Each child will be making a "Me, Myself and I" poster for share time. We will do two children a week until the end of school. Please watch for the poster when it comes home with your child. It will come home on a  Monday and will need to be returned to school the next Monday. He/she may use photographs, drawings or pictures from magazines to complete this share project which will be displayed in the classroom. We will laminate the poster so please only use photographs that you don't mind staying on the poster. Have fun!

Share time has been a huge hit. The children love standing behind the podium and being the center of attention! Everyone has been participating and doing a great job.Thank you for encouraging your child in this kindergarten tradition.

In theme, we are continuing our study of Africa, the rainforest and the animals that live in these habitats. We will be starting our animal research projects soon.

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Thank you for all the kindness and consideration you have shown me over the last two weeks. I am enjoying your children so much and it feels as if we are settling into a comfortable routine in the classroom. I appreciate your patience as I 'learn the ropes' here at Stargate.

I have not received my email address from the district but you can reach me at pmurphy42@aol.com. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you might have.

June Werner is still taking sign ups for volunteers in the classroom. Her email address is junewerner@comcast.net.

The museum will be in our classroom on Tues., Feb 12. ...

Homeroom and Theme News:

Our new specials starting this week will be Music and Art.

Mrs. Lineham will be in on Tuesday and Ms. Murphy will start on Wednesday, January 23rd.

Our upcoming theme units will be light energy/shadows, Africa and animals.

Thank you for all of your support and kind words.  I have especially loved all of the hugs from 'my kids'.

Please remember to include a jacket in the backpack on potentially cold days.  We have had some cool mornings without jackets.

We look forward to another great week,

Mrs. Jackson and Mrs. Durant

Specials this week are PE and Computers.  We will have new specials beginning January, 22.

If you are out shopping and find a great sale, we really need glue sticks, markers, and colored pencils for the classroom.  These are a consumed quickly by our busy Kindergarteners.

I will attempt to send my newsletters via email, however in the past this has been a lengthy process that does not always work.

Some parents have been asking for posted homework assignments on the web.   Due to copyright law, we can no longer post worksheets online.  If your child looses something please ask the teacher for another copy.

We appreciate what you do!

All full-day students need to be signed out at the end of the day by a parent or guardian.  According to the laws for an enrichment program siblings under twelve years old cannot sign out a Kindergartener.  Dismissal will begin at 2:45pm, and at 1:15 pm on Wednesdays. 

Kindergarten parents will need to park in the church parking lot located just west of  Stargate School, then walk to the Kindergarten playground where you must sign your child out with their teacher.  Parents who have siblings in 1st and 2nd grade, may have those children dismissed to the Kindergarten playground where you will also pick them up.  If you wish for your 1st or 2nd grader to join us in the Kindergarten area, please send a note or an email to notify the kinder teachers and the 1/2 teachers.  We want to make sure all of the students are safe and accounted for.