ELC Update 1/29/2023
Hello Early Learning Center Families,
School attendance is essential beginning in kindergarten. Sometimes we don’t think that it is as important as good attendance in the upper grades because kindergarten is not mandatory in many states. But it is important to build a healthy habit of daily school attendance right from the beginning.
Did you know:
* Starting in kindergarten, too many absences can cause some children to fall behind in
school.
* How many absences are too many? Chronic absence is defined as 18 days a year—or just 2
days a month.
* Missing 10 percent or about 18 days of the school year in kindergarten can lower
achievement in 1st grade and, for some students, through 5th grade.
* Students can still fall behind if they keep missing just a day or two every few weeks.
We appreciate your partnership in keeping your children home when they are too sick to come to school (click here for a guide). However, we are noticing a significant decrease in attendance for our kindergarten students this year. In the next week, you may be receiving a letter or phone call from our school detailing your child's number of absences and how we can work together to improve attendance.
Click here (or here for Spanish) for more information on the importance of school attendance.
We all experience challenges in our lives. Moments when we feel like we can’t do it or that we want to give up. We need tools to help us work through those challenges in order to grow instead of giving up. This month's focus for Kindergarten is on practicing Perseverance with the help of following directions.
Conversation Starters:
- Can you share or show what it means to have Perseverance?
- What are some strategies you can use if you get stuck? (Ask questions, ask for help, try again)
Have a great week!!
~Laurie
Save the Date - ELC S.T.E.A.M. Night - February 22 - 5:30-6:30pm
2nd Annual Regional Elementary Curriculum Showcase*
Time: 5:30-7:00 PM
Location: Maple Lawn Elementary
Address: 230 Wood Ave. Sumner, WA 98390
*This is an adult event to provide parents with information about the elementary curriculum. There will be no activities for children nor childcare available.
This district event will feature:
- Our Elementary core curriculum in Language Arts, Math, and Social Emotional Learning for each grade level as well as intervention materials and additional curriculum used to support our students in Special Education.
- An opportunity to view our New 5th grade Human Growth and Development (puberty) and HIV Videos
- Opt out forms will be available after viewing the videos for current 5th grade students.
- Meet and talk with some of our Sumner Early Learning Center staff as well as teachers in nearby SBLSD schools.
- Obtain information about 2023-24 Kindergarten Registration and programs like READY for Kindergarten.
- Visit resource tables hosted by elementary specialists in PE, Music, and STEM.
- Light refreshments available.
If you are unable to attend this event, please consider attending our other regional Curriculum Showcase:
Thursday, January 26th at Victor Falls Elementary- 5:30-7:00 PM
11401 188th Ave Ct E Bonney Lake, WA 98391
*This is an adult event to provide parents with information about the elementary curriculum.
There will be no activities for children nor childcare available.
Laurie Sjolund
Principal
Sumner Early Learning Center
Office - 253.891.4650
Cell - 206.659.6096
Sumner Early Learning Center
Email: ELC@sumnersd.org
Website: sumnersd.org/ELC
Location: 1500 Willow Street, Sumner, WA, USA
Phone: (253) 891-4650
