KMS WEEKLY UPDATE

Dear Parents & Guardians,

Conducting drills is an important part of our preparation for emergency situations and helps staff, students, and families understand what to expect during an emergency.

As a school district, we understand that some emergency drills, like lockdown drills, can elicit concern and stress because of the nature of the drill. To help lower the levels of stress around lockdown drills, which will increase the ability of students to create muscle memory around what they need to do, we are communicating early to you and your students about the upcoming lockdown drill at Kodiak Middle School.

Our next drill will be held during this coming week, January 22nd through January 26th. Please see the attached flyer on the Standard Response Protocol for more information on Lockdowns.

Thank You,

Geoff Smith, Principal

Rena Rankin, Assistant Principal

This is where we will have a quick reference for the upcoming week. More info is usually listed lower in the newsletter, if needed.

Bring your lunch and Meet A Coastie- Monday, Jan 22 - Room 216!

Find out what it's like to be a professional in the US Coast Guard.

We will have a variety of professionals to answer questions:

* Helicopter & C-130 Pilots

*Operations Support Specialists

*Yeomen & Admin

We will hold our school-wide spelling bee on Monday, January 22 in the KMS Commons immediately after school.

Any KMS student is eligible to compete; winning a classroom spelling bee is not a requirement.

So students, come test your skills!

Parents, come cheer them on!

The top two spellers will advance to the KIBSD district-level bee.

Good luck, Grizzzzzzlies!

Our next PTSA-Sponsored event is the hugely popular FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE on February 9.

The students love these opportunities to hang out with their friends and enjoy games, snacks, and fun times with each other!

As always, PTSA can only host fun events for our middle schoolers with your help.

Please consider signing up to lend a hand so that our kids can get silly, socialize and have fun at their school.

Click here to sign up if you are able to come help out before, during, or after!

Thank you so much!

During the course of the school day, teachers and staff like to recognize students who are caught exhibiting the KMS values of Respect, Integrity, Citizenship, and Kindness. We do this by giving out Grizzly Tickets. Every Grizzly Ticket goes into a bucket and from that bucket, we draw two winners per grade. The winners get to sit on the stage with up to 7 of their friends for the rest of the week!

THIS WEEK'S GRIZZLY TICKET WINNERS:

6th grade:

Table 1- Gerber Saavedra

Table 2- Charlie Lester

7th grade:

Table 1- Kendal Gray

Table 2- Princess Tabanan

8th grade:

Table 1- Peyton Eaker

Table 2- Kieran Hayden

KMS Drama Club is thrilled to announce that we are doing The Outsiders on Friday 2/2 and Saturday 2/3 at 7pm. We would love to see you there!!!

Please hang up a poster for us around town.

If you'd like to be a volunteer and support us, we are looking for green room helpers for dress rehearsals and shows, and money takers/ ushers for both shows.

You can sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948ABAF2AABFFC34-47345907-theoutsiders

Thank you for supporting the arts in Kodiak.

Due to violence be cautious about bringing young children. This is a story about adolescents bonding, learning and dealing with struggle. It may scare very young children.

Click the graphic below to order your yearbook now!

Each yearbook comes with 2 pages you can customize - for FREE!

(customization deadline is March 20, 2024)

WEEK 20: 1/22- 1/26, A NEW NATION

Do you know your Constitution?

Students will analyze the meaning of the Pre-amble and explain how our government came to be.

There will be an option to write or sing the School House Rock version, to show they know it.

E-mail your 8th grader's baby photos to

KMSYEARBOOK@KIBSD.ORG before March 20, 2024!

Pictures will be featured in the 2023-2024 KMS Yearbook.

Thank you!

KMS 7th grade artists used a field trip opportunity to teach printmaking to 3rd graders at Main Elementary.

We will have a test on Friday 1/26.

If any parent would like to volunteer for a 6th grade lab the week of Jan 29, please reach out to let me know.

If you haven't been approved as a KIBSD volunteer yet, just send your full name & email address and we will get that process started for you. It's pretty fast!

Thank you!

Ms. Doud - ella.doud@kibsd.org

Here you will find events that will be happening in the next couple of months, but not during the coming week.

We want to give our families plenty of time to plan around our activities and opportunities.

Details will be posted later in this newsletter and/or another newsletter in the near future.

• 2/2-3: KMS Drama Club Presents The Outsiders, 7pm, Drama Pod
• 2/7: NAEP Testing (8th grade only)
• 2/9: Friday Night Live, 6-8pm, KMS Commons/Gym

• 3/7: PTSA Meeting, 6pm, KMS Library
• 3/18-3/22: No School, Spring Break
• Track - Information coming soon

The Good Grade Incentive Program is designed to encourage and celebrate student success by providing a $50 cash prize for middle and high school students who maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 and above.

Please click below to read more about the guidelines, eligibility, and how to enter.

Stay informed about what is happening in your student's school district!

Meeting information is posted on the Kodiak Island Borough School District website, www.kibsd.org, under the Board of Education tab - or click here.

KIBSD now streams meetings via Microsoft Teams!

The meeting agendas and documents can be viewed on BoardDocs, http://www.boarddocs.com/ak/kodiak/Board.nsf/Public

For more information, contact:

Laurie Pardoe, Secretary to the Board of Education

907-486-7566

laurie.pardoe@kibsd.org.

The agendas are subject to change;

therefore, the only official agenda is the one found online.

Click the flyers for more info.

KMS Guidance Counselors would like to remind you of the free VIP membership below, called Smart Social. It's available to all KIBSD families, free of charge.

Educate yourself and your children against the dangers online.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Theresa Miller at 907-486-7471.

KIBSD Schools are excited to welcome our visitors and volunteers to the different schools.

If you have not visited one of our schools before or have been coming for a long time, we have made some minor changes to standardize our process throughout the schools.

There will now be a sign-in binder you will be asked to sign, along with the name tag you are used to wearing. We ask for your patience, if we have not seen you before, you will be asked to present an ID when you sign in.

All non-KIBSD employees in the buildings will be asked to use staff facilities, not the student washrooms.

We also want to say good-bye when you leave so we are asking everyone to stop by the office to sign out.

ATTENDANCE LINE:

Please use this option to let us know that your child is going to be absent, late, or if you're picking them up early. This is OPTION 1 when calling the school at 907-486-7460.

We check the voicemails every hour.

CHECKING STUDENTS OUT:

Please call in the morning to let us know that you will be checking your student out early. Press the attendance line (OPTION 1) to leave a message. A pass will be given to your student so they can be ready when you arrive. You will come to the front entrance, ring the bell, and sign them out in the office.

DROPPING OFF LUNCH/ITEMS TO STUDENTS:

Please be sure to drop off lunch to students PRIOR to their lunch time.

When dropping off any items to students, please do so BEFORE the class they need it, and we will call them to the front office during passing period.