Dear First Grade Parents,

We are excited about starting the new school year and we’re working hard to make this a wonderful learning experience for your child. Listed below is important information that will help your child have a successful first grade experience.

Please send the following items to school on the first day:

  1. Book bag (please, no book bags with wheels they donot fit in our cubbies)
  2. 1 Homework folder, with 2 pockets at the bottom labeled with name
  3. 1 inch binder any color with a clear front for papers
  4. 1 inch binder any color with or without clear front
  5. Pencil pouch with zipper
  6. Pencils (please, no mechanical pencils)
  7. Rubber erasers
  8. Scissors with a blunt end
  9. Crayons (please, no colored pencils or markers)
  10. Glue sticks
  11. First Grade Fee for Weekly Reader and 1st Grade Shirt- We are still working out the exact cost per student. We think this will be around $11.00. Please do not send this in yet. A note will be sent home later in the month.

Donations of the following items, throughout the year, would be greatly appreciated:

  1. Gift cards to Walgreens to print class pictures
  2. Small items for treasure chest -pencils, stickers, and small toys
  3. Individually wrapped candy (please no hard candy or suckers)
  4. Extra school supplies (pencils, erasers, composition books, scissors, glue sticks, etc)
  5. Colored printer paper (any color or design)
  6. Ziploc bags (Sizes needed: gallon, quart, and snack)
  7. Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer. Due to federal regulations the brand must be: Germ-X
  8. Plastic cups (bathroom and regular size)
  9. Plastic spoons
  10. Paper plates
  11. Paper towels
  12. Kleenex
  13. Clorox wipes
  14. 409 brand cleaning spray

Furnish these supplies for your child’s work area at home: First grade writing tablet, flashcards (addition and subtraction to 12), scissors, crayons, pencils and glue sticks.

Check your child’s homework folder daily. This is our main means of communication. Please look for notes and information each day and remove any old notes and checked papers.

Each day we will have a snack time. We encourage you to send a healthy snack. Each Friday your child will be able to purchase ice cream at lunch.

Our lunch time is 11:10am. This year the cafeteria will only provide milk to drink at lunch, no juice. If your child does not drink milk, please pack them water or juice for lunch. Thank you!

Thank you,

Mrs. Quinn and Ms. McLaughlin