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BROMWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (214)
2500 East
Fourth Avenue,
80206-4214
(Columbine Street at East Fourth Avenue)
Telephone:
(303) 388-5969
Fax: (720) 424-9355
E-mail: Bromwell@dpsk12.org
Mr. Jonathan Wolfer, Principal
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B-8: Ms. Ford's Kindergarten Classroom
Dear Children,
Welcome to Kindergarten at Bromwell Elementary School! I am happy to be your Kindergarten teacher this year, and I know we are going to have a wonderful time together. We will learn our letters and numbers. We will learn how to read and write wonderful stories! Every day in Kindergarten is filled with fun and excitement.
There are many people to help you during your first year at our school. There is Ms. Colleen, my helpful and caring paraprofessional, and there is Mr. Cutler, our colorful librarian. There is also our very tall principal, Mr. Wolfer. We will all
work hard to make sure that you learn a lot, and that your first year at Bromwell is great!
love,
Ms. Ford
Kindergarten Students and Parents
Kindergarten students are like sponges. That's a good thing, because the foundations for future learning are being laid during this year. In Kindergarten, children are quite active and they are interested in everything. They work towards mastering drawing, reading, writing, counting... and mastering sports and playtime, too. They need lots of support and encouragement, but they are also beginning to become independent as they learn. They develop skills to express their feelings, and they can identify feelings in other children. Kindergarten children feel empathy and develop the ability to control when and how they respond to their own strong emotions. They learn how to be good members of the classroom community, and develop social skills with peers. It's quite a year!
Bromwell students are some of the highest achievers in our district. That's because their parents support them so well. Bromwell parents feed their kids healthy meals, and make sure they get plenty of sleep. They encourage their kids to play and get lots of exercise. Bromwell parents are good role models for reading and writing, and all sorts of other learning tasks. At our school, parents are encouraging and positive. That's why our students are the best!
Our Weekly Schedule
Monday
8:25 First Bell
8:30 Tardy Bell
11:20 Lunch
12:15 Afternoon Bell
12:55 - 1:15 Music
2:20 - 2:40 P.E.
3:15 Dismissal
Tuesday
8:25 First Bell
8:30 Tardy Bell
11:20 Lunch
12:15 Afternoon Bell
12:35 - 1:05 LMC
1:35 - 2:00 Art
2:20 - 2:40 P.E.
3:15 Dismissal
Wednesday
8:25 First Bell
8:30 Tardy Bell
11:20 Lunch
12:15 Afternoon Bell
12:55 - 1:15 Music
2:20 - 2:40 P.E.
3:15 Dismissal
Thursday
8:25 First Bell
8:30 Tardy Bell
11:20 Lunch
12:15 Afternoon Bell
1:35 - 2:00 Art
2:20 - 2:40 P.E.
3:15 Dismissal
Friday
8:25 First Bell
8:30 Tardy Bell
11:20 Lunch
12:15 Afternoon Bell
1:35 - 2:05 LMC
2:20 - 2:40 P.E.
3:15 Dismissal
ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW
I LEARNED IN KINDERGARTEN
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. These are the things I learned:
Share everything.
Play fair.
Don't hit people.
Put things back where you found them.
Clean up your own mess.
Don't take things that aren't yours.
Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
Wash your hands before you eat.
Flush.
Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon.
When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
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.
Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.
Everything you need to know is in there somewhere. The Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. Ecology and politics and equality and sane living.
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
[Source: "All I Really Need To Know
I Learned In Kindergarten" by Robert Fulghum.
See his web site at http://www.robertfulghum.com/]
Last year, Mayor Hickenlooper visited B-8
during storytime and read a book to the students!
From the Principal
Ms. Ford is a dynamic teacher who cares deeply about the growth,
emotionally and intellectually, of her Kindergarten students. She is an
asset to the school community and is recognized as a leader among her
peers. Above all, Ms. Ford's lessons are consistently engaging and her
students produce high-quality work as a result.
- Mr. Wolfer
Contact Information
HOW TO REACH ME
Please contact me by calling the school office at 303/388-5969
or
by sending me an e-mail at amy_ford@dpsk12.org
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Do you want to know what classroom supplies students need?
Look at Ms. Ford's Kindergarten Supply List
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