All I Really Need to Know
I Learned in Kindergarten
Important Information
Teacher: Mrs. Jones
Email Address: jonenich@sd91.org
Phone Number: (801)310-3491
School Hours Monday-Thursday: 8:15-2:25 (first bell rings at 8:15)
Friday: 9:15-2:25 (LATE START)
Homework Folder: Each student will have a "Homework Folder." Students will return these folders to school every Friday to turn in their weekly homework. On Monday your child will bring home a new homework sheet. Use the homework folder to secure it, along with any readers, flash cards, or other helpful homework resources. The homework folder is also great place to send notes or paperwork or anything else that might need my attention.
Absences: If your child is going to be absent from school for any reason, please call the office at (208)-524-7880.
Specials: Our class goes to "Specials" (Art, Music, Library, and PE) on Friday afternoons starting the second week of school. Please have your child wear or bring PE appropriate shoes on those days.
Classroom Newsletter: I will be sending out a weekly newsletter via email to let you know what we have on tap for the upcoming week. Look for one every Friday.
Birthdays: Our class celebrates each student's birthday! For those students with birthdays on a weekday, we will celebrate that very day. For birthdays that fall on the weekends or a holiday, we will celebrate as close to the day as possible. I will send you a reminder you by email the week before. We will celebrate summer birthdays throughout the month of May. You can send birthday treats (prepackaged, not messy) if you want, but it's totally optional.
Lunch: Kindergartners will eat lunch from 10:45-11:05 . Your child can bring lunch from home or choose a hot lunch option. There are two school lunch options everyday that your child can choose from. Visit the school district’s website at https://www.d91.k12.id.us/13/Lunch to view the lunch menu or just know that a lunch menu will also come home with your child bi-monthly, after this first month.
Transportation: If there is a change to the way your child is getting home, either permanently or just for the day, please call the office so they can get a note to me before we head out.
Communication: The fastest way to contact me is by text at 801-310-3491. You can also email me at jonenich@sd91.org. Please feel free to text or email me anytime! If it is an emergency, contact the office and they will place a call into my classroom.
Me!
I grew up in Southern California and came to Utah to go to college, where I stayed for the next twenty some odd years. I graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in Elementary Education, with an emphasis in reading and language. I then went on to receive my Early Childhood Endorsement from Utah State, again focusing on reading and language. I taught for five years before taking a long (18 year) leave to raise my six kids. I have three daughters and three sons, five of which are married and I have 6 darling grandchildren! My “baby” is starting his sophomore year at the University of Utah where he is playing baseball on scholarship.
This is my tenth year at Sunnyside and my sixth year teaching all day program. I believe that learning is fun because it is! You are going to see incredible learning this year!
Things I like: baseball, baking, reading and listening to books. I like tending my perennial flower beds and going out to eat. Favorite foods are salads, sandwiches and cookies of every shape and size. My favorite color is pink but I also like blue. I have a white farmhouse out in the county with a blue door! Aside from raising my kids and many of their friends, I have fifteen years of experience in the classroom. In my opinion, kindergarten is a year of wonder and the best year to teach because of the amazing growth that takes place. We will have lots of fun together this year. If you have any questions, please ask.
My Family!
WEEKLY HOMEWORK SHEET (In case you ever need one!)
All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
2. Play fair.
3. Don't hit people.
4. Put things back where you found them.
5. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS.
6. Don't take things that aren't yours.
7. Say you're SORRY when you HURT somebody.
8. Wash your hands before you eat.
9. Flush.
10. Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
11. Live a balanced life - learn some and and draw some and paint some and sing and dance and play and work everyday some.
12. Take a nap every afternoon.
13. When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together.
14. Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: The roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
15. Goldfish and hamster and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
16. And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.”
― Robert Fulghum, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten