We had our first "Tea and Tissue" get together the first day of school. A flyer goes home in each new kindergartener's packet of information (registration). On the first day, we make an announcement just before school welcoming all new students and parents (because new students aren't just in kinder!). We physically go to the kindergarten classes and lead them down to the cafeteria (I say that because many parents want to linger in the classroom and the teachers welcome us helping to make that transition). We have coffee, tea, pastries and, of course, tissues. All the PTA members are there, as well as the principal, to answer questions about picking up, activities, reassurances, etc. We got lots of great feedback from the parents and several have gotten involved in activities around the school. In fact, I think the people that enjoyed it most were the parents who had been there for a while. It's great meeting new parents and letting them know what a great school we have.