Mary Hogan Mini

Come visit your child's classroom, Library, Arts, Movement, and Spanish (LAMS) classes, and visit previous teachers.

If you are staying for some of the 10.30-11.30 learning opportunities, we encourage you to come closer to 10am.

Classrooms will close at 10.30 so you can attend other events.

• Art
• 10:30-11:30 The art room will have table stations set up where students and families can practice some of the different art standards through artmaking activities and challenges.
• PE
• 10:30-10:45- Rock Paper scissors battle
• 10:45-11:15- 3 to win it
• 11:15-11:30- If you’ve ever played musical dots
• Music
• 10:30-10:45 Boomwhackers - learn how to hold and play boomwhackers; join the play-along
• 10:45-11:15 Band - what to expect, how to rent/access an instrument, Q&A
• 11:15-11:30- Chorus - what to expect, Q&A
• Spanish
• 2nd graders can come meet their Spanish Teacher Señora Sands
• 10:30-10:45- Sample lesson - Example of a Spanish routine: introduce vocabulary with pronunciation, practice with a song
• 10:45-11:15- Sample lesson
• 11:15-11:30- Sample lesson
• Library- 15 minute sessions
• The kids will hear about some new books in the library from Liz while the grown-ups hear an informative session designed to help you understand our Library Resources & Services! Discover our collection of family board games and awesome books. Come hear about the Reading Challenges your child can participate in!
• Parents- Come find out about:
• Book Bags- Each child is provided with one library book bag. We hope this bag lasts the whole year. It creates a safe way for library books to be transported between home and school!
• Overdue notices
• Parent Accounts
• Board Games
• Monthly Book Challenges
• Red Clover/ Golden Dome books
• Recommendations- kids and adults
• Kindergarten projects
• Gather materials for your child if you need anything (personal inquiries)

• 10.30-10.40 - Morning Routines at Home
• Some helpful tips from our amazing behavior consultants, Xanthe and Emily, about you can make the morning at home easy and smooth for your child and you!
• 10.40-10.50 - Back to School on the Bus
• Come learn about bus expectations and how we teach these to students. You can also ask about bus routes or bus related questions!
• 10.50-11 - School Arrival
• Arrival looks different this year at Mary Hogan, with our doors opening for school breakfast at 7.45. Get all the info so your child gets off to a great morning at Mary Hogan.
• 11-11.10 - Health Information and Nurses at Mary Hogan
• Do you have any wonders about health, wellness, or when to keep your child home? Come hear from Nurse Becky about
• 11.10-11.20 - Counseling Connections
• Miss Jena and Mrs Lubaszewski, our counselors, will be sharing about what they teach to students in their guidance lessons each week and
• 11.20-11.30 - Meal program and Farm to School at Mary Hogan
• Want to know what the food is really like at Mary Hogan? It is delicious! Come hear about the meals program and our work with farm to school approaches at Mary Hogan.

Students can come grab a popsicle and play on the playground. There will be lots of friends and new freinds to meet!

You can also bring a picnic lunch and snack while they play.

There is a lot of great information about the start of school, so be sure to check them out.

Wednesday 8/26 - First Day of School

Friday 8/28 - Kindergarten classes emailed to families in afternoon

Friday 9/4 - No School

Monday 9/7 - No School

Thursday 9/17 - Picture Day!

• 5.45-7 - Back to School Night!