Kindergarten News You Can Use

May 21- Field Day (see information below)

May 22- Hop and Pop (for students during Specials)

May 23- Last Day of School/Early Release at 11:45 am. We will be eating in the classroom. Please send your child with a lunch or snack.

*The first Monday of every month, students can wear a college shirt or colors.

*Every Friday is Bransford Spirit Day! Students can wear a Bransford shirt or colors.

Please make sure your child wears the yellow grade level shirt for field day on May 21st. Students need to wear tennis shoes for the field day activities. Kindergarten coordinators will be providing water bottles for each student for field day (students will not bring their water bottles outside). Students can still bring water bottles for the class.

Dear Bransford Families,

We are so excited about the last week of school and FIELD DAY!!!! If you are planning to attend Field Day, you are required to Raptor in as a visitor and wear your badge all day. To speed up the process, you can drop by the day before, on Monday, May 20th from 7:15 am to 3:00 pm, to print your badge for Tuesday. If your badge is missing or not seen, you will be sent to the front to Raptor in. In addition, restrooms are available inside for visitors by entering the front door only.

Field Day is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21st. We will begin promptly at 8 am with our amazing choir singing the National Anthem. After, we will transition into the events and rotations.

Lunch is scheduled from 11:40-12:40. (sack lunches will be available for purchase in the cafeteria) Your child needs to be prepared to eat at 11:40 am. We are giving our Texans a full hour so they can come inside, eat, rest, and cool off for the remainder of the events. We ask that you allow your student to come inside, rest, and recoup in their classroom with their teacher and classmates.

Please consider packing your child a sack lunch. Because this day is so busy and the schedule is different, we can't guarantee the lunch you may bring to them will be delivered in time for their lunch break. We certainly do not want them to miss their next event waiting for their lunch.

Because of space and safety, we ask that you stay out of the building during lunch/break. We appreciate your support in allowing our Texans to take a break with their teacher and class. Go have some lunch yourself and cool off! Then, come back at 12:40 for the remainder of Field Day!

There are a few things our Texans should make sure they bring:

1. Sunscreen (please apply before school)

2. Sack lunch from home (or purchase one in the cafeteria)

3. Cash for concessions (this is a fundraiser for 4th grade!)

4. Towel (we have a few water games!)

THE GOLDEN CLEAT has returned!!! This is a sportsmanship award that goes to the BEST competitors, leaders, and helpers during Field Day! We will award ONE class for each grade, so be sure to let your Texans know we will be on the lookout!

Please let me know if you have questions! We are excited!

Coach Bardin & Coach Smith

BES Families,

Please register your child for the 24-25 school year in Skyward. Registration must be completed each year. If you have any questions, call Shelly or Charlotte.

Thank you!

Dear Parents,

The health and safety of all students is important to the staff at Bransford Elementary. We are asking that if your child has been out sick this week and has been diagnosed, please call the campus and let the nurse know.

In an effort to keep our students healthy and in the classroom, I wanted to share a few lifestyle hygiene habits. We can’t keep everyone from getting sick, but we sure can try.

1. Wash your hands!! Before you eat, after you eat, when you use the restroom, after PE, after you sneeze, anytime you can. When in doubt, wash your hands.

2. If you cough or sneeze, use your sleeve. (The students can demonstrate this for you)

3. Respect personal space. Keep a little distance between you and your friends, and you and your teachers.

4. Only visit the nurse for things that cannot be taken care of in the classroom. At any time during the day there may be a sick student in the clinic, so the healthiest place to be is in the classroom. Teachers have band aids for little cuts and scrapes.

5. Wear weather appropriate clothing. If there is snow on the ground, students should wear closed-toed shoes, pants and a jacket.

While we practice these healthy habits at school, we also ask that you do your part in assessing your student’s health at home. If your student has a fever of more than 100.0 degrees, or is experiencing vomit/diarrhea, district policy requires them to stay home. Only when your student has been symptom free without the use of any medication for more than 24 hours may they return to campus.

In the event that your student is staying home from school, please call the front office and let us know. As always, we are here to answer any healthy hygiene habits questions.

Thank you,

Andrea Bernsen, MSN, BSN

School Nurse

817-305-4932

andrea.bernsen@gcisd.net

Hello Parents,

We are excited to have parents join our Texans at lunch however I want to remind you all of a few expectations we have in place to ensure safety and confidentiality with our students:

-Guests may sit with their student at the Guest Table or picnic table only. You may not sit at the class tables at any time.

-Students must sit at the Guest or picnic tables and stay there. Students do not walk around. If they need something, students raise their hands for staff assistance. Students and guests may not get on the stage at all.

-Guest may only provide food for their student. We cannot allow guests to bring or purchase food for other students.

-We ask that digital devices are not in use. Pictures can only be of your student. You may not take pictures of other students. In addition, we ask that you be present with your child. Watching a movie or playing on a phone can distract a child during a time to focus on eating and visiting with each other.

We are grateful for our partnerships with our families and look forward to upholding these expectations during lunch visits.

Sincerely,

Ms. Gerdes

Please do your background check now to avoid the rush. Any parent helping in the school, planning on attending a field trip, and interacting with students for any reason, needs to have a background check every year. Here's the LINK or you can find it under the tab "Quick Links" on the GCISD website. There's no cost to you for this. It is just one more way that GCISD is making sure our students remain safe in our schools. Thank you for doing it now.

Mrs. Brock will check out books to each of our classrooms. Each student gets to choose one book, when they return the book they chose the week before. Your child may enjoy the chosen book at home until the following week. Books must come back on the proper day for students to be able to choose a new one. Please set a reminder with your child to put their books in their backpacks the night before their library day. Mrs. Brock, our school librarian, has asked children to keep the bag in their backpack to protect the library book from spills, tears, and other mishaps.

*If you would like to volunteer in the learning commons, please reach out the library coordinator ashleyatkinson0624@yahoo.com You may come on your child’s library day to help with checkout and/or help students with book selections.

Class Library Days:

Wednesday- Owens 8-8:30

Wednesday- Nation 10-10:30

Thursday- Allenbaugh 8-8:30

Thursday- Morgan 10-10:30

1. P.E.- Please send your child to school with tennis shoes daily. Students are required to wear tennis shoes for PE participation. They can change their shoes before PE if needed. Thank you for your help with this! We want our students to be comfortable and wearing safe, appropriate shoes for physical activities!

2. Water Bottle - Bring a labeled water bottle filled with water.
3. Snack- Pack your child a snack daily. Students will only have 10 mins for snack. Please keep that in mind when packing a snack and dry food only.
4. Lunch - Remind your child about what they are having for lunch. Is it packed in their lunchbox and is the lunchbox in their backpack? Or will your child be getting lunch from the cafeteria?

Lunch cost is $2.80 (snacks are extra). Link to the GCISD Nutrition Services webpage, where school menus for the start of the school year. https://www.gcisd.net/departments/nutrition_services/school_menus/elementary_school_menu.

You may also set up a lunch payment account on myschoolbucks.com. For more information please visit the payments website https://www.gcisd.net/cms/One.aspx?portalId=96313&pageId=195708

6. Ipads (COMING SOON)- Students will need headphones for their ipads. Headphones will be used in class, music, and theater. Please label your child's headphones. No bluetooth headphones or earbuds.
7. Change of Clothes - Place a change of clothes in your child's backpack. Accidents sometimes happen. Extra change of clothes bag was provided by your child’s teacher.

7:30 ~ 1st Bell Ring

7:40 ~ 2nd Bell Ring

7:40-7:50 ~ Pledges and Circle Up

7:50-10:30 ~ ELAR and Social Studies

10:30-11:00 ~ Lunch

11:00-11:30 ~ Recess

11:30-12:30 ~ Math

12:30-1:20 ~ Specials (art, music/piano, theatre)

1:20-1:30~ Transition Time

1:30-2:20 ~ Texan Time/PE

1st Rotation:

PE- Allenbaugh and Nation 1:30-1:55

Texan Time- Owens and Morgan 1:30-1:55

2nd Rotation:

Texan Time- Allenbaugh and Nation 1:55-2:20

PE- Owens and Morgan 1:55-2:20

2:20-2:55 ~ Science

3:00 ~ Dismissal

It is our number one priority to keep our students safe and healthy each day. Students who are feeling under the weather should stay home and rest when it is necessary. If you are planning to keep your child home, please contact your homeroom teacher and CC: Nurse Bernsen. This allows us to mark their absence accordingly without reaching out to you. Thank you!

andrea.bernsen@gcisd.net

Bransford's PTA is an outstanding Parent-Teacher Association! Our PTA always puts the needs of students first! Please use the link below to go to their website, learn more about this organization, and join! You can even invite other family members and friends to join, too. Thank you for being willing to be part of the BEST PTA around!

https://bransfordpta.membershiptoolkit.com/home/

If you are not receiving emails/Smore from Ms. Gerdes, principal, please reach out to Mrs. Sartin in the office.

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