1. WELCOME TO THE 2016 KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION NIGHT!

2. Kindergarten School Hours A.M. Session 9:20 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. Doors Open 9:10 a.m. Tardy Bell 9:20 a.m. P.M. Session 1:10 p.m. – 3:55 p.m. Doors Open 1:00 p.m. Tardy Bell 1:10 p.m.

3. Extended Drop-Off & Pick-Up Extended Drop-Off 8:40 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Extended Pick-Up 3:55 p.m. – 4:25 p.m. Please park in the board office parking lot and walk your child into the building to sign in or out your child. Please abide by the extended timelines.

4. Full-Day Kindergarten Lunch Schedule 12:05 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. 30 Minutes for Lunch / 30 Minutes for Recess Students can bring a packed lunch or buy lunch from the cafeteria. Cafeteria lunch will cost $2.60 Please put lunch money & checks in an envelope with the student’s name on the envelope. Directions for Prepay lunches Checks (Made out to NREC) Lunch Menu

5. Parking Car Riders: Please drop-off your child at the drop-off zone located on the board office side of the building. No Parking in the lot in front of the kindergarten entrance. This parking lot will be used for bus parking.

6. 2015-2016 Early Literacy Star Data 98% NREC Students Scored above Benchmark!

7. 21 st Century Learning Environments

10. Technology SMART board in every classroom 60 NEW mini - iPads Access to 120 iPads 4 iPad Carts

11. Immunizations The state requires that all shot records are sent into school in order for your child to attend.

12. Illness If your child has had these symptoms in the past 24 hours, do not send them to school: -Vomiting -Diarrhea -Fever (over 100 without medication) -Sore throat (difficulty swallowing)

13. Medications Doctor’s order (even if over the counter) Medication must be in original container. Please do not send your child with medication.

14. PTA PTA president – Molly Darnel Please sign-up for PTA Membership fee $5.00

15. Transportation Bus Stops Day Care/ Baby Sitters Variance… What is a Variance? Contact Information Updated Bus Rules/Safety Bus Tracking Open House for Busing Information

16. Ways To Help Your Child Reading Readiness: -Recognizing upper & lower case letters -Letter Sounds -Read high-frequency words -Reading to them as much as possible -Rhyming -Answering questions about a text

17. Ways To Help Your Child Language Development: -Songs -Stories -Poetry -Games -Talk with them about things they’re interested in. -Challenge your child to use new vocabulary.

18. Ways To Help Your Child Writing: -Upper and lower case letter formation -Writing Name (first & last) -Practice drawing pictures & shapes -Writing numbers

19. Ways To Help Your Child Count Objects Identify Numbers Recognize geometric shapes Graph: More, less, and equal Patterns Introduce addition and subtraction

20. Important Kindergarten Dates 2016-17 Feb. 17 th Kindergarten Orientation Night 6:30-8:00 p.m. March 22 nd Kindergarten Registration 4:30-7:30 p.m. March 23 rd Kindergarten Registration 8:30-4:30 p.m. March 22 nd -April 15 th Timeline to pay for All Day April 15 th Last Day to Pay for All Day Kindergarten April 22 nd Notification to Parent of All Day Status

21. Having Fun Learning

22. Thank You!