FAQ

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﻿Frequesntly Asked Questions: This page contains answers to common questions of students and parents.
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 * 1) __What time is lunch?__
 * 2) __When can we buy lunch? __
 * 3) __When can I talk to teachers? __
 * 4) __Do we mind if parents come in to help out? __
 * 5) __Are the students always in a big group? __
 * 6) __Does MAC1 have recess with other students? __
 * 7) __What do the colors of the group mean? Are the students in that group all the time? __
 * 8) __What is an an advantage of a multiage class? __
 * 9) __Do MAC students take the same tests as all the other students? __
 * 10) __Who are the multiage teachers? __

Lunch time is 12:10 - 1:00 for all Lake Bluff students. Gades 1-3 go outside first and go inside to eat at 12:30. If you plan on taking your student to lunch, please let us know and have them back to school by 1:00.
 * What time is lunch? **

**When can we buy lunch?**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We strongly recommend that you make your lunch payments online. ‍ This eliminates any worries about checks or cash getting lost. ‍ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Go to: [] You also have the option to send money or a check to school any day and it will be added to your "account". Children just need to punch in their number when getting lunch. Teachers have the numbers and have students memorize them.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**When can I talk to the teachers?**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">General questions specific to individual children can be answered via email from this site, phone (963-6972 EXT. 4133) or if you <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">drop a note in the Important Paper Box (large grey basket near teacher desk) we will call you at a time convenient to all. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We will be having 2 parent/student/teacher conferences during the year so that is another option. We ask your understanding if we <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">are unable or seem unwilling to talk with you during the school day. It's not that we don't want to, but there is generally a lot <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">going on that we need to monitor. For personal or urgent situations, we will certainly make ourselves available with no delay.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Do you mind if parents come in to help out?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">We love it! <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Are the kids always in a big group?**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No. Children participate in many kinds of groupings throughout the day. Sometimes we work whole group, but generally you will <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">see small groups or independent work time monitored by both teachers. Children go to specials like art, music, and p.e. in <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">classroom size groups of 24. Those are the Red and Blue groups.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Do you have recess with other students?**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes. We have recess and lunch recess at the same time other 1-3 graders do.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">What do the colors of the group mean? Are the students in that group all the time? **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The group of 48 is divided in two, Red and Blue groups of first and second graders. They go to art, music, and p.e.in these <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">classroom sized groups. One teacher has Red Group, the other blue. At times we have to break kids into groups according <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">to grade. Orange is first grade and yellow is 2nd grade. So if your child is in Blue group and orange group that means <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">they are a first grader who hangs their coat on the south end of the classroom and go to specials with Ms. Cassidy. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They are assigned to these groups for the year, but the other groups formed for instruction and activities change very often.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**What is an advantage of a multiage class?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A big advantage is that we have children for two years, thus giving all of us time. The amount of stress at the beginning of <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">each year is diminished because we always know half the class and their families. Throughout the year the children get <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> to know Marita Gruber and Mike Roberts who teach MAC2 (3rd and 4th grade), so again the transition is met with a bit <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> more security. Academically, we are able to group children for math and reading with other children at a similar level of <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">competency, skill level and interest. This comes about because of the double grade in one room and because of the flow <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">that can take place among all the MAC classes in the building. >

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Do MAC students take the same tests as all the other students?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Yes. Any test given from the district or required for any other Shorewood student will be administered to our students as well.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Who are the multiage teachers?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> MAC1 (1st/2nd): Kelly Cassidy and Johanna French <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MAC 2 (3rd/4th): Mike Roberts and Marita Gruber <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">MAC 3 (5th/6th): Sachin Pandya and Amy Miller <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Rooms are on each side of hallway as you walk past office going south and directly above on 2nd floor. = =