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Back to School Night2013

About Mrs. Orsisni

Mrs. Orsini I am married and I have five children. I graduated from California State University at Northridge (CSUN) in 2001 with my oldest son. A year later I received my preliminary credential and in 2006 I cleared my credential. I have been an elementary school teacher for 10 years. During that time, I taught first grade and kindergarten. When Im not teaching I enjoy gardening, reading the latest novel, and shopping.

About Mrs. Alvarado

Mrs. AlvaradoThis will be her fourth year teaching at Ingenium Charter.She received her B.A. and Credential at California State University of Northridge.She is half Indian and half Salvadoran. She has a fraternal twin, Ms. KumarShe has two beautiful girls. One who is 3 and the other 5 months. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and movies.

Our Philosophy We believe every child can succeed and every one of them learns differently. Therefore, it is our job to look at each child as an individual and teach them in a way that matches their learning style.

Our classroom should be a place where every child feels happy, safe, loved, and respected.

School ScheduleSchool begins at 8:00 am and ends at 2:30pm.Every Wednesday dismissal is at 12:40pm.Early Pick up: If you are going to pick up your child early, please stop by the office . Legally, students may not be released unless they are signed out. Please try not to pick up your child early. We understand that sometimes it is an emergency, but for all other reasons such as doctor appointments, try to schedule after school, if possible. Thank you.After school pick up: You or an authorized adult may pick up your child in the classroom. If you think you might be late, please call the office. We are usually at school until 4:00pm. After 4:00, you may pick up your child in Rm. 35 with Ms. D.

Attendance and TardiesStudents must come to school everyday unless sick or if there is a family emergency. Every day new lessons/activities are being taught. If your child is out, please call the office or send a note with your child when he/she returns to school. Please bring your child to school on time. School starts at 8:00 am. Tardies cause many distractions and can throw off our daily schedule; please be on time.

Snacks and Lunch Students receive breakfast before school and at recess. If you would like to send a snack for recess, we prefer its a small healthy snack with juice or water. Recess is about 20 minutes.Every student receives lunch every day even if they are reduced or full price and forgot to bring money. Ms. D. keeps a daily meal log and will inform you of any I.O.U.s. If your student is allergic or does not eat a variety types of food, please ask for a breakfast/lunch menu in the office.

BirthdaysIf you wish for your child to celebrate his/her birthday in the classroom, please let us know ahead of time by email or in person to accommodate in our daily schedule. We prefer at the end of the day around 1:30 to 2:00pm. You may send small treats , juice, napkins, and cups.There are 40 students currently enrolled

Code of CooperationStudents and teacher together created the code of cooperation.We will follow directions and pay attention.We will raise a quiet hand.We will keep our hands and feet to ourselves.We may leave our seats with permission.

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Behavior Charts

Shared VisionThe Little Engine That CouldOur Vision We are leaders because we are in charge of our own learning. We will do our best to become awesome readers and writers by mastering our letter sounds, rainbow words, and word families.

Daily ScheduleLanguage Arts: developing an awareness of letters, recognizing that letters have specific sounds, awareness of the relationship of letters to words and words to sentences, developing a basic vocabulary set by listening to and identifying unknown words in stories, recognizing basic sight words in text.Math: developing a strong number sense, identifying numbers up to 100, ability to sort and organize objects based on different attributes, recognizing basic shapes and units for measurement,, time, and weight, addition.I.W. T. (Independent Work Time)Social Studies: Communities, being a good citizen, compare and contrast the locations of people, places, and environments and describe their chracteristics, national and state symbols, history relates to events, people, and places from other events. Science: Plants, animals, water cycle, properties such as solid, liquid, gas, land, air, water, five senses.Enrichment Programs: Art and Physical Education

Common CoreIn 2014 students will be taught common core standards instead of California State Standards. Common Core Standards are more rigorous.Level Readiness teachers at ICS are implementing Common Core with California State Standards.

Data Notebooks

HomeworkIt is handed out every Monday and returned on Fridays complete. This includes the weekly reading log. If the homework is late without a valid excuse, then your child will not receive a sticker. It consists of learning targets taught throughout the week and continuous skill practices.Some hands on activities may not be required to be turned in ; however, it is really important that they are done at home since they are activities that continue to build skills taught in class. Please read to your child every night and answer the questions for each night on the reading log.Dont forget to initial the cover page for each day, which indicates you went over the homework and it is complete.

*Independence is encouraged please provide parental support when necessary.*

What Can I Do To Help?Encourage and foster INDEPENDENCE.

Encourage risk taking, use trial and error learning.

Encourage your child to make observations and predictions.

Encourage your child to be a problem solver.

Help your child become resourceful and to make good choices.

Remember that homework is to teach responsibility, not to challenge.

Volunteers Ways You Can Volunteer

Working with students (T.B. clearance)Chaperoning a field tripPreparing materials at homePreparing materials at school(Parent Center Rm.35)++Supplying materialsHelping at special events

Field Trips * California Science Center (fall) Los Angeles Zoo (spring)

*All kindergarten classes will have a school fundraiser beginning this Friday after school to raise money for two school buses. We encourage all parents to volunteer by assisting with selling or donating. If you are interested in helping, please sign-up on our volunteer form or see Mrs. Aguilera (parent coordinator) or Mrs. Alvarado for more information.

Items you can donate or lend:Nacho ChipsNacho CheesePaper bowls/containers for the nachosChipsWater BottlesBoxed JuicesPopsiclesIceNapkinsIce Cooler

Children may forget what you say, but they will NEVER forget how you make them feel!!

Our Contact InformationEmail Address: Jaypria Alvarado & Kathy Orsinijalvarado@ingeniumschools.org korsini@ingeniumschools.orgIn person: after school 2:30-4:00pm.School Telephone: 818.456.4590Personal Cell Phone: (Alvarado)818.464.8576 (Orsini) 818. 388.8812. Call and text messages between 4:00-6:00pm, Mon-Fri.

Wish ListIf you can help, please take an apple

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