Knox Middle School Newsletter!
The week before Thanksgiving is one of our favorite weeks of the school year. Thank you to Mr. Ponsford for organizing our annual Knox Turkey Drive! Our team delivered over 75 turkeys along with $50 gift cards to Food for Less to our Knox families. We are so thankful for our sponsors at 93.3, Positive Movement, Wheelhouse Credit and a local church community for financially supporting this event. Please take a moment to watch the video above.
Academic Focus:
Knox teachers are hard at work preparing for their formal observations and implementing our Marzano plans. Each teacher is developing a strong and measurable learning target. As a site we are focused on teaching the priority standards (Critical Concepts) and scaffolding our instruction for our Multilingual Learners. Each department is aligning their yearly plans to the prioritized standards and planning common assessments with their PLCs. As a site we are working on Action Research focused on Checking for Understanding and overcoming barriers with instructional strategies and routines.
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:
- Over 40 parents participating in our PIQE program (Parent Institute for Quality Education) who will graduate in the next 2 weeks!
- Our annual Knox Turkey Drive
- 8th grade students took a tour of the San Diego downtown courthouse
- Our Knox teachers took a field trip to the VEBA wellness center and participated in sound healing and chair yoga.
- We hosted Picture Day for all students and staff
- 5th grade parents joined us for a campus tour
Reminders:
- Parent conferences are on 12/8 on campus from 2-3:30. These are open to parents of students that received D or F on the P2 report card.
- 6th grade students should return their permission slips to participate in swimming lessons at the YMCA.
- Our Parent Circles and Food Pantry events will continue twice a month after PIQE graduation. These are open to all parents.
- Our annual MLK march is January 13th. Students are dismissed at 1pm that day. Please make sure your student has their permission slip signed.
- LOTE testing
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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
