Monday, January 27th ACCESS Testing Begins! (Schedule Here) Reading Challenge Committee Meeting (2:30pm) New Teacher Meeting (3:00pm-4:00pm, Room D201)
Tuesday, January 28th 3rd Grade After School Clubs (2:30pm-4:00pm) Culture/Celebrations Committee (2:30pm) SLT Meeting @ 2:45pm
Wednesday, January 29th 2nd Grade MTSS Meeting
Thursday, January 30th Chiro One (Wellness & Appreciation) in Faculty Lounge during Lunches 6pm *ZOOM EVENT* for families: Smartphones, Social Media & the Mental Health Epidemic
Friday, January 31st Winter Birthday Celebration in Lounge Spirit Assembly (9am) 5 Positive Connections by Friday! 🙂
Tuesday, January 14th 2nd Grade Field Trip to Cernan Space Center (Hennelly, Taggart, Agos) 9:15am-11:15am Yearbook/STEM Club (2:30pm-4:00pm) Board Meeting, 6pm
Wednesday, January 15th CPT Meetings
Thursday, January 16th 2nd Grade Field Trip to Cernan Space Center (Wartner, Thorn, Zoladz & Cotton) 9:15am-11:15am Kennedy Singers (2:30pm-3:00pm)
Friday, January 17th Reading Room Plan Day & Progress Monitoring 5 by Friday! Keep making those positive connections
Happy New Year and Welcome Back! I hope you enjoyed a restful, relaxing break–time to disconnect from work thoughts, time to enjoy family and friends and to just enjoy time to relax. It is amazing how refreshing the holiday break can be to come back to start an amazing 2025! I know our students will be SO EXCITED to see you all on Tuesday morning!
If you’re feeling any trepidation about getting up early for the first day in quite some time, I completely understand! It’s hard for adults and kids to get back into the swing of things after such a long break. This is a great time to re-connect with students and let them do so with their classmates by giving them time to talk about what they did over break! Keep in mind, it’s a great time to review classroom management basics as we embark upon a new calendar year at Kennedy, where our students are blessed to receive quality instruction on a daily basis in safe and orderly classrooms. I appreciate your efforts with reinforcing behavior expectations.
We look forward to “toasting” to the new year with you all on Monday morning to kick-off our Institute Day together and we are thrilled to welcome Sara Grulke back to our Kennedy school family!
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, January 6th Teacher Institute Day (see email for agenda) Happy Birthday Mayra Tellez
Tuesday, January 7th School Resumes for Students
Wednesday, January 8th Happy Birthday Nancy Weir 🙂 All-Staff CPT in Cafeteria (2:20pm) – Culture Committee Activity & HOLIDAY Gift Card Exchange (optional)
This week we have some changes to our usual routine — Santa Visits, Assembly, Holiday Celebrations and sharing holiday wishes. Then on Friday, we all head home for Winter Break where our celebrations continue with our family and friends.
From Jennifer Dinielli’s Blog: “True for some, not for all. As Winter Break draws near, along with all of the excitement, it is not uncommon to see an increase in undesired behaviors and regression to previous behaviors in our students. For many of our students, home is a place where relationships are unhealthy, meals are not prepared, and drugs/alcohol or violence are part of daily life. For these students, many of whom we may not even be aware of their circumstances, the most consistent, positive and secure part of their life is time at school. No wonder they are exhibiting some stress. When these students walk out of our doors on Thursday, there may be no breakfast or lunch, no counseling services, no celebrations, no gifts, and no one to encourage and support them.
So we support our children. We collaborate with our community to provide basic necessities (food, coats, boots, meals). We give our kids books from our classrooms to read over the break. We express that we are thankful for each other and look forward to being together again as a school community in the new year.
And even though we are tired and looking forward to a much-needed break ourselves, we keep an eye on those who are acting out more than usual. We give them structure and routine. We give them a break. We give them encouragement. This may not be their favorite time of the year.”
Thank you for ALL YOU DO for our Kennedy Kubbies EVERYDAY!
Here’s our week at a glance:
Monday, December 16th Santa’s Secret Shop (THIS WEEK) Happy Birthday, Sue O’Connell 🙂 Reading Challenge Committee Meeting @ 2:35pm Wear anything that sparkles or lights up!
Tuesday, December 17th MTSS Committee Meeting @ 2:45pm 3rd Grade After School Clubs (2:30pm-4:00pm) Wear your favorite seasonal color like red, blue or green!
Wednesday, December 18th Happy Birthday, Kim Sendelbach 🙂 Happy Birthday, Denisse Barrios 🙂 Board of Education Meeting, 7pm Wear a festive holiday headband, hat, necklace or glasses!
Thursday, December 19th December Buddy Event Happy Birthday, Marcela Barron 🙂 NO Kennedy Singers Wear your favorite holiday socks, flannel shirt, something plaid or a scarf!
Friday, December 20th Spirit Assembly! Santa Visits Kennedy Wear your holiday pajamas!
