Central Elementary School News and Announcement Archive

Soon, black-and-gold Kenowa Pride! signs will be popping up in area yards. The Kenowa Hills Education Foundation is selling the signs for just $10 each. All proceeds will go directly to the Foundation to enhance the educational opportunities of our students. Signs are being sold at each school office and will be sold at upcoming Knights football games. A special thanks to the KHEF for sponsoring this fundraiser and to Icon Sign for donating the signs. Let’s cover the area with Kenowa Pride! Go Knights!

The Box Tops for Education program is a great way to support your school just by purchasing things you normally use. Meijer is running a special offer from 8/19/2012 through 8/25/2012 where you can earn 60 bonus box tops. If buy ANY 10 or more Box Top for Education products than the cashier at Meijer will generate a special coupon worth 60 boxtops that can be given to your school with the rest of your box tops.

Our Open House/ Curriculum Nights coming up soon. Please mark your calendars and join us. You and your student will get a chance to meet your teacher, tour the school and learn about the various state and federal programs that we offer.

Grades K-2 - Tuesday 8/28 at 5:30 pm.
Grades 3-5 - Wednesday 8/29 at 5:30 pm.

• 1 box Kleenex
• 1 pack pencils #2
• 2 boxes 24 package of Crayons
• 1 glue stick
• PE shoes
• Sturdy backpack
• 1 vinyl folder

Here are my folder colors: 

• 1st Grade red
• 2nd Grade yellow
• 3rd Grade green
• 4th Grade blue
• 5th Grade white

 They just need to be plain 2 pocket folders Wish List 

• crayons K-2
• markers 3-5
• pencils

For Personal Use: 

• 1 spiral-bound notebook (wide)
• 1 1-1/2 inch binder
• pencil box
• yellow highlighter
• crayons (16 or 24 count)
• backpack - No wheels
• scissors

  For Classroom Use: 

• tissues
• ziploc baggies (snack, sandwich and gallon size)
• glue sticks
• #2 pencils with erasers
• hand sanitizer

Although most necessary supplies for our classroom have already been purchasedby the Kenowa Hills School District, we know that each year there are manyfamilies who ask if they can donate any additional supplies for our room.Therefore, we have created the following list of items for anyone who wishes todonate extra supplies that will be readily used and greatly appreciated. Please donot write your child’s name on it because the supplies will be shared by all thestudents in our classroom. Donations are not mandatory! 

The following materials will be used by fifth-graders.(Items for “Classroom Use” will be collected and used by the class throughout the year.It’s a good idea to label the “Personal Use” items with your child’s name.)For Personal Use: 

• Trapper Keeper (one with accordion files is highly recommended)
• 2 spiral-bound notebooks (1-subject)
• 4 plain folders (no clasp/one red, please)
• small pencil box/pouch (approx. 8” x 4”)
• colored pencils set of markers crayons (no bigger than 24-count is needed. . .our desks are small!)
• fine-tip black marker (non-Sharpie)
• small pencil sharpener to use at desk

  For Classroom Use: 

Two packs of sharpened #2 pencils

•Large eraser
•Fine tipped markers
•Large glue sticks
•Colored pencils
•Crayons
•Student scissors
•Small pencil sharpener
•Pencil box
•Six 2-pocket folders
•Box of kleenex
•A spiral notebook, wide ruled

Consumable items to get for yourself: 

Registration for new Elementary School students will be taking place on August 22nd, 23rd and 24th. The links below have all of the forms and information that you will need for the registration process. Please be sure to read, complete and return the below listed forms. All other documents are for you to keep.

Items to return to school:

• Registration sheet with any changes indicated and signed
• Technology Acceptable Use Form
• Health Education Parent Request Form (Grades 4 and 5 in the 12/13 school year)
• Release of Information Form

DISTRICT-WIDE KINDERGARTEN PARENT INFORMATION MEETING
There will be a parent information meeting on May 15 and 17, 2012, at 6:30PM at the Kenowa Hills High School Performing Arts Center. Registration information, details about the building-level kindergarten orientation and general information about the kindergarten experience will be discussed. Superintendent Hopkins, Mike Burde, Director of Curriculum & Instruction, and elementary principals will be available to share information and answer questions. Please mark your calendar to attend one of these informational sessions.

Our school works with the Kent County Health Department to report selected communicable diseases (Public Act 368 of 1978). Working with the Health Department helps the community at large by identifying outbreaks and epidemics and to enable preventative treatment.

If your child is sick, please call the office by 9:00 AM. When you call, give us a description of the illness and report the type of disease, if known. If your child has a fever, is vomiting, or has diarrhea, do not send them to school until they have been fever/vomiting/diarrhea FREE for 24 hours.

"It's a Race to Savings"
The first contest for Box Tops will end on October 14.
See attachments for details of Box Tops program and contest as well as the Bonus offers at Meijer.

Also, use the attached Race to Savings Box Tops collection sheets for all your Box Tops – how many can you fill up?

Thank you for your continued support for the school.

Big and Small cookies are available every Thursday. The cost is .40 cents for a small and .75 cents for a big cookie. They must have money in their account or have cash. Chips are also available every day for .50 cents.

If for some reason you do not want your child to be able to purchase these extra items, please contact food service and they can block the account.

To avoid any confusion, if transportation ends up being different than what your child's teacher has on record, the following procedures need to be followed:

* Send a note to your student's teacher explaining the transportation change.

* If a note isn't sent, a phone call must be placed to the office no later than 3:00 PM on the effective date so the teacher has adequate time to make the change.

Applications

Kenowa Hills participates in both the Kent Intermediate School District Schools of Choice Plan and the Section 105c State plan. All students residing within the Kent Intermediate School District may apply for enrollment in any Kent ISD school that has available openings during the advertised timeframe (usually open during the spring). Students who reside in a district that is within a different ISD which borders the Kent ISD, may also apply under the Section 105c plan depending on available openings. Students who have been suspended or expelled may be excluded. Applications for both types of Schools of Choice are below.