Welcome Letter August 2013

.Welcome LetterAugust 2013Welcome BackClass Phone: 225-2273I hope everyone had aEmail:Cassandra.Melendez@tusd1.orgInside this Issue Exceptional EducationProgram Overview12 Helpful Links have her back.restful summer and is readyfor school! This year NancyHope will replace Amy Lohseas one of the afternoonTeaching Assistants. Nancyworked with us in the pastand we are very happy toDates to Remember: 8/5/13 - 1 st Day forExplorers 8/23/13 – SchoolPictures 9/2/13 –Labor Dayo No School 9/23/13-9/25/13 –Parent TeacherConferenceso No schoolClass Times: Monday, Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday:o 12:35-4:15 Wednesday:o 12:05-3:15Staff & Service ProvidersCassee- Lead TeacherNancy- TA (Green Room)Deb- TA (Green Room)Darin- TA (Red Room)Nalley- Community Helper(Red Room)Cindy- HI Teacher (parttime)Cyndie Drye-Speech andLanguage PathologistCyndie will work with theafternoon Explorerprogram. She is the Pre-K-8 th grade SLP.ProgramChildren attending theafternoon Explorer class willlearn sign language inaddition to verbal languageusing a total communication(TC) method. While we willnot have an interpreter inthe class, all of the teachersand teaching assistants inthe Green Room haveknowledge of American SignLanguage (ASL).

Staying Up-To-DateOur hope for the preschool this year is to build the Miles Preschool website by uploadingpictures and videos of some of the activities we are doing in class. Pictorial and/or videodocumentations help children reflect and expand on their learning. By placing some of thesedocumentations on the preschool website, parents will have an opportunity to view someclassroom activities with their child from home.Class ScheduleMonday, Tuesday, Thursday Friday:Wednesday 12:35-1:00- Arrival/Outside Activities 12:05-12:40- Arrival/ Outside 1:00-2:00- Centers/Inside Activities 12:45-1:15- Library 2:00-2:30- Circle Time 1:15-2:00- Centers/Inside Activities 2:30-3:00- Snack 2:00-2:30- Circle Time 3:00-4:00- Centers/Activities 2:30-3:00- Snack 4:00-4:15- Clean-up, Dismissal, Buses 3:00-3:15- Clean-up, Dismissal, Buses*PE is on Thursdays from 12:35-1:15. Please send your child in tennis shoes or shoesappropriate for physical activities.*Music with Rebecca-TBA