Hamm, April

A Little Bit About Your Teacher

Education:

I graduated from The University of Mississippi in 2004. My minors are in Language Arts and Social Studies.

Experience:

This will be my 20th year teaching in DeSoto County. I taught 2nd grade for 14 years at Hope Sullivan Elementary School in Southaven. This will be my 6th year teaching first grade at DeSoto Central Primary School.

Bio

I attended schools in DeSoto County and graduated from Horn Lake High School. I come from a family of educators. Teaching was always my very first career choice. I knew in second grade that I wanted to be a teacher.

I have been married to my husband, Matt for 19 years. We have a son named Andrew who is in 9th grade. We also have a daughter, Makinley who is in 5th grade .Both of our children attend schools at DeSoto Central. We are active members of our church at Calvary Baptist. When I'm not at school, you will find me cheering on my children in soccer or tumbling.

Favorites:

Shopping: Target

Coffee: White Chocolate Mocha or Carmel Frappuccino

Loaded Tea: Juliet or anything with strawberry

Snack: Cheese Its

Wishlist:

There are a few additional items we could always use for our classroom. Any items that could be given to us, will be greatly appreciated:

Copy Paper
Stickers
wrapped candy (NO GUM)
small items for the treat basket
Skinny expo markers

Index Cards

Class Amazon Wishlist
Click on the link to view our class Amazon Wishlist

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/301K10TN4H06C?&sort=default

Announcements:

Meet the Teacher is Aug. 2nd by appointment only.

Aug. 3rd is the First Day of School

Weekly newsletters will be sent through School Status.

School Supplies:

Please be sure that you label folders, journal, pencil pouch, pencil box, crayons, scissors, and markers.

Cleaning supplies do not need to be labeled.

Transportation:

Any transportation changes for students in the afternoon must be in the form of a written note that is dated the correct date. You will not be able to call or change transportation through school status.

Parent Communication:

All parent communication will be done through school status this year. You may leave text messages through school status. I will get back with you as soon as I can.

Snack Time:

Students may bring a small snack to school and a bottle of water. We will have a snack daily. Please do not bring candy for snack. Please only bring bottled water! Sticky spills usually result in a visit from ants.

Our school policy:

It is our desire to preserve a healthy environment for all of our students; therefore, it is imperative that the following procedure is followed:

If a student develops a fever or vomiting while at school, the parent will be called. The student must be picked up as he/she will be unable to remain in the classroom. Please DO NOT send your child to school if he/she has a fever or has been vomiting prior to the start of school. Please DO NOT give them medicine for fever to “get them through the morning” and send them to school. The medicine wears off around lunch time when we have to call you…also, all of the other students have then been exposed to whatever virus a sick child may have and we do not want the sick child to pick up any other illness while at school. Please be courteous and keep sick children at home. The child is to be fever-free (without the use of fever reducing medication) for 24 hours before returning to school.

Reminders to help your child be successful:
Read with your child each night for 10 minutes. You can use RAZ kids, their library book, or any book you have at home. Make it a priority to read with your child daily. Ask questions about what they read too.

Extra Practice:

Be sure to Practice Sight Words weekly.

Read on RAZ kids or read your own books nightly. The more that they practice the better they will become more fluent. Be sure to ask questions after reading the book to see if they can comprehend what they read. If they have trouble scale back down a level.

Good Things:

We start and end our day with sharing good things in our classroom. It really helps start and end the day on a positive note. I encourage you to do the same in your home with your family.

Wishlist:

There are a few additional items we could always use for our classroom. Any items that could be given to us, will be greatly appreciated: