Welcome to Kindergarten Parent
Information Night
» We are so glad you are here!
Attendance
• First bell rings at 7:30
• Arrive as early as 7:00
• Your child should be through
the double doors by 7:45, or
they will be counted tardy.
• Tardiness effects perfect
attendance and morning
routine
• Absence – a note from home
or doctor’s office is required
upon returning to school
• Students must be fever free
(less than 100 without
medicine) for 24 hours before
returning to school.
Tardy Consequences
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1st Tardy Warning
2nd Tardy Eat lunch Alone
3rd Tardy Lunch alone and sit out
at recess
4th Tardy after school detention
2:45-3:30 and parents must
provide transportation home.
5th Tardy Mrs. Lopez will contact
the parents
Tardies start over every 9 weeks
Academics
• Balanced Literacy
– Reader’s Workshop
• Shared Reading
• Guided Reading
• Independent Reading
– Writer’s Workshop
• Shared Writing
• Guided Writing
• Independent Writing
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Math
Science
Social Studies
Assessments – observations,
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rubrics, and checklist
Grades now include S, N, and U
Conferences
• Parent/Teacher
conferences
November 5th and
6th (these are
early release days:
11:30)
• Parents must
attend to receive
1st report card
Technology
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Computer Instruction
Computer use
Promethean Board
Raz-Kids
Connections From Home
• Skyward/Family Access
– Check attendance
– Check grades at the end of each
nine weeks
– All Parents must Complete forms
online: Emergency Form,
Handbook signature Page, update
information page
• District Web Page
• School Web Page: if you do not
want your child’s picture posted on the
web page or Facebook, etc…, write a
note and give it to Ms. Parks.
• Teacher Web Page
Homework
• Reading – read 20 minutes each night
(you and/or child) and do assignment for
the night.
• Sight Words – practice sight words we
have learned
• Math – activities will be posted in
newsletters
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Homework sheet -Homework will be
assigned Monday-Thursday. Parent’s
must initial/signature is required per day.
• No Homework-Can not be on Gold
that day. 5 times no homework will
result in completing assignment
during stations.
Awards
• Earned each nine
weeks
– Perfect attendance
• No absences and only 1
tardy
– Citizenship
– Outstanding Student
• The student has to be
on reading level or
above for the 9 weeks.
(attendance, tardiness—1 tardy
take away perfect attendance,
and grades are part of the criteria
in determining awards)
Husky Bucks/Shopping
• Children will earn husky bucks throughout the week.
• Earned for various things such as: appropriate behavior,
following rules/directions, working, etc…
• Husky bucks can be taken away for unacceptable
behavior.
• Children will spend the husky bucks on Friday.(treasure
box, eating in the room, reading to another class, stinky
feet, homework pass etc…)
• Any donations for items for treasure box will be greatly
appreciated. Items such as party favors/no candy or food
(bouncy balls, pencils, rings, cars, bubbles, etc…) Thank
you in advance for your support. Your child will receive
husky bucks for donating items to the treasure box.
Snacks
• Working snack time
• Small healthy snack daily
• No candy, drinks, dairy items or snacks that
require utensils. NO Peanut products for snack
• Water bottles may be brought for snack and
water break times. NO JUICE.
Lunch
• 30 minutes:10:35-11:05 or
10:40-11:10
• Purchase from cafeteria or
bring ready to eat lunch
• Children need to learn their
lunch number.
• Cost: breakfast $1.10 and
lunch is $1.80
• Parents may eat with their
child after the 1st week of
school. Limited seating.
Parents may need to stand
• After a child owes $15.00, a
cold cheese sandwich and
milk will be served and the
charge will be .50cents.
• Milk is the beverage at lunch.
Recess
• Supervised by
teachers
• Children’s safety
comes first
• Structured rotation of
recess activities
Specials
P.E., Music, Art
50 minutes every day
Tennis Shoes are required for P.E.
(Please have your child wear tennis shoes daily.)
Music, Art, P.E. give their own behavior grades.
Specials Information
This year, your child will go to art, music or PE on a weekly rotation. The schedule will be FIXED on Monday –
Thursday to help your child remember which days to have the correct shoes for PE.
Fridays will rotate. However, if we have a Monday holiday, the instruction will always be made up the following
Friday. Please check the Hubenak Home Webpage, or the PE Webpage weekly for information about the
Friday schedules.
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade**
Fifth Grade**
Pink
Alaniz &
¼ Triplett
Evans &
¼ Jackson
O’Donnell
Castillo
Gesink &
¼ Sheard
Wenglar
Red
Delozier &
¼ Chavez
Aldridge &
¼ Carmona
Guevara
Corkran &
¼ DeLany
Taylor
Lester
Orange
Moyer &
¼ Triplett
Kreidie &
¼ Jackson
Gutierrez
Nash
Adams &
¼ Sheard
Grissom
Yellow
Masseo &
¼ Chavez
Holtman &
¼ Carmona
Tyrell
Naylor &
¼ Delany
Diaz
Giametta
Green
Lerma &
¼ Chavez
Cernosek &
¼ Carmona
Smith
Jones &
¼ DeLany
Nguyen
Raza
Turquoise
Tristan &
¼ Triplett
Jara & ¼
Jackson
Glassco
Dry
Salazar &
¼ Sheard
Knox
Blue
Herring &
¼ Chavez
Farrington &
¼ Carmona
Woodcock
Coon &
¼ DeLany
Carrillo-Priego
McManners
Purple
Andres &
¼ Triplett
Ryals &
¼ Jackson
Lepper
Eitel
Hindi &
¼ Sheard
Sprinkle Group
(Knox/Wenglar/Grisso
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Art –
Hernandez
Music –
Ramsey
Music – Perez
PE/Health*
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Pink
Turquoise
Orange
Purple
Yellow
Green
Red
Blue
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
Orange
Purple
Pink
Turquoise
Turquoise
Green
Blue
Purple
Pink
Red
Orange
Yellow
Turquoise
Green
Blue
Purple
Pink
Red
Orange
Yellow
Friday
Schedule Will Rotate
Art – Vogt
Monday
Specials Policies
Content Grades in PE, Music and Art
Each student will receive two grades in art, music and physical education: academic
performance and conduct.
Performance - Mastery of the instructional objectives will be the determining factor in
assigning performance grades. Three grades will be taken during each 9-week period. At any
point during the grading period that the student’s grade falls below an S, he/she will receive a
progress report, or documentation on a specials conduct note, that should be signed by the
parent and returned promptly. Please see page 50 of the LCISD student handbook for specific
guidelines regarding specials assessment.
Conduct - Behavior will be used to determine the conduct grade. A student’s specials
conduct grade is separate from the classroom conduct grade. Specials teachers will
communicate conduct marks with a written note that will be stapled in the student’s agenda.
Each note should be signed and returned promptly. Conduct grades are aligned with the
grade level policies. They are as follows:
Grades K - 2
Grades 3 - 5
S
= 0 - 2 notes
S
N
U
= 3 notes
= 4+ notes
N
U
=0-1
notes
= 2 notes
= 3 notes
*Please note that specials grades are unique in that for both conduct and performance grades, students must participate actively and have a
positive attitude to earn an S. Because these affect both conduct and performance, a conduct note may be used to communicate with
parents when either grade may be lowered. (p.50 of the handbook)
PE Procedures
Medical Excuses - If a student needs to be excused from participation in
physical education activities for medical reasons, a written excuse from the
parent must be provided if the student is to be excused for 2 or less days
(only one PE day). If a student is to be excused from physical education
activities for more than 2 consecutive school days (more than one PE day),
please provide a written excuse from the doctor.
Appropriate Shoes – On days when your child has PE, it is extremely
important that your child wears flat, rubber-soled, tennis shoes that are
fixed firmly on their feet, cover the entire foot, and do not leave scuff
marks on the floor. Your child will be running, jumping, and doing various
other physical activities in their tennis shoes. Not only is this a huge safety
precaution and a necessity to maintain the gym floor, but it is also part of
your student’s PE performance grade. Each time your child does not wear
the proper shoes to PE, he/she will receive a mark in the grade book.
Three marks in a single 9-weeks will constitute a drop in his/her PE
performance grade.
Questions? Please visit the Specials teachers’
websites!
See what’s happening and follow us on
Facebook or Twitter!!
facebook.com/HubenakSpecials
@HubenakSpecials
aRT Supply
Donations
empty paper towel rolls
newspaper
magazines (please preview first)
fabric
yarn
ribbon
chenille stems
cardboard
posterboard
fun foam
cardstock
plastic bottlecaps
coke tabs
old CDs
wrapping paper
bubblewrap
unused sponges
beads
wax paper
old calendars with visuals of animals,
cars, etc.
artificial foods such as fruits/vegetables
markers
pencils
Birthdays
• Allowed - Store bought
cupcakes/cookies are
allowed and will be eaten
the last 10 minutes of class
before dismissal.
• Not allowed – invitations
cannot be handed out,
gifts, balloons, party
favors, treat bags, etc.
• Birthday Sign up List for
addresses of students.
Daily Folder
• Conduct Report
(Behavior Chart)
• Initial daily
• Use this folder to send
notes to teacher in
protective sleeve
• Homework will be sent
home and returned to
school in this folder.
• Clean out old
homework pages
Thursday Husky Folder
• Comes home on
Thursday
• Child’s work
• Important school
papers
• Return empty on
Friday
• $3 to replace lost
Husky Folder
Uniform Dress Code
• Students are required to wear uniform dress at
Hubenak Elementary
– White, navy blue, light blue, black or red solid color
collared shirt/blouse or school T-shirt, husky school
shirts
– Khaki, navy blue, black or blue denim jeans, pants,
capris, shorts, skirts, skorts (split skirts), or jumpers
– No commercial print
– Logos- are allowed as long as they are no larger than a
quarter.
– Sweaters, jackets, hoodies, or other tops intended to be
worn in the building must be solid white, navy blue, light
blue, red, black, or an approved Hubenak item
• Solid denim jackets are allowed.
Buses Numbers
3106, 3127, 3014, 3120, 3147, 3062
second route 3106-Kids R Kids and
3127.
Keep your child’s
transportation tag on
their back pack with
the proper 4 digit bus
number.
Bus information found on pages 37-39 of the
handbook.
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Students are prohibited from engaging in activities that are against the bus safety
rules: a. Students should observe the same rules of conduct while riding the bus as
they do in the classroom.
b. Students are prohibited from directing profanity, vulgar language, or obscene
gestures toward bus drivers or other students on the bus, passengers in cars or
pedestrians outside the bus.
c. Bus drivers are authorized to assign or reassign seats as needed.
d. Get to your bus stop three to five minutes early.
e. Stand back from the edge of the road or curb because the bus is required to pull
over on the side of the roadway.
f. Loading and unloading procedures:
• Stand at least five feet back from the bus stop to avoid accidents.
• Watch your step, step on and off quickly, quietly, without crowding or pushing.
• Do not play at bus stops. Watch traffic at all times.
• Move away from the bus as soon as you exit to avoid falling under the wheels.
Be seated before the bus begins to move. REMAIN SEATED AT ALL TIMES
WHILE THE BUS IS IN MOTION.
h. Keep your head, arms, elbows and any objects out of the window. Never throw
anything out of the bus window.
Walker Information
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Walkers: All kindergarten and first grade students must be met at the
corner by a parent, guardian or designated adult. Beginning this year, the
responsible person must also show a “Yellow Card” with the following
student information: student name and teacher name. Yellow cards may
be picked up in the front office. Parents or guardians must provide written
authorization to the principal if their kindergarten or first grade child is to
walk home from the corner with an older sibling. If no one is at the corner to
meet the child or they do not have the yellow card, the student will be
walked back to the school and a parent must come to the office to pick up
their child.
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Once the students cross the street, they are on their own. Walkers do walk
in inclement weather and it is the parent’s responsibility to contact the office
prior to 2:00 if they want to change the way their child gets home.
Car Rider Information
• Drop off as early as 7:00 A.M.
• When dropping off students, parents must stay in the car. The
children will exit the car from the sight side of the car. Teachers and
safety patrol will assist students.
• Be sure to stay in line close to the curb.
• All parents will need a green tag to show the name of the child they
will be picking up.
• REQUIRED parents must have their car tag or they will have to park
and come to the office to check in before taking their child.
• All kindergarten students will be picked up at paw print #1.
• Parents must stay in the car when dropping off and picking up
students. Teachers and safety patrol will assist students when
getting in the car.
HUBENAK’s
Traffic Flow Pattern
PTA
• PTA supports the school, teachers and children by
arranging volunteers, purchasing recess equipment,
holding special assemblies, providing fieldtrips at no cost
to students and much more.
• Please join PTA. If you join, you and your family get
early admittance into events sponsored by PTA.
• Joining PTA does NOT mean you have to participate or
volunteer in any function/meeting.
• Folders were handed out with a lot of information from
PTA.
Volunteer Breakfast
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Will you attend our annual Parent Involvement Breakfast?
Hubenak Cafeteria
Come find out more about the many opportunities for you to get involved
in your child’s education through volunteering at Hubenak and enjoy a
yummy breakfast while you’re here! This is also a great chance to meet
other parents and make connections!
Some topics to be covered include:
Room Moms
Library Volunteers
Workroom Volunteers
Brown Bag (Take Home Project) Volunteers
Committees (Spring Carnival, Yearbook, Box
Tops, Spirit Wear, etc.)
DADS GROUP
YOUR questions
Skyward – Family Access
LCISD guardians will be able to make changes to items such
as phone numbers, email addresses, emergency contacts, etc.,
all online through the Skyward Family Access Center.
There is a video on the Family Access page of the district web
site that walks parents through how to make changes. This is
the direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l53jXRi4ro8
Complete beginning of school year
paperwork on line. 3 items to be
completed: Emergency Form, Handbook
signature page, update information
page.
Extras
• 2 Transportation tags stay on
the backpack all year.
• Accidents happen – please
keep a change of clothing in
your child’s backpack
• Please label child’s clothing,
jacket’s, sweaters, lunchboxes
and backpacks.
• Please work with your child on
tying their shoes
• Rolling backpacks are not
allowed
• Newsletters will be emailed out
weekly.
(Extras continued)
• Two parties during the school
year (Fall and Spring)
• Fieldtrip in October: please
order a Kindergarten shirt
through PTA.
• When visiting Hubenak – you
must check in at the office and
wear a name tag
• Volunteering
• Questions