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2008 Fourth Grade Back-to-School Information

Supply List

1 large eraser
1 set markers
1 set colored pencils
girls-  1 box wet wipes
boys- 1 box Clorox Wipes
1  pair scissors
2 boxes Ziploc bags ( 1 gal. And 1 quart)
1 pump Purell hand sanitizer
2  rolls paper towels
4 packages notebook paper (not college ruled)
2 boxes tissues
2 glue sticks
1 bottle Elmer’s gel school glue
2 packs disposable mechanical pencils
4 red marking pens
2 Sharpie black Ultra Fine Point markers
2 highlighters
1 8 X 5 plastic school box
1 zipper pencil bag
1 package 5-tab dividers for binder
1 1 1/2“  three- ring binder
1 2”  three-ring binder
1 package gold ¾” paper fasteners
2 pkgs. multi color construction paper (9 x 12 size)
1 old art shirt- label
1 Webster’s New World Dictionary (same one used in third grade)

Purchase from school:

Agenda book.
Folders with pockets & brads:
1 purple.
1 red
1 orange
1 blue
5 white
1 yellow
Folders with pockets only: 1 blue plastic

** Please be sure backpacks will fit the dimensions of the lockers 14.5" x 10.5"

Other Back to School Notes:
• No trapper keepers or binders
• Label everything, using a permanent marker, with child’s name.
• All students are asked to bring a $10 Art fee for the Art Department. Check (to USJ) or cash.

Back to School Dates and Times

• Friday, August 8: Come & Go Day
9:00-9:30 New students to USJ(Come & Go with parent)
10:00-11:00 Returning students to USJ (Come & Go with parent)

**No day care on Friday, August 8

• Sunday, August 10: Parent Orientation Cubs-5th  Grade
2 p.m. New to USJ Parent Meeting in the Cafetorium
2:30 p.m. All parents (new and returning) go to child's classroom for a short meeting. There will be no general meeting; go directly to your child's classroom

Parking will be available in the front parking lot, parking lots at both gyms, and the back parking lot behind school (enter to cafetorium)

• Monday, August 11: 1⁄2 day classes for grades 1-5 (see specific times below)
7:50 a.m.-11:15 a.m.: Grades 1 and 2
7:50 a.m.-11:30 a.m.: Grades 3, 4, and 5
**Day Care and Early Bird begin today

• Tuesday, August 12: Full day of classes for grades 1-5 (see specific times below)
7:50 a.m.-2:20 p.m.: Grade 1
7:50 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: Grades 2 and 3
7:50 a.m.-2:40 p.m.: Grades 4, 5, & mixed carpool

 

Lower School Campus

240 McClellan Road, Jackson, TN 38305
731.668.8401 • Fax: 731.668.0812

• Debbie Ford, Director, dford@usjbruins.org
• Beth Hudson, Assistant Director, bhudson@usjbruins.org
• Lisa Cates, Secretary, lcates@usjbruins.org
• Sylvia Bell, Receptionist, sbell@usjbruins.org

Back to school at the Lower School

• Cubs
• Junior Kindergarten
• Kindergarten
• First Grade
• Second Grade
• Third Grade
• Fifth Grade
• Summer reading

After School Care Program 2008

For more information...

Mixed Carpool Form

If you are part of a carpool with other families or if you have children in different Lower School grades, you need to fill out a "mixed carpool" form and send to Lisa Cates at the Lower School before school starts. Download a pdf copy of the mixed carpool form here...