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Additional Information

Conferences and Report Cards

  • Held in November and March
  • You will receive information to sign up online

Behavior Management

  • Positive Reinforcement, Pom Pom Jar, Calm Down Corner

  • Three reminders are given.

  • PBIS - Positive Behavior Intervention Support program

Chaperones & Volunteers

Final Information

  • We greatly appreciate your patience and support as we embark on this new kindergarten journey together.

Mrs. Mary Kirchgasser

Communication

Email: mkirchgasser@rtmsd.org

Phone: 610-627-6819

Website: www.rtmsd.org/Domain/620

Weekly Newsletter: Great source of information

Also, feel free to email me with any questions or concerns.

  • Clearances are required for all volunteers both in class and for field trips.

  • Now may be a good time to apply as processing takes a few weeks.

  • Clearances need to be completed and in to the office 2 weeks prior to an event

  • Information on how to obtain clearances can be found on MES website.

Kid Stuff Fundraiser

  • Participation is not mandatory - If not interested, leave book in box

  • MES earns 50% for each book sold

  • T-shirt incentive this year - printed with the Media Mustang Logo
  • Sell 3 books - receive a T-shirt
  • Sell 5 books - receive a Long Sleeve T-shirt
  • Sell 10 books -receive a Hoodie

  • There is an online store and a link which can be shared via social media to family and friends

  • There is an online app so you don’t need the book with you when you shop

  • Orders due September 26, 2018

Homeroom Helpers

Mrs. Lisa Hooven

Communication

Email: lhooven@rtmsd.org

Phone: 610-627-6820

Website: www.rtmsd.org

Weekly Newsletter: Great source of information

**Email me with any questions or concerns...we want to work together to make this a great learning year!

Coordinated by PTG - Please use the link in your Welcome to Kindergaren letter to sign up if you are interested in being our Class Homeroom Parent this year. Responsibilities include:

  • organizing volunteers and supplies for class parties and events, often by use of Sign Up Genius. You do not need to attend all events.

About Me

Mrs. Hooven

BS from Millersville University in

Elementary/Early Childhood Education

MEd from Widener University in

Elementary Education

Over 35 years teaching experience in Rose Tree Media School District

Flexible Instruction Day

Science / Social Studies

  • In the event of a Flexible Instruction Day, we will be providing a folder with curriculum supported activities for you to complete with your child.
  • Activities for FID days will be posted on Schoology if needed.

Incorporated seasonally and according to calendar events

Classroom Information

Social Emotional Ethical Learning

Daily Snack

Teaching Compassion, Engagement & Awareness

  • Please send a light snack each day which can be consumed in about 5-10 minutes. NUT FREE
  • Healthy and nutritious - apples, carrots, pretzels, cheese stick, etc...
  • Labeled water bottle may be sent in daily.
  • A reminder to all that we do not share snacks.
  • Free BREAKFAST is available to morning students.

  • Each child will be acknowledged on the special day!
  • We will sing to our special birthday friend and they

will choose a little treasure from the birthday box.

  • No food may be shared.

Birthdays

Seesaw

Attendance

For lateness, absences or appointments in the middle of the day:

  • call the absentee hotline FIRST 610-627-6800, press #2

AND

  • Take a picture of your signed absence note and send it to:

mes-attendance@rtmsd.org

OR

  • Send a signed absence note to your teacher within 3 days of your child's return to school.

  • Modified Kindergarten (snow day/late arrival)
  • Morning Class - 11am-12:50pm
  • Afternoon Class - 1:30pm-3:30pm

  • If your child is attending class each day via Zoom,

he or she will NOT need to complete any activities on Seesaw after school hours, as we will be assigning them during the kindergarten session.

  • If your child is ABSENT from our Zoom lesson,

he or she can complete the day's Seesaw assignments asynchronously.

  • We would like to reiterate Independent work is a required part of the kindergarten day. Please be sure that your child completes all work either during the zoom lesson, or within 1-2 days, to be considered present for the day.

Kindergarten

Homework

Encourages responsibility

Practice/Reinforce basic skills at home.

Virtual Kindergarten

Online supplement to our Kindergarten Program

  • Homework will be sent home on a monthly basis beginning in October.

  • Homework folders will be sent home on the first school day of each month and will be collected on the last school day of each month. Also posted by month on Schoology.

  • Folders will include a choice of activities each month and a homework journal in which to complete these activities. Included optional Recommended and Enrichment pages if your child desires to complete these.

  • In addition we strongly encourage 15 minutes of reading aloud each evening with your child.
  • Contact Evan O'Neill

  • Phone: 610-627-6014

  • Email: eoneill01@rtmsd.org

  • Website: www.rtmsd.org/Domain/663

  • A brochure will be mailed to homes

Welcome to

Kindergarten

Back to School Night

Library

  • Days 5 and 11 of the 12 day cycle

  • Return books in your child's

book bag on Mondays.

Curriculum

Science

  • The Weather
  • Our Five Senses

Social Studies

  • Me and My World

Mrs. Kristin Connell

Upcoming Field Trips

Milky Way Farm

  • Monday, October 21, 2024 from 9:00am - 2:00 pm
  • Rain date Tuesday October 29th.
  • AM and PM BOTH arrive to school at 8:45 am.
  • ALL students visit farm via buses
  • AM class must be picked up at 2:00 pm
  • PM class is welcome to stay until regular dismissal time or be picked up at 2pm .

Be In The Know

About Me

Mrs. Connell

We will share about the happenings in Kindergarten and Media School in many ways throughout the year.

  • Monthly Calendar - Media School Website. Look for it at the start of each month for information on upcoming events.

  • Membership Toolkit - Please sign up online.
  • Go to the Media PTG homepage found on the Media School Website

  • Weekly Kindergarten Newsletter - (starting in October) This will come home in your child's folder each week to inform you of special events specific to Kindergarten. Please remove all items from your child's Take Home folder daily.

  • Mrs Stoddard's Weekly S'More Newsletter will be sent via email each week.

  • Schoology - You will receive a letter regarding how to log in to Schoology. This site allows you to view your teacher's home page which includes: Eureka Math Family Newsletters, copies of monthly homework, copies of Popcorn (sight) Words

  • Home Access Center - You received a letter in your orientation packet last week about how to set up access to your child's HAC account. This account will allow you to view your child's REPORT CARDS.

  • BS from Penn State University in

Developmental Psychology

  • MEd from Arcadia University in

Elementary Education

  • Reading Teacher Certificate

  • Over 30 years teaching experience in Rose Tree Media School District

Community Walking Tour

  • Spring, 2025

About Me

Mrs. Kirchgasser

  • BS from West Chester University in

Elementary Education with a minor in Reading

  • MEd from West Chester University in

Elementary Education

  • Over 20 years teaching experience in

Rose Tree Media School District

Curriculum

Social Emotional Ethical Learning

Eureka Math

Mrs. Kristin Connell

  • Based on core math standards using a hands on, discovery approach.
  • counting and cardinality
  • 2 and 3 dimensional shapes
  • comparing measurable attributes
  • understanding addition and subtraction basic facts
  • place value foundations
  • Numbers should add up to more than the right answer. They should inspire aha moments and joyful connections. Eureka Math set a new standard for rigor, coherence, and focus in the classroom so students gain a deeper understanding of the why behind the numbers, all while making math more enjoyable to learn. (credit: Eureka Math)

Communication

Email: kconnell@rtmsd.org

Phone: 610-627-6819

Website: www.rtmsd.org

Weekly Newsletter: Great source of information

**Email any questions or concerns...we want to work together to make this a great learning year!

Curriculum

Language Arts

Literacy Centers: "The Wheel"

Flexible grouping based on student needs include:

  • Handwriting (HWOT): proper letter formation
  • Heggerty Phonemic Awareness: hearing, identifying and manipulating sounds.

Project Read Phonics: how letters and sounds go together to make words

  • Kid Writing: beginning journal writing

Columbia University Teachers College Reading & Writing Workshop and Project Read

  • Reading with "just right" books/ teacher conferences/ strategy lessons. Phonics and word attack strategies are taught daily.

Dibels

Screening to help us inform instruction, 3 times per year

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