Pre-K

Orientation

2021-2022

Agenda

Welcome to PK!

Everyday Procedures

Attendance/Tardies

PreK Guidelines

First day of school

Meet the Teacher

2021-22 Safety / Wellness Protocols:

Cleaning, Sanitizing and Disinfecting O’Shea Keleher– consistently and

routinely

Personal Hygiene –handwashing, hand sanitizing and respiratory

etiquette (cover mouth when coughing)

Face Masks -Optional (i.e. GA36 and TEA School Health Operations

Requirements)

Personal Protective Equipment available upon request (mask, shield)

O’Shea Keleher MAP

Arrival/Dismissal Times

Schedule Arrival Dismissal

Half day (AM) 7:15 10:45

Half day (PM) 11:30 2:45

Full day 7:15 2:45

PreK School Uniform

Pre-K/Kinder:

• Golden rod, white polo shirt(Monday-Friday)

• Thursday: college allowed (optional)

• Friday: free dress for students who were not absent, tardy, or pulled out early the entire week

Pants: PK-5

• Khaki or navy blue pants/trousers

Shorts/Skirts/Skorts: PK-5

• Khaki or navy blue

• keep in mind that the length must be at least where the middle finger rests when the arm is extended

alongside the leg and no longer than the knee

Shoes: PK-5

• Student safety: No open toe shoes; tennis shoes preferred

Drop Off Procedures

Students can be dropped off at the drop off zone or outside the 100

hallway

Students will enter through the 100 Hallway (PreK hallway)

Monitors will be at the door to escort your child.

Parents are NOT ALLOWED in the hallway for safety/security reasons,

except first day of school. No exceptions!

Teachers will greet the children and they will go into their classrooms

where they will have breakfast.

Pick Up Procedures:

How will your

child leave at

the end of the

day?

It is up to you to

tell us.

*EVERYONE who is authorized to pick up your child must have an ID and must be on the PICK UP List. No exceptions.

*If your child’s pick up procedure changes, even if for that day, please communicate with teacher and contact the school right away.

HEADSTART• Please look at the Region 19 Headstart calendar and make arrangements for the days that

there is no class.

• Communicate those arrangements/changes with your child’s teacher.

DAYCARE

• DAYCARE students will be picked up at the side entrance of the school.

• Please ensure that you INFORM your daycare provider.

• Communicate those arrangements/changes with your child’s teacher

PARENT

▪ Your child will exit through the side entrance of the school.

▪ Parents can drive up or walk up. Let us explain.

Breakfast and Lunch

PREK (AM) will eat BREAKFAST in the classroom at 7:15-7:30 a.m.

PREK FULL DAY will eat

BREAKFAST in the Classroom at 7:15-7:30 a.m.

LUNCH in the Cafeteria at 10:30 a.m.

*Food Allergies: Please submit information from doctor to our school nurse and/or teacher.

Tardies

The first bell rings at 7:15 am.

The second bell rings at 7:25 am.

The tardy bell rings at 7:30 everyday.

Students should be in class, ready to learn by 7:30 am.

Students who come in after 7:30 will need to obtain a tardy slip at the front

desk before reporting to class.

Excessive tardies will also be addressed by campus administration.

ATTENDANCE

Compulsory Attendance

Good attendance, on the part of the student, is important for a well-rounded education.

State law requires children to attend school each day that instruction is provided.

The law applies to students below the age of 6 who are voluntarily enrolled in prekindergarten or kindergarten.

A case of excessive “unexcused” absences will be addressed with administration and a principal’s plan of action will be established.

90 Percent Rule

In addition to compulsory attendance law, districts are required to enforce the 90 percent rule, which states that students must attend class for 90 percent of the time it is offered to receive credit or a final grade.

The 90 percent rule applies to all absences, including excused absences. If the student doesn’t meet this requirement, an attendance committee may grant the student credit or a final grade, depending on the circumstances.

ATTENDANCE

Requirements for excused student absences:

Note from a doctor that includes exact dates

Parent note that includes the specific reason for absence (up to 3 days)

Nurse sends student home sick

Parent note verifying a death of immediate family member

Parent note verifying a religious holiday

Phone calls are not accepted for excused absences

PERFECT ATTENDANCE

Perfect means perfect

Perfect means perfect

NO TARDIES

NO ABSENCES

NO EARLY PULL OUT

** Teacher will inform you IF student qualifies for

free dress.

Incentives for students who demonstrate perfect attendance:

FREE DRESS on Friday**

Certificates

Popcorn parties (by class)

Pizza

Etc.

Early Childhood Outcomes (PK3)

PreK Guidelines

Offers detailed descriptions of expected behaviors across multiple skill domains that should

be observed in three- to five-year-old children by the end of their prekindergarten

experience.

Since research clearly demonstrates the value of early education for young children, the

Texas Education Agency (TEA) designed a document to help educators make good

decisions about what to teach their prekindergarten students.

The PreK guidelines are divided into various domains of learning:

•Social & Emotional •Math

•Language & Communication •Science

•Emergent Literacy Reading •Social Studies

•Emergent Literacy Writing •Physical Development

•Technology •Fine Arts

First Day of School

Parents will be allowed to walk students to their classroom.

It is up to you to tell us how student will get home on the first day of school (form).

It is up to you to tell us how student will get home the rest of the school year (form).

Today (in the classroom)

Fill out the following paperwork:

Pick-Up Information form

Backpack tag (color coded)

Parent Information and Authorization for student pick-up

Meet the Teacher

Thank you for entrusting you precious children to us!

Let’s make it a great year!

Let’s meet our teachers!

See posters for teacher/student assignments

See next slide for room numbers

Teachers

TEACHER ROOM NUMBER

Ms. Store 102

Ms. Gomez 103

Ms. Monteros 106

Ms. D. Hernandez 105

Ms. Striplin 104

Ms. Rodriguez 107

Ms. Salazar 108

Ms. Alvarez/Ms. Rubio 109

Ms. Stopyra 110

Ms. Gonzalez/Ms. Luevano 111

School Monitors Needed!

If you or anyone you know would like to be a part time school monitor here at

O’Shea, please see an administrator.

Hours range between 7:00-3:15