Barrington Weekly Update

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Hello August! We are filled with excitement and anticipation for the new academic year ahead. August marks a time of preparation and new beginnings. Our dedicated staff is hard at work getting everything ready to ensure a smooth and successful start for all our students.

We look forward to welcoming back our returning students and greeting new faces as we build a community that thrives on learning, growth, and collaboration. Let's make this month one of positivity, connection, and readiness for the wonderful journey ahead. We know that part of that anticipation is discovering who your child's teacher will be. Please see the very important information below explaining how you can access teacher assignments through PowerSchool starting the afternoon of Monday August 5th (grades 1-5). Kindergarten placements will be in PowerSchool on Friday August 9th. Additionally, please read this update carefully as we have also included some important information about arrival and dismissal times and procedures that will require you to fill out a dismissal form.

With appreciation,

Nichole Cooper and Heather Markward

• Similar to last year, we will not send an email with your child’s specific teacher name. Instead we ask that families log into PowerSchool to review this information.

• To review the name of your child’s teacher, log in to your PowerSchool parent portal as you would to review your child’s progress report or complete back to school or registration forms.

• When you log in, you should see your child’s schedule screen that lists the teacher name.

• If you need help with your log-in information, or you have not set up a PowerSchool parent account, please contact backtoschool@uaschools.org.

• Please read this letter explaining the structure of fifth grade contemporary rotations.

**Please Note: META Columbus, our PowerSchool host, has a scheduled maintenance which will result in an outage on August 10th from 8am - 5pm. You will not be able to access any of our PowerSchool portals during this window. Please plan accordingly.

• Maria Murphy, Progressive Kindergarten
• Elizabeth Stachler, Contemporary Kindergarten
• Kimberly Thomas, Progressive 1st/2nd
• Rachel Kuzma, Progressive 5th
• Catherine Tyagi, Art
• Morgan Hill, Building Sub
• Andrea Heiden, Intervention Specialist
• Ashley Shope, Intervention Specialist
• Lauren Smith, MTSS Lead Teacher

This is the week we get to welcome our Upper Arlington Class of 2037! We look forward to meeting you soon at your schedule screening time this Tuesday or Wednesday. Please enter through the front doors near the school office. As you arrive for your time, staff will help direct you to a waiting area for you and your child. Students will go with staff for approximately 30 mins while parents wait in the designated waiting area.

It’s back! After hearing positive feedback last year, the PTO has again ordered school supplies in bulk for ALL Barrington students! No more searching store after store for a certain color folder or buying a 5-pack of glue sticks when you only need one!

For the convenient price of $35 per student, school supplies are ordered in bulk and delivered right to your child’s classroom in time for the first day. In addition to the tremendous cost savings to Barrington families, this process helps create equity among our students and ensures everyone has just what they need to kickoff the school year. Please use the link HERE to pay the $35 per student for school supplies.

Students may arrive anytime between 8:00-8:15am.Students in grades 1-5 will go outside to the big playground on Barrington Road. Kindergarten students will go to the internal courtyard. All students will enter the building at 8:10am. For the safety of all our students please READ AND FOLLOW the information listed and linked below:

1. Pick Up and Drop Off Locations.

2. Stop, Drop, and GO Map and Procedures

3. Please talk with your student before school and have a PLAN for daily drop off and pick up. Teachers do not consistently check email during the day, and changing pick up plans is very stressful for our children. To the best of your ability (we know things happen) please create a plan and be as consistent as possible. Please be sure to also communicate that plan with your child's teacher and our office by filling out THIS form.

We are excited to share that each student will receive a new 10th generation iPad as the 2024-2025 school year begins. These new devices include a keyboard case plus increased storage, processor speed, and a USB-C charging cable and power adapter. Elementary Student devices will be automatically configured and ready for use on the first day of school. Students will turn in the old iPads during the first few weeks of school during the school day.

Monday August 5th:

• Teacher assignments live in PowerSchool (grades 1-5)

Tuesday August 6th:

• Kindergarten Screening (times vary please check your registration)

Wednesday August 7th:

• Kindergarten Screening (times vary please check your registration)

Friday August 9th:

• Teacher Assignments released in PowerSchool for K students.

Monday August 12th: Parent Information Night:

• 3rd Progressive, 5:15-6:00pm in the Neighborhood/Classroom
• Kindergarten Progressive, 6:00-6:45 in the Cafe
• Kindergarten Contemporary, 6:00-6:45 in the Gym
• 1/2 Progressive, 7:00-7:45 in the Cafe
• 1 Contemporary ,7:00-7:45 in the Gym
• 2 Contemporary, 7:00-7:45 in the Neighborhood

Parent Information Nights for grades and programs not listed above will be on August 22nd. Details will be in next week's newsletter.

Tuesday August 13th:

• Meet the Teacher/Bobcat Day: 4:00-5:30 pm.

Wednesday August 14th:

• First Day of School: Grades 1-5

Wednesday August 14th:

• Kindergarten Orientation for last name A-M (last name N-Z stay home)

Thursday August 15th:

• Kindergarten Orientation for last name N-Z (Kindergarten A-M stay home)

Friday August 16th:

• All students in session

We apologize for the website issues this week. The platform we use for our website has gone down. We already had plans to change platforms this school year, but have had to put those plans into motion sooner then expected. We are working hard to get the site up and running and hope to have an update for everyone next week. Thank you for your patience.

Join the Barrington PTO for the upcoming school year! Membership in PTO allows you access to the school directory and all PTO communications and helps support many activities, events and services provided to our school community.

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