• Enter through the west gate by the marquee

• Exit east gate

• Blue curb is for drop off or pick up only

(PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE YOUR VEHICLE UNATTENDED)

• Please use the crosswalk and never drop students off in the school zone

• Kinder parents PLEASE use the crosswalk

First Day Packets

• Please return all forms requiring information and signatures by

Wednesday, August 12th!

• Please include your email address. Copper Creek is Green!

8:00 am

Cafeteria opens for students eating breakfast.

Gates Open at 8:15 am

Students walk to the playground and line up at

designated area.

Kindergarten parents escort students to the

kinder playground gate.

(Prior to 8:15 am there is NO supervision)

First bell rings at 8:20 am

Student are escorted to classrooms by teachers.

After 8:30 am students must report to the office

A tardy impedes all students’ learning!

All parents & visitors must check in at the office

first day only: parents may walk students to the playground

Safe and Orderly Campus

• Students are dismissed at 3:15 pm

• Students who leave prior to 3:15 pm must be signed out at

the office by designated adult (must be 18 years or older)

with I.D.

• Kindergarten pickup at kindergarten gate (teacher/parent

handoff)

• 1st grade students/teachers will wait for

parents behind the gates in the courtyard

• Please use the crosswalk

• All gates will be locked during the school day

• Visitors must sign in at the front office and wear a visitor’s

sticker

• Fire drills are practiced monthly

• Lockdowns are practiced quarterly. All doors are locked!

• Students may not be signed out during a lockdown or fire drill

• All volunteers must attend training before going into

classrooms or attending fieldtrips (Aug 19th at 6:30,

Sept 22nd at 6:00, Feb 2nd at 1:00 Copper Creek location)

• Evacuation Location: Christ Church of the Valley (CCV)

• District policies are defined in the Students Rights and

Responsibilities Handbook (Online)

• School discipline policies are located in the Copper Creek

Handbook (Online)

• Office referrals will result in parent contact

What is it?

PAWS is a school-wide system of support that

includes proactive strategies for defining,

teaching, and supporting appropriate student

behaviors to create positive school environments.

Our program is based on the Positive Behavior

Intervention System model (PBIS).

General InformationTimes: Full Day K- 8:30 a.m. – 3:15p.m.

Transportation- Students should not arrive at school before 8:20 am. Kindergarten drop off and pick up will now be on the kindergarten playground.Drop Off: Do not bring your child to school before 8:20 a.m. There will be no supervision before that time. Parents please drop off your kindergartners at the east gate of the kindergarten playground. A teacher will be there to receive your child.Pick Up: The kindergartners should be picked up at the east gate of the kindergarten playground. We usually go out a few minutes early to avoid the rush. Bus riders and daycare and enrichment students will be taken to their assigned areas.

Transportation changes- If any changes need to occur regarding your child’s transportation from school, PLEASE NOTIFY US IN WRITINGabout these changes. Please do not call the voice mail and leave a message. We do not have time to check the voice mail before the children leave school. In case of an emergency, you can call the office and leave a message with the secretary regarding these changes. We just want to be sure to get your child home safely. Thanks for your cooperation with this matter.

The Kindergarten Team

Our Kindergarten Team

• Room 2- Mrs. Green

• Email: rebecca.green@dvusd.org

• Phone: 623-376-3933

• Room 3- Mrs. Western

• Email: diane.western@dvusd.org

• Phone: 623-376-3932

• Room 4 – Mrs. Hoelzen

• Email: lisa.hoelzen@dvusd.org

• Phone: 623-376-3930

• Room 5 – Mrs. Bernard

• Email:

melinda.bernard@dvusd.org

• Phone: 623-376-3931

Transportation Changes

If any changes need to occur regarding your child’s transportation home from school, please

notify me in writing about these changes. Please do not call the voice mail and leave a message. I do not have time to check the voice mail before the children leave school. In case

of an emergency, you can call the office and leave a message with the secretary regarding any changes. Thank you foryour cooperation.

Homework

Homework is assigned on Monday or Friday and is due when completed. There are various choices to choose from, and you

may gear the academic levelto your own child’s level. Please be sure to challenge your child to keep him/her advancing. Reading at home is recommended 15 minutes daily.

Parent Volunteers

We love to have parents volunteer in the classroom. When parents are involved in their

child’seducation, the gains that are made are considerable for everyone involved. Having another adult to help with writing, math, keeping students on task, answering questions and other classroom management details helps immensely. It allows us to work with students on a more individualized basis. Please plan to help in classroom - you will love it as much as we love having you!

Consider joining PTSA - they do so much for us!

Snacks

We will be having a daily snack. Please send in snacks at the beginning of the month, or anytime you remember them, for the whole

class to share. We work very hard during the day, and the snacks re-energize us to

continue to work. Snacks could include crackers, carrots, cookies, juice or any other snack the children would like. Everything must be store-bought. Thank you in advance.Put your child’s name on his/her snack. • Check with your child’s teacher for food

allergies.

Assessment

A variety of assessment tools are used in kindergarten. These include daily observations, tests, dictation tests, samples of

work, growth ineach area, reading surveys (if applicable), writingportfolios, and checklists for letters, sounds,numbers, and counting, Words Their Way, DVMA, DRA, DVRA and DIBELS.

Technology

A wide variety of technology is being

incorporated into the curriculum. The use of the Smartboard, computers for learning

and publishing student material will be implemented and we have a set of ipads. Videos, when appropriate, will be shown to enrich the curriculum. All use of technology will be determined by us.

Language Arts

Reading Street

Print awareness Phonemic awarenessVisual and auditoryWord awarenessVocabulary and conceptLetters, words, sentencesReading groups“Books I Can Read” boxes

Use: Literature, Words We Know Wall, Chart stories

Math

Engage NY and InvestigationsHands onHigher level critical thinkingProblem solvingGraphingGeometryNumber senseAddition/subtractionSorting/classifying

ScienceFoss

Hands on

Questioning

Hypothesizing

Experimenting

Discovering conclusions

Numerous ways to answer one question

Social Studies

Learning About Our World

Active citizenship

Geography

History

Different cultures and traditions

Appreciation of varying ideas

Curriculum Themes

August: Gingerbread Man, Folktales, Friends, Me and Family

September: Community, Safety, Apples,  October: Mother Goose, Pumpkins,

Planting, GardensNovember: Teddy Bears, Bears,

Thanksgiving, Long Ago and NowDecember: Winter Holidays Around the

WorldJanuary: Weather, Seasons, EggsFebruary: Animals/Habitats, Valentine’s Day,

PresidentsMarch: Spring, Planting, FarmApril: Rodeo, Deserts, InsectsMay: Oceans, Memories

Being There Experiences

“Being There Experiences” will be taken to

enhance the curriculum and classroom studies several times during the school year. Location and dates of the experiences will depend on units of study.

Prior trips have included the Children's Museum, The Train Park, also a Pumpkin Patch on our playground, Snow Day, and Water Day on our playground.

This will be an awesome year of

growth for your child. Please take an active role in our classroom, we will love you for it.

Thank you!