Welcome To February!
Hello Knox Families!
Welcome to February!
We have begun Second Semester! We will be celebrating our student's success with an awards ceremony coming soon. Invitations will go home this week. For the last month, our Knox team has been partnering with i2 learning to prepare for a full STEM week at Knox. During the last week of February, students will remain with their period 1 teacher all day for project-based learning. Each day of the week, students will engage in a science experiment with their team. On Friday, February 28th, we will have a student learning showcase. More information below.
8th grade parents, this is a reminder that students must be passing all class in Power School on 6/2 at 4pm in order to participate in our Knox promotion ceremony. If you need your Power School Parent Portal log-in, please call Ms. Kristen in the office.
Parents, here are some resources to support safety online and digital citizenship:
Resources for Internet Safety and Social Media Responsibility:
https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/social-media-smarts.html
https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/internet-safety.html
https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/cyberbullying.html?WT.ac=t-ra
As a school, we continue to focus on improving school-wide attendance and reading success for all. It's extremely important that all absences be made up in Saturday School. When students are absent, they miss 6 class lessons. We are open every weekend from 8-12 for students to clear their missed days. It is also extremely important that students arrive on time to school each morning. Our first 30 minutes daily are spent on Achieve 3000, our school-wide reading program.
Students have been focused and engaged in class, making up absences in Saturday and Sunday School, taking advantage of the late bus on Monday and Tuesdays to attend tutoring, and morning Achieve reading lab. As we move into the last few weeks of the semester, please continue to support your student by having them check their Power School assignments regularly, make up all absences, make sure they arrive on time daily to participate in our morning Achieve 3000 reading time in Advisory, as well as reaching out to their teachers if needed. Our staff directory can be found here: https://www.sandiegounified.org/schools/knox/staff-directory
This month, our Bulldog Way theme is Empathy. Each Advisory teacher will select the student who has demonstrated this characteristic. Students will get a brag tag and a reward. Please ask your student about their Brag Tags!
We continue to spend our mornings in Advisory reading. Students are logging into the program Achieve 3000, in order to promote our school-wide literacy focus.
Students can also read articles at home or in morning reading lab from 7:30-8:00 every morning at Knox.
Morning Achieve 3000 Reading Lab Schedule: 7:30-8:00am
Monday- Room 6
Tuesday-Room 3
Wednesday-Room S1
Thursday-Room 103
Friday-Room 206
Thank you to our parents that have been participating in our parent circles and workshops. We appreciate your partnership.
We encourage all students to read for 40 minutes a night independently. Students will be checking out independent reading books during library visits with their English class.
All Knox students will have nightly math homework. Homework is assigned from a math packet that is given to the students at the start of each chapter.
Thank you for your partnership and Happy New Year!
Sincerely,
Principal Potter
GO BULLDOGS!!
Attendance Matters
The STAY curriculum focuses on truancy and attendance. The school-based instruction explores factors which contribute to truancy, and the resulting consequences of missing school. Topics range from goal-setting, coping skills, support system, self-evaluation, and both personal and environmental factors that contribute to truancy.
We will continue to provide incentives to students that clear all of their missed days, showing responsible attendance!
Saturday School /Sunday School are in progress!
We are open this month on:
2/1
2/2
2/8
2/9
2/22
2/29
Each session will clear 1 full day absence and 3 tardies.
