February Newsletter
Hello Knox Families!
What a great end to Semester 1. Our 41st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. march at Knox was a great experience for all. We got to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s message of unity with our Knox Community, as well as our friends from Chavez Elem., Valencia Park Elem., Morse High School, Lincoln High School and Millennial Tech Middle.
Our Knox students have been working hard in their classes during Semester 1. In order to more effectively balance classes and to provide students with additional literacy support, some 6th grade students will have a schedule change.
8th grade students need to earn passing grades in all of their classes for participation in our Knox Promotion Ceremony. More info to come in the mail to 8th grade parents.
Last week Knox participated in The Great Kindness Challenge, by kicking off our school-wide Advisory read aloud of the book Wonder. Please ask your student about the book. You might even go see the movie together! It has a great message of kindness. We will continue our Advisory read-aloud program, in order to promote our school-wide literacy focus.
Our library is open! We encourage all students to read for 20 minutes a night independently. Students can check out books during Advisory or lunch time.
All Knox students have nightly math homework. Homework is assigned from a math packet that is given to the students at the start of each chapter.
All of our students also participated in a second On Demand writing prompt. Students have 1 class period to respond in an essay to a non-fiction reading. We are hoping to build student's stamina in writing, and also to measure student progress with this assessment.
Additional assessments this month include ELPAC and NAEP.
Please remind your student to stay on the sidewalk when walking home from school. This is very important for student safety. Also, all students that ride bikes, skateboards, and scooters must have a helmet.
GO BULLDOGS!!
