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Knox News

November 2017

Knox NewsNovember 2017

November Newsletter

Hello Knox Families!!


It has been a busy 8 weeks filled with lots of learning and fun! Our students are reading novels in their English classes, participating in labs and projects in science, collaborating in math class as teams, and writing a lot in History. We have had the opportunity to give our 5th grade friends from Porter, Baker and Nye tours of our campus, as well as build engineering projects with our AVID mentors. Our 8th grade students participated in articulation events with the team from Lincoln, and were buzzing about High School. Our ASB put on our first Pep Rally of the year for progress report #1 with music from Sol e Mar. Our ASB has also created a "Bulldog Beautification" program to help keep our campus looking beautiful.

Our library is open! We encourage all students to read for 20 minutes a night independently. Students can check out books during Advisory or lunch time.


We thank you for your partnership in your student's success. Power School Parent Portal info letters were mailed home with p1 report cards. If you did not get the report card or your parent letter, please email our site tech Ms. Ojetti at kojetti@sandi.net


GO BULLDOGS!!

English Language Arts Update

Our students are reading their first novels/books of the year.


6th Grade-The Lightning Thief

7th Grade-A Long Walk to Water

8th Grade-Inside Out and Back Again


Knox ELA teachers use the Engage NY Common Core Curriculum in their classes.

Parents can learn more about this curriculum here:


6th grade ELA


7th Grade ELA


8th Grade ELA


Students should be reading for 20 minutes every night. Students may read newsela.com articles at home or an independent reading book from the Knox library.

Students can read current event articles on Newsela
Students are required to read 1 article a week in their Advisory class.
SRI- Understanding your student's reading level
The SRI is a measure of a student's reading level (lexile).
If you would like to know your student's reading level, please reach out to their English teacher.
Lexile Levels Made Easy

Lexile Levels Made Easy

Lexile Levels: Get the facts on your child’s reading level.

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Lots of Fun at Knox!! Lots of Fun at Knox!!

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Pep Rally

Progress Report 1
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Pep Rally

Great Job ASB
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Sol e Mar

Arts Enrichment
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5th Graders Visit Knox!

Our 5th grade friends build engineering projects with their 7th grade AVID mentors.
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Knox Art Club!

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Art Club!

Our Knox art club students had their first club meeting and were learning to sketch a model created by our Knox teacher Mrs. Honig.

KNOX SCIENCE PROGRAM KNOX SCIENCE PROGRAM

Next Generation Science Standards For Parents
Our science team is participating in the district's Early Implementor Next Generation Science Standards Grant. The new standards for science promote critical thinking and problem solving. Click here to learn more about these standards.

Saturday Morning Arduino Programming Workshop Saturday Morning Arduino Programming Workshop

Monitoring Your Student's Grades in Power School

How To Access Grades and Attendance in Parent Portal
To get a copy of your password, please call 619-344-5500 or email kojetti@sandi.net

KNOX MATH PROGRAM KNOX MATH PROGRAM

Students have math homework every night! Students have math homework every night!

CPM Math Parent Guide
Student Math Homework Help
Math Textbook

November Events:

11/8 Fall ASB Dance

11/14 Science students to the Think-A-Bit lab at Qualcomm

11/16 AVID 8 to UCSD for an Engineering Activity and campus tour

11/17 Western BBQ at lunch

Event Information

Restorative Practices: Tariq Khamisa Foundation Assembly is coming to Knox

https://tkf.org

When?

Monday, Nov 6, 2017, 09:00 AM

Where?

1098 South 49th Street, San Diego, CA 92113, United States

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ATTENDANCE

On time daily attendance is an extremely important factor in promoting student success. School starts at 8:15 every morning. We highly encourage all students to make up missed days (for any reason) on a Saturday. When students are absent, they miss 6 different class lessons. Saturday School can help provide students the time to make up missing assignments.


Knox is open from 8-12 on Saturdays.


If your student has missed any days of school, please consider sending them to Saturday School next weekend.

Event Information

8th Grade Parents- Tour of Lincoln

Lincoln High School

“Parent Center Room 601”

4777 Imperial Avenue

San Diego, CA 92113

Please RSVP to Gina Montijo, Parent Liaison

gmontijo-garcia@sandi.net

Phone: 619-266-6500 x2601, space is limited

When?

Wednesday, Nov 1, 2017, 09:00 AM

Where?

Lincoln High School, Imperial Avenue, San Diego, CA, United States

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Event Information

Knox Parent Circle and Food Pantry

Join us for a Knox Parent Circle-

8:45-9:30 Knox Parent Room 15

9:45-10:45- Knox Food Pantry

Please bring your empty grocery bags.

When?

Wednesday, Nov 8, 2017, 08:45 AM

Where?

Harley E. Knox Middle School, South 49th Street, San Diego, CA, United States

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Event Information

November Lincoln Cluster Meeting

When?

Monday, Nov 13, 2017, 05:30 PM

Where?

Porter North Elementary School, South 47th Street, San Diego, CA, United States

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Key Contacts @ Knox

Principal-Heather Potter- hpotter@sandi.net


Vice Principal- Alex Villalobos- avillalobos@sandi.net


Head Counselor-M-Z- Lori Watkins- lcruz@sandi.net


Counselor- A-L- Sherri Penaloza- sbaildon@sandi.net


Restorative Practices Coordinator-Jeff Ponsford- jponsford@sandi.net


Registration-Linda Manabat- lmanabat@Sandi.net


Site Tech- Power School Parent Portal- Kristen Ojetti- kojetti@sandi.net

Join the mailing list- email hpotter@sandi.net Join the mailing list- email hpotter@sandi.net

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