Welcome to Kindergarten

• We are pleased to welcome your child to our class!

• A good learning experience is built on a cooperative effort between parent, child, and teacher.

• We have high expectations for your child’s kindergarten experience.

• With your participation in and out of the classroom, we

can look forward to a productive, creative, and fun year together.

• We hope you find the information in this handbook

useful.

Transportation

• The first weeks of school will be a period of adjustment for all of us.

• In order for your child to be at the correct location after school, he/she will have a name tag with means of transportation written on it.

• Please allow your child to walk to the classroom on their own after the first week of school. (Children adjust faster if they learn independence quickly.)

Transportation Changes:

If your child is to change from their typical transportation mode, we must have a written note stating how he/she is to get home, and with whom they are to ride. This is for your child’s safety and protection. We cannot accept your child’s word about a transportation change without a note.

LUNCH

• Lunch is scheduled for approximately 10:30 a.m., and is 30 minutes long.

• Madison School has a prepaid meal program. You can pay in advance for the week, month, year, etc.

• Each child is assigned a multi-digit number, which they will enter on a keypad whenever the child buys a breakfast, lunch or milk.

• Please send all lunch money in a sealed envelope or a Ziploc bag with their name, account number, and amount written on the outside.

• If your child will be bringing his/her lunch to school, please send things that your child will be able to open independently.

• Breakfast is $1.50, lunch is $2.00, and milk purchased separately is approximately 50 cents.

• Beginning in January, ice cream will be available for your child to purchase on Fridays.

• We love for parents to eat with their children during the school year.

• It makes the student feel very special to have a lunch visitor.

• We ask that no parent eat in the lunchroom the first 2 weeks of school. (This time is for establishing our lunchroom environment and helping students get adjusted to the

lunchroom routine. Thank you for your understanding.) • Lunch for visitors is $3.50.

Lunch Visit

Check Writing

All checks sent to Madison Elementary MUST have the following information to be accepted:

•Name •Address•Home and work phone•Driver’s License Number

Helpful Hints• Please check your child’s book bag and notebook daily

for papers and notes. Please be prompt in returning forms.

• Please put your child’s name in/on all coats, jackets, etc.

• Tennis shoes are required for P.E. • Kindergarten children will get dirty at school. Please

dress your child appropriately.

• Our school day begins at 7:35 a.m. Please be prompt in getting your child to school.

• Your child needs to keep a change of clothes in their book bag in case of an accident, spilled food at lunch, etc. Please make sure your child can use the restroom independently.

SNACKS

• We will have a designated snack time daily.• Each child may bring a snack and a juice

box/pouch each day. Water is available during snack time for those that do not have a drink.

Absences

Please send a note

explaining

absences the day

your child returns

to school after an

absence.

Absences without

a note are marked

unexcused after

three days.

Birthday Celebrations

• Party invitations can only be passed out in school if the entire class is invited. This is to save hurt feelings for the children.

Classroom ManagementKindergarten Golden Rule:

“No one has the right to prevent someone else from learning.”

Rules• I will walk in the building at all times. • I will listen and follow directions. • I will be respectful to my teachers, my

peers and to myself. • I will keep hands, feet and other objects to

myself. • I will respect school property and the

property of others.