KES Family Newsletter

August and September are in the books and fall is in the air! We have finished our Fall testing, started our intervention groups, and our students are ready to do some serious learning! Though the year has been great so far, we know that there are still plenty of exciting events in store for our students and families at KES. Keep reading these family newsletters throughout the school year to learn about other exciting events and information!

Picture Day at KES is Tuesday, October 10th. Please be on the lookout for picture forms to be coming home with your student.

Our student council is putting on a popcorn fundraiser to raise funds for fun school activities! This is a fully online sale. Paper letters giving more details about this fundraiser will be coming home with students soon. Please see digital formats of the info letter that are linked here:

• Poppin' Popcorn Info Letter
• Flier with Fundraiser Prizes

If you weren't able to attend our Cardinal Kickoff event, or would just like to reference the information that was covered again, we'd still like you to have access to all the information shared by our teachers. Below, you will find links to each of our grade level presentations from Cardinal Kickoff, as well as a video from Mr. C regarding attendance/pick-up and drop-off/Remind messaging expectations.

• Mr. C Video Link
• Kindergarten Link
• 1st Grade Link
• 2nd Grade Link
• 3rd Grade Link
• 4th Grade Link
• 5th Grade Link
• 6th Grade Link
• Mr. Kiley Link (PE)
  
• Mrs. Pomaville Link (Tech)
• Mrs. Hintz/Mr. Van Horn Link (Special Education)

Please see the attached flier for a great opportunity to connect with community resources in October!

Making Changes to Transportation

We have been hard at work updating our transportation information for each student to ensure that we are getting everyone home safely each night. If you have not contacted the office to update this year's transportation information for your student, please contact Mrs. Nicol as soon as possible. Reminder: Any daily transportation changes need to be reported to Mrs. Nicol in the office before 1:30 pm!

Morning Drop-off Expectations

• There are no adults in the cafeteria to let students in until 7:30AM. Please refrain from dropping students off before this time. Any vehicles here prior to 7:30AM can wait on the curb with students in vehicles.

• If you pull up to the entrance and are the only vehicle on the curb, please pull 1-2 car-lengths past the entrance. This allows several more vehicles to pull up behind you and drop off their students at the same time as you to keep our drop-off line moving.
• If you pull up behind another vehicle, leave room for your vehicle to pull out of line before the vehicle in front of you moves. If your student gets out quickly, you will be able to exit the drop-off line as soon as it is safe to do so.
• We know that some students need a few extra moments to collect their things or get one more hug or word of encouragement before they are ready to exit the vehicle each morning. If you know your student needs these things, we ask that you park in our south lot and walk your student to the cafeteria entrance when they are ready.

Afternoon Pick-up Expectations

• No vehicles may pull up to the curb for pick-up. Please park in the south lot and walk to the correct door.
• Students with last names A-M can be picked up at the doors closest to the kitchen (red canopy doors). Students with last name O-Z can be picked up at the doors closest to the stage.
• Please pick up students promptly. Parents can begin arriving to pick students up at 2:50PM, and we would like all students picked up from the cafeteria before we release our buses at 3:05PM.

Thank you for helping make our morning and afternoon transportation systems as efficient and safe as possible for all our KES families!

We are excited to be implementing a new lunch money policy at KES! All lunch money can now be placed in the pre-printed envelopes available in the front office. Families can place money in the envelope and label it with the student's name and lunch number and their teacher's name. It can then be dropped in the drop box located outside the main office.

Some other policies to note regarding lunch money:

• A student's first serving is always free, but they are required to purchase their second serving. An extra milk can also be purchased.
• Starting in October, we will not be allowing students to charge for these additional items unless outstanding charges are addressed with a lunch money deposit by the family.

-10.4.23: CARDS Assembly (K-2 @ 1:30 and 3-6 @ 2:00)

-10.5.23: 12:10 Dismissal (HS Parent-Teacher Conferences)

-10.10.23: Picture Day

-10.19.23: End of MP1

-10.20.23: No School (Teacher PD)

-10.23.23: Begin MP2

-10.26.23: 12:10 Dismissal (Elementary Parent-Teacher Conferences)

-10.27.23: Popcorn Friday

-10.31.23: Halloween Parade @ 2pm

-11.8.23: CARDS Assembly (K-2 @ 1:30 and 3-6 @ 2:00)

-11.15.23: No School (Opening Day)

-11.16.23: Fire Drill @ 2:00

-11.22.23: 12:10 Dismissal (Thanksgiving Break Begins)

-11.23.23 & 11.24.23: No School (Thanksgiving Break)

-12.1.23: Popcorn Friday

-12.6.23: CARDS Assembly (k-2 @ 1:30 and 3-6 @ 2:00)

-12.22.23: 12:10 Dismissal (Christmas Break Begins: End of MP2)

-1.3.24: School Resumes (Begin MP3)

-1.15.24: No School (MLK Day)

-1.26.24: Popcorn Friday

-2.16.24: 12:10 Dismissal

-2.19.24: No School (Presidents' Day)

-2.23.24: Popcorn Friday

-3.8.24: No School (County-Wide PD)

-3.15.24: End MP3

-3.22.24: 12:10 Dismissal (Begin Spring Break)

-4.2.24: School Resumes

-4.19.24: Popcorn Friday

-5.17.24: Popcorn Friday

-5.31.24: 12:10 Dismissal (Last Day)

Email: jcampbell@kingstonk12.org
Website: kingstonk12.org
Location: 3644 Ross Street, Kingston, MI, USA
Phone: (989) 683-2284