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The PTO Language Activities Committee (LAC) is pleased to once again offer a selection of Spanish, French and Chinese classes

The PTO Language Activities Committee (LAC) is pleased to once again offer a selection of Spanish, French and Chinese classes.

 

Our teachers are carefully chosen for their expertise and experience. We are happy to have Jacquline Zerrate returning to teach Spanish and French, Marianna Canelo returning to teach Spanish and Peiling Liu returning to teach Chinese. 

 

Registration forms will be accepted by backpack mail, only, beginning on September 13, 2010.  The deadline for registration forms is 3:40 p.m. on Friday, September 17, 2010.  Please send your registration form and check via backpack mail to the PTO mailbox in the main office. 

 

Due to a large number of applicants, if a class is over-subscribed, students will be chosen by lottery. Even though we will do our best to accommodate as many children as we can, we ask for your understanding.

 

Morning classes will begin at 8:10 am and children will be dismissed directly to their class at 9:10 am. At drop off, you must escort your child to the language classroom and sign the attendance sheet. Please stay with your child, if the instructor has not arrived yet. The office staff is not responsible for children in the building before the school day starts.

 

We look forward to another exciting and enriching season!

 

Carmen Seleme-McDermott

PTO Language Activities Committee

marblesp@optonline.net

232-2390

SPANISH CLASSES:

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CLASS OFFERINGS

 

SPANISH:

Tuesday Morning Spanish (Beginners grades 1-2) 

Wednesday Morning Spanish (R/E grades 3-5)

Thursday Morning Spanish (R/E grades 3-5)

Monday Afternoon Spanish (Beginners grades 3-5)

 

FRENCH:

Wednesday Afternoon French (R/E grades 3-5)

 

CHINESE:

Wednesday Afternoon Chinese (R/E grades 3-5)

Thursday Afternoon Chinese (Beginners grades 2-5)

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REGISTRATION FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE ON SEPTEMBER 8th

Program Information and Procedures

  1. Classes begin Tuesday, September 28, 2010.
  2. The total cost for the class is $115.
  3. Registration forms and payment are due no later than 3:40 p.m. on Friday September 17, 2010.
  4. A separate check is required for each student and class. Please make checks out to KES PTO.
  5. Please send your registration form and check via backpack mail to the PTO mailbox in the main office.
  6. If financial assistance is needed, please contact the KES Social Worker at 763-7746.
  7. Students will be placed according to whether they have already had some exposure to the LAC or KES language program, or if they are a beginner student.  Please indicate on your registration form whether your child is a beginner or returning/experience student and your first, second and third choice of day and time for a class.
  8. Once your childs class has been confirmed, please send a note to your childs teacher informing him or her that your child will be participating in the PTO Language Activities program, on which day and the time. Please feel free to use the attached form.
  9. For afternoon classes, please send an extra snack for your child to eat while attendance is being taken in the cafeteria.
  10. Morning Classes start at 8:10 am. Please use the Kindergarten side door and escort your child to the classroom and sign them in. The instructor will dismiss your child to their regular teachers at 9:10 am. Afternoon classes will start at 3:50 pm and dismissal will be from the gym at 4:50 pm. Please be on time for pick up! You must park ONLY in designated parking areas. Parking around the circle prevents traffic from flowing smoothly and creates a dangerous situation for the children at dismissal.
  11. Children in afternoon classes will be released only to those you have listed on the registration form, unless you send a permission note. If someone not listed will be picking up your child, send the note to the attention of Pat McGinn, the afternoon Program Facilitator, via backpack mail. 

 

  1. On those days that your child attends school, but will not be staying for his or her afternoon PTO Language Activities class, you must also send a note to Pat McGinn, through backpack mail.

 

We take our responsibility for your childs safety very seriously.  If your child is expected to attend afternoon LAC but does not attend, we consider the child missing and, together with the office staff, classroom teachers, and transportation department we begin an urgent search until your child is located.

  1. PTO Language Activities afternoon classes are not held on early dismissal days. Morning classes will be held, unless otherwise notified.  No classes are held when school is closed.
  2. In case of inclement weather, check the Katonah-Lewisboro School District website, www.klschools.org, or listen to WHUD 100.7 FM. Classes canceled due to inclement weather, or for any other reason, will be rescheduled at the end of the program, if possible.
  3. The PTO Language Activities schedule and registration forms will be posted on our www.KESPTO.com website.

 

Below is a list of start and end dates for the Language Activities program for the full year. 

 

 

FALL 2010 Session

·        Tuesday AM/PM classes start September 28 and end November 16

·         Wednesday AM classes start September 29 and end November 17

·        Wednesday PM classes start September 29 and end November 24

·        Thursday AM classes start September 30 and end December 2

 

 

Make-up classes may extend the dates