Parent Teacher Conferences- We will hold optional Parent Teacher Conferences the week of October 5, to go over your child's report card. If you'd like to conference, please sign up below. If you prefer not to conference, your child's report card will be sent home Friday, October 9. 

Mrs. Kirkendall's Conferences

Mrs. McGowan's Conferences

Ms. Hernandez's Conferences 


Updated information- When you arrive for your scheduled conference, please go to gate #1 (where we dismiss). I will walk out and get you for our scheduled conference time. If your conference is after 12:45 on Wednesday, or 11:30 on Thursday and Friday, the gate will be open and you can walk to our room to wait for your conference. 


Spelling Homework- Spelling homework will be included in your child's homework packet every week starting Octber 2, and we will have a weekly test every Friday. Your child should complete one spelling activity per night for homework, and the spelling activity pages are included in the homework packet. Our first spelling test will be Octber 9.  


Bate's Nut Farm- Our first field trip will be to the Bate's Nut Farm Pumpkin Patch! We will be riding the bus to the farm on Thursday, October 29. The field trip packets came home last week, and they are due no later than October 9. Please and make your field trip donation HERE. Thank you to the parents who signed up to donate a snack or water for our trip. The snack sign up is full, but can be viewed HERE. 


Red Polo- We will be asking that students wear a red school polo shirt to all of our field trips. If you don't have one, please purchase one by our first field trip on October 29. 


College Day- Wednesday, October 7 is college day. Students may wear a college T-shirt or sweatshirt with blue or black jeans or approved TPS uniform bottoms. If you're looking for reasonably priced kids college shirts HERE is a great listing at walmart. 


Awards Assembly- Our First Quarter Awards Assembly will be on October 13, at 8:30am. All are welcome to attend! The students will recite My Shadow, as well as songs they've learned in Music class. Assembly attire will be required on this day, and families will be notified separately if their child will be receiving an award. 


Meet the Masters- Our next Meet the Masters art project will be October 15. If you are cleared and would like to help our class with the project, please sign up HERE. Please note the new times for some of the classes. 


No School- There will be no school for students on Friday, October 30 and Wednesday, November 11. 


Fall Festival- Save the date for our annual Fall Festival on November 13. This is a family event in the evening and it is so much fun! Kindergarten will be hosting a Cake Walk booth and all proceeds from the booth go back to our grade level. More details are coming soon, but mark the date in your calendar now. You won't want to miss it!


Thanksgiving Treat- The kindergarten classes will be learning about the first Thanksgiving and we will be having a Thanksgiving snack and dessert to celebrate the end of the unit. If you'd like to donate an item, please sign up HERE. 


Snacks- Please be sure to send a snack with your child everyday, even if they get school breakfast and lunch. They are hungry by snack recess time and snacks are not provided by the school. Please be sure your child knows what their snack is and where it is in their backpack. 


Weekly Reminders: 

* Return library books every Monday (or Wednesday if Monday is a holiday)

* Early dismissal every Wednesday- k gets out at 1:30

* Patriots day is every Friday and students can wear jeans a school spirit shirt 

* Write your child's name on all of their belongings 

* Send BEE binders everyday

* Homework packet is due every Friday- don't forget to sign the reading log. Math homework is due daily. 

*Assembly attire is required every Monday. Navy shorts, pants, and skorts/skirts are not part of assembly attire.