Good Evening First Grade Families,
Welcome to first grade! 😊 I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and enjoyed spending quality time with your children. Once again, I am Ms. Nicole Martinez and I am looking forward to a productive partnership with you to ensure our children can achieve their highest potential. I recognize that in order to be successful in school, our children need support from both the home and school. I know a strong partnership with you will make a great difference in your child’s education. As partners, we share the responsibility for our children’s success and want you to know that I will do my very best to carry out our responsibilities.
Please take note of the following reminders for this week and also for the first week of school on Monday, Aug 29, 2022. I ask that you please read all of the information along with all of the attachments to avoid questions that are clearly stated on this email.
COMMUNITY SUPPLIES AND CLASSROOM WISHLIST DROP OFF (Thursday 8/25, Friday 8/26) 8am-4pm
I will start collecting our community supplies next week. Bins will be put outside for each item. After dropping off items, please check off your child’s name from the list. I would like to thank everyone for all your donations for our class, I greatly appreciate it!
Community Supplies
- 2 pentel white eraser (hi-polymer eraser)
- 3 glue sticks
- 3 White board markers (black/ red/blue ONLY)
- 2 red pen (for checking work)
- 2 yellow highlighters
- 3 pk/cans of Clorox wipes OR any disinfecting wipes
- 3 pk baby wipes (used for after lunch/ wiping sweaty faces)
- BOYS- 2 ream of colored 8 1/2 by 11 copy paper (pink and blue ONLY)
- GIRLS– 2 ream of white 8 1/2 by 11 copy paper
I will also be putting samples of the daily supplies that students will need for school. Please make sure to check it out so you get the correct school supplies.
Classroom Wish list
The following supplies are things that the students and I would greatly appreciate at any point of the school year.
- 8-ounce water bottles
- Healthy Emergency snacks (Cheez-its, rice Krispy treats, goldfish, fruit snacks, pretzels, granola bars, No peanuts!)
- Blue painter’s tape
- Reading books (Kindergarten to 3rd grade reading levels)
- Swiffer wet jet pads/cleaning solution
- Glade plug-in refills (lavender)
- Android tablet charging port & wires
- Manipulatives (building blocks, Legos, jump rope, connecting/magnetic tiles, etc)
- Coloring books/ activity book
You may also check out our First Grade Amazon wishlist:
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/1fDpq9r?ref_=wl_share
FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL (NOON DISMISSAL, FREE DRESS, DAYCARE from 12-6pm)
On the first week of school, Aug. 29-Sept 2nd, Students will be wearing FREE DRESS, noon dismissal.
Friday, 9/2 First School Mass (Students wear their formal Mass uniforms or Sunday best)
Students may arrive as early as 7:30am and will be marked tardy after 7:50am.
Know that for security purposes, ALL Gates will be closed at 8am daily, after the 7:50 tardy bell rings. We will secure the campus at that time.
Only Kinder and 1st grade parents may park in the small lot and use the crosswalks to walk to the classrooms and drop off their children. Same for pickup at noon on the first week of school. Please drive safely and follow the speed 5mph limit.
Please NO lingering around the classroom and congregating.
Please note that parents will not be allowed in the classroom. When you arrive students should wait on the blue benches in front of the classroom. Students should not play nor run around in the morning.
WHAT TO BRING ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Please bring all/ complete school supplies on Monday Aug 29th, labeled with your child’s name:
- 1 backpack without wheels
- 1 ½ inch blue hard cover binder with rings
- CLEAR plastic supply box* (about 8.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 inch, holds pencils, crayons, markers, etc. ) please see link below. NO color or DESIGNS
○ Inside the supply box* should be the following:
- 1 box of Crayola crayons (24 count) / 1 box of colored pencils (24 count)
- 1 box of Crayola markers (10 count)
- 2 fine point dry-erase markers
- 2 small glue sticks
- 1 pentel white eraser
- 3 red pens (for checking/ correcting papers)
- 2 yellow highlighters (for annotating)
- 2 Primary Composition notebook K-2 (WIDE RULED)
- 1 of these composition notebooks should be additionally labeled with, “Sight Word Journal” on the front cover
- 1 of these composition notebooks should be additionally labeled with, “Word Study Notebook”
- 1 Primary Journal notebook K-2 (PRIMARY RULED- with space to draw)
- This composition notebooks should be additionally labeled with, “Writing Journal”
- 9” x 12” Whiteboard (no larger than this size)
- Emergency Kit
Devices
(Needed in School & at home)
- Ipad/Tablet (must have cover/ protector) MUST HAVE!
- Headphones/ earphones
- Blue light glasses (optional)
Personal Care Supplies (Students must have the following in their backpack everyday)
- Pocket tissue (s)
- 2 Personal Mask(s)
Student Emergency Kit
Using a gallon sized Ziplock bag, please include the following items in your child’s emergency kit that will remain in the event of an earthquake or lockdown.
- 1 picture of the child’s family
- 1 letter from the parents telling the child he/she is loved
- 1reading/coloring book
- 2-3 of your child’s favorite snacks (granola bars, Rice Krispies, pretzels, etc.)
- 2-3-pint size water bottles or capri sun juice drinks your child likes
Please be sure that any items places are nonperishable. Write your child’s name of the outside. Return the emergency kit to me.
Apps List (must be downloaded on the device)
- Zoom (just in case)
- Seesaw
- ST MATH (not an app, must be pinned on your child’s browser)
- Raz-kids (for classwork & homework)
- Freckle by Renaissance
- Epic! (Additional practice at home)
*Social Media (Tiktok, Instagram, Facebook, Messages, Facetime, calls, mails MUST be disabled/turned off! Students are not allowed to play games when on campus. Please put it in a folder with password.
If you need a list of their supplies or a copy of their summer packet, please check out my school blog under quick links. http://www.stanthonygardena.org/first-grade/
PICK UP/ DROP OFF
For K-1 students pick up and drop off, please park in the small parking lot in Berendo gate and use the crosswalk and drop off ALL your children to their respective classroom/spots.
SUMMER PACKET
Our first grade summer packet consisted of a summer reading log, sight word list & Math practice worksheets. All of these activities should be stapled together into one packet. Kindly make sure it has your child’s name on it. This summer packet will be due on our first day of school Monday, Aug. 29th. Students must bring it with them and place it in the bin outside our classroom. The summer packet will be graded and will be part of their work habits grade.
COVID TEST
Prior to the first day of school, August 29th, your child must submit a negative COVID test. Please take the test August 27th (PCR) or August 28th (At Home Test Kit). You may complete this through a PCR Lab test or an at home test kit. When you have your result, please send it to me via email.
VOLUNTEER HOURS OPPORTUNITY (AUG. 23-24)
We are in need of VOLUNTEERS to assist us in moving everything back into the classrooms and the office from the Storage Bins.
[] Volunteers must be 18 years of age OR older.
[] Volunteers must be able to lift and move items from the storage bins back into the classrooms/office (work gloves suggested)
[] Volunteers are asked to Signup on the Signup Genius link
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C4FAFAF2AA7F8CE9-volunteers
SERVICE HOURS will be given toward your 1st Trimester 2022-23.
NEW Service Hour Sheets for the 2022-23 school year, will be available in the office.
PARENT/STUDENT HANDBOOK
Parents, kindly make sure to read our school’s handbook. The pages of the Parent/Student Handbook are filled with important information regarding school policy and procedures. Parents and students should review the contents together. If you have any questions, please call the school office. We feel that open and clear communication between school and home is important to the success of our educational program.
http://handbook.la-archdiocese.org/schools/08820
BOOK FEES
Book Fees are due by the 2nd week of school. No books distributed till this fee is cleared. Please reach out to Mr. Carlos Aguilar
Parent & Teacher Communication (nmartinez@stanthonygardena.org )
Email is the best way to contact me. Moving forward, kindly not use your child’s Seesaw for any questions or concerns you may have. I will try to respond on your email within 24hrs and try my best to respond to your questions as soon as I can.
Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions or concerns. I look forward to teaching your child this year and working with you to make the most of your child’s education. Our partnership is what will help the first graders continue to be so successful!
God Bless!
Warmly,
Ms. Martinez
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