Thank you for opening up your classrooms to our Kennedy Kubbies and setting the tone for a culture of caring. It’s wonderful to observe classrooms where teachers and students care about learning, about each other, and care about our community. Remember, the first weeks of school set the tone for the entire year. If our students leave school feeling excited about themselves as learners & about you as their teacher, then you’re doing something right! Always remember that our students will meet ANY expectation we set for them, as long as we are firm, fair and consistent with these expectations and build relationships with our students so that they will want to meet them. The best way to accomplish this positive relationship-building with our students is simply caring deeply about them as learners and as little people–and taking the time to get to know them, in addition to showing them just how much you care.

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, August 26th
Book Checkout Begins this week!
MAP Testing Continues
Benchmarking Continues this Week
Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm

Tuesday, August 27th
Evacuation Drill to North Park @ 9:00am
Mentor Meeting @ 4:00pm (Kennedy Presentation Space)

Wednesday, August 28th

Thursday, August 29th
AXA to visit staff in the faculty lounge during lunch periods

Friday, August 30th
Code Red Drill (time unannounced)

(09/03) NO SCHOOL: LABOR DAY

What a great first week (technically 3 days) at Kennedy! Despite the few tears, the smiles and laughs outweighed the few. I appreciate everyone’s help and extra care during arrival. Thank you to ALL staff for going the extra mile to help get our year off to an amazing start. Let’s keep that up this week, as well! This week, we welcome our littlest Kubbies! All extra hands on deck around 8:25am in the PreK hallway near Door 22!!!

As we prepare for our first full week with the students, I hope you will take a few quiet moments to put aside lesson planning, forget about your to-do list and consider our purpose (as a school, and as individual educators). When we walk in on Monday morning, please remember that you are a difference maker! The small gestures you make to welcome students and show an interest in their lives will have an impact. This year, you will have opportunities to build confidence where it hasn’t existed, develop connections that have never been present, and generate hope with your students. Our classrooms are filled with little ones with a variety of needs, and it’s up to US to make sure they thrive! The only way for that to happen is to build a connection with each student. When we truly know them all as individuals, we can understand them as learners.

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, August 19th
1st Day of Pre School
Happy Birthday Lauren Oraham 🙂
MAP Testing Window Opens  **See schedule/add the dates and times when your classroom will test! 

Tuesday, August 20th
Faculty Meeting @ 2:45pm (Presentation Space) *agenda will be emailed out

Wednesday, August 21st
Common Plan Time
Board of Education Meeting @ 7pm

Thursday, August 22nd
Benchmarking Begins <—-click here for schedule

Friday, August 23rd
Kennedy Bus Evacuation Drills <—PreK-3rd teachers: Sign up for your time slot!

*Remember, we must also make an effort to build relationships with our families, too! Read this awesome blog post here about how to successful engage with our families!

Blended Learning Playlist …. be sure to check off the items as your completing them!