S.A.D. #4

Elementary Schools Newsletter

Welcome!

We all want to welcome you back to a new and exciting year.  The following are a few important messages to help your child’s year run more smoothly and to avoid confusion.

1.        Walkers and Riders should not arrive at school before 7:30 AM.  Breakfast will be served at 7:45 AM with school beginning at 8:00 AM.  They will be dismissed at 2:30 PM.

2.       If your child normally rides the bus and you plan on picking up your child from school that day, please send a note or call to tell us.  Otherwise, your child will be placed on the bus to go home.

3.     If there is an emergency and you or someone else will pick up your child, please call before 1:30, so that we can alert teachers about the changes.  Please check in at the front office before picking your child up.

4.       We ask that you never park in front of the school!  This area is for buses only.  Please park in the parking lot.

5.     Lunch money MUST be sent in for the week on the first day of the week in an envelope with his/her name on it.  The cost is

a.      Reduced price $0.40 per day
b.     Full price $1.50 per day
c.      If your child has cold lunch, milk is available for $.25 a day.

6.       Art, Music, & PE schedule

Please place the copy of your child’s schedule in a place where you can see it easily. 

Have a wonderful year, and please call if you have any questions.

Open House and Book Fair

An Open House will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 12.  The McKusick School and Guilford Primary School will be open from 5:30-6:30. All students are encouraged to come and bring their families to show them their classroom and have them meet their teacher.  A Scholastic Book Fair will be held at each school.  Please stop in to browse.  Money earned from the fairs will be used to benefit the schools.  The book fairs will be open Sept.11-15 during school hours.  Your child will be able to visit this fair during their regular school day.  If you would like, you can send in cash or checks made out to McKusick Elementary School or Guilford Primary School and we will send home the difference in a sealed envelope.

There will be a Spelling Informational Meeting for parents of second and third grade students immediately following the Open House at GPS.  Read on to learn more…

HUGS

The SAD #4 parent group, HUGS (Having United Goals), will be having a Social on Sept. 11th at 6:00 at the McKusick School. All parents are encouraged to come and meet other parents.

News from Food Services

The forms for free or reduced lunch need to be returned by all students whether you qualify or not.  If you do not qualify, just write NO on the application, sign and return.  Please put lunch and milk money in an envelope labeled with your child’s name, amount enclosed, and what your child needs for the week.  If your child is absent, the overpayment will be applied to next week’s lunches.

Lunch money and money for any other thing may not be combined in one check.  If you pay for your child’s lunch/milk with a check, that check must be for the school lunch program only (payable to S.A.D. #4).  Thank you for your cooperation.  SAD #4 offers breakfast to all K-12 students at no charge.

Emergency Cards

Please remember to return your child’s emergency card as soon as possible.  We will continue the call back system.  If your child is going to be either tardy or absent, please call the school by 8:00 AM.  If you do not call us, we must spend time trying to find you!

Address Changes

Please contact us if you move, change address, and/or change phone number during the school year.

Medical Forms

When medication is needed, parents must sign a pink permission slip, which can be obtained at school.  All medication must be sent to school in its original container, which is labeled with name, contents, and directions.

Transportation

If you have any questions concerning busing issues, please contact Dave Cotta at the bus garage (876-4035).  All buses have radios and can be contacted through the bus garage.

Please keep this newsletter in a safe place during the school year.  It contains important information for parents to help the school year run smoothly.

Guilford Primary Birthdays

August- Mrs. Templet-Drummond, Tristan S., Brandon S., Makayla C., Alexa M., Theryn D., Dominic P., Kaylee M., Kyle K.,

September- Grammie Pat, Ethan A., Tanya T., Tijana F., Simon H., Kaitlyn E., Kyle E., Spencer A., Brady G.,Garrett K.

McKusick Birthdays

August- Makenzie B., Alex-Sandra H., Noah D., Erika S., Caitlyn D.,

September-Lena D., Cody R., Jeffrey W., Bryce G., Anya T., Sarah G., Allison Q., Mrs. Pulkkinen, Mrs. Wright 

GPS Specials Schedule

Mon., Sept. 4                            Day 0  (No School-Labor Day)
Tues., Sept. 5                           Day 5
Wed., Sept. 6                            Day 6
Thurs., Sept. 7                          Day 1
Fri., Sept. 8                              Day 2
Mon., Sept. 11                           Day 3
Tues., Sept.12                           Day 4
Wed., Sept. 13                          Day 5
Thurs., Sept. 14                        Day 6
Fri., Sept. 15                             Day 1

McKusick School is on a Monday through Friday schedule.  They are no longer on a 6-day schedule.  Your child’s teacher will let you know which day is the scheduled day for Music, Movement, and Art.                  

GPS Spelling Program

Your child’s spelling program in grades 2 and 3 may be different from what you’ve come to expect as “spelling.”  Instead of weekly lists of words to memorize, this program emphasizes the learning of important words, not for a Friday test, but for a lifetime of spelling in the real world… that is, spelling correctly in writing.  Please come to the informational meeting about our new spelling program from 6:30 to 7:15 on Tuesday, September 12^th, following the Open House.  Story time will be available for children while parents attend the meeting.