KAMSC Newsletter

As we navigate the academic year, our team remains dedicated to ensuring every student feels supported both inside and outside the classroom. Through our alignment with Challenge Success, we emphasize a balanced approach to academic rigor—one that pairs high expectations with strong support systems. At KAMSC, our teachers and staff are always available to provide guidance, extra academic assistance, and strategies to manage complex workloads. Notice in our MTSS section below, tutoring starts this week for those that want to sign up right now, and our first grade pull to review who needs supports using our guidelines will be October 1st. That grade pull will trigger conversations between the counselor and student and connecting them to all of our supports available.

The foundation for school success often starts at home. One of the most effective ways you can support your student’s academic focus, emotional resilience, and overall well-being is by helping them maintain healthy sleep routines. Encouraging consistent, early bedtimes makes a measurable difference in their ability to process complex concepts, stay engaged during intense lab sessions, and manage stress.

Thank you for your ongoing partnership as we work together to nurture well-rounded, healthy, and successful scholars!

Heather Kortlandt

Director, KAMSC

As a part of our Challenge Success goals and culture of student well being, engagement, and belonging, each year Mrs. Kortlandt puts together a group of three students from every grade as an advisory team. They talk about culture at KAMSC and brainstorm ideas. They also volunteer to support some events at KAMSC as well. Leaders of this group are Juniors: Mark Allabaugh - President and Samaira Agarwal- vice President. The team has the following vacancies:

9th grade - 3

10th grade - 2

12th grade - 1

If you would like to join the team, please fill out this google form by Wednesday, September 16th. On Thursday, Mrs. Kortlandt will assign all applicants a random number and use a random number generator to select for each grade level. Those selected will be announced in the newsletter and emailed.

9th grade Honors Biology will attend a field trip to the West Lake Nature Preserve to explore a variety of ecosystems and the flora and fauna characteristics of Southwest Michigan. Each student is assigned a date based on their KAMSC group, either Sept 22 (Angles group), 23 (Rays group), or Sept 24 (Segments group). Please ask your student what group they are in.

Students will need parent transportation to West Lake to arrive between 8-8:15 and KPS will provide busses back to KAMSC for all students. Students will then catch their busses/rides to their partner schools from KAMSC for the afternoon. Please the button below to fill out the transportation form to indicate whether you are able to drop your child off at the West Lake Nature Preserve on the specified day of your child's field trip. If you are unable, you can indicate that your student can ride from KAMSC with a KAMSC employee to the bog. We can accommodate a small number of students.

Please dress appropriately for the weather as students will be outside for the entire time.

• No open-toed shoes or sandals
• Consider bring sunscreen and insect repellent.
• Students should also bring a notebook and writing utensil.

KAMSC families are warmly invited and encouraged to join us for this exciting community event. We look forward to celebrating health, wellness, and school spirit together!

Funds raised through Fund Hub will support a variety of KAMSC programs and student needs, including our annual student planner project, research and classroom supplies, food for school events, lab aide positions, and other important initiatives.

How to Participate

• Please register your child by clicking on this link
• Share your student's fundraising page with at least 10 friends or family members via email.
• Donations by check are also welcome. Please make checks payable to KAMSC and bring into the office. Please include the student's name so fundraising totals can be credited. Student fundraisers will be eligible for prizes.

Our tutors are set to being the week of September 14th. While we won't pull grades and reach out to students who may need it until Oct 1, you can sign up on your own if you wish to start some tutoring early. We encourage support!

We wanted to institute a private way that you could report any type of bullying at KAMSC. Mrs. Allbee has created a report form to do so. Either she or Mrs. Kortlandt will follow up if enough information is provided. We have not had an issue with bullying at KAMSC but we want to make sure there are channels open for reporting in case there were to ever be an incident. This will live in our newsletter, every, single week.

Every year Ms. Joyce sets up many visits from College reps here at KAMSC. Click the button below to view the schedule so that you can come speak to them.

Each year KAMSC hosts university representatives that will come speak with students and parents. We will host our annual College Information night, which will be September 23 at open lab from 7-8:30 pm.

The KAMSC Swag shop is now open. All orders are due (and the store will close) on September 23, 2026

I would invite you to be sure that you have read through the MTSS support procedures and academic requirements found in the 2026-27 KAMSC Handbook. I will pull grades to see which students have a C+ or lower in any class which indicates a need for support to us or if a teacher recommends additional support regardless of grades. 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.

Please fill out this required volunteer form to have on file.

President: Xiaoan Li

Past President: Steve Glista

Secretary : Catherine Wisloski

Treasurer: Mei Hua

Student Senate Parent Rep - Carrie Bippley

Senior Event Coordinators - YY Alleman (senior Tea & luncheon) - Yuan Yuan (senior Ceremony)

Here is a link to the KAMSC opt out if your child will not be able to attend a given field trip. (note we are asking all parents to opt in just once as a permission slip for the full year, but can use this form to opt out of individual trips. Opt out form link

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.

Wednesday Sept. 16 open lab 6-7:30 and parent org meeting

Wednesday, Sept. 16 Freshmen Mixer

Tue., Sept 22 - 9th gr. Bog Field Trip - Angles

Wed., Sept 23 - 9th gr. Bog Field Trip - Rays

Wed., Sept 24 - 9th gr. Bog Field Trip - Segments

Wed. Sept. 24 - Open Lab & College Night (presentation center 6-7:30pm)

Wed Sept 30 - Open Lab 6-7:30