Welcome to Kindergarten!  

Welcome to the wonderful world of Kindergarten!  I would like to take the time to introduce myself to you.  My name is Ms. Amanda Wentland.  I will be your child’s Kindergarten teacher this year. I will be working to ensure that your child will have an exciting, positive learning experience and will successfully finish the Kindergarten program.  I am looking forward to working with your child this year and helping your child to achieve their potential.

Contact information:    Amanda Wentland

You can contact me by phone, email, or in person

• My email address is wentlaa@dearbornschools.org.  I check it daily and will respond promptly.
• My phone number is 313-827-1800 ext. 22442.  This number will send your call to my voicemail and you will need to leave a message.  I will call you back as soon as possible.
• Sign up for my personal blog @: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/wentlaa/
• I feel it is important that we communicate often, but in order for me to give you my full attention I can’t be watching the students while talking to you.  If you need to talk to me about your child please wait until all the children have gone home for the day, or let me know and we can set up an appointment.

Arrival /Dismissal:

• Children need to be lined up by 8:00 a.m. at DOOR #3.  Class begins at 8:05 a.m.  If your child is late you must first report to the office to sign in your child.
• The children will be dismissed at 3:00 p.m. from the DOOR #3.  It is very important that you pick your child up on time.  They get very worried when parents are late.  Once you pick up your Kindergartener you must wait outside for older children.  Please do not wait in the hallways for them.
• Also, please let me know if your child will be picked up by someone other than you.  If for some reason you need to pick your child up early you must first go to the office to sign him/her and the office will notify me.  Please do not come to the classroom until you have checked in the office.
• All children that are bused will ride their regular bus and be dropped off at their regular stop unless you notify the school in the form of a note or phone call.

Classroom Rules:

I expect the children to be respectful and kind to everyone in the classroom and school! Please review these rules your child at home and I will do the same at school.

1. Walk inside
2. Quiet voices
3. Hands, feet, and objects to yourself
4. Wait your turn to talk by raising your hand
5. Follow direction the first time they are given
6. Be kind to everyone
7. Share

Students will be learning about our school rules throughout the launch of PBIS-Positive Behavior Intervention Support-more to come on this continuing initiative.

Supplies:

This is a list of supplies.  For the class to use, we would appreciate donations of:

• 1 Box of Crayola Crayons

• 2 boxes of Kleenex

• 2 packs of pencils

• 1 pack of markers, large tip

• 1 package of dry erase markers

• 2 pump bottles of hand sanitizer

• Large box of Larger size Ziploc baggies

• Play dough (4 pack)

• 2 Clorox wipes (for keeping our school clean!)

• Boxes of graham crackers, Cheerios, granola bars and/or Fruit Loops

Homework:

I will be sending weekly homework packets home with your child on the first day of the week and they will always be due on the last day of the week.  Homework is meant to be an extra practice for your child.  Please help your child complete it without doing it for him/her.   It is not graded, but is important to complete it so that your child is reinforcing the skills that we already learned.

Illness:

• If your child is going to be absent please notify the office. (313) 827-1800.
• If your child is going to miss more than three days please let me know so I can get work together for him/her.

Backpacks:

• Every child should have a backpack labeled with his or her 1^st and last name on the inside.

Folder:

• I will give your child a yellow folder.  One side is for papers that you should remove from the folder every day and this side is labeled – Papers to keep at home.  The other side is for papers that need to be completed or signed and returned to school and this side says please complete and return to school.
• It is very important that you check and empty your child’s folder every day.

Snacks:

• We eat lunch very early (10:40-11:10) so it is very important that you send a healthy snack for your child everyday!
• We will have snack in the afternoon around 1 pm.
• Some good suggestions include: pretzels, crackers, fruit, cheese, a small sandwich, ECT…A water bottle labeled with your child’s name is also allowed. Absolutely “no Junk Food” will be allowed except on special occasions due to the high sugar content…NO cake, donuts, chips, candy, cookies, chocolate, etc. Thanks!

Birthdays:

• I love celebrating birthdays in my class and if you would like to celebrate your child’s birthday at school please let me know in advance.  You can send in cupcakes, cookies, donuts, juice, etc.…Please no big cakes!  Also, you will need to send in napkins or cups if needed!

Special Classes:

• Your child will have gym twice a week.  Please make sure that on GYM days your child is wearing clothing and soft-soled sneakers.  If your child does not have appropriate attire he/she will have to sit out.
• Students’ will get to participate in Gym(Tues. and Thurs.), Art(Wed.), Music(Thurs. and Fri.), Enrichment (Computers)(Mon.), and Library (time to be announced at a later date).

Just a reminder that this year we are starting the year off the first week of school as half days, students will be dismissed on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 11:00 am, as this is a district initiative called, “Soft Start.”  Please be aware that on those days there will be individual conferences set up so that we can get to know our students one-on-one.  For scheduling purposes please report back to room 148 on your designated day at your scheduled time.  Students will be scheduled for approximately 20 minutes on one of the three ½ days in alphabetical order.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask.  I am really looking forward to meeting and working with you and your child this year!

Thank you,

Amanda Wentland  ”Your Kindergarten Teacher”

INDIVIDUAL CONFERENCE TIMES

Just a reminder that this year we are starting the year off the first week of school as half days, students will be dismissed on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 11:00 am, as this is a district initiative called, “Soft Start.”  Please be aware that on those days there will be individual conferences set up so that we can get to know our students one-on-one.  For scheduling purposes please report back to room 148 on your designated day at your scheduled time.  Students will be scheduled for 20 MINUTES on one of the three ½ days in alphabetical order. Please bring your student back to school with you at your designated time so we can test them!!!

Thanks in advance,

Ms. Amanda Wentland

WEDNESDAY September 6, 2017

12:00-12:20 Mohammed Abuhmoud

12:20-12:40 Hussein Alamili

12:40-1:00 Ayah Alsuraimi

1:00-1:20 Malak Awada

1:20-1:40 Batoul Doulani

1:40-2:00 Abdulrahman Eid

2:00-2:20 Narjis Falih

2:20-2:40 New Student

THURSDAY September 7, 2017

12:00-12:20 Hussein Hamzimeh

12:20-12:40 Tala Hobballah

12:40-1:00 Mahdi Jaber

1:00-1:20 Manar Kassem

1:20-1:40 Anish Mohammed

1:40-2:00 Amet Nasser

2:00-2:20 New Student

2:20-2:40 New Student

FRIDAY September 8, 2017

12:00-12:20 Murtada Sadeq

12:20-12:40 Kassem Saeed

12:40-1:00 Aman Saif

1:00-1:20 Hameed Saleh

1:20-1:40 Zahra Yassir

1:40-2:00 Open/New Student

2:00-2:20 Open/New Student

2:20-2:40 New Student

Hello,

Pajama Day is  FRIDAY, JUNE 9th . Please also remind your child. Let’s try for 100% participation, just $1.00 from each student.

-PTA 🙂

Zoo Trip Reminder and Information

Date & Time:  Thursday, May 18^th at 9:15am

Where: Detroit Zoo

Bring:  A bag lunch with a drink (water would be great!!!).  NO GLASS BOTTLES!

It is going to be warm for our trip to the zoo.  Please dress your child accordingly.  You may also want to put sunscreen on them before school that day and send a hat with them.

Chaperones – Please be at the school at 9:15 am.  We will be getting on the bus at 9:15-9:20 am.  Lunch will be done on your own with your group.  You will be walking around the zoo with your group so you are welcome to stop and eat lunch whenever you and the kids would like.

We will meet at the EXIT GATE to walk back to the bus at 1:30 pm.  Please be on time as the busses will be waiting for us.  Chaperones, if you have any problems during the day, please call my cell phone (810)240-4176.  Please be sure to give me your cell phone number before we leave for the zoo in case I need to get ahold of you during the day at the zoo.

I appreciate our parent volunteers.   This trip would not be possible without you.  Thank you for taking the time out of your day to ride with us and visit the Detroit Zoo with us.

Ms. Wentland

Good Morning,

We will begin our annual Ramadan Food Drive on Tuesday  May 9^th and will run until Friday May 12^th..  That gives us 4 school days to collect as much nonperishable food items as possible for families in our community who are fasting and having difficulty feeding their families.   I am pleading with you to speak to your students about the importance of helping the less fortunate.  This is a lesson that they will never forget and mold them into compassionate and caring individuals.  Our goal is that each student AND staff member bring in a minimum of 5 food items.  Do everything you can do to encourage them, even if it means bribing them (polar points).  Please make sure students are not bringing in perishable items or items that are expired.  We can not serve these items to our families. I thank you in advance for your generosity and compassionate hearts.

Lowrey School is in need of gardening donations from our lovely community. We are trying to teach children the importance of landscaping, the immense responsibility it takes to care for the environment, and to keep it clean. Not only does this allow for our school to be more appealing to the eye, it truly helps to teach children to be more accountable. Unfortunately, budgets don’t allow for us to do this on our own, therefore, we are calling upon the help of our Lowrey families.  After all, this is your home as much as it is ours!  We would need donations such as trees, and flats of flowers. We are looking to plant flowers all around the school building. We are trying to stay within a white and red flower color scheme to represent the colors of our school, but whatever you can offer us we are willing to take. Also, we understand your time is valuable, therefore, if it is an inconvenience for you to run out and get the flowers yourself we will gladly be taking cash donations in place of it. Any amount donated will be greatly appreciated.  We hope you can help us to make our school more beautiful!!  If any family can send in a FLAT OF FLOWERS by Friday, May 5^th, it would GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.  WE will be planting on on Monday, May 8^th.  If you would like to help our students plant on Monday, please contact your child’s teacher regarding their scheduled planting time.  Thank you in advance!

Lowrey School

Resources from Michigan eLibrary (MeL)

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 Popsicle Sale!!

The PTA is selling popsicles on Wednesday,May 3rd.

Money is due by Tuesday, May 2nd.

Each popsicle is $1.00

Enjoy a cool treat!

PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!

Attention Parents,

On Thursday, April 27th, PTA will have a “Pizza for Snack Day!” fundraiser.

If your child would like to have pizza, chips, or juice for snack on that day they can bring money to school to pre-order now through Wednesday, April 26th. Pizza and chips will be delivered to their class on Thursday, April 27th between 1:30pm-2:00pm

Pizza slice – $ 1

Chips – $0.50

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!