What a great first week (technically 4 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.

“Schools are not buildings, curriculums, and machines.
Schools are relationships and interactions among people.”

Here’s our week at a glance:

Monday, August 30th
1st Day of PreK

Tuesday, August 31st

Wednesday, September 1st

Thursday, September 2nd
SLT Meeting @ 3:00pm

Friday, September 3rd
Bus Evacuation Drill

(09/06) NO SCHOOL – LABOR DAY