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Who are we missing?  \nAnchoring Principles guiding the Welcoming Process  \n| Family Connection Calls (February-June)\u003Cbr>Why?\u003Cbr>Every personalized connection between incoming families and the school is an invaluable investment.\u003Cbr>Learning more about the varied experiences of children and families can help us anticipate ways to prepare for and/or adapt the September start-up.\u003Cbr>What?\u003Cbr>The goal is for all incoming Kindergarten parents/caregivers to receive a welcoming phone call from their new school. The purpose of the call is to foster a person to person connection, welcome the child and family to the district and school and to consider supportive transition plans as needed. This is a proactive approach to building connections and learning about incoming children to inform planning and programming.\u003Cbr>Who?\u003Cbr>The phone calls can be made by admin and/or Kindergarten teachers and SBT. |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Release time is available. | |\n| I see that you are registered to start kindergarten in September. We look forward to meeting you!\u003Cbr>We wanted to call you to welcome you to ____________Elementary and simply connect.\u003Cbr>Do you have any questions about kindergarten?\u003Cbr>To make the start of kindergarten as positive as possible, it is helpful for us to know if you have any concerns about your child coming to school.\u003Cbr>Will Kindergarten be their first experience away from you, or did they attend a preschool, a StrongStart or a child care?\u003Cbr>We wanted to make sure you knew about the special opportunity coming up that we hope you can participate in. (Share about WTK).\u003Cbr>We look forward to getting to know you and your child. Please check your email regularly as the school will send you information about the start of school.\u003Cbr>|  |\n|  |  |\n\nWelcome to Kindergarten Event for ALL (May-June)  \nThe main goal of the spring WTK event is to welcome new K families and give them an opportunity to connect with the school staff members they will be working with in the fall (K teachers, ECE’s, principal, vice-principal, admin assistant, teacher librarian, learning support teacher, counsellor etc. ) Please consider including the child care provider from your school site. 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