First Grade

Weekly Newsletter

Week of August 24, 2026

School Year at a Glance
1/44
Week
179
school days remaining
This Month's Strong Start Theme
Everyone Has a Place at Bancroft
Coming Up
  • Aug 28 Family Fiesta — Friday, August 28, 6:00-7:30 pm. Open to all Bancroft families. Enter through the soccer field.
  • Sep 7 Labor Day No School
  • Sep 10 Back to School Night — Thursday, September 10, 6:00-8:00 pm in the school gym at Newton, for Kindergarten through 5th grade. Enter through the soccer field.
  • Sep 17 Back to School Night at Sharpe — Thursday, September 17, 6:00-7:00 pm. For PK3 and PK4 families; room to be announced.
  • Oct 12 Indigenous Peoples' Day No School
  • Oct 13 Parent-Teacher Conferences (No School for Students) No School
  • Oct 30 Professional Development Day No School
  • Nov 2 Records & Wellness Day No School
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Specials Schedule

1:30–2:15
Monday
Day A
Tuesday
Day B
Wednesday
Day C
Thursday
Day D
Friday
Day E
Cartagena 🎵
Music 		🔬
Science 		🏀
PE 		🏀
PE 		📚
Library
Colombia 🔬
Science 		🏀
PE 		🏀
PE 		📚
Library 		🎨
Art
España 🏀
PE 		🏀
PE 		📚
Library 		🎨
Art 		🎵
Music
DR 📚
Library 		🎨
Art 		🎵
Music 		🔬
Science 		🏀
PE
Managua 🏀
PE 		📚
Library 		🎨
Art 		🎵
Music 		🔬
Science
Venezuela 🎨
Art 		🎵
Music 		🔬
Science 		🏀
PE 		🏀
PE
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Hello 1st Grade Families!

Welcome to first grade! We are so happy to have your child with us, and we cannot wait to get started.

This first week is all about getting to know one another. We will learn each other's names, begin building our classroom community, and practice the routines that will carry us through the whole year — how we line up, how we take care of our materials, and how we take care of each other.

We have school every day this week, Monday through Friday. Specials start right away, every day from 1:30 to 2:15. Take a look at the board below to see which special your child has each day. Comfortable shoes on PE days and a labeled water bottle every day both go a long way.

This Friday, August 28, is the Family Fiesta from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. All Bancroft families are welcome — enter through the soccer field.

Our regular sections — math, literacy, and ROARS — will begin next week, once we have settled into our routines. Here is to a wonderful year together!

Past Newsletters Archive — all school years

Bancroft Elementary School — First Grade