GREGORY HILL NEWSLETTER

Hello everyone,

Welcome to October at the ELC! This month we will have our first parent teacher conferences. Conferences will occur after school on October 28th or 29th. These will be regular school days for students. We will not have school Oct 30-Nov 1 due to Fall break.

Jennifer Keyes

Early Learning Center Principal

No School for PK students

No School for all WPS students

All day classrooms will participate in district-wide early release days on the first and third Monday of each month. This will allow teachers time to collaborate with colleagues, create lesson plans and analyze student data. Please plan to pick up by 1:30pm

Do you want to learn more about the district schools all in one place? Please join us for the district showcase on October 22nd from 5:00-7:00 at Westminster Highschool. Now is the time to start learning about the school you would like your child to attend for kindergarten. This event allows you to learn more about all the schools in a fun way for the entire family. Students get to wear their Halloween costumes as the move around the high school and collect goodies. Parents can use this opportunity to learn about the wonderful things our elementary buildings offer.

Are you interested in learning how to strengthen your relationship with your child? Please join us at Parent Coffee on Oct 24th to learn more about the parent class that will be offered during second semester.

We hope everyone is able to join us for our Trick-or-Treat Street on Friday, October 25th. We ask that families that are interested in participating arrive for dismissal at 2:00. Families will walk down the hallway and collect goodies from each classroom. Students will need to be accompanied by an adult to attend the event. Trick-or-Treat street will be from approximately 2:00-2:30. We need small donations to hand out during our Trick-or-Treat Street. Items can include candy, pencils, spider/bug rings, stickers, etc. Please bring donated items to the office by Wednesday, October 23rd

Parent Teacher conferences is a great time to learn about how your child is doing in class. During this event your child’s classroom teacher will present data about how your child has been performing this year. You will receive a packet of useful information about your child’s progress and specific activities that you can use at home to work on with your child. This will also be a great opportunity to ask your child’s teacher questions that you may have.

• Conference Schedule:

  Oct 28th-regular school day, conferences 3:30-7:30

  Oct 29th-regular school day, conferences 3:30-7:30

  Oct 30th-no school, conferences 8:00-3:00

Teacher exchange day-No School

The high reliability school (HRS) program was created by Marzano Resources to help transform schools into organizations that take proactive steps to ensure student success. The Early Learning Center at Gregory Hill is pleased to announce the achievement of Level 3 certification in Marzano High Reliability Schools™. Level 3 certification means the Early Learning Center at Gregory Hill has established a “Guaranteed and Viable Curriculum.” This year, we will work on attaining our Level 4 certification. Please help us by completing this parent survey.

1. Please refrain from using cell phones in the parking lot.
2. Please drive slowly in the parking lot.
3. Please hold your children’s hands while in the parking lot.
4. All people (parents, students, visitors) coming and going from school must cross the parking lot at the crosswalks.
5. All children must be in car seats and buckled into seat belts before leaving the parking lot. This is a state law and is not optional. Please do not allow them to stand up in the back seat of cars or standing with their heads out the windows.
6. Please be respectful of our neighbors. We ask that you please refrain from turning around in their driveways and parking in private property, places that would block any driveways or that are not marked as parking places.
7. Please drive carefully and slowly while in the neighborhood.
8. There are assigned handicapped parking spots are in the parking lot, these are for cars that have handicapped plates or decals only. Please observe this parking rule. You can be ticketed for parking in handicapped spots without a handicapped decal or placard.

Kids First Health Care here at Gregory Hill offers well child care including physicals, call to make an appointment at (303) 428-4384. We accept Medicaid, CHP+, most private insurances, and uninsured patients.

Although some absences are unavoidable, it is important that students attend school as often as possible. Preschool is a great time to start building a habit of good attendance. Please note that we are allowing days for students to be absent for illness and do not want families to send children to school sick. Students are asked to stay home if they are experiencing any cold/flu like symptoms.

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