At the beginning of the school year, you will need to pay a $35 supply fee.  This covers all the classroom supplies your child will need such as folders, agenda, pencils, erasers, glue and crayons.  Your child will also get a class shirt to wear for field trips.  From time to time, I may send home a note about some other classroom need such as Clorox wipes and facial tissue.  We go through a lot of these and they are always a welcomed donation.  

By paying the $35 supply fee your child will get all the classroom supplies he or she needs for the entire school year.  Included in these supplies are the agenda, folders, pencils, erasers, crayons, scissors, journals and other essential day to day supplies.  Also, your child will receive a special class shirt to wear on field trips and field day.

Yes, your child will receive homework on Monday.  There will be one page of reading and one page of math homework. The homework will be due Friday. Your child should also study sight words nightly, this is an expectation.  The homework is quick and can be done all at once or a little each night. Homework is a review of what your child is learning in class. It should be able to be completed independently; however, your child may need help with the directions.  As long as the completed homework is turned in on Friday, your child is meeting expectations.

Your child's behavior will be recorded each day in their agenda. We use green, yellow, blue, and red cards in our classroom. Everyone starts the day out on green! If they have pulled a card during the day, it will be in their agenda with a little note from me. Please remember that your child is learning and growing and may have to pull a yellow card from time to time but this is not a major concern. Most times just talking to your child at home will change his or her behavior. Please sign the agenda each day so that I know you are getting important notes from me. 

PBIS is our countywide behavior system.  It stands for Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports and is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture all students need in order to achieve social, emotional and academic success.  Through this system, students are encouraged to display positive behavior by being rewarded for making good decisions throughout the school day.  Students may earn Canes Cash when they are displaying positive behavior.  Canes Cash can then be used to purchase items in the Canes Store.  

Canes Cash can be earned by students when they display positive behavior throughout the day.  Students may save the Canes Cash they earn and then spend them at the Canes Store where they will be able to purchase various items.  Your child will keep his/her Canes Cash in a chart in the classroom. 

School begins at 7:55. Students are considered tardy at 8:15. After the time, you must sign your child in at the office. Our school day ends at 2:40. Car riders are dismissed at 2:40, and buses are loaded shortly after this. Students may not checkout after 2:15. Car riders are dismissed at 12:00 on early release days.

ALWAYS send me a note with any change of transportation.  If your child is normally a bus rider and will be a car rider, simply say he or she will be a car rider.  Be sure the person who is picking up your child has a JCPS car tag displayed clearly.  If you do not have a car tag, you can get one inside the office, but please do this prior to the day you need it.  For bus changes, please give the address where your child will get off the bus.  Always include a phone number where you can be reached should someone need to contact you.  Also, please include the date or dates the transportation change will be in effect.  

We provide free breakfast for all students each day. Your child needs to be at school prior to 8:00 am if he or she is planning on eating breakfast at school. Lunch each day is $1.75. Free and reduced lunch form applications are available at the school if assistance is needed. Lunches can be paid on a day-to-day basis, weekly, or monthly. Lunch money can be sent to school in the form of cash or check, or can be paid online (click here). If you plan to eat lunch with your child, you can not bring food from restaurants.

Ice cream costs $1.00 and can be bought daily as long as they have paid the $30 supply fee and have good behavior.  If your child brings ice cream money and then misbehaves, the money can be used the following school day. Please send all money in the pouch in the folder and make sure it is labeled.

Kindergarten students take the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for Reading and Math. This assessment is computer-based and is given in August, December, and April. (Parent's Guide)

Kindergarten students are also assessed using Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS) for Reading and Math. This assessment is given one-on-one with each student for each standard. This assessment is given at the end of each quarter on the standards that were taught during the quarter as well as any standards the student had not mastered at the end of the previous quarter. (Parent's Guide)

Kindergarteners are expected to know at least the first 100 Fry Words to be promoted to first grade. It is also an expectation that kindergarten students fluently add/subtract within 5 and know a minimum of 25 math facts. Students are required to show mastery of 90% of both the English Language Arts and Math standards on the Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS) assessment. We also give the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) reading and math assessments and students should be at least at the 20th percentile level to be ready to move forward to first grade. 

At Jasper County Primary School, we use the Fry Sight Word lists.  By the end of kindergarten, your child is expected to know 100 words.  

Once your child can read 100 sight words they will begin the Accelerated Reader (AR) program. In kindergarten this program is used to get your child reading. Your child will bring home a library book to read. Please let your child read the book to you several times. When your child is ready to take a test on the book please send it back to school. Your child will have to read most of the test. Ms. Nena will sit with them while they take the test and can help with unfamiliar words but she cannot read the entire test to your child. Your child needs to take at least 1-2 AR tests per week.