Valentine Food Permission Slip

We will be celebrating Valentine’s Day on Wednesday, February 14th. Valentine’s Day is a great day for the kids to express their appreciation and love for their friends in our class. Of course we DO NOT allow food items with our Valentine cards, but the cards are great. If you choose, you may attach toy type items, but it is not necessary. You would be surprised how much they love reading the cards from their friends and checking out the different theme cards. I hope each child will write their own cards to practice writing their names, and if they choose to, the names of their classmates. I allow this for this class because they really are getting really good at writing. I will provide time during centers to deliver the Valentines to their friends. It’s a good idea to get a jump on it to allow enough time that it won’t be overwhelming all at once.
Each child can create their own Valentine mail box or bag at home to bring on the day of the party. I don’t have space to store them before hand. There are no rules except that it has to fit on their table in their own space. I will provide a bag for anyone who does not bring their own. 

I have attached a list of the kids in our class.
Class List-first name

I can’t wait to see you all tomorrow for our first day of Kindergarten. This is going to be a great year. There will be many things to learn about how our classroom works. We will spend the next few days getting to know each other and learning what it means to act like a Kindergartener; but we will do it in a fun way.  

Parents, remember to dress your child in the appropriate uniforms. Fridays are spirit day. Students can wear Quest Academy t-shirts with uniform bottoms and shoes. Also, dress for the weather. In the mornings it will start to get cool, but hot by the time we go to recess. Any sweater or jacket can be worn outside, but if they want to leave it on, it must be uniform appropriate. 

PLEASE SEND A WATER BOTTLE WITH YOUR CHILD BEGINNING NOW! It takes so much class time to stand in line at the drinking fountain.  Water is sooo important for the brain. We have access to a sink, so they can fill their water bottles in the classroom.  Please LABEL IT. They will need to bring them home daily so we can keep things clean and germ free. It is fine to use store-bought water bottles too if that is more convenient.  Just label it.  

I am working out the details for the solar eclipse.  I will send a post shortly with information.  

Remember you can walk your child into the classroom on the first day, and then enjoy breakfast with the other BooHoo parents in the Quest library. 🙂
I feel really confident that your children will do great on their own.  See you all tomorrow!

Thank you so much for your attendance and endurance last night at our Back To School presentation. It was so great to meet all of you and get to see the kids. I’m so thrilled to begin this year.  I noticed so many volunteer slots are filling up. I am truly grateful to you. I know many of you want to volunteer but your current work or family situation won’t allow it right now. Thanks for being willing to do anything you can. Parents make all the difference.  

As promised, here is the link to the presentation from BTS.
Back to School Presentation

Please let me know if there are any unanswered questions. I am so excited for this upcoming year. 
Love,
Mrs. Cowan

Homework is posted on the homework page.  Here are a few photos from our class visitor on Friday.