KES Family Newsletter

Each year at KES, we look forward to the opportunity to honor the bravery and sacrifice of our Veterans. We plan to honor Veterans with two different events this year:

-Hats Off to Veterans: Our KES Student Council will be conducting a fundraiser to raise money for local Veterans. Students can pay $0.50 each Friday in November (plus Thursday November 14th since we don't have school on November 15th) to wear a hat to school in honor of Veterans Day. You can send the money to school with your child in one lump sum for the month, and can donate more than just $0.50 if you choose. Please keep an eye out for the info sheet coming home on this event sometime this week.

-Veterans Day Program: On Monday, November 11th, we are inviting any Veteran family members of our KES students to attend a Veterans Day Program at 9am in our KES Cafeteria. Please see the link to our KES Veterans Day Program Form for more details!

On 11.19.24, we will be hosting our November Family Engagement Activity: Turkey Bingo Night! We are inviting all of our KES and KHS families to join us in the KHS cafeteria at 6pm, where the bingo prizes won can range from gift cards to local businesses to a full turkey dinner for you and your family! Along with Bingo, we will also have other fun Thanksgiving-themed activities for our elementary-aged students and their families to complete. We hope to see you and your family at this exciting fall event!

Please view the following graphics for information regarding upcoming events and resources offered by the Great Start Initiative.

Our south parking lot is a busy place before and after school each day, so we would like to review our right-of-way bus expectations with all our families. If you are pulling into or out of our south parking lot while buses are exiting, please stop for them. Thank you for help in keeping all our staff, students, and families safe at KES each day!

The updated CARDS system has continued to be a success in our building! Both students and staff are excited to watch the video announcements every Monday morning to see who the CARDS winners were for the week! Not only do the weekly student winners get to choose a prize from the "Cardinals Nest", they also get to sit at the VIP table (with a friend) on Tuesday. Students are not the only ones rewarded for CARDS tickets though. Each week a CARD is drawn and the staff member who gave that CARD wins a free jean day! In addition, two more CARDS are drawn and those staff members get to collect a token for the book vending machine and gift the book to any classroom of their choosing. We love rewarding good behavior! Keep up the great work Cardinals!

Please check out Mrs. Hayward's November Newsletter for updates from the Nurses Office!

Here are some links to helpful resources:

-Kingston Community Schools District Calendar for 2024-2025.

-KES November Breakfast Menu

-KES November Lunch Menu

Please use the following link to view our Kingston Elementary 2024-2025 Supply Lists.

-11.11.24: KES Veterans Program @ 9am

-11.14.24: KHS Varsity Boys Basketball Fundraiser Dinner at Beagio's

-11.15.24: No School (Good Luck Hunters!)

-11.19.24: Family Engagement Activity -Turkey Bingo (KHS Cafeteria @ 6pm)

-11.22.24: Popcorn Friday

-11.27.24: 12:10 Dismissal

-11.28.24: No School

-11.29.24: No School

-12.4.24: Winter Band Concert

-12.12.24: KES Christmas Program (Times TBD)

-12.20.24: 12:10 Dismissal (Christmas Break Begins & End of MP 2)

-1.6.25: School Resumes & Begin MP3

-1.6.24: KES Winter Cheer Clinic Begins (Mon-Thur in KES Cafeteria)

-1.10.24: KES Winter Cheer Clinic Performance (During KHS Home Basketball Game)

-1.31.25: Popcorn Friday

-2.14.25: 12:10 Dismissal

-2.17.25: No School (Presidents' Day)

-2.25.25: Vision Screening

-2.26.25: Vision Screening

-2.27.25: Vision Screening

-2.28.25: Popcorn Friday

-3.14.25: No School (County-Wide PD)

-3.21.25: Popcorn Friday

-3.28.25: 12:10 Dismissal (Begin Spring Break & End MP3)

-4.7.25: School Resumes and Begin MP4

-4.18.25: No School (Easter Break)

-4.25.25: Popcorn Friday

-5.26.25: No School (Memorial Day)

-5.30.25: Popcorn Friday

-6.6.25: Last Day and End of MP4

Kingston Elementary: 3644 Ross Street, Kingston, MI 48741

Email: jcampbell@kingstonk12.org

Phone: 989.683.2284

Website: kingstonk12.org