The ECE Experience
Welcome ECE Families! For many of you,
this is a first experience with Brown International Academy,
and perhaps with any school for your child. Below is some information you might
find helpful as we begin the school year. If
you have any questions about this information, please feel free to call the
front office staff at 303-477-1611 or your child’s teacher. Also feel free
to seek out other parents and attend PTO meetings to remain informed. Drop-off and Pick-up ECE students in
room 110 are dropped off and picked up at the ECE classroom door on the
school’s west side (this door is in the middle of the building). ECE students
in room 102 are dropped off and picked up through the school’s main entrance on
the west side. All ECE students should be dropped off at 8:50 a.m. Be sure to
talk to your ECE teacher about pick-up time and location for half-day students.
Classroom Schedule Your child’s
teacher will describe the classroom schedule on Back to School Night. It will
be different for half-day and full-day students. Lunch Walking to the
cafeteria and buying lunch is a new experience for our full-day ECE students. As
a result, Brown staff ensure that children quickly learn the routine. Classes
line up and walk to the lunchroom together, where those who brought their own lunch
go to sit at a table, and those buying “hot” lunch are helped through the lunch
line by the paraprofessional. Lunches cost $1.40 (full price) or 40 cents (reduced fee). You may pre-pay for multiple lunches via MyLunchMoney.com,
or give cash or a check to the cafeteria staff. Remember to sign up online before the first
day of school, or pay staff on the first day when you drop off your child. Your
child will have a lunch card in the classroom that he or she will give to the
cafeteria staff; the paraprofessional will return all lunch cards to the
classroom. Children with free or reduced lunch will have a lunch card that
works the same way. You may read the lunch menu at foodservices.dpsk12.org/menus
or in the menu distributed monthly by Brown. Bathrooms Bathrooms for ECE
students are in the same hallway as their classrooms. Your child will be
assisted, only if needed, by an adult in using the bathroom. School Information and Updates The school and the PTO
regularly produce newsletters packed with information. Students receive these
and other informational flyers in their take home folder at the end of each
week. Please encourage your child to bring this information home to you and to
return the folder to the teacher on Monday. Before- and After-School Programs Kaleidoscope Corner
is available before school from 6:30-9:00
and after school from 3:45-6:00
for full-day ECE students. Kaleidoscope staff drop off and pick up the children
from their classrooms. Kids typically spend their time working on projects in
the cafeteria and playing in the gym or on the playground. More information on
Kaleidoscope can be found at kaleidoscope.dpsk12.org/. Depending on parent
volunteer interest and funding, Brown makes available an array of before- and
after-school programs. To volunteer,
please return the Brown Volunteer Opportunities packet to the front office.
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