KAMSC Newsletter

Our Sleep Squad kicked off the sleep campaign scheduled to run through the end of April. Their plan is to bring information to students and ideas for them to try at home to build better sleep habits. their theme is "don't hit snooze on sleep" Below are the themes that they will educate around each Friday that we are in session at KAMSC. Students will be asked to try these things that should hopefully keep them mindful of their sleep and sleep habits to see if we can impact that average number of hours of sleep that the KAMSC students report this spring on our 2026 Challenge Success Survey. Parents - please ask on Friday's what they learned and see if you might also want to work on your own sleep habits. Setting goals as a family is always a powerful move.

Heather Kortlandt

Director, KAMSC

Please review your child's requests and sign their paper document and have them turn that into the office not later than Feb. 16.

Please also have them fill out the google form - QR code on their paper form.

Ninth graders in Mrs. Chapoton's Biology class demonstrated their creativity by designing unique cell models.

This year Naya Dike, 10th grader is volunteering her time to tutor at El Sol elementary and is helping me lead the 2nd annual 5th grade El Sol KAMSC visit. This year we are also adding some visits to the Kalamazoo AT programs. Naya is looking for volunteers to help us with these outreach events. Below is a google form that should has put together for you to sign up to volunteer. We need all volunteers signed up by Friday, February 13th so act fast! Those who sign up will need their own transportation to and from visit sites. You can use these hours towards your KAMSC service award. To do so please contact student senate presidents Adelie Chen or Hayden Clack.

Please consider helping - we likely need 10-15 more volunteers! We need you!

The South Central Michigan Society of Women Engineers is looking for High School students that would be interested in volunteering for the Corporate Engineering Challenge at the Air Zoo on February 28th

Anyone interested can sign up here and there are slots for HS students
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4EACAF23A7FD0-61587575-2026#/

Contact:

Michelle Scott
South Central Michigan Society of Women Engineers
CEC Chair

Reminder - if you wish to opt your child out of this field trip, the opt our form is in the old news section below. All parents should have filled out the opt in form at the beginning of the year. You only need to do that one time and it covers permission for any field trip for this school year. If you then wish to opt out of any trips, you must fill out the form for each trip you are opting your child out of. If you can't remember if you did the opt in form in the fall feel free to reach out to Ms. Sanders and ask. pat.sanders@kamsc.org

AP Environmental Science Field Trip to Waste Water Treatment Plan - February 11

Ms. Joyce has put together a comprehensive list of summer options at various intuitions around various topics. Summer is a great time to continue to enrich students! See the list below.

The KAMSC parent organization would like to invite you to keep abreast of their meeting agendas/minutes and dates so that you can be as involved as you like. It would be great to get more underclassmen parents involved so that you can help lead as some of our families "graduate" out. Click this link to review meeting minutes.

If there are any KAMSC families that ever wish to use the food pantry on the third floor, you can simply contact Mrs. Allbee, and she will work with you to get you what you need. It is all anonymous and very simple.

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.

Feb 11th - Open Lab 6-7:30

Feb. 16th - schedule forms (paper and google) due for rising 10th -12th graders

Feb 18th - Open lab 6-7:30

Feb 25th - Open Lab 6-7:30

Feb 27th - No School - Mid Winter Break