It's Great to be a P Chick!

Well the first day of IWIA kindergarten was AWESOME! I am so pleased and excited about our school year; I can barely contain myself. Today we worked on learning basic routines and behaviors, created our classroom agreements (1. Be polite. 2. Be safe. 3. Have fun!), met our Chinese and art teacher, and read some fun stories. We enjoyed our lunch in the classroom, visited the upper playground for recess, and explored some of our learning labs. What a fun, learning-packed day! Please be sure to talk everyday about what we are learning; it helps you stay connected and your P chick recall a variety of important concepts.

I am so thankful to the generosity of all our "pride" for the bountiful school supplies! I have sorted and stored them. Unfortunately, I know that the school supply list online does differ slightly with my requirements so there might still be items you are still rounding up. If you are having difficulty finding large pencils, you can send in a cash donation or donate on our adopt-a-classroom website; I can purchase a class set.

You should find a folder in your P chick's backpack. Inside you will find a few important letters of valuable information and some forms to complete. These are forms for me within the classroom. I appreciate you completing them and returning as soon as possible. This folder will serve as our daily communication folder for the first weeks of school. Anything that you need to send to me should come to school in this folder and anything I need to send home to you will come home in this folder. PLEASE CHECK AND RETURN IT EVERYDAY!!

A few other notes:

• Please be sure to label with permanent marker sweaters, backpacks, towels, blankets, lunch boxes, and any other individual items. There are many girls that have identical items and it becomes difficult to determine their owners if they aren't labeled.
• Lunch menus should be returned with payment as soon as possible.
• Please help your P chick memorize her carpool number. This will help ease the carpool process. It will get smoother!
• Nametags should be worn everyday until further notice. These help the girls with their carpool numbers and identify them to new teachers.

Thanks to all for a successful first day! I look forward to the short 179 more!

Mrs. P Kok