KAMSC Newsletter
We are half way through the semester at the end of this week. Teachers are looking forward to sharing your student's progress with you at conferences.
The swag orders came in this week and are being passed out to students so you should see those come home. We also passed out the rest of the Kilometers for KAMSC prizes this weeks, pencils, bags, and tshirts for those that earned them. We are so proud of the community effort around Kilometers for KAMSC and grateful to you all.
One of my favorite things about KAMSC is open lab. It is so rewarding to see our teachers come back on Wednesday nights to support their students in many ways including running clubs and organizations. They are a dedicated group of teachers so please thank them when you see them. Students are very engaged at open lab, both socially and academically. I witness great conversations about learning among students and get to see them study in groups and get support from staff. Please enjoy some pictures from open lab this week (below). Open lab is a huge contributor to our student's sense of belonging, which again is one of our three pillars at KAMSC under Challenge Success (W-wellbeing E-Engagement B-Belonging) and we love to see students on Wednesday night building their community here.
Heather Kortlandt
Director, KAMSC
Chess team at Open Lab
Director's advisory council at Open Lab
Mr. Sinclair works with a student at Open Lab
HOSA officers run the HOSA meeting at Open Lab
Study partners working on Chemistry
A group of freshmen work on an IT problem together
Students may wear costumes on Oct. 30 (no KAMSC classes on Oct 31). Please make sure they are school appropriate both in body coverage and nonviolent themes. If they are not, you may risk having to change. We look forward to having some costume fun on Thursday next week!
I hope that you all have had a chance to review our KAMSC Handbook and sign the acceptance form through PowerSchool. Here is a direct link to it again. I would invite you to be sure that you have read through the MTSS support procedures. I will pull grades to review the 3.0 requirements and use that as a gauge to get more support for students. If your child is showing that need, Mrs. Allbee or I will email you and the child to set up support provided by KAMSC. This is required for a three week interval and then we pull grades again to review. Our hope is always that that three week interval is enough support but students will sometimes move in and out of support throughout a semester. Please know, that this is meant to be a supportive measure. We take our responsibility of helping your child achieve the high standards of KAMSC seriously.
If you are dropping off or picking up your student at KAMSC, please do so at the Vine Street entrance. Please find a safe place to pull over and then have you student proceed to the Vine street entrance. If students are driving themselves:
1. They need to acquire a parking pass from the KAMSC office - please fill this out
2. They need to park by the El Sol playground off of Dutton Street (but then walk to Vine street entrance)
3. They should be reminded to not keep anything valuable in their car and to keep their cars locked at all times.
4. The building will have a campus security officer at the Vine Street entrance during times of arrivals and dismissals.
Wed. Oct 29 - PT conferences 5:30-8:30 (virtual... no open lab)
Thurs Oct 30 - PT Conferences 5:30-8:30 - Virtual
Fri Oct 31 - No school for students; PT Conferences (7:30-2pm)
Nov 3-7 - Spirit week
Sat. Nov 8 - KAMSC Fall Dance and Class clash