Gainfield Elementary School

Friday Folders will serve as a wonderful mode of communication between the parents and the teacher throughout the school year.  Every Friday this folder will be sent home filled with completed and assessed work from the week, school notices, and a classroom newsletter titled The Gaipa Gazette (which may end up being posted online only).  Your child is responsible for bringing the folder home and sharing the work and notices inside with a parent and/or guardian.  After all the papers have been reviewed and removed from the folder, parents are to sign the sign-in sheet kept in the left pocket and have your child return the empty folder (with the exception of the sign-in sheet)on Monday.  Feel free to write any notes or questions in the comments section of the sign-in sheet. 

***Daily snack time will be during the mid-morning.  Please send in a healthy snack and drink daily (no candy, soda).  Please be advised that due to allergies, all snacks and birthday treats cannot contain any kind of peanuts.***

Gainfield School Daily Assignment Pads will be used in all grade 2-5 classrooms.  Your child will receive this book on the first day of school.  Each day, all homework will be recorded in the assignment pad and brought home with the necessary books.  Please help to ensure that your child completes the homework by checking the assignment pad daily.  Signing the assignment pad is only required for the first two weeks of school, however will be required further if completing homework becomes a problem.

Homework will be assigned on an average of 4 days a week (excluding Fridays, except for long term projects).  All homework will be written in the Daily Assignment Pad.  The first missing assignment merits a warning.  A second missing assignment leads to a note sent home to inform you of the missing assignment. Students are also required to read independently each night.

We will be switching classes for science and social studies with Mrs. Carrubba three times a week.  I will teach social studies, she will teach science.

Water bottles are permitted on students’ desks if there is hot weather.  Feel free to send one in for your child (water only, please). 

Nowadays, email is the most convenient way to communicate.  When contacting me with questions, ideas, or concerns, please do so through email:  mgaipa@region15.org

Note for Specials:
Please provide a smock for art classes.
Recorders are required for music class each week (once they are distributed).
Please have your child dress appropriately on P.E. days (sneakers, no dresses).

I look forward to working with you and your child this year!

Mary Gaipa