WTKJ News: Mrs. King's Class

Friday, August 13, 2010

Mrs. King's Class

Welcome to Kindergarten. I can't we believe we are already at the end of our fist week of a new school year. It has been a great week! We have worked hard in class learning new classroom rules and procedures, meeting new friends and getting used to our school environment. We are learning fast and having fun.

I sent home a snack calendar for each class. It has the month of August and September. The rest of the snack calendars will be e-mailed home instead of the hard copies, but I haven't got all your e-mail address into the system yet to create my distribution list so I wanted to do a hard copy the first time. Also listed on the snack calendar is our special schedule. Don't forget that tennis shoes or sneakers are required for your child to participate in P.E. I have lots of students wearing flip-flops to school. While I understand that they are easy to put on and cooler, they are also very dangerous and hard to keep on our feet. Please, Please try to put your child in shoes that at least strap on so that we can stay safe.

Also please make sure your child has a change of clothes in a bag in their backpack. They will remain in the backpack unless we need to use them. Dress code has also been an issue this week. Yes we do have a dress code for Kindergarten. It is in the Combs District Handbook and every student is required to follow it. Basically children should wear age-appropriate clothing that does not interfere with the education of others or themselves and covers their bodies appropriately. This means no bare mid-diffs or backs-this includes short shirts, low rise pants halter top shirts or dresses or spaghetti straps or mesh/see-through materials without something underneath it. Toys and other personal items should not becoming to school either.

A Scholastic Book order will come home at the end of next week. This is a great way to build up your home library and usually several books for a dollar or less and for every dollar spent money comes back to the classroom so that I can continue to add to our classroom collection.

We are off to a great start and I look forward to a wonderful school year. Thank you for all your help and support.

Mrs. King

Trisha Wright

Kelly Trowbridge

Welcome to Kindergarten! My name is Kelly Trowbridge and I was born and raised in Tempe, Arizona. I graduated from Northern Arizona University with a degree in Elementary Education in 2006, a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education in 2008, and a Masters degree in Elementary Education with a Reading Endorsement in 2009. This will be my fourth year of teaching at Simonton. Teaching is my passion and I cannot imagine doing anything else. I am very excited and enthusiastic about getting the opportunity in helping your child start or continue his or her educational career.

Joline King

Welcome Kindergarten at Kathryn Sue Simonton Elementary School. We are so excited to be your partner in educating your child. My name is Joline King and this is my twenty-second year teaching, my ninth for the J.O. Combs District. I am a fourth generation Arizonian and have made the East Valley my home with husband, three children and our beloved dogs Salvador and Jones for the past twenty-three years. I graduated from Brigham Young University with a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and a minor in Early Childhood after completing an Associate’s Degree from Eastern Arizona College. I also have a Master's Degree in Adult Education and Distance Learning. My children, both at home and at school are my greatest joy! I have three children that are mostly grown: Matthew 25, Jennifer 21 and Bryant 19. We also added a daughter-in-law to our family this past spring. Her name is Kristin and she is married to Matthew. I look forward to a great year full of fun and lots of learning.

Kristy Johnson

Hi, my name is Kristy Johnson. I am an Arizona native and have lived in Queen Creek for almost 6 years. This is my third year at Simonton Elementary. For the first two years I worked in the SPED resource room as a paraprofessional. I worked with all grade levels but kindergarten always felt like home. I am looking forward to working with all the students. We will work on reinforcing cirriculumn as well as participating in school specials. My goal is to make learning fun for kindergarten. All aboard the Kinder Express!