Hello KES Families,
Happy Sunday! I hope everyone is enjoying the long weekend.
Last week, we will ran our annual "Safety Drills", which included fire, lockdown, evacuation, and situational ALICE drills. Students did an excellent job practicing each of the drills. We will continue to practice them throughout the year.
I will continue to visit classrooms to speak about the Hornet Traits and our school-wide expectations. During the month of September on Tuesdays, each grade levels will wear certain colors to represent the different Hornet Traits.
Hardworking- K= Orange
Open-Minded- 1st= Yellow
Responsible - 2nd= Green
Noble - 3rd=Red
Engaged - 4th=Purple
Trustworthy 5th= Blue
Please mark your calendars for Friday, September 13th from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. for our 10th Annual Kirtland Elementary School Walk-A-Thon! Join students, faculty, staff, family and friends for this fun and healthy event as we walk the high school track before the KHS home football game. Funds from the event will go towards technology software, grade level field trips, new musical instruments, art supplies, library books, sensory equipment, and individual classroom needs. We hope to raise at least $15,000 to help fund these projects. The website for donations will go live on September 5th and will remain open until September 15th. Students will begin walking during their Physical Education classes starting the week of September 9th. Each student is asked to raise at least $25.00-$50.00 from sponsors. KES will also have a spirit week to promote the event. Please see the flier below for more details.
The top overall class will win a pizza party! Each grade will compete against each other to earn a popsicle party AND an extra recess. Fun prizes will be awarded the night of the WAT. All contributions need to be made by Sunday, September 15th at midnight on the website to count towards the class prizes. The class parties will take place the week of September 23rd. The live link and more details will be sent out on Wednesday.
Every Fall, the clinic does routine vision & hearing screenings for Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd & 5th graders. These will begin the week of September 9th. You will be notified if your child does not pass. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Mrs. Formichelli, Mrs. Koeth or Mr. Terry in the clinic. They can be reached at (440) 256-3344 x2006 or via email [email protected].
Reminder that all students must be up-to-date on DTap, Polio, MMR, Hepatitis B and Varicella vaccines unless otherwise exempt for medical or personal reasons by September 6th.
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.
The first PTA meeting will be on September 10th at 7:00 PM at Tavern Six, please join us if you can.
Important Dates:
September 6 - Immunization due date
September 9 - Walk-A-Thon Spirit Week
September 9 - Hearing & Vision Screening
September 10 - PTA Meeting at Tavern Six 7:00 pm
September 13 - KES Walk-A-Thon 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
September 16- Start with "HELLO" Spirit Week
September 16 - Chick-fil-A Fundraiser for STEAM
September 23 - No School (Teacher PD Day)
Here is a link for the 2024-2025 District Calendar.
Looking forward to a great week. If you have any questions, please call or email me anytime.
Sincerely,
Missy Godina
Kirtland Elementary Principal