Communication
Completed
work will be sent home in your child’s blue homework folder each Monday. Look
over any of your child’s work with him/her and celebrate their successes!
Keep completed work. Homework folders will also contain a weekly homework
assignment that will be due back on Fridays with completed homework assignments
inside.
If your
child’s after school arrangements are different than usual, please send me an
email. In order to assure your child’s safety, I need to know if he/she
has permission to go home with a different adult or on a different bus.
Anytime
you need to contact me, you may send a note to school with your child or call
the school at 303-387-7700. You can also email me anytime with any
questions or concerns. I check email each evening and will respond within
48 hours. It is difficult to check email during the school day. My
email is Sawilson@dcsdk12.org
Classroom and School Rules
Gold
Rush has created school-wide rules that all students are expected to follow.
The rules follow the acronym within the phrase “Go for the Gold.”
G = Give Respect
O = Own Your Actions
L = Listen and Learn
D = Do Your Best
The
kids are all very familiar with these rules and the acronym, as we continually
demonstrate what it looks like in all aspects of our school day.
In
order to show what “Going for the G. O. L. D.” looks like in our classrooms, we
will create a ”Classroom Agreement” together called “Our Promise”
that we will follow throughout the year.
Here is
a sample of Our Promise:
Give
Respect: We promise to be a good
friend, use polite words, and when someone asks us to stop, we stop!
Own
Your Actions: We promise to tell the truth
and apologize when we need to. We understand that everyone makes
mistakes.
Listen
and Learn: We promise to listen to the
person who is talking. Our voices are off. We promise to follow directions.
Do Your
Best: We promise to stay focused
during work time and always do our best!
We promise to do these things,
even when no one is watching!
I
remind students that our promise is meant to keep each other safe and to ensure
that learning can take place in our classroom. Please review this
agreement and the idea of “Going for the Gold” with your child. It is an
effective way to let your child know that you are aware of the rules and
support our school.
Lunch
First
grade will eat lunch at 12:00. It is helpful to go over the lunch choices with
your child ahead of time. When students bring lunch, please send
containers they can open on their own. You are welcome to come to school
and have lunch with your child. Please let me know if you would like to
order a lunch – or tell your child to order one for you! In our
experience it is best to wait about three weeks before you come visit.
Snacks and Water Bottles
We will
have a morning and afternoon snack time. Please
send snacks that are healthy and manageable to enjoy. (No Gogurt, please!)
Help your child become more independent by setting a routine for packing a
snack in their backpack each day. They get upset when they don’t have a
snack, and we have a long day! *NO PEANUTS PLEASE*
Also include a labeled water bottle each day. This eliminates the
need to leave the classroom for drinks. Students may bring only water, not juice or other drinks.
Students may use the bathroom as needed. During instructional time we may
encourage students to try and wait, unless it is an emergency.
Birthdays
We
will celebrate birthdays as they come during the year. If you would like
to bring a treat, please contact me beforehand so we can set up an appropriate
time. If your child is having a party, I cannot pass out invitations
unless every student is invited. A class list is on my webpage.
Appropriate Dress
Attached
is our master schedule for specials (P.E., Music, Art and Tech) for the school
year. When it is your child’s turn for P.E. they need to have tennis
shoes in order to participate.
**Children
will be playing outside during the day, so please keep this in mind, as well as
our rapidly changing Colorado weather. Please help your child dress
appropriately and come prepared for the weather.
