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2008 Kindergarten Back-to-School Information

Kindergarten Supply List

Everyone bring these items in August

$10 (cash) supply fee for school box and Scholastic Magazine. Please put in envelope labeled with your child’s name and bring the first day of school.
1 pocket folder (red for girls/blue for boys) Do not label
1 two-inch resting mat (LABEL-no sleeping bags)
1 back pack (kid friendly-easy to open; large enough to hold folder and lunch box. No wheels and no keychains) Label
1 complete seasonal change of clothes in a labeled zip-loc bag
1 gallon zip-loc bags (any brand)
2 packages of Baby Wipe refills
1 box of 8 regular CRAYOLA crayons (classic colors)
2 8-pack CLASSIC COLOR MARKERS ( 1 Broad tip/1 fine tip)
1 pair of FISKARS kid scissors (round tip and not plastic)
1 6 count pkg. of ELMER’S glue sticks (preferably white)
1 box 24 count CRAYOLA crayons
1 big pink rectangle shape eraser
2 containers of CLOROX wipes
1 bag of individually wrapped candy for treat jar (NO PEANUT PRODUCTS)
1 yellow highlighter
1 3 hole zipper pencil pouch ( these will be used in daily folders)
1 3 prong, 2 pocket folder (Your child’s choice- Barbie, Spiderman, etc)
2 large packages of assorted construction paper (9 x 12 size/not in tablet)

Girls only bring in August
1 Dry erase eraser
1 1 box of 2 gallon zip-loc bags (any brand)
1 1 pkg. of #2 wood pencils (sharpened)
1 pkg. wide-tip dry erase markers (red, black, yellow, blue & green...no neon colors, please)

Boys only bring in August
1
 box quart-size Ziploc
1 large box Kleenex
1 pkg. 9-inch paper plates (cheap)
1 “pump” bottle of hand sanitizer
1 box of band-aids

Other Back to School Notes:
• Do not label any items unless otherwise noted.
• Please try to purchase name brands wehn requested
All students are asked to bring a $10 Art fee for the Art Department. Check (to USJ) or cash.
• Please bring a wallet-size photo of your child to Parent Orientation.  It will be used on bulletin board displays throughout the school year. 

Back to School Dates and Times

• 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 is no general meeting.                       

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

Please bring a wallet-size photo of your child to Parent Orientation.  It will be used on bulletin board displays throughout the school year.

• Monday, August 11: "Come and Go Day" for Cubs-Kindergarten (Parents come and stay with student on this day)
Girls only (9:00-10:00)
Boys only (10:30-11:30)

• Tuesday, August 12: Cubs-K, Girls
(7:50 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)

• Wednesday, August 13: Cubs-K, Boys
(7:50 a.m.-10:30 a.m.)

•Thursday, August 14: Cubs-K, Girls
ALL DAY (7:50 a.m.-2:20 p.m.)

• Friday, August 15: Cubs-K, Boys
(7:50 a.m.-2:20 p.m.)

Monday, August 18: All students will attend all day
7:50 a.m.-2:20 p.m.

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

Day Care

Day Care will be available during the staggered schedule week. The rate is $15 per day, regardless of the time used. Please contact Judy Dennison with any questions.  (Home 783-5164 or cell 467-1298.)

Back to school at the Lower School

• Cubs
• Junior Kindergarten
• First Grade
• Second Grade
• Third Grade
• Fourth 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...