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Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Reading contest - Click here to watch the movie of the 10 nominees for the Grades 4-6 Black-Eyed Susan reading contest for 2009-2010.  Those 4th & 5th graders who read 4 of these books will be eligible for a reading incentive prize. See Mrs. Farrell or Mrs. Dlugos for more information.

American Education Week is scheduled for November 16 - 19.  Parents/Grandparents are invited to visit classrooms and share in their child's educational day.  We will follow the visitation schedule listed below:

 Monday - November 16 - Kindergarten

 Tuesday - November 17 - 2nd and 4th grades

 Wednesday - November 18 - 1st grade

 Thursday -November 19 - 3rd and 5th grades

All visitors must enter the building through the main doors.  Once inside, visitors must register and wear a visitor's badge during their entire visit.  Due to limited cafeteria space, we regret that lunch cannot be extended to guests.  We look forward to seeing you during American Education Week.

Canned Food Drive - November 9-20, we will be holding a non-perishable food drive.  This is another wonderful service learning project that provides an opportunity for the community to come together to meet the needs of the less fortunate.  All non-perishable food items will be donated to the St. Peter’s Church local food bank.  Our mentors will be responsible for collecting and graphing the number of items collected daily.  The grade with the highest number of donated items will win a popcorn and movie party.  In order to ensure that these families have nutritious food to last throughout the winter, we are asking that each grade bring in specific items: 

Kindergarten:  Pounds of Peanut Butter (can include peanuts, apple sauce, jelly, jam, apple butter, marshmallow fluff, etc.)

Grade 1:  Piles of Pasta (can include pasta, sauce, rice, instant potatoes, macaroni & cheese)    

Grade 2: Tons of Tuna (canned tuna, chicken or fish; can include Saltine, Ritz or packaged crackers)

Grade 3: Stacks of Soup (canned, boxed or pre-packaged soups)

Grade 4: Volumes of Veggies (canned vegetables & beans)

Grade 5: Shelves of Cereal (boxed cereal or cereal bars, oatmeal, cream of wheat, dry milk, etc.)

School Focus
KES Staff and Parents met again this May to plan for the year ahead.   In addition to continuing to focus on providing a high quality educational program for ALL children, we will specifically continue our work on:

  • Two-Way Home School Communication - We continue to look for ways to improve our two-way communication. We continue to work on building useful teacher/team webpages to give you the information that you need.  A new goal for us is to continue to work to improve teacher/team newsletters.  We hope to provide you with the information and resources you need prior to lessons being taught in the classroom.  Remember Thursday Bulletins are available via Find Out First and are archived on our web site in the Parent section.  
  • 6+1 Traits of WritingContinued focus on 6+1 Traits of Writing for students - including weekly televised celebrations for our Wonderful Writers, writing envelopes to celebrate with parents, and continued teamwork in improving writing instruction.  For more information, visit: http://www.culhamwriting.com/

Thursday Bulletin - look under Parents Place tab.

5th Grade Celebration video is available under the Parents Place tab. 

5th Grade and 1st Grade Reading Buddies - look under Parents Place.

Our Parent Handbook - Answers to many of your frequently asked questions
School Supply List for 09-10



 

 

Fluency Resources/Video now available!  Click on Parents Place tab for more information.

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