Celebrating Birthdays

Birthdays

You are welcome to send a treat and a drink to school to celebrate your child's birthday.  If your child would like to do this, please let me know a day or two in advance for scheduling classroom time for the celebration. It is also very helpful if you provide napkins, plates, cups or anything else that is necessary for serving the treat.  State health guidelines suggest that "no home-prepared foods" be served in schools.  Instead they suggest using "commercially prepared foods."  I also ask that you refrain from sending birthday cakes to school.  Individual items work much better when serving a large group of children and please make sure everything is one flavor as to avoid hurt feelings if one flavor runs out before another. Also, if sending drinks, please make sure they are all one flavor.  If your child has any food allergies please make sure I am aware of them to avoid any incidents in the classroom.

Students whose birthdays fall during the summer months may celebrate their "half birthdays" (i.e., June=December, July=January, August=February) or you are welcome to send in treats in June if your child would like to celebrate before the end of school. 

Please do not send birthday party invitations to school unless everyone in the class is invited.