Dr. Koop's Newsletter

Halloween is almost here! My costume arrived yesterday and I am excited about the parade. Please refer to Halloween guidelines included in this newsletter for information. Safety week was a great success! Student Resource Officers Downs and Frank ( New to our district.) from the The Madison Police Department were at KRS to present to students about Halloween safety and Internet safety. Next week Captain Nunn from the Madison Fire Department will visit KRS to present to the students about fire safety. We are so grateful to our Madison emergency responders for everything they do for us! Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Dr. Kathy Koop

• October 31, 2022 - KRS Halloween Parade 1:20 PM

• November 10 & 11, 2022 - NJEA Convention - Schools Closed

• November 21 & 22, 2022 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Single Session - 12:45 PM Dismissal

• November 23, 2022 - Thanksgiving Recess - Single Session 12:45 PM Dismissal

• November 24 & 25, 2022 - Thanksgiving Recess - Schools Closed

• December 23, 2022 - Winter Recess - Single Session 12:45 PM Dismissal

• December 26 - 30, 2022 - Winter Recess - Schools Closed

Please see here for the latest issue of the PTO PAW Print.

Our Halloween parade will begin promptly at 1:20 PM on October 31, 2022.

• Class parties for students only will follow the parade.
• Class pictures will occur behind the school immediately after the conclusion of the parade.
• Children may bring their costumes to school and change after lunch or students may wear their costumes to school.

Halloween costumes should be school appropriate:

• Masks are allowed as long as vision is clear.

• Costumes should allow for easy walking.

• Costumes should not represent violence. (no blood or weapons)

• Please no scary clown costumes.

• We love when adults wear costumes, but please no masks.

The Kings Road School Student Council will be leading its first initiative this year, a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the patients of the Overlook Medical Center Health Start Clinic. We are fortunate that one of our second-grade parents, Erin Donadio, is a volunteer at this clinic and will be helping facilitate this food drive. If you would like more information on the project, feel free to email her directly: Erin.Donadio@gmail.com

In order to streamline the collection we are asking each grade to donate a specific item.

Kindergarten: Boxes of Mac and Cheese

1st Grade: Boxes of Stuffing

2nd Grade: Packets (envelopes) of gravy mix.

3rd Grade: Packets (envelopes) of instant oatmeal.

4th Grade: Boxes of instant mashed potatoes.

5th Grade: Canned Vegetables

Items can be brought to your child’s homeroom teacher. Please deliver all items no later than Monday, November 14th. The grade that collects the highest number of items will receive a special prize!

The 2022-23 KRS COUGAR READING CHALLENGE BEGAN SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1!

• This year-long reading challenge is completely optional and a fun way to get our students reading at home!

• Each month, students should keep track of how many minutes they are reading at home on this calendar.

• Those minutes can include reading you are doing for reading logs, homework, minutes spent listening to an audiobook or read aloud on the computer (such as bookflix), or minutes spent being read to by an adult. This is not an extra assignment- If you are reading for homework, include that reading here too!

• Each month, there are different challenges to complete that can earn you an extra 100 minutes to add to your total!

• At the end of the month, add up all of your minutes!

Join the Madison SEPAG on Thursday, October 27th at 7.30pm as Guest Speaker Susan E. Miller, Director of the Robinowitz Education Center presents Dyslexia Identification in NJ 9.0. This presentation will go into the details of the current landscape in NJ and current research in the field of Dyslexia.

This meeting will be held virtually with meeting links sent in advance. To register and submit any questions please do so via our website – www.madisonsepag.com/dyslexia

In honor of the last two weeks of the MEF Giving Pump fundraising campaign, we're kicking off a selfie contest with a $50 gift card to Bottle Hill Tavern as the prize! We can't wait to see your photos! Good luck!

How to Enter:

(1) Take a selfie while filling up at The Giving Pump (Pump 6) at the Shell gas station on the corner of Prospect and Main in Madison.

(2) Post your photo on Instagram or Facebook and include the hashtag #MEFPump6Pic

(3) Follow/like MEF on Instagram and Facebook.

Contest Rules:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Must be 18 years or older to enter. Winners must live in the United States. Contest begins on October 17, 2022, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET"), ends on October 31, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Winner will be announced on or about November 2, 2022. Contest is not sponsored by or affiliated with Instagram or Facebook. Terms and Conditions apply.

MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

2022 - 2023 School Year

Trimester 1

August 29, 2022 First Trimester Begins

December 1, 2022 First Trimester Ends

December 9, 2022 Report Cards Available in Genesis

Trimester 2

December 2, 2022 Second Trimester Begins

March 8, 2023 Second Trimester Ends

March 17, 2023 Report Cards Available in Genesis

Trimester 3

March 9, 2023 Third Trimester Begins

June 14, 2023 Third Trimester Ends

June 14, 2023 Report Cards Available in Genesis

Conferences:

November 21 (Evening) and 22, 2022

April 3 (Evening ) and 4, 2023