You are as important as your children’s teachers in their academic careers! Support and motivate your youngsters to do their best in school. Here are some suggestions:

Make School Important
Ask how school was every day. Convey your love of education and insist on good attendance and punctuality.

Develop a “School Checklist”
Insure that your children leave for school and come home with everything they need.

Create a Study Routine
Set a time and quiet place for your children to work every day. Have all study  tools easily accessible.

Be Available
When children are studying or preparing for tests, be available, but don’t give answers to questions. Prompt children to get the answer on their own.

Recognize Learning Styles
Not all children learn best in the same way. By identifying your children’s learning styles, you can help them progress faster. Consider the following differences in how people learn best:
Visual-learn best from seeing.
Auditory-learn best from hearing.
Kinesthetic-learn best from touching, doing and moving.

Praise Success and Progress
You may choose to reward with words of praise, hugs, small gifts, dinner at a favorite restaurant or special dinner at home. A “certificate of achievement” may please your youngsters. Use any award that has special meaning for them.

Read, Read, Read!
Read with your children or have them read to you every day. Make it fun by talking about what you have read.

Provide Learning Experiences
Expose your children to learning experiences. This can include visits to museums, as well as a variety of books available and materials at home.

Encourage Independent Thinking
Allow your children to make mistakes and learn from their consequences.

Get Involved
Meet with your children’s teachers, attend school events and help out at school if you can.

I will be starting vision and hearing screenings for the year.  If you do not receive a letter home with your student that means your student has passed their screening.  
The screenings are as follows…

Kindergarten – vision and hearing
First grade – hearing
Second grade – vision and hearing
Third grade – hearing
Fourth grade – vision

This board of education approved curriculum is designed to meet the State Department of Education mandate.  A letter including the dates and objectives of the class will be mailed to parents/guardians.  
 
If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to call or stop by my office.

Request to Administer Medication at School
Permission For Self Administering of Medication

1. They are vomiting—Two or more times in 24 hours.
2. They have diarrhea—Three or more watery stools in 24 hours.
3. They have a rash, lice or nits—Body rash especially with a fever or itching.
4. They have an eye infection– Reddened eye, thick mucous or pus draining from the eye.
5. They have a sore throat– With fever or swollen glands.
6. They have a fever—Temperature of 100 degrees or more, sore throat, rash, 
7.        vomiting, diarrhea, earache or just not feeling well.

1. Please call the school office at 794-4200 and let them know your child will be absent.
2. Please inform the school nurse if your child has strep throat, pink eye, chicken pox, lice or other communicable disease.
3. Your child should be temperature free for 24 hours without medication before returning to school after an illness.

1. Two doses of varicell-containing vaccine will be required for Kansas students entering Kindergarten and First Grade.
2. Children who have had the disease do not need the vaccination booster or an initial vaccine.
3. A second catch-up dose of varicella vaccine is recommended for children, adolescents, and adults who previously had received one dose to improve individual protection against varicella and for more rapid impact on school outbreaks.

MEDICATION POLICY If your child needs to have medication administered during school hours please follow these guidelines: Over-the-Counter Medications If your child needs an over-the-counter medication administered such as Tylenol, cough drops, medicated sprays or lotions, please make sure a note signed by the parent is sent with dosage information along with the medication to the school nurse. Prescription Medications If your child needs a prescription medication administered at school, please make sure a note is signed by the doctor and sent with the medication to the school nurse. We are not able to administer medications unless the above guidelines have been followed.