October at Knox!
Hello Knox Families!
October was an awesome month at Knox. Our ASB planned some fun activities for students, which included:
- Red Ribbon Spirit Week
- Falloween Door Decorating
- Birthday celebrations
- Opening of the 2 ASB stores
- Staff vs. Student Soccer Game for our 6th grade students
This month we will continue to celebrate students with brag tags for: perfect attendance, raising their Lexile reading scores in Achieve 3000, and for our positive themes in Advisory. With the second progress reporting period will also come additional brag tags for GPA and Citizenship.
Instructional Updates:
All students received a first academic progress report. The second academic progress reporting period ends on November 11th. We will be hosting a Zoom Parent Coffee to support parents with Power School Parent Portal and monitoring grades and attendance online.
Our teachers are working as collaborative teams to deconstruct the Critical Concepts (priority standards). This work helps to ensure that students have access to learn the most important standards during the school year. As PLCs (Professional Learning Communities), departments work together to create a scope and sequence that outlines their teaching plan for the year. PLCs are also working to ensure that we have common and measurable learning targets in our classrooms.
Knox students participated in a robotics competition this month. Students worked in teams of 2-3 students to build ROV’s and will had the opportunity to test their vehicles in the pool at Sea Lodge. Knox will be forming a partnership with the Walter Munk Foundation to support our future robotics endeavors. Knox has a morning Robotics Advisory program as well as a Coding class as part of our CTE pathway. Students are learning to code with Python and have in the past also coded with Lego.
Reminders:
- Students should wear their Knox lanyard and brag tags. They can earn many prizes. Our brag tags celebrate our student success. Students can get a new lanyard in Saturday School if they have lost theirs.
- Students may only have their cell phones out at lunch. They may also not record video. Phones out any other time of the day will be collected and turned into the office. Parents must pick the phone up at the office.
- If you need to pick your student up early at school call ahead.
- You can still register for student COVID testing. The links for registration are below. COVID testing is every Thursday.
- The grading period ends on 11/19. Report cards will be mailed home the following week.
- We have a late bus for tutoring every Tuesday. It stops at Baker and Balboa. It departs Knox at 4:35
- Minimum days are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Thursday only.
- Saturday School has begun. Students can clear 1 full day absence and 4 tardies. Saturday school is 8am-12pm. Students that arrive late will not be able to enter. Students need their backpack, laptop, charger, planner, mask and water bottle. Breakfast will be served.
- Please monitor your child's social media accounts (Instagram, Snap Chat, Tik Tok). School vandalism is on the rise due to Tik Tok challenges. Please talk to your students about their digital footprint and making smart choices online.
- Please talk to your students about the harmful effects of Vaping. All students participated in a school-wide Zoom assembly to learn about the harmful chemicals that are contained in ecigarettes.
Check out the Lincoln Cluster Newsletter for more awesome events happening in our cluster.
To join our ELAC, please reach out to Ms. Hueso ahueso@sandi.net
Sincerely,
Principal Potter
GO BULLDOGS!!
