August 19, 2009
News from Mrs. Frerichs
August 19, 2009
September 7 -No school, Labor Day
September 16-Dismiss at 11:40
Please help your child learn the lunch number that was sent home
with them! They will need to know this number when they get milk or
hot lunch. Don’t panic if they don’t know it right away but please
do practice it at home. Knowing this number will help speed up our
lunch line! Also, please make sure they know each morning if they
will be eating hot lunch (school lunch) or cold lunch (lunch packed
from home) because we have to turn in a count each morning.
Thanks!
Our lunch is at 12:20. We will have a snack every morning.
Your child may arrive after 8:15 on the kindergarten patio, there
is no supervision before that. If your child attends a day care
please let them know this. Please have them go directly to the
kindergarten patio and line up. If your child is eating breakfast
(8:00-8:20) they need to go directly to the gym close to 8:00 when
they arrive at school. All students need to be here by 8:25 when
the bell rings to go inside so that they’re in the classroom at
8:30 when the tardy bell rings. We dismiss the kindergarteners at
3:15 so we can be sure to get them to the correct place (bus, day
care van, etc.). The students need to be picked up daily by 3:25 or
they’ll be sent to the office to call you. Thanks!
If you do bring your child after 8:30 or you come to school during
the day you’ll need to use the front doors of the school. For
safety reasons our doors are locked at 8:30. If you bring your
child after 8:30 you’ll need to sign them in at the office. Also,
if you’re visiting school you need to sign in on the visitor’s
clipboard at the office.
Our specials are as follows:
Monday-Music
Tuesday-P.E and Library
Wednesday-Library and Music
Thursday- Guidance and P.E.
Friday- P.E., Art and Computer Lab
**Tennis shoes are best for every day but please make sure they at
least wear them on P.E. days.
Attached is the handwriting we will use at school. Please help your
child practice writing their first name with the first letter
capital and the rest lower case. Thanks!
Please leave all toys and misc. at home unless we request an
item.
The first few weeks of school we’ll be getting acquainted with our
new friends and our classroom. We will learn how the classroom
operates and practice working and playing with 21 other
kindergartners. We will be reading stories about going to school,
colors and shapes. We will also be learning about school safety,
being respectful to others and being responsible for ourselves and
our actions.
If your child is going home a different way than you notified us on
the “first day of school note” you need to leave a message at the
school office or send me a note, otherwise we’ll send them the
scheduled way. Also, please be sure your child knows each morning
what they are to do after school. Thanks!
Mrs. Frerichs
Here’s our current class list:
Kyle Antillon
Angel Burnett
Darius Case
Mya Christlieb
Trevin Clayton
Lupita Cuevas
Lance Dorn
Braxley Garvey
Kyrsten Gilbertson
Drew Gleason
Eric Hawkins
Ethan Horne
Carlee Kelch
Kandon Kellerman
Simon Pinkerton
Trevor Reinke
Ian Roschewski
Aidan Russell
Carson Saathoff
Emmit Sedlacek
Orion Stiens
Bodee Weichel
5 girls, 17 boys = 22 total
I will send home a newsletter periodically as I need to get
information to you! Please check and empty your child’s “daily
folder” DAILY. Please be sure to return the daily folder to school
every day! If you have notes for me please put them in their folder
and make sure to tell your child to give it to me! I can’t check 22
folders every day! THANK YOU!
I am going to try to put our newsletters and other important
information on the school website. The address is
beatricepublicschools.org. Click on Stoddard School then scroll
down to teacher websites and Mrs. Frerichs’ web page and click on
that. When you get to my page you may want to make this one of your
favorites if you plan on checking my site regularly. Please let me
know throughout the year if any of you use it so I know if it’s
worth my time and effort to update it! At some point I’m hoping to
add photos and other activities. Keep this in mind when filling out
your internet use form. The kids love seeing themselves on the
website. It is fun for the kids to show relatives the pictures on
the website that show the things we’re doing in our classroom. I’m
also hoping to experiment with videos this year. THANKS!
Parents often ask if we take naps in kindergarten so I’ll tell you
the answer to that question. No, we don’t. We do have a story time
after lunch and if anyone does fall asleep we let them sleep.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or
concerns! You may contact me before or after school in person
(unless I’m at a meeting), by note, phone or email at
jfrerichs@bpsne.org. Please put your child’s first and last name in
the subject line so I don’t think it’s junk mail if I don’t
recognize your email address. I try to check it every day but
sometimes don’t get to it so don’t send me time sensitive
information that way. (example-John needs to ride the bus home
instead of me picking him up) Thank you! I look forward to working
with you and your child this year!
If you want to send an extra set of clothes to school for your
child to have here in case of a spill or accident you may. I
recommend a shirt, pants/shorts, socks and underwear. Put it in a
big zip-lock bag and put your chid’s name on it and we’ll keep it
here so you don’t have to leave work over a change of clothes if an
accident occurs. Please keep in mind there are times we need to
send children home for a bath in some cases. As the weather changes
you can send appropriate clothes for cold weather. Thanks!
Mrs. Frerichs
