Knox Middle School Newsletter!
December was filled with lots of fun activities at Knox which supported our positive school culture and climate. We hosted our second ASB-led pep rally with games, a fashion show, performances by the Lincoln Cheer Team, and our Knox musicians. Our partners at Positive Movement also held our first Fun Friday lunch for students. This event was awesome and included: Golden State Service dogs, pizza, a photo booth, a SD Gulls hockey rink, 93.3 radio DJs and lots of games and prizes. We are so thankful to our partners at +MVMNT for brining such amazing events like this to our campus.
Academic Focus:
Knox teachers are working on their Action Research Projects as teams. Each teacher has chosen a question to investigate and will try on various teaching strategies in order to support the QTP (Quality Teaching Practice) of Checking For Understanding. We are also fortunate to be hosting a professional development workshop at Knox with Dr. Kate Kinsella, author of our ALD curriculum. This professional development will support language acquisition strategies to scaffold instruction for our multilingual learners at Knox.
Attendance focus:
We are open for Saturday and Sunday school to clear absences. Students are encouraged to clear all days they miss. We are open from 8-12pm.
This month at Knox we have also had many awesome events happening on campus. These include:
- Our annual Martin Luther King March- Dismissal on January 13th will be at 1:00 pm
- 6th grade students will take 4 swimming lessons at the Jackie Robinson YMCA
- Winter soccer begins
- Another Fun Friday lunch for students sponsored by Positive Movement.
- January 24th- Perfect Attendance Pizza Party
- Assistant Principal Ms. Hirsch begins at Knox- January 12th.
Reminders:
- Students that have not returned their MLK March permission slips need to return them ASAP.
- Our Parent Circles and Food Pantry events will continue for our Knox families. We hope you will join us. These events are also open to our 5th grade families.
- English FAST testing begins.
- ELPAC testing begins on February 1st. All of our ELD classes will be preparing students for the test. The ELPAC test is an important way in which our students can reclassify.
- The Semester ends on January 20th.
- 8th grade students must pass all of their classes Second Semester by the cut off date to participate in the Knox promotion ceremony held at Lincoln. Students that have F's at the cut off date must follow the appeals process to be considered for participation in the ceremony.
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Parents- please continue to monitor Power School Parent Portal for your students grades and attendance.
Thank you for your continued support of Knox and our students.
Sincerely,
Principal Potter
