Notes From the Principal
Hello and Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year!
We have many activities and family events schedule for this school year (hooray!), but we want you to mark your calendars for October 16th and 17th, because we are bringing back our Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences. More information will come closer to the dates.
Please consider joining us for our monthly PTO meetings. They are on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 6:30pm-7:30pm. We hold them via Zoom so families can join us from anywhere. From 6:00pm-7:00pm I will be on the Zoom link to meet privately with families who may have questions or concerns to share. Please consider helping our PTO, because without active PTO families, our students wouldn't get to experience the many special activities that we have planned!
On September 21st is our Homecoming Parade. Our Woodward float has won two years in a row! If you are interested in having your child ride the float, adults in your family must help build it! Information will be coming home about how to join in on this event!
For morning drop off, please arrive between 7:20am-7:40am
When families arrive too early, it creates difficulties for truck deliveries and district staff trying to access the parking areas.
Please do not try to pull around cars on the left side, because children exit the vehicle on the driver's side in the morning.
If you arrive after 7:40, please park and walk your child to the main door. We do not have staff outside after 7:40.
Please be patient and safe.
We ask families to wait in a single line for drop off in the morning.
In the afternoon we ask families to follow the lead from our staff about where to line up and when to move ahead.
Please be patient and do not rush to get around other cars at any time.
We only use King Street to enter and exit the schools. We do not use Armory Drive, that's only for buses.
Messages & Alerts
September 8, 2023
Dear Keystone Central School District Elementary Families,
In 2022, the district worked with a group of parents, students, and teachers to create a Communication Plan that would help improve the communication between families and the district. Part of the Communication Plan was to find one communication platform for all K-12 students so that families with multiple students did not have to use several different platforms.
At the time, the group chose to use the Bloomz app as the main source of communication K-12. However, after many difficulties with their product, service, and reliability, we have decided to move away from Bloomz and begin using Class Dojo again for elementary students, as it is more reliable and user-friendly than Bloomz has been.
We apologize for the inconvenience and disruption in communication that has occurred this school year due to the technical difficulties with Bloomz. Our technology team, administrative team, and teachers have been working tirelessly to fix the issues, but the issues are with the Bloomz platform, not the district’s technology or support.
We are unwilling to waver from our commitment to easy and consistent communication with families; therefore, we will be making the switch to Class Dojo immediately for K-4 students. If you have students in grades 5-8, we will continue using Bloomz until we can find a suitable alternative.
Your student’s classroom teacher will provide you with the information you need to join their Class Dojo accounts.
Thank you for your understanding and patience!
#KeystoneCares invites you to bring a blanket and your favorite book to Don Malinak's Stadium on 9/14/23. Every student will receive a snack and a FREE book of their choice! We hope to see you there!
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