Welcome to PALS!
Hello Families! Welcome to a new year of PALS! I’m going to be contacting each family individually with this letter and to check in about your schedule & transportation, but I thought it would be handy to post all the general information on the website as well.
If you just recently got an evaluation- We still need to review the assessment & have an initial ARD before your child can start, and your child will need to be enrolled as a student at Eanes Elementary. I will get in touch with each family individually about reviewing the assessment & setting up those ARD meetings, but you can be working on enrollment at https://www.eanesisd.net/parents/enrollment
Start day- PALS will start on Monday, 8/26/2019 & we’ll follow the school calendar. We will not meet on parent conference days and on early release days. That means no PALS on
Pick-up /drop off time : One or both of us will be down at the back gate by 11:40, & we’ll wait until 11:50 for people who may be running late. If you happen to be running later than that, you can bring your child through the front office and meet us in the classroom
PALS webpage: I use our website (at http://bcespeechszymczak.weebly.com/pals-2018-19.html) in every session, and each book we read has a webpage with corresponding games, activities, printables (including the craft we produce), target words and grammatical forms. You are invited to use those resources in whatever way works for your family. If you have ideas for things I could add to those posts, please let me know
Please send me photos of your child and family! This is really an “all year” request. When something fun and/or interesting happens in your child’s life, send me some relevant pictures & we’ll practice talking about that in class.
Family contact list: With your permission, I can make available basic contact information to facilitate playdates, etc. I’ll check with each family in the individual e-mails.
Backpack items - When going to PALS, your child should bring:
Classroom supplies that I’m asking everyone to bring are :
Until later,
Denise Szymczak MA, CCC/SLP
If you just recently got an evaluation- We still need to review the assessment & have an initial ARD before your child can start, and your child will need to be enrolled as a student at Eanes Elementary. I will get in touch with each family individually about reviewing the assessment & setting up those ARD meetings, but you can be working on enrollment at https://www.eanesisd.net/parents/enrollment
Start day- PALS will start on Monday, 8/26/2019 & we’ll follow the school calendar. We will not meet on parent conference days and on early release days. That means no PALS on
- Tuesday September 24,2019
- Wednesday & Thursday October 23 & 24, 2019
- Tuesday November 5, 2019
- Tuesday February 25, 2020
- Tuesday April 28, 2020
Pick-up /drop off time : One or both of us will be down at the back gate by 11:40, & we’ll wait until 11:50 for people who may be running late. If you happen to be running later than that, you can bring your child through the front office and meet us in the classroom
PALS webpage: I use our website (at http://bcespeechszymczak.weebly.com/pals-2018-19.html) in every session, and each book we read has a webpage with corresponding games, activities, printables (including the craft we produce), target words and grammatical forms. You are invited to use those resources in whatever way works for your family. If you have ideas for things I could add to those posts, please let me know
Please send me photos of your child and family! This is really an “all year” request. When something fun and/or interesting happens in your child’s life, send me some relevant pictures & we’ll practice talking about that in class.
Family contact list: With your permission, I can make available basic contact information to facilitate playdates, etc. I’ll check with each family in the individual e-mails.
Backpack items - When going to PALS, your child should bring:
- backpack
- snack
- securely closed water bottle
- change of clothes
- child-sized collapsible umbrella that can fit in the backpack
Classroom supplies that I’m asking everyone to bring are :
- 3 small or 1 large package of anti-bacterial picnic or diaper wipes (the kind you can use on face & hands)
- 1 box of tissues
- 3 large glue sticks
- 1 box of rice chex, corn chex or some other kind of nut-free, gluten free cereal ( this is our backup snack in case someone forgets their snack or something gets spilled)
Until later,
Denise Szymczak MA, CCC/SLP