Cougar Clips
20 March 2025
Happy Thursday Kipling Families,
We are excited to welcome you to spring conferences! Please note that all visitors to our school must check in through our front office and present your ID. We kindly ask that you arrive approximately 10 minutes before your scheduled conference time to allow for check-in processing.
You will receive a sticker for your ID and we will exchange your sticker for your ID on your way out. You may only enter and exit the building through the Main Office Door 1.
These same procedures must be followed if you are coming to Kipling for our Book Fair. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you over the next two days.
I hope you all have plans for rest, relaxation, and rejuvenation. Wherever the next 10 days takes you, I wish you and your families a safe, healthy, and happy spring break.
Respectfully,
Mr. Matthew O. Lombardo, NBCT
Principal
Kipling Elementary School
Kipling PTO
Don't forget to log in/sign up at the PTO site. Visit https://kiplingpto.membershiptoolkit.com/home to get started.
Thanks to everyone for shopping at the Spring Book Fair! Have a great spring break! Don’t miss our exciting events when we return!
Kipling McTeacher's Night is April 2nd!
BECAUSE KIPLING TEACHERS ARE SO AMAZING... Come see SO MANY of them work the cash registers, drive through, fry station and more... when you stop by for an after-school snack! Mark your calendars now! It's going to be such a fun event!
BINGO Night
Join us at Potbelly's following the 5th-grade music show and choir concert.
Please feel free to email ptokipling@gmail.com for any questions!
Kipling Read-a-Thon!
The second annual Kipling Elementary School Read-A-Thon is happening March 22 through April 11. It's SUPER EASY to get your child/ren signed up and logged on in order to start tracking their minutes.
Click on this link to get started.
Why participate?
Students can easily monitor their reading minutes and see how they stack up against classmates, other students in their grade, and the entire school
Students can set personal goals and work towards achieving them and they can win really cool prizes
Important things to know about our read-a-thon:
Students must log their minutes on this site for the minutes to count towards the class competition and individual prizes
All reading at school and at home counts
Students can read by themselves, read out loud, be read to, or listen to an audiobook
Students can log up to 200 minutes per day
Students do not have to participate in the fundraising in order to participate in tracking minutes to earn prizes
Happy reading! Please reach out if you have any questions.
-Mrs. Thurman (lthurman@dps109.org)
Seeking Cultures to Showcase
Thank you to the Strobel family for filling our Cultural Collection case with your beautiful and rich Chilean artifacts. Thank you for taking the lead this year for our school community. We all have so many unique and special cultural perspectives and lived experiences to share with each other and I am very proud and eager to learn about each of yours.
In an effort to ensure inclusion of diverse populations and perspectives, we are looking for other Kipling families to use the Kipling Cultural Collection to teach the Kipling community about your culture! Display objects may include 6-8 traditional or cultural objects, a family video describing the significance of each object, recipe, flag, map, music, etc - anything to bring your vibrant culture to life!
Volunteering at Kipling
Composting
We need volunteers to help compost during lunch periods. This is a great chance to help the planet and see your kids in action!
LMC
The LMC is looking for volunteers every day between
8:50-11:20am and 12:50-3:25pm (Wednesdays 12:50-2:25pm)
Sign up for a slot and come in any time you are free.
DPS109 Info
Reminder: There are no enrichment classes the entire week of March 17
Due to conferences and a shortened week, there will be no enrichment classes from March 17 - 21. Additionally, there will be no ASC on Thursday, March 20.
Missed a Tech Tip? We got you covered!
In October, we began sharing weekly tech tips in our newsletters to encourage digital safety. If you missed a tech tip or just want to review them, we have a Digital Hub for you to view them at your convenience. Make sure to keep your eyes open for more tech tips to come in the following weeks.
Upcoming Important Dates
-Thurs 3/20-Fri 3/21: LMC Book Fair
-Thurs 3/20: 1/2 Day for Students, 11:40am Dismissal
-Thurs 3/20: Parent Teacher Conferences: 1-4pm, and 5-8pm
-Fri 3/21: No School for Students
-Fri 3/21: Parent Teacher Conferences: 8:30-11:30am
-Mon 3/24-Fri 3/28: Spring Break
-Mon 3/31: School Resumes