August Newsletter

Garfield Elementary

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Hello Garfield Families and Friends! On behalf of our entire staff, we are excited to be a part of your family for the 2018-19 school year.  We are looking forward to a great school year for everyone full of learning, exploring, engagement, and support. This edition of our newsletter is to help bring important information to you before the first day of school. All other newsletters will be electronically delivered at the end each month and will celebrate all the great things that happened during the month as well as provide important upcoming dates.   A giant THANK YOU goes out to Vickie Bird, Kenzie Bird, Kaya Bodem, Mary Bodem, & Amanda Nygren! This group of dedicated parents & students came in to hang posters and put up positive messages all over the school to help make our school look great. Talk about throwing kindness around like confetti!! I hope you noticed the renovations when you came in for open house. Thank you to the Garfield PTO organize the group!!

Dates to Remember Sept 4 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL & PICTURE DAY Sept 28 No School

Changes to be made aware of: School hours:   Student learning hours will be 8:10-3:05 . Students will enter the building 8:00 at the sound of a bell from the playground.  A bell will ring at 8:10 to signify the start of the learning day.  Students still in the hallways after 8:10 will be marked tardy by their teachers. Students arriving after 8:20 need to have a parent come into the office to sign their student in. These students will be marked tardy through the office.  The slight change in time will have no impact on bus schedule in the morning or after school.  This slight change also offers a little more time for students to come in and get organized in the morning.     Breakfast : Breakfast will be back in the gym in the mornings but is still FREE to ALL students!! We will open our gym door on the playground starting at 7:30. When students arrive at school, they can go into the gym to eat some breakfast then head back out to the playground to run around until the bell rings at 8:00. We are encouraging  all  students to stop in to get a bite to eat sometime between 7:30-8:00. Again, breakfast is FREE for ALL students!!!   Supervision:  We will have some new faces out on our playground in the morning and lunch as well as in the cafeteria for breakfast and lunch. They will have on their ID badges and bright yellow vests while outside supervising on the playground. Ms. Renee and Ms. Kelsey will be our morning supervisors. Ms. Bird will be the lunch supervisor. Feel free to stop by and introduce yourself to them in the morning.

Ms. Kelsey

Ms. Vickie

Ms. Renee

Important information on Snack Time Keeping the mind focused is important for learning. As adults, we know it is difficult to focus when we are hungry. Students are welcome to bring a snack for school everyday. However, we do ask that students choose snacks that are compliant with the state and national standards that schools must abide by. Healthy snacks such as pretzels, fruit, string cheese, vegetables, some granola bars, goldfish, and raisins are welcomed by all teachers. Snacks high in sugar or those that have little to no nutritional value such as Twinkies, candy bars, pop tarts, or a bag of chips/Doritos will not be allowed at snack time. These treats are fine for during lunch time when they are paired with other nutritional foods. However, they will not be allowed in the classroom for snack as they do not provide the necessary nutrition needed to refuel students to be able to focus and concentrate. If your child takes hot lunch daily, please remember to pack them a snack if they would like to have a mid-morning snack in the classroom.

Safety is a top priority! PARKING LOT The parking lot on Elizabeth St. will not be an entrance or exit for students. Due to the amount of traffic that comes through this area, we will not be allowing the students to enter or exit these doors. Please do not drop them off or pick them up in this area. All students will be asked to enter the building in the morning through the doors on the playground. Students arriving at school between 8:00-8:10 will enter through the front door. At the end of the day, all non-bus students will use the front door or playground door to exit the building. Non-bus students will not be allowed to exit any other door.   MORNING DROP OFF/AFTERNOON PICK UP  Parents/guardians are welcome to sit with their child in the morning until the 8:00 bell. After a warm hug good-bye, please have your child enter the building on their own.   Please do not enter the building through any doors other than the front door.   Parents must check in through the office and receive a visitor badge to be the hallways.   Teachers will sometimes bring students outside for purposeful play at the end of the day. Because of this, we are asking parents to remain on the outside of the fence around the playground until the school bell rings at 3:05 Thank you for your cooperation and understanding our need to keep kids safe.

PLEASE WELCOME THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE GARFIELD TEAM!!

Megan Dubrock Special Education teacher

Judie Bauer 2nd grade teacher

Garfield Elementary 1615 Carney Blvd Marinette, WI 54114 715-735-2400 phone 715-732-3431 fax

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