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Your Weekly Kingsley Update | September 3, 2019
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We hope all Comets enjoyed the long weekend and are excited to be back for the second week of school.
This week, we will celebrate back-to-school on Thursday evening from 5:30-7:00 with Luigi's italian ice pops, giant bubbles and playing on our newly updated playground. We hope to see all Kingsley families there!
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Key Dates
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9/5
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5:30 - 7:00 PM all grades
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Kingsley Back to School Celebration - Popsicles on the Playground!
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9/17
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6:30 PM
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PTA Meeting - pizza and childcare provided
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9/19
| 6:00 - 7:30 PM |
Curriculum Night
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9/30
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All Day
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No School (Rosh Hashanah)
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Back to School Popsicle Party
The Kingsley PTA welcomes all families to the Back-to-School Social on Thursday, September 5th from 5:30 to 7:00 PM for all families.*
Come say hi to old friends and meet new ones - we look forward to seeing you there!
Please sign up here if you can lend a hand.
Click here for nutrition and ingredient information.
* time adjustment due to Haven's curriculum night
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Join or Renew Your Membership in the Kingsley PTA
Did you know that volunteers and funds raised by the Kingsley Parent Teacher Association (PTA) help to make possible many of the educational enrichment and community-building programs at Kingsley? It takes a village and we need your input, ideas and help to make the Kingsley community the best it can be for each and every child.
Our first meeting of the year will be Tuesday, September 17th at 6:30 PM. All are welcome at PTA meetings, but only PTA members can vote on PTA business. Join or renew your membership online, or download a paper version here (also available in the school lobby). The individual membership fee is $10 and we also offer a Free Membership (paper form only). We hope you will join us!
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Kindergarten Parents & Caregivers
Are you available to help our youngest Comets during their lunch at Kingsley? If so, please consider signing up to serve as a lunch and recess helper.
You'll be assisting the students while they get the hang of opening their lunch containers, learning the lunch and recess routine and properly using our cafeteria waste station. It's a great way see your kindergartener in action and get to know the other students. Younger siblings are welcome.
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Green Team Lunchroom Help
Kingsley is entering its 2nd year of lunchroom composting and recycling, and while most students in the school will be familiar with the process, it may be all new to some students.
Please consider volunteering for lunch duty to lend a hand at the sorting station. (This means anything from reminding students to take their straws out of their milk or organize their trays before leaving the table, to helping them stand in line and wait patiently, to actually walking through the waste line with them and helping them sort.) Here is a link to a very helpful video that all of our students will be viewing.
The lunch staff did an amazing job with the students last year, but they are always grateful for extra hands! Sign up here for lunchroom help.
Feel free to contact Lynne Hayes (773-988-2227) if you have any questions or if you'd like to join the green team at Kingsley.
Thank you from the Kingsley Green Team!
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Interested in Tutoring at Kingsley?
Kingsley offers two fabulous tutoring programs:
Everybody Reads and Math is FUNdamental. Both of these programs support individuals and small groups of students to give their learning a needed boost. As a tutor, you will receive training and all the materials you'll need to get started. The time commitment is about an hour each week with students from one classroom during school hours. It's amazing how big of an impact a little bit of your time can have on students' academic growth!
Everybody Reads (one-on-one reading fluency program, grades 2-5)
Training dates for new tutors:
Thursday, September 12th 1:00-2:00pm
Tuesday, September 17th 9:30-11:00am
Wednesday, September 25th 6:00-7:30pm
Training dates for new tutors:
Friday, September 20th 9:30-11:00am
Tuesday, September 24th 1:00-2:30pm
All trainings occur at the JEH Building, 1500 McDaniel Ave. All new tutors must complete one training session and a background check. To register for a training session, email fluencytutors@district65.net.
You can also register online by clicking here.
Questions? Contact Kingsley's Tutoring Coordinators:
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Fall Registration is OPEN
Right at School is here for working parents who are looking for a safe and comfortable place for their child every day before or after school, as well as parents who want to extend their child's day with enrichment, fitness and fun.
Led by nurturing educators, your child will become part of an after-school community that truly feels like family. Right at School offers flexible scheduling to meet your needs. Right at School also offers electives, or specialty classes that take place right at the school.
** CLICK HERE to see all the before-and-after school options for the 2019-20 school year. **
To register or find more information visit the RAS website.
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Create and perform with fellow students. Classes are held after school from 3:35-4:45pm and begin mid-September.
- Mondays, Grades 2-3
- Thursdays, Grades 4-5
- Fridays, Grades K-1
Click here to see the flyer with more information.
CHESS WIZARDS
Have fun with challenging chess lessons, exciting tournaments, fun team activities, and more! Chess Wizards is open to all grades and takes place on Wednesday mornings before school, beginning September 18th. Read more here.
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Parking 'Directors' Needed for NU Football Games
NU football season is almost here! Kingsley is fortunate to be ideally located near the stadium & able to use the parking lot as a fundraiser.
If you're looking for a fun or one-time opportunity to help out, please consider volunteering on a Saturday for a few hours to help direct cars into the parking lot while raising thousands of dollars for our students!
Click here for the sign up sheet. For more information or questions, contact volunteer coordinator Paula Casas at 847-864-1854 or [email protected].
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Register for Girls Play Sports
Girls Play Sports (GPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering leadership skills and confidence in girls through participation in a wide variety of sports. The program engages girls, grades 3-8, in multiple sports without a long-term or expensive commitment. GPS engages girls in meaningful conversations about current topics that affect young women today.
1. GPS After School Clinics (FREE): High school female athletes come to Kingsley once a month and introduce 3rd-5th grade girls to two-three new sports.
2. GPS Leagues and Tournaments: These are hosted at ETHS and are meant to expand and deepen the girls' connection and interest in sports while giving them the hands-on experience to strengthen their confidence to compete.
Upcoming leagues and tournaments include:
Financial aid is available. Select 'YES' for a 100% scholarship on the registration form.
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SEEKING CHAPERONES! We are in need of a chaperone from 3:30 to 4:45 PM for the following Tuesdays for the GPS After School Clinics:
| October 8th | December 10th | February 11th | | November 12th | January 14th | March 10th |
All clinics take place at Kingsley. If you are able to be the chaperone for any of these dates, please sign up here.
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4th & 5th Grade Co-Ed Football
Kingsley Comets . . Are You Ready for Some Football?
Come have some fun as part of Kingsley's Co-Ed flag-football teams. Open to all 4th and 5th graders - no experience required!
Games last one hour, and are on Saturdays from September 21 through October 26, always in Evanston. We do not have exact game times yet, but the time slots range from 8 am to 2 pm. Practice schedules will be up to your coach, but practices will be at Kingsley usually 1 or 2 nights a week for an hour.
Click here for more information.
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A new troop of Girl Scout Juniors is forming at Kingsley for 4th graders. Girl Scouts can help girls thrive and make meaningful connections with each together!
We will meet about every other Friday, from 5:30-7pm, at Kingsley, starting in October. There will also be a few field trips scheduled on weekends.
A parent information meeting is scheduled for mid-September. Email Jennifer Wilbanks at [email protected] and click here for more information.
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ESCCA - Volunteers Needed
ESCCA (Evanston School Children's Clothing Association) provides cold weather clothing to District 65 families in need so that no child in Evanston has to miss a day of school due to lack of proper clothes.
Kingsley has a donation box for cold weather clothing only located outside the gym. If you have gently used or new clothing to donate please follow the donation guidelines posted with the donation box. Additionally, Kingsley is responsible for staffing three SERVE dates where volunteers assist children and their families at the ESCCA center at JEH 1500 McDaniel Ave. It's a fantastic way to give back to the community, so please sign up for one of our SERVE dates if you are able.
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Yearbook Back-to-School Photos
Over the course of the year, the Kingsley Year Book Committee will be making requests for pictures you may have taken to document special days and events in the life of our Comets. Today we're asking for pictures from the first day and week of school. Please send us your best pics before they get buried in your cameras and phones and help us build our library for the yearbook. You can email photos to Michelle Farra at [email protected] or Paual Casas at [email protected].
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Curriculum Night Casual Catch up
Join us for dinner, grab a drink or just come by for conversation at the Old Neighborhood Grill!
Thursday, September 19th at 7:30 pm
Click here for more info. We'd love to see you there! Please RSVP here.
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Next Step Series
The Next Steps series presents How to be an Anti-racist in Evanston, a year-long education and action series based on How to be an Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi.
| October 17, 2019
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Nichols School library
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Spanish interpretation & child care provided
Open to the community
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Read more here or visit www.NextStepsEvanston.com for information about application sessions, book discussions, the mailing list, and much more. Reading the book is not necessary for participation.
Join Kingsley Parent Conversations about Race this Friday at ETHS to hear Dr. Kendi speak about his book. Click here to learn more. Contact Anne Brown at [email protected] or 617-797-4669 to RSVP.
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PTA Equity Project Restaurant Week
Save the Date for the 2nd Annual PTA Equity Project Restaurant Week!
September 23-27, 2019
Restaurants throughout Evanston are joining together for the city's 2nd Annual Restaurant Week, benefiting the PTA Equity Project, a program created by equity representatives from each of the District 65 schools. Stay tuned for more details about participating restaurants!
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Calendar
Please click here to view/download the latest version of Kingsley's annual at-a-glance calendar (updated 9-3-19).
We encourage all families to click here to sign up for D65's weekly Fast 5 email blast. It includes important events relevant to all district parents. You can find the D65 calendar and dates here.
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Questions?
If you have questions, ideas or would like to get involved at Kingsley, contact Co-Presidents Michelle Dahl ([email protected]) and Vanessa Dillingham ([email protected]).
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