Kindergarten Health info

Kindergarten benchmarks

K orientation information

Ten Ways to Prepare your Child for Kindergarten

Kindergarten Facts (condensed)

Staggered Entry Program – The first week your child will only come to school one day. They are counted present every day that week.

School supplies – You will receive a list from your child’s teacher at Meet the Teacher telling you what is needed for your child. This will also be posted on the website at turnercreekes.wcpss.net. Please supply a bath towel for rest time.

Transportation – We MUST have a note for any changes in the way your child will go home. Please be sure to date the note so we know the effective date(s) of the change.

Breakfast/lunch Program – Each child will have a lunch number. Please help your child learn his/her lunch number. When paying by check, please include your child’s lunch number in the memo portion of the check. Accounts may be set up on a bank draft plan, also. A separate account may be established for snacks/desserts to be eaten in the cafeteria at lunch. When your child is out of lunch money, the cafeteria staff will give them a note. You must send in money the next day. Sign up at meet the teacher!

Prices: Lunch: $ 1. 75 Milk only: $.50 Breakfast: $.80

Absences – Please call the school the day your child is absent (363-1391). When your child returns to school, send a note to the teacher stating the reason for the absence (even if you called in the absence).

Arrival – Children are not allowed in the building before 8:45 a.m. unless they are in the YMCA Early Arrivals Program. Students arriving after 9:05 should be signed in at the office by their parent, guardian, or the person bringing them to school. We will also release school every Wednesday at 2:45.

Snacks – When you send a lunch from home, please talk with your child and make sure he/she knows what is for lunch and what is for snack. Please send HEALTHY foods for snack. No glass bottles or jars or drinks with red dye, please. Snacks should be put in easy to open containers or bags.

Change of clothes – Each child should have a change of clothes at school in case of accidents. These clothes should be changed each season. This allows your child to be independent and change him/herself.

Conferences – We will have conferences twice a year. These will be during the first and third periods.

Report Cards - Report cards are sent home twice a year - at the end of each semester.

Illness – Children must be fever free for 24 hours without medication before returning to school.

Medication – If your child needs to be given medication at school, you must have a form signed by you and the doctor allowing the school to dispense medicine. The medicine must come to school in the prescription bottle. These medication forms are in the office.

Serious medical conditions – Children who have serious medical conditions (severe allergies, diabetes, etc.) must have a health care plan at school. The school health nurse will work with the family and physician to ensure appropriate plans are in place.