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Frequently Asked Questions

Bus Notes: If your child is going to be riding a different bus home or you are going to pick him/her up, please send a note in your child's folder.
All parents must sign in at the office before coming down to the classrooms.
If you are picking your child up afer school, please use the circle drive. All students will exit through the north gym door.

If you would like to, you can send in a box or bag of snacks each month for us to use as a class. Students will have a small snack at the end of the day.
I will try to get as close as I can to your child's birthday to celebrate.
You may send in a birthday treat on your child's birthday to celebrate.
We celebrate half birthdays for those students whose birthdays are in the summer.

Forest View offers FREE breakfast to all students. This includes milk. Students will be served breakfast in the classroom.
We have a food bar with salad and fruit. Students are asked to only take what they will eat.
Lunch is FREE to all students.
Students will be expected to eat at least half of their lunch.
The students will go outside first before they go to lunch.
If your child has cold lunch and would like milk, they will need to purchase the milk. Milk costs 40 cents.
If you send milk money to school with your child, please put it in an envelope with his/her name written on the front.

The daily take home folder is for students to use every day to develop organizational skills and develop responsibility.
This folder will hold EVERYTHING that you and your child will need to keep up-to-date with what is going on at school- current skills we are practicing, weekly schedule, calendars, lunch menu, snack schedule, and more.
Make sure to check your child’s folder each night. As the year progresses and your child progresses, I will add to the folder more often.
Please send all notes and money inside the folder. Money should be in a baggy or envelope with your child's name written on the outside and what it is for (lunch money, book order, popcorn).

Report cards will be sent home twice a year, once in January and again at the end of the school year.

Children are asked to keep toys and personal belongings home unless it relates to a classroom project/activitiy. Keeping toys at home minimizes distraction and prevents beloved items from being lost, stolen, or damaged.

Outside Clothing: Please have your child dressed for the outside weather when he/she comes to school. The students will have outside recess before they come to school.
Please have your child wear clothes that he/she can get on and off independantly.
Boots should be pull on boots without laces.
Flip flops should not be worn to school.
Gym Day: PLease send tennis shoes with your child on gym day. It is imporant for them to be prepared.
Velcro shoes work best if your child is not ready to tie yet.
Tennis shoes can be left in your child's cubby.
Extra set of clothing: Please provide an extra set of clothing in a bag in your child's backpack in case they have an accident or they get wet or messy at school

Email: Jessica.Baird@Cadillac.k12.mi.us
Classroom Phone Number: 1(231)920-8065
Please feel free to contact me at any time with any questions or concerns.
The classroom phone will go directly to voicemail during the school day to minimize classroom interruptions while working with students. If you would like to leave a voicemail, I will return your call at the end of the day or the next morning.
E-mail is checked throughout the day and will get you the fastest response.
You can also send a note in your child's folder and I will send a response back.
If you have an emergency, please contact the office and they will immediately notify me. The number is 231.876.5100

Please let me know if you would like to help in the classroom-there are many ways to get involved to help our room run smoothly and to help students be succesful.
All volunteers need to fill out a volunteer form and be cleared through Central Office before they can volunteer.