KHS Update

KHS Community,

That was an action packed week here at KHS. We had a great day on Monday with 9th graders supported by our excellent Peer Helpers, we had a great opening day assembly kicked off by our wonderful cheerleaders (and orange chicken for lunch!!!), a solid non-late-start Wednesday yesterday, and a fantastic Frursday with a very successful evacuation Drill, Senior Night for our Cross Country team, and our first home football game to boot! Oh and over 10% of our student body already engaging in our two incredible CTE programs SRTC and BRCOT.

Mostly though, it was just great to see all of the smiling faces.

Speaking of Orange Chicken, please help us keep it by taking a few moments to complete the Application for Free and Reduced Lunch linked below. This is an important tool for us and helps us in more ways than may be obvious.

I want to thank everyone for your help in the implementation of the "First Bell to Last Bell, Phone-Free" mandated by Maine state Law. It went incredibly smoothly because we have incredible students, families, and teachers at KHS. The early results are in, first, boy are those lunches loud now, and I actually saw students playing Uno and actually talking to each other!!!!

Beginning this school year, like all student vehicles, all bicycles and e-bikes brought onto the KHS campus must be registered with the school. This step is being implemented in response to repeated incidents of unsafe bicycle and e-bike operation on campus, which have raised real concerns for the safety of our students and staff. Unsafe operation of a bicycle or e-bike on campus will be addressed according to the Student Code of Conduct. In addition, students whose bikes are not registered will lose the privilege of riding their bikes on campus. We appreciate the partnership of our families in helping ensure that everyone can move safely around campus.

Finally, we look forward to welcoming as many students and families as possible on Thursday, September 10th, from 5–7pm for the KHS Open House. This will be a casual drop-in event, where you can stop by to meet and greet our staff. Please note that this is not a time for Family Teacher Conferences, those will be scheduled soon. Instead, we invite you to take this opportunity to get acquainted with your student’s teachers and make a brief personal connection.

Peace,

Scott Tombleson (He/Him/His - What is this?)

Principal - Kennebunk High School

No School - Extended Labor Day Weekend

Friday, September 4 & Monday, September 7

Late-Start Wednesday Schedule Begins

Wednesday, September 9

KHS School Photos

Tuesday, September 15

Spirit Week

Monday, September 21 through Friday September 25

KHS Homecoming Dance

Saturday, September 26

No School - Extended Indigenous People's Day Weekend

Friday, October 9 & Monday, October 12

Parent/Teacher Conferences - In-Person

Tuesday, November 10

Veteran's Day

Wednesday, November 11

Parent/Teacher Conferences - Virtual

Wednesday, November 18

Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday, November 25 through Friday, November 27

Click here for the full calendar

ALL KHS students will be required to fill out a new Dance Contract for the 26/27 School Year, regardless if you have previously filled out a contract. The contract will be good through the student's graduation at KHS. For any student wishing to bring a guest to a KHS dance, you must also have a signed Guest contract on file at KHS. Signed guest contracts can be turned into Mrs. Kasprzak in the main office 3 days prior to the date of the dance your guest will attend. Guest contracts must be completed every year. Please stop by the office to see Mrs. Kasprzak or email Mrs. Kasprzak with any questions at mkasprzak@rsu21.net.

*****Please note that the Homecoming Dance is Saturday, September 26 and all contracts must be turned into Mrs. Kasprzak by Friday, September 25 by 2:00 pm for attendance.*****

If you have not done so, please fill out the PowerSchool re-registration form that was sent on Friday, August 14. All student publishing permissions must be reset to 'No' at the beginning of every School Year. This is the right to Publish on Web and Publish on Media permissions. Parents have the ability to change these preferences to 'Yes" for both or either when updating their student's re-registration form. If you missed this section on the form or wish to update the preference from No to Yes for both or either of these permissions, please email Mrs. Kasprzak at mkasprzak@rsu21.net and indicate your preferences.

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If you are interested in the application process for the United States Military, Naval, Air Force and Merchant Marine Academies, state Maritime academies, as well as private military colleges and ROTC programs, THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU!! Please pre-register by calling 207-326-2207 or email admissions@mma.edu.

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FANTASTIC news for the Class of 2026 grads and beyond – making the Maine Free College Scholarship permanent!

If a Class of 2026 student has already applied and/or been accepted at a Maine community college, they don’t have to do anything to have the scholarship applied to their financial aid package. It’s automatic. But we’d appreciate you doing what you can to let your seniors and their families know the good news that they now have a tuition-free community college opportunity!

For the Class of 2026 and beyond:

• The scholarship will cover 100% of tuition costs, rather than both tuition and fees. (Full-time tuition is $2,880 per year, and fees are $1,276 per year).
• Qualifying students must have lived in Maine for a year immediately prior to admission and during their college enrollment. (Previously, students had to live in Maine while enrolled.)
• Students must accept federal and other state grant aid (Pell and Maine State Grant) prior to Maine Free College funds being applied as a last-dollar scholarship.
• Qualifying students have 150% of program completion time, rather than the current 200% of time, to access the scholarship. (So, three years of scholarship money for a two-year associate degree.)
• Students can take up to two gap years and still qualify for the scholarship. For the Class of 2026, they must enroll no later than Summer 2029.

It is also important to note, Maine’s community colleges have also *guaranteed transfer agreements* with all seven University of Maine System universities and six of Maine’s private universities. So students can knit together a plan to save considerable college costs across their higher education journey – with no admissions essays or fees.

Check out the following website to get an in-depth visual tour of a few colleges across the country, go to https://www.thecollegetour.com/

The KHS Appreciation Committee is comprised of parent volunteers dedicated to showing appreciation for the teaching community at KHS. We also aim to connect parents to the school through volunteering and fundraising.

Our next meeting is Friday, September 11 at 8:30am in the large conference room at KHS. If you’re interested in getting involved, we would love to have you join us.

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Call or Text 988 or 1-888-568-1112

Kennebunk

Kris Fogg

207-604-1394

Arundel

Wendy Lank

207-985-4201 ext. 113

Kennebunkport

207-967-4401

Kennebunk Chamber of Commerce

Laura Dolce

207-967-0857

English:

You have the right to an interpreter at no cost to you. If you would like to request an interpreter's assistance to communicate with our schools and teachers, all you need to do is ask. We will make sure interpretation services are arranged in advance of your meeting.

Burmese:

သင့်အတွက် အခကြေးငွေ မယူဘဲ စကားပြန်လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်ရှိသည်။ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ကျောင်းများ၊ ဆရာများနှင့် ဆက်သွယ်ရန်အတွက် စကားပြန်တစ်ဦး၏အကူအညီကို သင်တောင်းဆိုလိုပါက၊ သင်လုပ်ဆောင်ရန်သာ လိုအပ်ပါသည်။ သင့်အစည်းအဝေးမတိုင်မီ ဘာသာပြန်ခြင်းဝန်ဆောင်မှုများကို သေချာစီစဉ်ပေးပါမည်။

Chinese:

您有权免费获得口译员服务。如果您想请求口译员协助与我们的学校和老师沟通，您只需提出请求即可。我们将确保在您的会议之前安排口译服务。

Gujarati:

તમને કોઈ પણ ખર્ચ વિના દુભાષિયાનો અધિકાર છે. જો તમે અમારી શાળાઓ અને શિક્ષકો સાથે વાતચીત કરવા માટે દુભાષિયાની સહાયની વિનંતી કરવા માંગતા હો, તો તમારે ફક્ત પૂછવાનું છે. અમે ખાતરી કરીશું કે તમારી મીટિંગ પહેલા અર્થઘટન સેવાઓ ગોઠવવામાં આવી છે.

Japanese:

あなたには無料で通訳を雇う権利があります。学校や教師とのコミュニケーションのために通訳のサポートをリクエストしたい場合は、リクエストするだけです。会議の前に通訳サービスを手配いたします。

Portuguese:

Você tem direito a um intérprete sem nenhum custo para você. Se desejar solicitar a assistência de um intérprete para se comunicar com nossas escolas e professores, basta solicitar. Garantiremos que os serviços de interpretação sejam organizados antes da sua reunião.

Russian:

Вы имеете право на бесплатного переводчика. Если вы хотите попросить помощи переводчика для общения с нашими школами и учителями, все, что вам нужно сделать, это попросить. Мы позаботимся о том, чтобы услуги устного перевода были организованы перед вашей встречей.

Spanish:

Tiene derecho a un intérprete sin costo alguno para usted. Si desea solicitar la asistencia de un intérprete para comunicarse con nuestras escuelas y maestros, todo lo que necesita hacer es preguntar. Nos aseguraremos de que los servicios de interpretación se organicen antes de su reunión.

Ukrainian:

Ви маєте право на безкоштовний перекладач. Якщо ви хочете попросити допомоги перекладача для спілкування з нашими школами та вчителями, все, що вам потрібно зробити, це попросити. Ми подбаємо про те, щоб послуги усного перекладу були організовані заздалегідь до вашої зустрічі.

Vietnamese:

Bạn có quyền có một thông dịch viên miễn phí. Nếu bạn muốn yêu cầu sự trợ giúp của thông dịch viên để giao tiếp với trường học và giáo viên của chúng tôi, tất cả những gì bạn cần làm là yêu cầu. Chúng tôi sẽ đảm bảo sắp xếp dịch vụ phiên dịch trước cuộc gặp của bạn.