Kaposia Education CenterAn International Baccalaureate

Primary Years Program World School

Mission Statement Ignite a passion in every learner to inquire, continuously improve and engage in positively

changing our world.

Kindergarten Round Up! February 1, 2018

Kaposia Office Staff We are here to support you and your child!

Terry Bretoi Principal

Dan RileyAssistant Principal

Lisa BoelterPrincipal's Secretary

Tammy ChristophersonBuilding Secretary

Daisy Medina-Cuenca Cultural Liaison

Melissa HoLicensed School Nurse

Lyssa Cook Health Assistant

Kelcie LitchfieldFamily Support Worker

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Kaposia’s Kindergarten Staff

Erin Roeske

Sarah WotipkaElizabeth Rozendaal

Erin Gross

Kristin Sampson

Mary Molumby Noel ChirhartESL Teacher

Kim DahlenESL Teacher 3

Many Emotions...

Children:✓ Exciting! Can’t wait to get started! (Bus, friends)

✓ Nervous about being away from home and family

✓ Curious about school

✓ First steps to independence

✓ New feelings, friends, experiences

Parents:✓ Nervous /(Excited!)about being away from your kids!

✓ Interested in what they will be doing all day!

Turn and Talk!Share what you are thinking and feeling!!! 4

It’s OK to have questions!

For Example:✓ Who’s going to help me?✓ Will I miss home?✓ Will other kids like me?✓ Will the teacher like me?✓ Who’s going to meet me after school?✓ Where’s the bathroom?

Try to:✓ Encourage discussion✓ Be reassuring✓ Work out problems

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Kaposia is an IB World School!

✓ What’s PYP?

✓ What do we want kids to learn?

✓ How will we teach?

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Kaposia Creates IB Students

IB learners strive to be:

✓ inquirers ✓ knowledgeable ✓ thinkers ✓ communicators ✓ principled ✓ open-minded ✓ caring ✓ risk-takers ✓ balanced ✓ reflective

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IB Primary Years Program Coordinator

Units of Inquiry:

✓ Who we are

• Senses are used for exploring and staying safe.

✓ Where we are in place and time

• Communities provide for the people who live in them.

✓ How we express ourselves

• Symbols reflect the uniqueness of people and places.

✓ How the world works

• Some choices are based on understanding weather.

✓ How we organize ourselves

• Cooperating and being responsible allow people to learn and

get along.

✓ Sharing the planet

• Plants and animals live and grow in shared environments.

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Kindergarten Prerequisites

Copies of:

✓ Immunizations

• With 5 year old immunization dates

✓ Birth Certificate

✓ Early Childhood Screening

✓ Proof of Residence

If these four items are not turned in PRIOR

to the first day of school your child will NOT be allowed to start!

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Summer Opportunities!

Kindergarten Camp:

August 13-16 (tentative)

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Kindergarten Family Connection Days First Two Days of School

TBA in August

Student/ parent conference to…✓ Tour classroom and bring in school supplies✓ Build relationships with the teacher

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First day of school for Kindergartners

TBA

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“All I ever needed to know, I learned in (All Day) kindergarten.”

- Robert Fulgum

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Fact of the Day:

✓ An experienced teacher and a small class in kindergarten can set a person up for life. At least according to a large-scale study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The bureau study, conducted by a team of economists, draws on data from Project STAR, one of the most widely studied education experiments in the United States. The project spans 11,600 students and their teachers in kindergarten through third grade across 79 schools. What's unique is that, while numerous studies have shown the benefits of intensive preschool programs, this study is the first to link a better classroom environment in the earliest grades to success in adulthood.

✓ The study shows compelling proof of how kindergarten affects your salary, your chances of going to college and owning a home, and even your retirement savings.

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Bus Transportation

• One-mile eligibility for free busing for K-6 students (south of 494 non-eligible for free transportation. North of 494 is bussed within the KEC attendance area.)

• Daycare forms for bussing. We need to know where the child is being transported. Must be in the KEC attendance area. This form may be found on the SSP website under Transportation.

• Pay-To-Ride forms are for students who live within the one-mile boundary and want to pay for their child to be transported by bus. Forms are due to the Transportation office no later than August 1, 2017. The sooner the better! The fee for the program is $225.00 within the Kaposia boundary, with a family cap of $450.00 Forms may be found on the SSP website under Transportation.

• Bus passes are in a postcard format and will be mailed home the middle of August. Please keep the bus pass in your child’s backpack at all times.

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Arriving at School

Busses:

✓ We will meet them on the north side of the building. ✓ We have adults escorting them to their classrooms the

first couple of weeks of school.

Walkers/Drop Off :

✓ Walkers and students being dropped off can enter school through the main entrance near the parking lot or the south side of the building near the south doors.

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Typical Kindergarten DayBreakfast available in Cafeteria

Children Arrive at School

Morning Meeting/ Calendar

Language Arts

Recess/Lunch

Quiet Time – Story & Rest

Art, Music, Phy. ED., Spanish

Math

Unit of Inquiry

Closing- Songs, Stories and Group Games

Snack/Milk

Choice Time

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Choose

ActReflect

Primary Years

Program

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What’s Our Curriculum?The Minnesota State Standards

✓ Numbers✓ Patterns✓ Add/Subtract✓ 50 Sight Words✓ Calendar✓ Shapes and Colors✓ Read Simple Sentences✓ Write Simple Sentences✓ Reading @ D Level

✓ Letter Recognition• Upper/Lower Case

✓ Letter Sounds✓ Printing✓ Rhyming✓ Social Studies✓ Health✓ Science✓ Count & Write to 31

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Technology at Kaposia

Three Computer Labs iPads

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Breakfast/Lunch in the KEC Café!● Free Breakfast for every child!

● Recess before they eat

● Assigned lunch tables

● Two options of food, or bag lunch

● Lunch cost is currently $1.70

● A reminder to please add your new

Kindergarten student to a free/reduced lunch

application, even if you have older SSP

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How will my child get home?Walkers/Pick Up

✓ Walkers/Pick Up - Each kindergarten teacher will escort their class out the north side of the building (Dale Street) to be picked up. If you have other children in the building they can meet your kindergarten child and you outside the north doors. Each family must make visual connections before students will be released.

Busses✓ Students will be escorted to

the Gymnasiums at 3:30 PM to board busses first. We have adults assisting teachers the first couple of weeks of school.

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Your Kids NEED YOU! Parental Involvement

✓ KEC PTA ✓ Kaposia Parent Teacher Association

✓ Classroom Volunteer✓ Read weekly newsletter and perform teacher tips on

reading or math✓ Read everyday with your child✓ Lunch with your child✓ Attend conferences

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What can you do to help them become ready for school?

✓ Provide opportunities for your child to to work with other children✓ Know their name, address, telephone number✓ Encourage curiosity about the world✓ Practice writing, tying shoes, zipping jackets for fine motor skills. This

promotes independence-• Let students do what they can

✓ Read to your child daily✓ Count to 10✓ Letter identification✓ Number identification✓ Tour the school✓ Talk with them about school with enthusiasm and excitement✓ Attend K Camp. ✓ http://www.getset4k.org/✓ www.IsYourChildReady.com

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What supplies will we need?Tentative Kindergarten Supply List

• 24 Pack of Crayola crayons• Large backpack – no wheels• 6 - 0.77 ounce Elmer’s Glue Sticks• Old paint shirt• 1 box/container of snacks to share

with class (ex: goldfish, fruit snacks, animal crackers, etc.)

• 2 - (8 Pack) thick Crayola markers• 1 - pair of headphones that go

over child’s head (in Ziploc bag labeled w/child’s name)

• Large box of Kleenex• 1-pair of tennis shoes that you child

can independently put on & tie for Phy-Ed

• 2 - Containers of Clorox wipes• Plastic box for crayons

• 2-Expo dry erase markers

• 2 - Wide-ruled spiral notebooks

• Boys: package of white or brown lunch bags.

• Girls: One Crayola 8 count set of

watercolor paints

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Before and after School Care available at KECKids Choice

District Coordinator : Jeanne Zehnder - 651-306-3634

Kaposia Youth Facilitator: Amy Trettel – 651-288-6840

Kids Choice Hours• Before School 

– 6:30 am – 8:50 am• After School

– 3:35 pm - 6:00 pm• Non –School Day/All Day Care

– 6:30 am - 6:00 pm

Summer care is also available!

Kids Choice Prices• Before School & After School

Session

– Rate  $10.50– Drop in Rate  $15.75

• Non School Days Contracted

– Day  $32.55– Drop in Rate  $37.80

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How are homerooms decided?We place students in classrooms based on:

✓ Gender balance✓ Range of abilities✓ Special needs are clustered with support✓ Separation of students with behavior conflicts.✓ We use the parent input form and observations to

make these decisions.

No specific teacher requests!

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Attendance & Tardies✓ To be successful your child must be in

school and on time by 8:50.✓ Students should be in their seats ready to

go at 9:00✓ If they are tardy, you must come in and

sign them in to school.

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Health OfficeStaff & Hours

Lyssa Cook, HA

✓ Health Assistant✓ CPR Trained✓ First Aid Certified

Melissa Ho, RN, LSN

✓ Licensed School Nurse✓ CPR Trained✓ First Aid Certified

Hours: 8:15-3:45 Daily

Health OfficeServices

Manage Acute & Chronic

Health Conditions

✓ Asthma✓ Diabetes✓ Life Threatening Allergies✓ ADHD✓ Seizures

If your child has a health condition that requires any medical attention during the school day, please contact

the Health Office to arrange a conference to discuss how these needs can be met during school hours.

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Health OfficeMedication at School

Forms Available Tonight

✓ Asthma Action Plan

✓ Anaphylaxis Action Plan

✓ Seizure Action Plan

✓ Diabetes Action Plan

✓ Lactose Free Milk Form

✓ Consent for Medication Administration

• Must be signed by a parent and physician• Original Prescription Bottle/Medication

Container• Not expired

PLEASE DO NOT SEND MEDICATION TO SCHOOL

WITH STUDENTS !!!

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Health OfficeSick Children

You will be asked to pick your student up for:

✓ Temperature over 100˚ F✓ Diarrhea✓ Vomiting✓ Unidentified Rash✓ Injury requiring medical

attention

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Health OfficeSick Children

For the health of our school we have the following rules:

Before returning to school your child

should be:

✓ 24 Hours fever free without medication✓ 24 Hours diarrhea free without medication✓ 24 Hours from the last episode of vomiting

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Health OfficeAllergies

Due to student allergies please do not bring the

following to school:

✓ Latex✓ Pets✓ Flowers✓ Balloons✓ Nut Products

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Health Office

IMMUNIZATIONS are REQUIRED to start

kindergarten.It is a state law.

Immunizations

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“The goal for children in this type of program is to become critical thinkers, effective group

participants, and enthusiastic, life-long learners.”by David Elkind

Thank you for coming!!

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School Website• Please visit our school and district website at www.sspps.org for up to date school news and

information and a copy of this power point presentation.

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✓ ALL registration materials are complete?

✓ Enrollment packets with Birth Certificate, Early

Childhood Screening and Proof of Residence?

✓ Schedule a Preschool Screening date?

✓ Before and After School child care information –

Kid’s Choice?

✓ Transportation information?

✓ Immunizations/Health Forms?

✓ Interpreter needed? Daisy Medina-Cuenca

✓ Kaposia Parent Teacher Committee Information?

Ready? Set? Register!

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