Welcome to First Grade at Bethany
Christian School
My
name is Jackie McClure, and I am a 2001 graduate of Pensacola Christian College Florida BCS ,
and I am very thankful for the opportunity to teach your child. I am blessed to already know many of these
happy faces from my time volunteering in Kindergarten last year.
There
will be no school on Friday, August 29, and Monday, September 1.
Our
initial time together in first grade will be spent getting to know each other,
and helping your child become familiar with the new environment, as well as the
routines and rules that he/she will be expected to follow throughout the
year.
I will be sending a form to those
who volunteered as homeroom parents, as soon as I can get all of the necessary
contact information together. If you did
not get to sign up at Open House, but are interested in serving as a Homeroom
Parent or Helper, please let me know so that I can include your contact
information on the list. Thanks!
I would like each child to keep
one silent reading book in his/her desk at all times. This book may be brought from home, or it may
be one of the school library books.
Please send a silent reading book to school for your child as soon as
possible. Thank you.
Each day, your child will be
participating in a special class. Our
schedule for the year is as follows:
Monday
– Computer
Tuesday – Music
Wednesday – Art
Thursday – Gym (Please dress your child
appropriately, in comfortable clothing and sneakers. No jeans, please.)
Friday - Library (Please be sure to return all
borrowed books.)
I will let you know if the schedule changes at all during
the course of the year.
Every Wednesday, your child will be attending a Chapel service in the church sanctuary. It is our goal to not only teach your child more about God and His love and plan for them, but also to train him/her to behave in a reverent and respectful manner while in a church building. Children are expected to bring their Bibles to Chapel, and to be attentive throughout the service. Each year, there is a theme verse for all of the students at
In
addition to weekly Chapel services, our class will have a daily Bible lesson in
the classroom. As a part of Bible class,
children will be given Bible memory work throughout the year. Our first Bible verse for the year is I
John 3:1 – “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should
be called children of God; and so we are.”
I would like to quiz the students on this verse on Friday, September 12.
Our
annual banquet will be held on Friday, September 19 at 6:30 pm at the Hartefeld Country Club in Avondale, PA. Please be sure to send in your RSVP for the
Banquet as soon as possible. I hope to see
you there!
If
you do not have access to the internet, please let me know before the second
week of school, if you have not done so.
In the future, parent letters will be posted on the internet, on the Bethany Christian School
Once
again, welcome to our first grade class!
If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, you may
contact me by calling the school office, at (610) 998-0877, and I will return
your call at my earliest possible convenience.
You may also send a note with your child, and I will contact you in the way
that best suits your schedule.
If you prefer to email, my email address is jmcclurebcs@gmail.com.
I
am very much looking forward to getting to know your child this year, as they grow
and learn in a Christ-centered environment.
