WELCOME TO KINDERGARTEN!
2022-2023
Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey that was recently sent to you. This was really helpful and know that many of you had the same questions, concerns, and wonderings. This newsletter houses A LOT of information related specifically to Kindergarten and also more general information related to Rose Glen. Some information you may need right now and some might be good for a little later in the year. Many of you have signed up for the Kindergarten Jump Start on August 16th. This will provide your child with the opportunity to experience Kindergarten with the teachers. Additionally, we would welcome families to join us at 11:30 for an informal Question and Answer time with the teachers and the principal. We know there are always questions and we want to be able to offer time to ask any questions and get to know the Kindergarten staff.
General School Information
The first day of school is Thursday, September 1st!
School starts at 8:40 AM and ends at 3:40 PM.
The link below has the School District of Waukesha calendar. In the weekly school newsletters we will also be sharing Upcoming Events for our school. This will always be at the end of the newsletter and available for your reference. This will include the dates of PTO Meetings, Professional Development Days, and other upcoming events.
Office Staff
Rose Glen Kindergarten Teaching Staff
Communication
Weekly Smore Newsletter:
You will receive a school newsletter each week via email. This is why it is critical to ensure that your email is updated within IC. We want to make sure that you receive this newsletter with important information. Starting in August you should receive an "Eagle Update" each Monday. If you are not receiving the newsletter then please contact the office. Grade levels also have a newsletter that will be shared with families on Friday. The grade level newsletters will come out approximately two times per month. Again, you will receive an email with all of the grade level newsletters.
Facebook:
Our fabulous PTO maintains our Facebook page. They are highly responsive and pro-active. Our Facebook page will also include our school and grade level newsletters. Therefore, this is another great place to check and see if you are receiving the newsletters as they will be posted on Facebook. PTO also pulls critical information from the newsletter and will post frequently. This is also a great place to check for upcoming events, snow cancellations, etc. You can find us at Rose Glen PTO Facebook.
Website:
Another resource for families is our school website. Lots of information for you on our website. Be sure to take a look so that you become familiar with what resources are available to you on the website. Rose Glen School Website
Infinite Campus (IC)
School Supplies
Tuesday, August 16th :
4K and Kdgn. Jump Start / Supply Drop Off for 4K & Kdgn only: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 18th:
Picture Day for All Students and Supply Drop Off for All Students: 11:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 30th:
During Open House/Meet Your Teacher: 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Please label all of your child’s personal belongings such as backpacks, lunch boxes, water bottles and jackets.
Lunch Experience
Lunch time is a fun time for our kindergarten friends! They really enjoy the social part and the opportunity to be with new friends. In the beginning this can sometimes be a little bit of a challenge for kindergarteners because they get so caught up in the fun that they forget to eat! The adults supervising will continue to encourage students to eat but do not be surprised in the beginning if your child is coming home with food that you pack.
We HIGHLY encourage you to pack a cold lunch the first couple of weeks of school. This allows your child to get into the groove and the expectations of lunchtime. After the first two weeks we will introduce the school lunch process. We also understand that we will have students who take school lunch right away. This is not a problem and we will make it work! We have just found it to be an easier way to transition at the start of the year if students bring a lunch from home.
Transportation
In order to access your child's bus route information you need to login to your Waukesha School District Infinite Campus parent portal account. You would have set up a user name and password when you registered your children for Kindergarten.
BUS ROUTE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR PARENT PORTAL.
*please note that this will not be in Infinite Campus until closer to the start of the
school year when the district's transportation plans are complete.
To find your child's bus route information:
- Log into your Infinite Campus (IC) Parent Portal.
- Along the left side (black background), click More.
- In the middle section (white background), click Transportation (you will not see a Transportation section at this time; it will not be available until closer to the start of the school year)
- Under Bus Detail you will find the morning bus # , pick up location and pick up time as well as the afternoon bus #, drop off location and drop off time.
There is a form available on the Rose Glen website (link: Transportation to Alternate Location Request Form) if you need to change your child’s bus due to child care. This is needed even if your child will be attending the Lawrence Center for before or after school care. Please complete the form and send it in as soon as possible because at the beginning of the school year, changes can take up to 14 days to take effect due to the large volume of scheduling. If you can submit it prior to school starting there is a much better chance that your child’s schedule will be set by the time school starts.
Before and After School Care
Cool School Program Link:
https://www.waukesha-wi.gov/government/departments/before-afterschool-programs.php
Before and After School Specifics for Kindergarten
Our goal is to ensure a smooth transition for your child as he/she enters the building at the beginning of the day and exits the building at the end of the day.
Beginning of the Day - Bus: If your child will be a bus rider this year, we highly encourage your Kindergartener to take the bus the first day of school. This allows your child to get into a groove right away and know what to expect moving forward. We will have multiple adults helping to assist our new students for the first weeks of school and we will make sure that our kindergarteners get to the right spots as they exit off the bus.
End of the Day - Bus: At the beginning of the year we spend a lot of time with our kindergarten friends getting them ready to board the buses at the end of the day. We intentionally load the 4K and kindergarten students first so that we can make sure the students are all on the correct bus and ready to leave at the end of the day. Eventually they become more independent and know how to get to their bus.
Drop-Off: See below for specific information related to drop-off for those who will not be taking the bus. For those who do not utilize the bus we have Walkers' Circle on the side of the building, down at the bottom of the hill. Students should not arrive at school prior to at 8:30 AM as there is no supervision. We recommend dropping your child off between 8:30 and 8:40 AM. You may not drop your child off before this time. If you would like to walk your child up the hill then please park on the road and not within the circle. We understand at the beginning you may want to ensure that they get up the hill. It is quite a big hill for some of our littlest learners!
Pick-Up: See below for specific information related to pick-up for those who will not be taking the bus. Please know that we have an adult who walks the kindergarten students down the hill at the end of the day. We try to walk the kindergarten students down first at the beginning of the year so that they get use to the process. We have noticed that many kindergarten families will come a little earlier, park on the road and meet their student on the grassy area along the hill. This is ok as we want you to feel comfortable with the process. Please do not park in the circle if you wish to wait in the grassy area for your child. This will cause a lot of honking of horns and traffic hold-ups in the circle. There will be at least two adults down there and a child is never left down at the hill. If you are running late we will simply walk your child back up the hill and they can wait at the office until your arrival. There will always be supervision. It will probably be a little confusing at first. It will get easier and your will get in a groove quickly as the year continues!
Park and Recreation "Cool School" Before and After School Care:
At the beginning of the day Park and Recreation will make sure that your child gets to their classroom. At the end of the day the kindergarten teachers will make sure that they get to Park and Recreation. The meeting spot is in the school gym.
Changes in Pick-Up: A consistent dismissal schedule is beneficial for all. Please remember that your child's teacher is responsible for ensuring that approximately 25 students go to the right place at the end of the day. We also know that life happens and an occasional change might need to take place. Please notify your child's teacher with as much advance notice as possible if there does need to be a change. Additionally, if a change in your child's dismissal comes up during the school day, please call the office prior to 3:00 to notify us of the change. When the change is made the day of, it is very important that you notify the office. A teacher may not get to their voicemail or email prior to the end of the day and we want to make sure that your child gets where they need to go at the end of the day. We request that you contact us prior to 3:00 if possible because the office becomes a very busy place at the end of the day!
Drop-Off Procedures
Rose Glen is a relatively large elementary school. Each year we typically have 11 busses bringing our students to and from school each day. Unfortunately, we have a relatively small parking lot to handle the before and after school traffic that is present daily. Therefore, it is critical that we all work together to follow the established procedures for pick-up and drop-off. When we all follow the established the procedures everything flows really well and safety is maintained! Most students at Rose Glen take the bus to and from school each day. If your child is being dropped off and picked up each day then below we have the following procedures. Also know that our procedures will always be available to you in our weekly Smore Newsletter.
GOALS:
To ensure that we are creating the safest environment and procedures possible for morning drop-off.
To ensure that all Rose Glen community members are aware of the current drop-off procedures.
CIDER HILLS CROSSING:
A crosswalk has been added to provide a safe pathway for families from Rose Glen to the Cider Hills neighborhood. Additionally, STOP signs have also been added to slow cars down and to ensure that families are able to cross without having to worry about on-coming traffic. These STOP signs will be activated from 8:25-8:40 and 3:30-3:50.
General Drop-Off Procedures:
Walkers' Circle is the horseshoe shaped entrance and exit located on the side of the building. All cars should enter through the ENTRANCE ONLY of Walkers' Circle to drop children off.
There is NO PARKING IN WALKERS’ CIRCLE. It is intended for fluid drop-off of children. Please exit quickly and cautiously. Be mindful that others are waiting to drop-off and unnecessary stopping causes delays and interferes with the purpose of Walkers Circle.
Cars can exit and turn left from the left lane or turn right from the right lane. NO U-Turns, no Y-Turn, no backing up and out through the entrance, or using the neighborhood cul-de-sac. Traffic either goes right or left out of the circle.
Children should use the sidewalk of Walkers’ Circle to walk to the hill. No children should be seen leaving the car from the driver’s side of the car. All children exiting the car should leave from the passenger side of the car.
Cars should pull up on the right side of the Walkers’ Circle.
- No cars should use the left lane of Walkers’ Circle to park or drop-off children. This lane will be open so that cars can safely pull into the left side for left turn exiting purposes.
- If you want to walk your child up the hill in the morning please do not park in the circle. Please pull ahead and park on the road. This will allow Walkers' Circle to keep moving.
- No parking on Brookhill Drive that runs parallel to Walkers’ Circle (the grassy part of the Walkers’ Circle). This will allow cars turning both left and right to have a clear view of oncoming traffic. Cars that park next to grass area closest to the Walkers’ Circle create a blindspot. Therefore, moving forward we would like to reduce this risk and make this a No Parking Zone.
Pick-Up Procedures
GOALS:
To ensure that we are creating the safest environment and procedures possible for afternoon pick-up.
To ensure that all Rose Glen community members are aware of the current pick-up procedures.
CIDER HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD CROSSING!
A crosswalk has been added to provide a safe pathway for families from Rose Glen to the Cider Hills neighborhood. Additionally, STOP signs have also been added to slow cars down and to ensure that families are able to cross without having to worry about on-coming traffic. These STOP signs will be activated from 8:25-8:40 and 3:30-3:50. If you live in the Cider Hills neighborhood a teacher or staff member will escort your child and cross them to the neighborhood. Please contact us prior to school starting if your child will be utilizing the Cider Hills crosswalk . This will allow us to connect with them prior to the end of the day and ensure that we have all the students that we will be walking across to the neighborhood. We want them to know the plan and be comfortable with the end of the day procedures.
General Pick-Up Procedures:
All cars should enter through the ENTRANCE ONLY to pick children up.
There is NO PARKING IN WALKERS’ CIRCLE. It is intended for fluid pick-up of children. Please exit quickly and cautiously. Be mindful that others are waiting to pick-up and unnecessary stopping causes delays and interferes with the purpose of Walkers Circle.
Cars can exit and turn left from the left lane or turn right from the right lane. NO U-Turns, no Y-Turn, no backing up and out through the entrance, or using the neighborhood cul-de-sac. Traffic either goes right or left out of the circle.
Children should use the sidewalk of Walkers’ Circle to walk to enter the car. No children should be seen entering the car from the driver’s side of the car. All children entering the car should be seen entering from the passenger side of the car.
Do not park in the neighborhood cul-de-sac. There are already signs posted and we need to adhere to these posted signs out of respect for our neighbors.
Cars only use the right side of the Walkers’ Circle.
No cars should use the left lane of Walkers’ Circle to pick children up. This lane will be open so that cars can safely pull into the left side for left turn exiting purposes.
No parking on Brookhill Drive that runs parallel to Walkers’ Circle (the grassy part of the Walkers’ Circle). This will allow cars turning both left and right to have a clear view of oncoming traffic. Cars that park next to grass area closest to the Walkers’ Circle create a blindspot. Therefore, we would like to reduce this risk and make this a No Parking Zone.
As you use Walkers Circle, it is important to be mindful of keeping the flow going. Drive forward as cars exit. With the left lane open for traffic, then cars should be able to navigate safely and easily out of the Circle. No student will be allowed to enter or cross the circle to get in a vehicle if the vehicle is parked in the left lane.
It is important that cars do not park at the entrance of the hill on Brookhill. This is critical to keeping flow into the circle moving. If a car cannot get into the Circle because another car has chose to park, then the whole flow of the Circle is stopped or slowed down. With these changes we should anticipate that there might be a longer line up Brookhill to get into the Walkers Circle. As kids are picked up in the Circle, then cars will be able to enter from Brookhill to also pick up.
Anticipate that it might take a few extra minutes. A lot of thought has been put into how we can create the safest pick-up possible. Remember that the ultimate goal is child safety. Patience is key during this time of day.
Too Sick for School
My child has special health concerns. What should I do?
Please discuss the concerns with your child’s kindergarten teacher. It is important for her to know about allergies or any other health issues that may affect your child’s school experience. The teacher may direct you to discuss the problem with the principal, health room assistant, or our school district nurse. A health care plan may be completed to address specific needs.
Will my child need to pay any fees?
Yes. You will receive an email from the school district over the summer when online registration is available through our Infinite Campus system. Parents are able to complete all necessary forms and pay fees online. Fees for 20-21 will be $60.00 for K-5 school fees and $25.00 per student (K-5) for a technology fee for the iPad use.
Do children bring a daily snack?
Please send a small, healthy, easy to eat snack with your child each day. This snack should also be peanut-free and nut-free for at least the first week of school. Your child’s teacher will send home more information about snacks once school begins. (Some classrooms may be peanut-free and nut-free all year long.)
*If your child has any food allergies, please let your child's teacher know as soon as possible.
Your child is also encouraged to bring water (in a reusable water bottle) to school each day. Send ONLY water, no other beverage please.
What if I have other questions?
Just ask. We’re to help you and your child. Contact us whenever you have a question, suggestion, or concern. Communication with you is very important. Let us know how we can help.
Kindergarten Curriculum & Resources
Additionally, your child will go to Art, Music, and PE class. Kindergarten students also go to recess two times a day for approximately 20 minutes. Play is also critical to kindergarten and is built into the daily schedule as well.
To support Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) we implement the Second Step Curriculum. Below is a link to the Second Step Program and what your child will be learning throughout the school year. We will also be developing a school goal around Second Step and Social-Emotional Learning so stay tuned for more information!
Soar Like An Eagle!
Email: dejohnson@waukesha.k12.wi.us
Website: https://sdw.waukesha.k12.wi.us/roseglenes
Location: W273s3845 Brookhill Drive, Waukesha, WI, USA
Phone: 262-970-2405
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