Arrival Time: Breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m. and school begins at 9:00 a.m. Unless you are eating breakfast, you can not enter the building until 8:45 a.m.
Birthdays: A birthday note will be sent home a few days before your child's birthday. Please do not send drinks or party favors. Due to allergies, send a peanut-free treat that can be passed out quickly. Napkins or paper plates are greatly appreciated. Invitations are not to be brought to school even if you are inviting the entire class.
Daily Homework Reading Books: Every day the students will bring home a plastic folder with a classroom reading book inside. Your child is responsible for reading this book to you and then returning it the very next day. If they do not return their book, another one will not be sent home until the other book is returned. A fee will be issued for any lost books or folders. Books will not be sent home over the weekend. Please go over the story with your child and fill in the slip enclosed in the folder. Ask them questions about what they have they read.
Flying Horse: Each week we enter the Flying Horse contest in The Pantagraph newspaper. Winners are announced in the Sunday comic section.
Poetry Notebook: At the end of each month, your child will bring home their poetry notebook to read to you. Please sign the parent comment sheet at the back of their notebook and return it to school on Monday.
Reading Logs: Your child will be bringing home a monthly reading log. Please complete the form and return it at the end of the month. An award will be given for those students who complete a reading log every month, at the end of the year.
Scholastic Book Order: Order forms will be sent home each month. Ordering is optional. Please make checks payable to: Scholastic Book Clubs (for the exact amount). They will not accept cash. If you would like to order a book as a surprise gift for your child, indicate that on your order and I will contact you when the books arrive instead of sending it home with your child.
Show and Tell: Show and Tell will be every Thursday. Please have your child bring one item that is special to them to show to the class. I would prefer it to be something that is not breakable or of extreme value. Toys and live animals are not to be brought to school. Your show and tell must be able to fit in your backpack. If you forget to bring something in, you will have to wait until the next week to share.
Star Student: All students will have a special week where they get to be the star! A note will be sent home the Friday before it is their turn. They will need to fill out the Star of the Week paper and bring in 5 photographs (on Monday) to put on their Star of the Week bulletin board. The star student gets to help out Mrs. Gilbert. They will help with the calendar board, deliver messages to other teachers, and be line leader. A treat can be brought at the end of the week to help in celebrating your child being a star.
Supplies: The students will need to replace some of their school supplies periodically. Please check if they are in need of pencils, crayons, glue sticks, markers, and erasers.
Tiger Homework Folder: Every Friday, your child will bring home a Stevenson Tiger Homework Folder. Inside the folder you will find a homework assignment and the first grade newsletter. You are encouraged to work with them on their homework, but please make sure it is being completed by them. All work should be done by the students! The Tiger Folder is to be brought back by the next Thursday with the finished assignment inside. The newsletter is yours to keep.