Welcome back! If you are new to Blackwell, then welcome and please know you are at the best school ever! It's a busy time and many forms have and will come home. Please fill them out promptly and return them to school. You will notice that your child is bringing home a daily folder. In it you will find homework, behavior logs, reading logs, and important schoolwide communications. Please check this folder daily and sign where asked too. We will have orientation on August 31st. This is the night we will go over specific schedules, etc. special to our class. I did send home the ABC's of our classroom which should answer any of your questions until orientation. If you should have any other questions until then, please email me at jennifer.stevenson@cobbk12.org.
Please note that we have a student with severe allergies in our classroom including all tree nuts, peanuts, milk, eggs, and sometimes wheat. Please keep this in mind when sending food with your child to school. I know these things can't always be eliminated from a child's diet. I have 3 children of my own, and know they can be picky about what the eat. Just know, that the children may "move around" during snack time to help avoid any contamination just as a precaution. Having said this, we do not eat lunch until 12:30 and the children are starving by then! Please send a nutritious snack everyday with your child.
Right now, I am in the middle of assessing each child individually so that I can meet the needs of each of your children. We will start our regular daily schedule very soon.
Homework: Please review your child's homework each night. There should be at least 15 minutes of reading to be recorded on the reading log in your child's folder. Homework should only take you about 30 minutes each night. Please take the time to talk to your child about his/her day. It's important to have this communication each night.
I'm really excited and honored to be working with your children. We are going to have a fantastic year!
See you soon!
Dr. Stevenson
