms. Becky
**(Our picture albums have been updated. Please let me know if you need the link again or if you are unable to access your child’s photo albums)
