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Parent Orientation Letter

Haigh Developmental Preschool

August 2017
Dear Parents,
Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year at Haigh Developmental Preschool. We look forward to meeting all of you at our upcoming parent orientation. We are sure this will be a spectacular year filled with learning, friendships, and fun!

Your child is presently enrolled in the following class at Haigh:
____ Mini Scholars (Tuesday-Thursday AM, 12:45-2:45)
________ Little Scholars (Monday-Wednesday-Friday AM, 12:55-3:55)

We will be holding a PARENT ONLY classroom orientation in the preschool classroom at Haigh Elementary. If you are coming through the parking lot go too door number #9. If you are coming through the main entrance we are room #2 Orientation will be held on September 5th:
_______ Mini Scholars 6:00-6:30
_______ Little Scholars 6:45-7:30
Please bring your parent handbook to orientation. We will use this time to review the handbook and discuss our classroom policies. Please remember this meeting is only for parents.

What to bring to parent/child transition day:
⦁ Health appraisal form. Please have this form completely filled out and signed by your doctor (front and back). Immunizations for students 3 years old before September 11th are: 4 DTP, 3 OPV, a HIB series, a HepB series, 1 chicken pox varicella vaccine (or dates they had the disease on the “Immunization Verification” form”), the Pneumococcal Conjugate, and 1 MMR. Immunizations for students 4 years old before September 10th are: 5 DTP, 4 OPV, a HIB series, a HepB series, a chicken pox varicella vaccine (or dates they had the disease on the “Immunization Verification” form), the Pneumococcal Conjugate, and 2 MMR. We MUST have proof, signed by a physician, that your child has had AT LEAST one of each of the above immunizations in order to attend the first day of class.
⦁ Child information form. Please be sure to complete ALL sections of this card.
⦁ Recent photograph of your child. This will be used for our classroom bulletin board.
⦁ Parent contract.
⦁ Parent financial agreement. Payment should be mailed or hand delivered on or before September 9th to Ten Eyck (Administrative Building) room 21.
⦁ Help us get to know your child form.
⦁ Birth certificate You may bring the original or a copy. It will be returned to you by the end of parent-child transition day.

Our first day of school begins on September 6th. On September 6th and 7th, you will accompany your child for a parent-child transition day. You will also turn in all your paperwork on this day. Friday, September 8th is a teacher prep day; there will be no class on this day. On September 11th (MWF),12th (TTH), and 14th (TTH) your child will come to child only transition days. These days are shortened to allow your child the opportunity to meet their teachers and become acquainted with their classroom.
– Little Scholars Monday &Wednesday 12:55-1:55
– Mini Scholars Tuesday &Thursday 12:45-1:45

First full day of class is Wednesday, September 13th for Little Scholars (MWF) and Tuesday, September 19th for Mini Scholars (TTH).
If you have any questions before your orientation time, please feel free to email Mrs. Mumford at garciam@dearbornschools.org or Mrs. Darwiche darwicn@dearbornschools.org call the Early Childhood office at (313) 827-8350. If your plans have changed and you will not be attending Haigh Developmental Preschool, please call the Early Childhood office as soon as possible. We look forward to meeting all of you!
Sincerely,
Maria Garcia-Mumford and Naamat Darwiche