Label each of your child’s school items – coats, sweaters, boots, paint shirts, back packs, lunch boxes, pocketbooks, hats, etc. or any show and tell materials, books and records.

On the first day of school, each child should have:

1. Snack and juice or milk – in a lunchbox (including a napkin and straw if necessary).

2. Paint shirt or apron – to be left at school and labeled with child’s name.

EMERGENCY INFORMATION

It is extremely important that your child’s emergency information be kept up to date at all times. We depend on this information when we need to reach you should your child become ill or receive an injury during school hours. A child must be sent home with fever, rash, or obvious signs of illness. Please list names (on the emergency card) of persons who can come and get your child in case of emergency (when we cannot reach you).

Please notify us if your child has any health problems, i.e. asthma, diabetes, kidneys, allergies – especially to insect stings – also any eye or ear conditions which should be noted on our emergency sheets and cards. Significant food allergies should also be noted on your card.

INSURANCE

Your child is covered by "In school accident insurance" from the time they arrive for school until they leave school shortly after noon each school day. Our insurance does not allow us to leave our campus with the students. Therefore, we don’t take any field trips. We do bring lots of programs, guest speakers and shows to our school.

CLOTHING

Please let your child wear comfortable, washable clothing. The kinds of activities we pursue involve sitting on the floor, playing in the sandbox, climbing on the monkey bars, running, skipping, finger painting and many other active and sometimes "messy" projects. A pair of tennis shoes, low oxfords, or closed toe shoes give the child the kind of footing necessary for some of our activities, while boots, open toe sandals, "jellies", patent leather shoes and thongs do not.

SCHOOL SHIRTS

You may purchase shirts with our school logo. These are available at the school. We wear our shirts on Fridays. You may also wear our school colors of red and yellow on Friday.

STAY AND PLAY

Each Wednesday afternoon we offer an extended play period to allow you extra time if you have late appointments. There are a limited number of spaces for this program so you must sign up each week in advance. There is a nominal fee charged and you may send a lunch that day…except on the last Wednesday of the month. We will serve Pizza that day. There will be an extra charge for our Pizza Day unless you’ve signed up for at least one other Stay & Play that month.

DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP STUDENTS

Please park to the south of the church when dropping off or picking up children. The main reason for this is safety. The second reason is the moment your car appears, the children become excited and sometimes cause an upset in our final project – whatever it may be. DO NOT PARK IN "HANDICAP PARKING" AREAS – unless you have a proper tag; in the "RESERVED" space; or in front of the flags - this is a fire zone.

In the morning, walk your child all the way to his/her classroom door where a teacher will greet you. At noon, please wait in front of the church doors and we will dismiss the children one by one to walk on the sidewalk to you. You are welcome to come and speak to the teachers after all the children have been dismissed. Remember, we will only allow your child to leave with you or a person authorized on your emergency card. You may schedule any conference with teachers after 12:30 p.m., when children are dismissed. A late fee will be charged if you arrive after 12:30 p.m. to pick up your child.

All of the Ministries and programs at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross are available to you. We welcome you to visit and participate in all or our scheduled events.

VBS is conducted for one week in June or July of each year in the evening, for children 4 years to teens. The schedule of dates and times can be found in the church newsletter or call the church office. 965-4622