Volunteer Sign Up

For those parents/guardians who did not see the volunteer sign up sheet at back to school night here are the following things that you can sign up for. Please email me if you are available or willing to help out. 


Morning Centers: (Start October 1st)
Monday: 9:30-10:30am 
Friday: 9:30-10:30am Only one more coming once a month 

Afternoon Centers: 
Monday 1:50-2:50
Tuesday 1:50-2:50
Wednesday 1:50-2:50
Thursday 1:50-2:50

Parking Lot Help: 
Wednesdays 3:00pm-3:30pm

Winter Party
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2 volunteers

Valentine party: 

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1 volunteer

*If you can only do office help at home such as cutting, correcting, etc. Please email me and I will write your name down. 


Picture Day/Reminders

Picture Day

Picture dayPicture Day is Monday, August 22nd
Wear school UNIFORMS (in the Spring there will be a dress down picture day)
Look for the picture day flyer in the blue homework folder.

You can pay online at: Bell Photographers
Online password is: questacad2016
Print your receipt & enclose in payment envelope (attached to flyer)

See flyer for additional payment options.  Quest Picture Day Flyer 2016

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 Click above for the link to pictures of our silent signals that we use in class. If you can practice these with your child as well as the classroom rules (See Class Disclosure) so they don’t forget that would be great! Also ask your child about the following: 


1. What is the “magic” word?
2. What happens after Mrs. Bischoff says “Hands and Eyes?” 
3. What happens after Mrs. BIschoff says “Mirror?”
4. What do they listen for when closing their glue and markers?

It was a GREAT first week! It is going to be hard for the next couple of weeks as they transition into full days. Talk to your child about eating ALL their lunch so they aren’t hungry and we will do plenty of brain breaks to keep them going. 
PLEASE HAVE YOUR STUDENT BRING THEIR BLUE FOLDERS BACK TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY! They will be marking their behvaior charts at the end of everyday. 

Great First Day!!

Couples of quick things. 

1. At the end of the day I will take the students out of the East doors (by kindergarten). From there we will walk out front and hopefully be close to the first tree you see looking at the school from East to West. If you can please make a meeting spot with your child where they can go to meet you. The first few days I will be able to stay out front after that I will walk them out and then they are on their own. 

2. Ask your child about the following things we learned/did today: 

  • Classroom rules song
  • Name song (for writing their name on their paper)
  • Our Silent Signals (how to say I need to use the restroom, pencil, tissue etc.
3. We will not be starting homework for a couple of weeks. I will send home homework folders tomorrow so you can see the schedule. 

We had an AWESOME first day of school. Your kids are amazing and I had so much fun. I know we will have a great year! Enjoy these first day of school pictures!

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Reminders

happyI was SO excited to see so many of you at back to school night. There are a couple of things that I forgot to mention that I wanted to make sure you are aware. 

1. PLEASE decide on a meeting spot outside for you to meet your child after school. Make sure they stay in that spot until you come and find them. The first two weeks I will walk them out and stay with them however, after that I have parking lot responsibilities in the back and won’t be able to stay with them. It gets busy at the end of the day and I want to make sure everyone is safe. 

2. Subscribing to the blog I can’t stress enough. This is my MAIN source of communication and when I update the blog you will receive an email of any and all updates. 

3. Please sign the yearly permission slip CLICK HERE This gives your child permission to participate in all the activities and learning experiences this year. I also can’t stress enough the importance of paying the office the donations for the field trip and parties. We rely on these donations in order for those activities to take place. It is $15 for the year for our field trips and $12 for our class parties. That amount will take care of ALL the activites for the year. 

4. If you paid the office $40 for the school supplies don’t forget you still need to purchase a backpack, water bottle, and a set of headphones. I will take care of the rest! 

See you all on Wednesday! 

Boys and Girls Club Info

During home visits some parents had questions about Boys and Girls Club. Here is what I found on our Facebook page. 

Boys and Girls Club is coming back to Quest for K-6th grade students. 

K-6 Grade Students: 

The price varies depending upon your income. The prices are per child, regardless how often they come. If you pay for the year upfront you get 1 month free (already included in yearly price) Tier 1/$480 per year or $60 per month, Tier 2 $320 per year or $40 per month, Tier 3/$160 per year or $20 per month. This year we will have an on site club at Quest Academy, so no transportation to the Roy Site will be offered (except for teens). We do not run the club before school. Club times run after school to 6pm on school days only, in the Q2 gym and/or in downstairs Q2 classrooms 117, 118, & 119. In this club the students will receive a snack, complete homework and read for 20 minutes, physical activity and participate in a club (they will have a variety of clubs throughout the year). 

Registration for the club will be held on Back to School Night at Quest Academy in the Q1(K-4th) building on Monday, August 15th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. At this time we will fully register & require payment. I will have an income chart available so you can decide which payment option would work best with your budget. 

We only have limited spots available & it usually fills quickly. School at Quest starts Wed Aug. 17th, however the after school club will not begin until Mon Aug. 29th.

The teen club, 7th-9th grade Quest kids, will be at the Roy Site & the parents will need to get information there about registration.

We feel very lucky to have the opportunity to offer this after school program at Quest.

First Grade Yearly Permission Slip

back-to-schoolDon’t forget back to school night is this upcoming Monday, August 15th. 
Please look over and sign the following permission slip for your child to participate in the many fun activities/ learning events we have coming up this year. Can’t wait to see you all on Monday. Don’t forget to either bring in your cash donation for school supplies or your child’s supplies you have purchased. 

-Mrs. Bischoff 

Yearly Permission Slip CLICK HERE

Welcome to First Grade!

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I had so much fun meeting next years students on the last day of school! I can’t wait to get to know all of you better and start a very fun year of learning. To get ready for next year please subscribe to my blog and you will receive updates when I update the blog. Under parent information you will find my onilne disclosure and supply list. Please read the disclosure and sign that you have read it. I have two options for supplies this year. Please choose option one of two. 

Something that I did last year which I loved is home visits before school. I wll be sending out information about when I will be doing home visits. I will simply stop by your home to meet your child and get them excited about school. With busy summer schedules I will do my best to get everyone at a time that works for them. 

Thanks so much, can’t wait to get to get to know all of you! Remember to READ, READ, READ this summer!

Mrs. Bischoff 

More Summer Math Practice

Here are the math timing sheets I have posted before. This would be a GREAT thing to have your child practice over the summer. Get a set of UNO cards and flip two numbers over and have them add them as quick as they can. You can also do this with subtract. It’s a fun way to get them practicing.  

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I
 also added them to a prodigy account. I am not quite sure how it all works I haven’t played around with it much but I have heard it is like a video game and they pass levels. You can check it out yourself! Here are the usernames and passwords: 

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