Transcript Welcome To PreK Information

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1905+ students PK through 4th grade
6 building campus plus Grace Living Center
Currently 10 Full-Day sections of Pre-K
1-A.M section and 1-P.M section of half day Pre-K
22 students maximum per state requirement
Early Childhood Certified Teacher along with Full
time Early Childhood Assistant (ECA) in every
classroom
• Safety is our number
one priority
• Necessary self help
skills
• Full Day 8:15-3:00pm
• Half-Day 9:1511:45am / 1:15-3:45
pm
• Grace Living Center
8:50-3:25pm
• Drop-off and pick-up
times are 15 minutes
before/after class
• Your child’s classroom location
will determine their assigned
drop-off and pick-up spot.
• Please position your child’s car
seat to the curb-side location
for safety.
• Stay in your car and pull
forward to keep the line
moving.
• Please pull over out of the car
line and buckle your child up or
have your child practice
buckling him/her self up over
the summer.
PRE-KINDERGARTEN Curriculum & Themes
•Dramatic play
•Language
development
•Mathematics
•Technology
•Science & Health
•Social Studies
•Creative/Motor Skills
Full Day Pre-K Quiet Activities
• Children need a small amount of time each day to “rest”
their brains.
• Plastic Mats will be available for purchase from PTAG for
$8.00.
• Children can bring a SMALL blanket OR stuffed animal
• The times will be after lunch and anywhere from 20-45
minutes. This will be a gradual release of time as the
school year progresses. Children sleeping will be left to
sleep for the first semester of school.
• During the second 9 weeks of school, children not
sleeping will have the option to read, color, and/or watch
videos/e-stories quietly on their mats.
Assessment Tools: teacher observations, checklists,
completion of tasks, manipulatives, journals, and portfolios.
Data Books are used to record and keep records of
assessments.
Rubrics are used for determining grades and they can be found at:
Jenks Public Schools Website www.jenksps.org
1. Choose Parents
2. Next hover over Curriculum and a side bar will pop up
3. Choose Report Card Rubrics PreK-6
4. Select Pre-Kindergarten the areas of assessment are:
Adaptive Skills
Motor/Creative Skills
Cognitive Skills: Language Arts
Cognitive Skills: Mathematics
Cognitive Skills: Science
Cognitive Skills: Social Studies
5. Report Cards for Pre-Kindergarten go home in January and in May
Curriculum Details will be covered by the teachers in the “Back to School Night”
presentations in August.
Things to do over the summer to help
prepare your child for Pre-K:
 Work on self-help skills:
putting on/off a jacket,
zipping/buttoning, turning a
jacket inside/out, putting
on/off shoes, etc.
-we LOVE Velcro
-flip flops are dangerous on
the playground
 Practice using the bathroom
by him/her self
(independently wiping and
taking on/off pants)
 Practice writing first name
 Practice holding a pencil,
crayon, and/or marker using the correct grip
 Practice holding and cutting
with child-sized scissors
 Practice: listening ears,
sharing, cleaning up, and
patiently waiting
 Practice proper hand-washing
techniques with your child
 Practice putting folder,
lunchbox, blanket (or stuffed
toy) in/out of backpack and
zipping it
 Have your child practice
buckling his/her seat belt
 Talk about school with your
child
 READ, READ, READ!
•Back to School Post Cards sent early August
•Meet the Teacher
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 3:00-6:00
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 3:00-6:00
•Pre-K Transition Days
(sign-up for these on Meet the Teacher)
Monday, August 19th Last name A-L
Tuesday, August 20th Last Name L-Z
•Regular School Day for Pre-K begins Aug. 21st
Miscellaneous
• Backpacks should be large
enough to hold folders.
• No wheels on backpacks.
• Always keep a change of
clothes in your child’s backpack
labeled with their name.
• LABEL with your child’s name
clothes that are outerwear such
as jackets, coats, sweaters, &
sweatshirts.
Full Day PRE-K Snacks & Lunch
• The classroom teacher will
• Free/Reduced Lunch Forms are
decide how snacks will be
available.
managed and at what time of
• The children eat in the cafeteria.
the day.
• Send lunch money to school with
• We encourage healthy
your child or pay online at
snacks.
mylunchmoney.com (transaction fee
• Each teacher will go over
their procedures at Back to
School Night.
applies).
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Students may bring a lunch from
home (sack or lunch box/bag).
Adventure Club
• Nia Stokes –is the Adventure Club
Coordinator for JPS phone 299-4414
X2483 or e-mail [email protected]
• Hours: 6:30 am-8:00 am and 3:00 pm-6:00
pm in BLD “B”.
• Students may eat breakfast from 7:458:00 (If your child is not in Adv. Club, parent
can accompany PRE-K child to breakfast.)
Parent Teacher Action Group (PTAG)
• The PTAG is a volunteer organization of parents, teachers and
administrators who work together to promote quality education for our
children.
• PTAG provides Daily Agendas to all students K-4th grade.
• PTAG provides Cash/products for our school through rebate programs
such as Box Tops for Education, Campbell’s Labels, Staples, and Office
Depot.
• PTAG provides Subscriptions for periodicals for each classroom, such as
the Scholastic Weekly Readers.
• PTAG provides Items for Teacher Wish Lists.
• PTAG provides funds for field trips.
• Spirit Wear
• Yearly dues:$10.00
• School Supply Packets are on sale NOW at the PTAG table. Teachers
LOVE the school supply packs! The Pre-K supplies are collected by your
child’s teacher and used in the classroom as community property.
Please SUPPORT AND JOIN PTAG!!!
Contact Information
JPS Main Number
• Suzanne Lair Site Principal
X- 5601
• Christina Wilson –
Administrative Assistant
BLD “B” X-5650
• Christy Leach Pre-K Team
Leader, full-day X- 2422
• Melissa Futrell Pre-K Team
Leader, half-day X- 2421
(918)299-4411
• Susan Cronk - Curriculum
Resource Instructor
X- 6105
• Julia Wood – Counselor
X- 6118
• Jenks Public Schools Web Site
http://www.jenksps.org/
Thank you for attending today we look
forward to…
having your child with us in the
2013-14 school year!