Kennedy Middle School Update

What an awesome first month of school. From classes to co-curriculars, there is so much to learn here at Kennedy. Get involved. Listen to announcements and check the KMS website for more information on sports and activities. Thank you to our students, staff, families and Germantown community for always supporting and cheering on our Kennedy Middle School students.

We have a new address. The new address for Kennedy Middle School is: N118 W15860 Williams Drive. This new address replaces the address off Crusader Court. The reasons for the change are to direct visitors to our Main Office entrance and decrease confusion for our first responders and first time visitors. Thank you to our Jeff Retzlaff (Director in our Village) for helping us with this change.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. In addition to showing respect to all according to our KMS Way, we will be doing a daily Kindness Challenge each day. Some challenges are to write a letter of gratitude to a favorite teacher, hold the door open for someone or help them carry their supplies, compliment a person with whom you don’t normally interact, and hide a happy note for a friend to find. Check our Daily Announcements (posted on the website) for our daily Kindness Challenge!

Please reach out with any questions or concerns. We are here to help.

Enthusiastically,

Jessica Gieryn

KMS Principal

• October 20th - Picture Retake Day

• October 25th & 26th - Fall Conferences

- October 25th - Evening Conferences

- October 26th - Daytime Conferences

• October 26th and 27th - NO SCHOOL for students
• October 30th - Wall of Sound Indoor Showcase Concert at 7pm in GHS Field House

School pictures will be taken on Friday, October 20th, 2023, during the school day. Review the information sheet below with instructions on how to order your child's pictures.

• If 2nd time being photographed: students should return the original packet of photos to the photographer on re-take day in order to receive a replacement photo package.
• Ordering late: Students that did not order an initial or re-take photo days can order all school year long by using the web password provided on a proof card sent to the school. Orders will be shipped directly home.

KMS Re-Take Day Info

KMS Photo Order Form

Ms. Fichtner is new to Kennedy and the Germantown School District this year, and is extremely excited to be here! She looks forward to this school year and helping her students grow their musical knowledge.

Lexi Hartenstein, Eva Zaretzky, Avery Melby, Addison Brownfield, Mehetabel Udeoji, Jackson Johannes, Chase Kaul, Elliot Koenig.

UPDATES - For more information about exciting activities and athletics at KMS, see the following links: KMS Activities, KMS Athletics.

• The Cross Country season is in full swing! Practice for Cross Country runs from 3-4:30pm every day.
• Girls Basketball is also gearing up this month with practices after school daily from 3pm-4:30pm.
  
• Mathcounts will meet Monday Oct. 16th and Monday Oct. 30th from 2:45-3:45 in Mrs. Rohde's Room E3
  
• Join us at Science Club every other Wednesday! At Science club we have fun learning through experiments, challenges, inventions, and current events! We meet in Ms. Schilling's room E-7 from 2:45-3pm. We'll meet October 11th but will NOT meet October 25th due to conferences. We'll meet again on Nov. 1st. If you have any questions please see Ms. Schilling or Ms. Betanzos.
• AV Club meets Tuesday and Thursdays from 2:45-4pm in room G141
• Young Writers’ Club (YWC) will begin October 5th from 2:45 pm-3:45 pm in Mr. Reuter's Room (B8). The club will be held every first and last Thursday thereafter. Please stop in and check it out. Activities include: Writing creatively in different genres or getting help and feedback on school writing assignments. There will also be options for publishing and sharing successful pieces.
• Our next Key Club meeting is Tuesday, Oct 24th 2:45-3:45 in the GAC
  

This year's KMS Musical is Honk, Jr., a retelling of the Ugly Duckling story. The cast and crew have been hard at work preparing the show. This year, the performances are at the PAC! Please join us for our performances on 11/3 and 11/4 at 7 pm, and 11/5 at 2 pm. Tickets are available at: https://gtownpac.vbotickets.com/events

Key Club is collecting food for the St Boniface/St Gabriel food pantry. Each grade level can bring in select items. See below for details:

• 6th graders - cereal
• 7th graders - mac and cheese
• 8th graders - spaghetti sauce

The SAS/IDR class with the most donations gets an ice cream party!

We are having a fundraiser and are collecting used sneakers (athletic shoes), both youth and adult sizes, from great condition to not so good condition. We will put the pairs together and ship them to a company (Got Sneakers? at https://gotsneakers.com/). This money that we make through the fundraiser will be used to supplement the activities that we do in our class to build our life skills such as cooking, pre-vocational skills, gross and fine motor skills and miscellaneous supplies. Shoes can be dropped off in a box labeled "shoes" right outside the main office and our class will collect them. Our shoe drive will run throughout the month of October. We appreciate all of your support!

Mrs. Quigley's Life Skills Class

Hold on to every best moment of this school year by ordering a yearbook. Yearbooks are on sale now and if you order before December 30th you'll save $4. Use the following link to order from our KMS Yearbook Store...https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A09296230

Students who are attending after school sporting events, without a parent, need to report to the designated location immediately after school. Students are encouraged to quietly work on homework or other academic tasks during this time. If students have completed all their school work they are allowed to quietly socialize with their peers. If students do not want to stay after school but would still like to attend the sporting event, they will need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

During the sporting event, students are expected to sit in the student section which is supervised by KMS staff. Students will not be allowed to sit in other areas of the gym unless they are accompanied by an adult. Spectators are not allowed to sit on the players side of the gym. If a student is attending a sporting event with an adult that is not their guardian or parent, that individual is responsible for supervising that student during the event.

Cell Phone Use - We are aware that students will need access to their cell phones during these events for a variety of reasons including but not limited communication with parents when they are to be picked up, change in plans, and or for emergencies. Students' cell phones should be stored in their backpacks, which will be placed next to the bleachers, and if they need to use them they will be allowed to with the supervision of a KMS staff member. Students are allowed to come to the Gold Office throughout the day to contact parents so that plans can be made or clarified. If students are not following cell phone expectations or using their cell phones in inappropriate ways, KMS supervisors do have the right to confiscate the phones and give them to parents when the student is picked up. Students who are not following expectations for after school sporting events will meet with KMS administrators and their participation in future sporting events will be discussed.

Students who receive school-based consequences (such as an in-school suspension) during the day may not be allowed to attend after school events for that day.

Student Attending GHS Football Game Reminders

• Mechanical noise makers are prohibited.
  
• Please cheer positively for our Warhawks and not against the opposing team or officials.
• Demonstrate appropriate school spirit and display good sportsmanship.
• No carry-in food or drinks are permitted.
• Backpacks or other bags are prohibited.
• No re-entry
• Youth not in high school must enter with an adult

Please be kind and efficient while dropping off your child in the morning. Pull all the way through the circle (by the bike rack) before dropping off. Remind your child to be ready to exit the car upon drop off so other families are not waiting too long. Be kind and courteous, thank you!

Principal: Jessica Gieryn

Assistant Principal: Brandon Kohl

Website: https://www.gsdwi.org/o/kennedy
Location: N118 W15860 Williams Drive Germantown, Wisconsin 53022
Phone: 262-253-3450
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KennedyGSDWI