Carl L. Dixson Primary School

• We welcomed our district’s youngest learners and their families to Dixson on September 3rd!

• Parents/Guardians met with staff and visited classrooms at our Back to School Night on September 17th.

• We welcomed the families of our English Language Learners and explained programming and placement at our ENL Parent's Night on September 17th.

• Parents and guardians were invited to Bring Your Child to School Day on September 19th!

• Start with Hello week began on September 23rd! In how many different ways can you say "hello"?

We learned the following topics in the month of September:

Phonics: We completed several different activities using our names. We learned the names of the writing lines (skyline - plane line - grass line - worm line), and explored letters Bb, Tt, Dd. We identified and named letters, sounds and objects with that beginning sound. We learned how to write the letters using the Fundations form. We've learned the words: I, see, a, like, my.

ELA: We learned how to make an All Star paper using crayons, pencils, scissors and glue. We have been listening to Read Alouds and used our All Star skills to draw and label a detailed picture.

Math: We have been exploring math in our world by counting, sorting and making patterns. We will begin to focus on counting and identifying numbers 1-5.

Social Studies: We spent the month reviewing school expectations and routines. We also learned about different ways to say hello using our bodies, different languages and variations in our own language during “Say Hello Week”.

Science: We began the year talking about what a scientist is and the tools they use. We explored different tools in and out of the classroom.

Art with Ms. Sanft

• Students are learning about the routines in the Art room.
• We are working on projects that are rich in vocabulary, observation, sequence of steps, and decision making!
• Kindergarten students have been learning about shapes and putting that knowledge to use while we create our Fall apple pictures.
• 1st graders are looking at, and drawing, leaves with veins. They are creating a mixed media leaf project.

It is a pleasure to see them so excited about making Art!!

STREAM with Mrs. Hopper

Music with Mr. Funke

Physical Education with Mr. Tiernan

1. Send a note in your child’s folder

2. Send a message through TalkingPoints to the SCHOOL ADMIN account named Carl L. Dixson Primary School

For early pickups, please ensure your child is picked up no later than:

• 2:35 PM on Mondays

• 3:00 PM on Tuesdays through Fridays

The afternoon is a busy time as we transition students for dismissal, so we kindly ask that you plan accordingly. These procedures are in place to make sure all students are safe.

SAFETY REMINDERS:

• Please do NOT hold the door open for others looking to enter the building, including other parents/guardians. Each person must ring the bell and be approved by the main office staff prior to entering the building.

• All visitors must present an identification card in order to obtain a visitor's pass.

• Students arriving late or leaving early must be signed in/out from the Main Office.

• Remember to bring your identification card when picking up your child.

• Please do not park or walk through the staff parking lot as it is an active lot.

• The playground is strictly for school use until after dismissal.

Samone Grixti

Principal

sgrixti@eufsd.org

914-592-2092

Helen Pacheco

School Secretary

hpacheco@eufsd.org

914-592-2092

Carlee Charles

Nurse

ccharles@eufsd.org

914-592-1063

District Website: https://www.eufsd.org/

School Website: https://www.eufsd.org/Domain/10