Hello KES Families,
Happy Sunday! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! We will be continuing our Rockin' Around the Tree at KES this week. Please see the attached calendar below for more details. We are also having students predict the first "Snow" day. Please have your child guess on the link. We will be taking predictions until tonight. Our first KES Maker's Faire was a huge success. Thank you so much for stopping in and supporting our little entrepreneurs.
The KES Santa Shop will be this week. Classrooms will have a preview day and then a buying day.
The KES Choir Concert was amazing last Wednesday. The Band Winter Concert will be this Wednesday, December 11th at 7:00 PM.
Our districtwide PEP Rally was also a huge success. Students K-12 participated in the fun event to celebrate the football going to the State Championship.
We are collecting festive trees/wreaths for our "Deck the Halls", which will start this week and run until December 20th. Please consider creating a wreath or tree for the raffle.
We will start benchmarking students this week. Students will be completing mClass and MAP. Please make sure your child gets enough sleep and eats a healthy breakfast in the morning so they can do their personal best on their benchmarking assessments.
The KES Annual Christmas Carol performance for parents will be December 12th at 7:00 PM.
If your child is missing any belongings, please have them visit the Lost & Found outside the Main Office. All items will be donated if they are not claimed by December 20th.
For PBIS in December, we are focusing on being "Trustworthy". What does it mean to be "Trustworthy"?
- Treat others with kindness and respect
- Do your own work
- Own up to your mistakes instead of blaming others
- Respect each other’s boundaries and personal property
- Be a good role model
To show that they are "Trustworthy", students can wear red on Tuesdays during the month of December.
Classroom Hornet Trait Trophy Winners from December 6:
K = Mrs. Warsinskey
1 = Mrs. Brown
2 = Mrs. Williams
3 = Ms. Henderson
4 = Mrs. Covelli
5 = Mr. DeSapri
Hornet Trait Weekly Winners from December 6th:
K = Silvio, Amelia, Lincoln & Monty
1 = Izzy & Emmie
2 = Lila, Ben & Danny
3 = Emanuel, Izzy & Robby
4 = Michael, Kensley, & Ellison
5 = Taylor
I know how important birthdays are to students but we cannot bring in food items to share with classmates. The KES Health and Wellness Group, consisting of teachers, administration, the school nurse and parents, have had discussions on ways to promote health and still have fun at school. We do not allow food items at school to celebrate a child’s birthday. At KES, teachers will continue to recognize students’ birthdays in their own unique ways and parents can send in non-edible items to share with classmates to recognize their child’s birthday. We believe this change has many benefits:
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Limit Disruptions. Birthday treats often arrived at various times of the day and many times this resulted in limited time and/or inopportune time for disbursement. If parents and caregivers choose to send in a non-food item such as stickers, pencils, a book, etc. for their child to share with classmates in recognition of his or her birthday, it can simply be sent in a backpack and the teacher can use a set time during the day to have the child share it.
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Safety and Feeling Included. We are experiencing an increase in the number of students with food related allergies at KES. Often these children feel left out when they can’t have a food item or “treat” that the rest of the class can enjoy.
Please do not send balloons to school. This request is based on latex allergies and the danger they pose on the school bus. I am sorry for any inconvenience but moving forward there will be no birthday treats.
The weather outside is getting colder. We will be going outside as much as possible to get fresh air and to move around. Please make sure your child is wearing appropriate outside attire. Students need to wear a coat, hat, gloves, and boots during colder weather.
If your child is sick, please keep them home so they can rest, get better, and not spread germs. If students go home sick with a fever or throwing up, they must stay home for 24 hours to make sure they are fully recovered. Please remind your child to wash their hands frequently to help reduce germs.
Students are not allowed to bring phones and/or smart watches to school. They can be a distraction and we do not want anything misplaced or lost.
When students visit the nurse, an automated email will be sent to families to let them know when and why the student was in the Nurse's Office.
Please report all transportation changes by 2:00 pm so we can make sure the students receive the updated information.
If you are sending checks in for fees or lunches, please make sure you write separate checks because they go into different accounts.
Please keep all toys at home unless a teacher has directed other wise. We want to make sure students are not distracted by their toys and we want to prevent lost toys.
All visitors must stop in the Main Office to receive a visitor's badge and all volunteers need to be fingerprinted.
Important Dates:
December 9-20 -Deck the Halls raffle will start
December 9-13 mClass & MAP Benchmarking Assessments
December 11 - 5th Grade Band Concert 7:00 PM
December 10-13 Santa Shop
December 11 - K-Kids 3:30-4:30
December 12 - Christmas Carol Play 7:00 PM
December 23 - January 6 - Winter Break
Here is a link for the 2024-2025 District Calendar
If you have any questions, please call or email me anytime.
Sincerely,
Missy Godina
Kirtland Elementary Principal