Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, October 14th
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, October 15th
Happy Birthday Rose Karas 🙂
Happy Birthday Kirby Meza 🙂
Wednesday, October 16th
Happy Birthday Rosa Worwa 🙂
Board Meeting, 6pm
Thursday, October 17th
The Great Shakeout (Earthquake Drill at 10:17am)
Kindergarten Field Trip to Johansen Farm (9:15am-1:00pm)
Friday, October 18th
Reading Room Plan Day
PreK Student/Parent Workshops
(10/19) Happy Birthday Eva Popowska 🙂
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, October 7th
Wear Pajamas or Cozy Socks
New Teacher Meeting @ 3:00pm (Room E206)
Tuesday, October 8th
Wear Camo!
FIre Marshall Visits D81 – see Melissa’s email to prepare for visit
Bilingual Coordinator Meeting @ 4:00pm
Wednesday, October 9th
Wear Fall Colors!~
Happy Birthday Stephanie Moreno 🙂
ALL HANDS ON DECK for Literacy Night! 6:00pm-7:30pm
Thursday, October 10th
Wear Flannel or Plaid
Friday, October 11th
Wear Football Hat or Jersey
5 by Friday! Make 5 Positive Connections with Families!
PreK Field Trip to Johansen Farm (9:00am-1:30pm)
NO SCHOOL (10/14)
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, September 30th
Happy Birthday Tori Nguyen 🙂
Tuesday, October 1st
Lockdown Drill
SLT Meeting @ 2:45pm (Kindergarten Project Space)
Bilingual Coordinator Meeting @ 4pm (Kennedy Conference Room)
Wednesday, October 2nd
Custodian Appreciation Day 🙂
Thursday, October 3rd
Happy Birthday Brianna Phillips 🙂
Happy Birthday Mary Navas 🙂
Friday, October 4th
PreK Screenings
Reading Room Plan Day
Hope to see you at Literacy Night! It’s not too late to sign up to help! Please contact Amanda Quinlan if you’re able to volunteer 🙂
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, September 23rd
Happy Birthday Amanda Quinlan 🙂
DENTIST Visits (PATS Room)
Author Alex Willan Visits Kennedy School (Upstairs Presentation Space)
New Teacher Meeting (3:00pm) – Room B108
Tuesday, September 24th
DENTIST Visits (PATS Room)
Fire Drill @ 9:30am
Wednesday, September 25th
DENTIST Visits (PATS Room)
Happy Birthday Marta Ocon 🙂
Thursday, September 26th
Equitable Advisors Visit – Meet with Joe Vance, financial professional, about your 403(b) plan.
Additionally, Joe can address any of the following topics, including financial strategies, life insurance, retirement planning, pension questions and 529 college savings plans.
Friday, September 27th
Kennedy Spirit Assembly – 9am
5 by Friday! 🙂 Make 5 positive connections!
(09/28) Happy Birthday Gina Cacioppo 🙂
Each day we choose to bring our best self, ready to learn and provide the best learning experiences for our students!
Learning is what happens when we seek new experiences, try what we have never experienced, or when we fail to accomplish what we set out to do. Doing the same exact thing again and again will not create new learning. BE BOLD! What’s the worst thing that can happen?
**Last Chance to Order Kennedy Spiritwear Online: Click here
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, September 16th
Reading Room & Reading Interventions Begin
Tuesday, September 17th
Faculty Meeting (2:45pm in Upstairs PD Space)
Wednesday, September 18th
1/2 SIP (School Improvement Day)
Agenda Here
Board of Education Meeting, 6pm
Thursday, September 19th
Happy Birthday Alexa Cotton 🙂
TWD (3-5pm at Bub City)
Friday, September 20th
Happy Birthday Michelle McMorrow 🙂
Fall Picture Day <—click for schedule
5 by Friday! Make 5 POSITIVE connections home by the end of the week!
Monday, September 9th
New Teacher Meeting @ 3:00pm (Room D209)
Tuesday, September 10th
Evacuation Drill – 9am
Wednesday, September 11th
Patriot Day
CPT Meetings – RR Stopping In to Discuss Groupings
Thursday, September 12th
Happy Birthday Alexis Makaris 🙂
Reading Room – Starts Bringing Students/Begin Groups
Friday, September 13th
5 by Friday! Make 5 Positive Connections by the end of the week!
Reading Room – Bring Students/Begin Groups
“An apple for the teacher is really nothing new,
except when you remember, parents are teachers, too!”
Thank you for the hard work you have dedicated towards your presentations and classroom websites for Curriculum Night this Thursday. I look forward to visiting all of your classrooms as you highlight the wonderful programming and educational experiences Kennedy School provides, and I know the parents and families are eager to visit as well. Another reminder will be sent home with students this week, but please try to send home another reminder with your students on Thursday *My favorite: The sentence strip head-band reminder!Â
“What makes a good school has very little to do with how rich or poor the students are, or the type of curriculum that’s taught. It has very little to do with the special programs, expansive playing fields, snappy uniforms, or whether the school is wired to the Internet. What makes a good school, whether it’s public or private, religious or nonreligious, charter or non-charter, is a feeling. A feeling shared by the entire staff that their particular school is special. The feeling that their school really belongs to them.” (Manna, 1999).
At Kennedy School, each member of our team has a distinctive character that cares deeply about each and every one of our Kennedy Kubbies. Your unique attributes and talents contribute to the feeling people get when they enter this building. As a result, our children will remember you long after they leave Kennedy.
“Schools are not buildings, curriculums, and machines. Schools are relationships and interactions among people.”
I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing and enjoyable weekend with friends and family. Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, September 2nd
NO SCHOOL – Labor Day
Tuesday, September 3rd
Kindergarten Color Days Begin !
SLT Meeting @ 2:45pm (Kindergarten Project Space)
New Teacher Meeting @ 3:00pm (in Room E212) – Curriculum Night Check-In
Wednesday, September 4th
Early Release – CPT Meetings
Thursday, September 5th
Kennedy Curriculum Night (6:00pm-7:30pm)
Friday, September 6th
Happy Birthday Emily Aylesworth 🙂
5 by Friday – Make  5 Positive Connections by each Friday! Remember, positive postcards can be found in the main office!Â
The start of the school year is the best time to begin building positive relationships with our families, too! I encourage you to meet our goal of 5 positive contacts by Friday over the next few weeks (phone calls, post cards, notes home, etc). Let’s remember….. our goal is to ensure that 100% of our parents experience communication/contact with their child’s teacher prior to the November Parent/Teacher conferences!
YOU MADE IT!
The first full week of the 24-25 school year (for you) is behind you! Technically the first 2 days with students. Thank you for your patience, grace, understanding, flexibility and perseverance!
Thank you for spending time making connections with your students, and doing everything in your power to make sure they feel safe, loved, and excited to come back each day. Thank you for supporting your families, and easing their worries! Thank you for being kind to one another and helping each other! We are all in this together, and I’m hopeful we will always continue to support one another.
Donna, Kim and I believe in each and every one of you and know you are exactly where you are meant to be …. Please know you are VALUED and APPRECIATED! Each day you have the amazing opportunity to make a POSITIVE IMPACT on our Kennedy Kubbies! Thank you for always treating them with love, modeling flexibility, challenging them to be thinkers and problem-solvers, and nurturing their growth as students and little humans.
**If you haven’t already done so, please take the time to fill out this GETTING TO KNOW YOU survey! Thank you!
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, August 26th
First Day of Pre School! ALL HANDS ON DECK for their arrivals (8:25am and 12:10pm) and dismissals (10:50am and 2:35pm)
STEM/Media begins this week!
New Teacher Meeting (2:45pm in Room B102)
Happy Birthday Carmet Gonzalez 🙂
Tuesday, August 27th
Faculty Meeting (3rd Grade Presentation Space) @ 2:50pm
Wednesday, August 28th
CPT Meetings
Thursday, August 29th
Friday, August 30th
Kennedy Bus Evacuation Drills –> email coming from Sendelbach about this
09/02 – LABOR DAY (No School)
Congratulations on the completion of the 2023-2024 school year! Â
It’s hard to believe the year has come to an end. Please accept our thanks for all the wonderful experiences you provided the children this year.
Thank you for always making our Kubbies feel loved, safe, happy and for nurturing their growth. We are confident the children will never forget how you made them feel.
We look forward to our continued work together next year and we are confident that our collective staff will continue to keep our eyes on the children and support each other!
We are proud of what we have been able to accomplish this year and look forward to what we can continue to do for the children of Kennedy School….together!
Have a wonderful summer. Enjoy your time with those you love. You certainly deserve it! Here’s a great blog post from George Couros.
We challenge you to reflect on 4 questions as you head into summer break:
Keep in mind, the end of the year is not always happy for some of our students, whose only security and love comes from US. Thank you in advance for loving the students and reassuring them that we love them and can’t wait to see them again soon!
For those of you moving on to new adventures, remember that you’re only as good as your last exit…and for those of us returning, know that students remember the educators that we are the last week of school — so let’s make sure they remember the best of what we have to offer! Finish strong and wrap up the year with a beautiful bow! Have a wonderful week….and remember to be great for our Kubbies and each other. To our retirees: we can’t wait to honor and celebrate your final days at Kennedy School, making them memorable as you head into your retirement 🙂
Here’s our last week at a glance:
Monday, June 3rd
Happy Birthday Lauren Caputo 🙂
Kindergarten Screenings / Kindergarten “Signing Day”
2nd Grade Picnic (11am-1pm)
Tuesday, June 4th
Happy Birthday Allie Parisi 🙂
2nd/3rd FIELD DAY
Discipline Committee Meeting @ 3:45pm (LMS Conference Room)
Wednesday, June 5th
3rd Grade Picnic
Class Building – CPT
Thursday, June 6th
Friday, June 7th
Last Day Breakfast in Lounge
Last Day of School (1/2 Day) – look for a separate email/invitation for the End-Of-Year District Celebration
Spirit Assembly (9am)
Waving the Buses Goodbye! Head to Car Lane to Wave Cars Goodbye!
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, May 27th
NO SCHOOL – MEMORIAL DAY
Tuesday, May 28th
PreK Picnics
“Rotation”/Fly Up Day (K-2)
3rd Grade “Fly Up Day” to Washington (8:45am-10:30am)
Wednesday, May 29th
5th Grade Buddies visit Kindergarten (8:45am-9:30am)
1st Grade Picnic (10:30am-1:30pm)
Thursday, May 30th
K/1 Field Day
Last Day for PreK & Kindergarten
Summer Birthday Breakfast in the Lounge
Friday, May 31st
Kindergarten Graduations
*Please avoid walking down the Kindergarten hallway today*
(06/01) Happy Birthday Kaylie Ilagan
8th Grade Graduation @ LMS