We want to inform you all about an important change regarding the dismissal process for our kindergarten and first grade walkers when we return to school on January 7th.

Please refer to the attached image for the designated area where you should stand to pick up your child. If your child has an older sibling, that sibling will come to them and they will leave together out of the front doors at 3:15.

I appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we implement this change to enhance our dismissal procedures.

Some information below remains the same year-round, and some will be new information with clickable links. Please read to stay in the know! :)

• December 13: Anti-victimization Puppet Show Form Due https://forms.gle/wMyuo46i68GoLJ676
• December 20: Winter Class Parties
• December 20 - January 7: WINTER BREAK (no school)
• January 7: Students return
• January 7: Kids Count Presentation
• January 13 - 17: Canned Food Drive

Please update the extra clothes in your child's backpack for warmer weather. When/If they have an accident, they will need something warm to put on. Most still have summer clothes in their backpacks!

The 2024-2025 Kindergarten - 5th grade Gifted/Talented Program referral window will be open from January 8th - January 22nd, at 3:00 PM CST. Kindergarten - 5th grade parents will receive a school messenger email with specific referral details on Wednesday, January 8th. Information about the Gifted/Talented Program may be found on the FISD Gifted Education website. Please contact your campus G/T teacher (Whitney Baker) with any questions.

Reading: Reading with a partner

Math: Comparing numbers 0-20

Writing/Grammar: Reviewing previously taught skills

Phonics: alphabetic principles

Social Studies: landforms and bodies of water

Your child's education is a shared responsibility between the teacher, family, and student. To ensure your child reaches their full academic potential, we have created Guided Reading Folders. Every student has a reading folder that will travel with them to and from school each day. In this folder, they will be receiving book, along with their sight words to practice at home. Please send this folder back DAILY! The books inside belong to Frisco ISD and if not returned, must be paid for. PLEASE place it back in the folder each night after reading it. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! YOU ROCK!

If your child has any food restrictions, please click here! You can also monitor their purchases and add money to their account. Our cafeteria offers extra snacks and ice cream for students to buy. If you want to prevent your child from buying, please place a restriction on their account. Classroom teachers do not have access to this information and it must be in writing on their account.

https://www.schoolcafe.com/FRISCOISD

YOU MAY NOT FILM OR TAKE PICTURES OF ANY STUDENTS IF YOU ARE ON CAMPUS WITH YOUR OWN CHILD. If you come to have lunch with your child, you must sit at the visitor table.

If your child will be eating breakfast here at school, please have them here at 7:20 or as CLOSE AS POSSIBLE. Breakfast is from 7:20 - 7:40 in the cafeteria. There will be an adult assisting. The bell rings at 7:45 and students return to class. Thank you for all that you do!

NO OUTSIDE BREAKFAST WILL BE ALLOWED into the classrooms! For example, Whataburger, McDonald's, Donuts, etc.

If you're child eats breakfast at home, they will come straight to the classroom.

Here is the link for the school cafe:

https://www.schoolcafe.com/FRISCOISD

Welch - Wednesday at 2:00

Lucas - Tuesday at 2:00

Jasmine - Monday at 8:30

Aranda - Friday at 9:30

Parker - Friday at 2:30

Above you will see your child's library times, please make sure both of their books from the Smith library are in their backpacks the night before. We do not get these out in class, so feel free to keep them in a safe place at home until that day!

1. Please practice tying and untying shoes at home!

2. Please practice putting on and zipping up a jacket!

3. Please keep and extra change of underwear, pants, socks, shirt, etc. in a ziploc bag in your child's backpack in case of spills and accidents, which are COMMON in Kindergarten! :)

We have snack time from 2:05 - 2:10 . Please pack a healthy, utensil-free snack separately from their lunch. Please DO NOT put snacks in your child's lunchbox. They do get the two confused and often eat their snack for lunch and lunch for their snack. Pack separately and have a conversation about the difference with your child. Thank you!

TIP: label "snack" and put it in the front pouch of their backpack! Quick, easy, healthy snacks are best! No nuts, please!

To Report an Absence/Tardy for your child, go to the Smith homepage and click on the yellow “Report an Absence” button in the upper right corner and complete the short form.