Come on in and make yourself comfortable! Please find your child’s

name and have a seat.

The paperwork in the left hand pocket of the folder needs to be filled out and

returned on your child’s phase-in day. Thanks!!

Agendas need to come to school every day in a backpack. It will be kept in a three ring

binder. Please CHECK DAILY for important notes and memos. It will need to

be initialed each day as well!

The binder will also be used to send home student work, newsletters, notes to/from me,

lunch money etc.

Daily Communication

Behavior TrackingKindergarten students will be learning about Barfield’s Behavior Tracking system the 1st 2 weeks of school. Beginning August 10th students will begin receiving conduct marks in their agenda for inappropriate behaviors.

More information is in the student handbook, which is in the front portion of the agenda.

Newsletters will be sent home at the end of each week.

Monthly activity calendars will be sent home before the beginning of each month.

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for

Oct. 9 and March 12.

Report Cards will be sent home once every nine weeks. A progress report will come home mid

nine weeks.

Communication

Report Card Grading Rubric4 – Exceeding the grade level standard.Students receive a 4 when they have mastered the kindergarten curriculum and are working at or above a 1st grade level.3 – Meeting the grade level standard.Students receive a 3 when they are successfully completing and performing at the kindergarten level. 2 – Progressing toward the standard.Students will receive a 2 when they have not yet mastered the skill without teacher assistance.1 – Beginning to develop the standard.Students are not able to produce required grade level work.

Classroom rules and consequences are posted. Please read over the classroom

management agreement in your packet. Please sign the bottom portion of

the form in your file folder, cut and return on your child’s phase-in day.

Absences - Refer to student handbook in agenda. Please send in a note after every absence. Samples in folder.

Breakfast - $1.25/day. Served 7:15-8:00. No charges!

Lunch - Student daily: $2.00 Weekly: $10.00. You are encouraged to pay in advance. No more than 3 charges will be allowed. Our lunch will be from 11:30-12:00.

*Parents/Visitors are welcome to eat with us. The cost is $3.00. Please meet us in the front/lobby area.

Birthdays – We will celebrate during lunch time. Sweets/cupcakes are fine for

birthdays!

Envelopes/Baggies - Send ALL money in a labeled, sealed envelope or zip-lock bag with

your child’s name & what the $ is for.

NO ONE is allowed to come to their classrooms before 8:00 a.m. If your child is dropped off before this time they will need to wait in the Gym with bus riders. Side doors will be unlocked at 8:00 a.m. Students arriving after 8:15 must be signed-in in the front office.

If you wish to walk your kindergartner to his/her classroom, you must enter and sign-in in the front. With Barfield’s growing population, we have a large volume of “traffic” in our hallways. You are encouraged to allow your child to begin walking by him/herself after August 31st. Your cooperation with this will be greatly appreciated!

All car riders are required to have an official “pick-up” tag displayed in the front right

windshield area of their vehicle. Children will not be dismissed to anyone who does not have this tag

displayed. You will need to complete the “car tag” request form inside your file folder, located

on student information sheets. I will have the tags ready for you when you pick your child up on

his/her Phase-In day.

For your child’s safety, we ask that you remain in your car and drive

through the pick-up line. Please do not walk up and remove them from

the group.

We encourage all Kindergarten students with no siblings to be a Kindergarten

Car rider. They will be dismissed at 2:45 in the front parking lot, in front of the cafeteria. This pick-up line will be for kindergarten only. These children will be the “ORANGE” car riders. Orange

car tags will be attached to their backpacks.

Kindergartners who are picked up with a sibling in 1st or 2nd grades will be dismissed at 3:15 at the side entrance, off of Schoolside Street.

These students will be the “GREEN” car riders.

Green car tags will be attached to their backpacks.

Kindergartners being picked up with a sibling or friend in 3rd - 5th grades will be dismissed at 3:15 in front of the gym. These students will be the “purple” car riders. They will be escorted to the gym by a kindergarten teacher. When the

3rd - 5th graders are dismissed, they will need to come to the gym to get them and walk them outside. A purple car tag will

be attached to their backpack.

If you wish to park and come in to get your child on a daily basis, you may meet them in the gym. These students will be ready for pick-up by 3:08. You will need to be sitting in the gym bleachers

waiting for your child. All parents are required to have a blue pick-up tag to display before your child

may be dismissed to you.

You will also need to park in an area where you will not get blocked in & be ready to exit the school

campus before the 3:15 front car dismissal line begins.

You will need to complete the transportation information at the bottom of the Student

Information form inside your file folder. It is very important that we know how your child

will be getting home each day.

Your child will need to wear a transportation tag on his/her backpack daily. Please do not remove this tag. This helps the kindergarten

staff to assist all children with dismissal. Tags will be available on your child’s phase-in day.

Bus Information 893-5812

YMCA Fun Company 895-5995

Boys & Girls Club 893-5437

The Barfield Kindergarten collects aluminum cans the first Thursday of each month. Please send crushed cans in a plastic bag and drop

off outside of the brick courtyard gate. Send a note with your child’s name and total

number of cans in your child’s folder. Please read the Can-Do letter in your kindergarten

packet.

We are planning on the following trips this year:

Lucky Ladd Pumpkin Patch

Nashville Children’s Theatre

Gentry Farm

Information & permission slips will be sent home prior to each trip.

Each kindergarten class orders a different color shirt to be worn on all

field trips/special events. This helps us & parent volunteers to keep up with the

students and to easily identify which class they belong in. An order form will

be coming home soon!

Don’t Forget...

Everyone must sign-in in the office when you enter the building & obtain a visitors tag.

Scholastic book orders will be sent home in your child’s binder periodically. The first one is in the

parent folder. Please read upcoming newsletter for turn in date.

For confidentiality purposes, we ask that you not take photographs of the class or other children and post to any internet social media sites, such as facebook. Please be mindful of this when taking pictures at class parties and on field trips.

The Barfield Student Handbook contains a lot of very important information about our school. Please read it to learn more about our dress code, attendance, before & after school care, dates report cards will be issued, conduct codes, & lunch

prices.

If your child will need to take medication at school, you will need to get and complete 3 forms for Jessica Floyd, our school nurse. Do not send medication in with your child. You will need to bring it to the office and sign it in. Teachers are not allowed to administer medication.

If your child has a fever of 100 degrees or more please do not send him/her to school. Even if you give him/her Tylenol, they still do not need to come. Children need to be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

We must have your child’s immunization record at school before he/she may start! We have to have the original form and can not take a copy or fax. If you have any questions, you may contact our school nurse, Jessica Floyd, 904-3810.

Please send in any items still needed to complete your child’s record on his/her Phase-In day. Children will not be permitted to start without a current proof of residency & the immunization record.

School Supplies

A list of additional needed classroom supplies is inside your Parent Folder. You may send

these items with your child on the 1st full day of school:

Girls only Boys only

1 antibacterial wipes 1 bottle liquid soap

1 pack black expo markers 1 box wet wipes

1 box sandwich ziploc bags 1 box gallon ziploc bags

Your child will come for one half day phase-in day before starting full time. On this day,

walk your child to the room at 8:00. Pick your child up at 11:15 in the front lobby area.

Your child will need lunch money in an envelope or zip lock & the kindergarten

supplies that were listed on the calendar that you received at registration. Please label

supplies with your child’s name.

Before you leave, sign up for your child’s phase-in day!

Choose a day that you will be able to bring in your child’s

immunization record if you do not have it at this time!

Wish List

Help make a classroom wish come true. Please check the board before you leave if you would like to help

with a wish list item. You may take as many stars as you’d like!

Thank you for your time and attention. Please feel free to ask any questions that you

may have. I am looking forward to being your partner in education.