Zoes Kitchen Spirit Night; Dress Down Day; School Store Volunteers; News from DCSD

LAST MINUTE SPIRIT NIGHT at Zoes Kitchen Perimeter

On Friday, December 21, Kingsley gets 10% of all food sales between 2 and 9 pm, and 100% of all picture sales.  Kingsley has 31 pictures display on by Kingsley student artists! You can call ahead or order online too.  See the Zoes Kitchen website here. Zoes Kitchen is located at 1165 Perimeter Center West.

Atlanta Falcons Dress Down Day. To celebrate the Atlanta Falcons clinching the division title, the faculty, staff & students will participate in an “Atlanta Falcons Dress Down Day” on Friday, Dec. 21. In celebration of the Falcons becoming the 2012 NFC South Champions wear your favorite Atlanta Falcons apparel (t-shirts or jerseys) or dress in the home team colors of red, black, white or silver.

School Store 2013 Volunteers. Online sign-ups are now available for school store volunteer shifts before school on Tuesdays and Fridays.  

Shop Amazon from this link to earn cash for Kingsley! Just click here.

News from DeKalb County School District.  On December 17, members of the DeKalb County Board of Education, along with the Superintendent and Senior Team, met with AdvancED and Dr. Mark Elgart, President and CEO of AdvancED. During this meeting, Dr. Elgart reviewed the Special Review Team Report from the October 17-19, 2012 visit. As a result, the District is now being placed on Accredited-Probation until December 31, 2013. The District has received this information and will work collaboratively to review the findings and begin to address the required actions. The District still remains fully accredited and students’ academic status remains unchanged.

December

20   Holiday Program Grades 3-5; 6 pm
21   End of Fall Semester
       Dress Down Day
       Class Parties

Message from the principal; Statement from DCSD

This email contains two items related to last Friday's event in Connecticut.

Message from the Principal

Kingsley Parents,

My heart remains heavy as the details surrounding the school shooting in Connecticut continue to unfold. This weekend, I hugged my children a little tighter as I thought of the twenty parents who are having to deal with the unfathomable loss of their children. I want to let you know that we will not be discussing the school shooting that took place on Friday with our student body. I firmly believe that each family must make the decision as to whether or not discussion of such a violent, horrific act is right for their household.


I also want you to know that in light of Friday's tragedy, the Admin. Team in conjunction with our Safe School Committee has already begun a review of our Safe School Plan, and will provide our entire Faculty and Staff with any necessary updates. As a part of our Safe School Plan, we have already had a successful Lockdown Drill earlier this semester, with plans to have another in the near future.

Please join me in continuing to keep the families in Newtown, Ct.  in your thoughts and prayers.

If you have any immediate questions or concerns, please contact us at (678) 874-8902.

Sincerely,

Jasmine Smith


Jasmine C. Smith, Ed.D.
Principal
Kingsley Charter School
2051 Brendon Drive
Dunwoody, GA 30338
678.874.8902 -  school
678.874.8910 - fax
Jasmine_C_Smith@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Statement from DeKalb County School District via K12 Alerts

We join the nation in grief and mourn the loss of so many innocent lives. In light of the tragedy in Connecticut, the DeKalb County School District has asked all school administrators and staff to review their safe school and emergency plans. School resource officers and campus supervisors will continue to be highly visible at their assigned schools to provide maximum security for staff and students. We will continue to communicate with the different police departments in the district to provide support as needed. The safety of students, staff and visitors is our top priority in the DeKalb County School District, and we are dedicated to ensuring that our public schools remain the safest places for our most precious resources - our children. 

Learn more about K12 Alerts here.

Holiday Program & Dress Down Days

Kingsley Charter Weekly News

The PK - 2nd grade Holiday Program is tonight at 6 p.m.  Participating parents should arrive by 5:40 p.m.

Dress Down Day for the 2nd Grade ONLY is tomorrow, Friday, December 14.

Dress Down Day for the entire school is Friday, December 21.

Money for Malachi’s Storehouse 2012 

Sponsored by K-Kids 

Tomorrow is the last day to give! December 14

Who Will RULE THE SCHOOL?

Bring money to your homeroom and put it in the Money for Malachi’s Storehouse bucket!

For more information, see http://malachisstorehouse.org/

Holiday Shopping on Amazon.com?  Simply click through to Amazon via this link and Kingsley earns cash!  This link is also on the home page of the web site.

December 2012  

13   Holiday Program Grades PK-2nd
14   Accelerated Reader Goal 2 Ends
17   Finance Action Team - Media Center - 5:30 pm
20   Holiday Program Grades 3-5
21   End of Fall Semester
       Dress Down Day
       Class Parties

CLARIFICATION: 2nd Grade ONLY Dress Down Day is Fri., Dec. 14

Please note that the 2nd grade dress down day is Friday, December 14. That's next week!

This ONLY applies to the 2nd grade.

The entire school will have a dress down day on Friday, December 21.

Book Fair Results; Dress Down Winners; Malachi's Storehouse; Square 1 Art Sale Results

This Week's Kingsley News

Scholastic Book Fair Update

• The book fair was a success selling $10,336 of books, beating last year by $310.
• Winner of the Dress Down Competition is the Second Grade for the second year in a row.  Second graders ONLY get a dress down day on Friday, December 4.
• Also the children have spoken! Dr. Smith must dress in an All Sports Costume for one day! Dr. Smith received 386 votes and Ms. Seabrook received 241 votes.

Square 1 Art Sale Update

Thank you Kingsley Families!! Your Square 1 Art purchases raised over $1,000 for Kingsley's Art Program.  We will be able to purchase the slab roller and additional clay, clay tools and glazes. We have also recently acquired digital cameras and are excited to be able to include photography as part of the 5th grade art curriculum.  Thank you again for your continued encouragement and support for the arts at Kingsley. 

 
Did you miss the Square 1 Art fundraiser deadline?  It's not too late to order!  Kingsley Charter School will still benefit from your order. ORDER ONLINE at www.square1art.com/shop

Create an account using the unique access code located on your free stickers.  You may also call Square 1 Art Customer Care at 888.332.3294 or email Mrs. Agee for your child’s access code.

K-Kids: Malachi's Storehouse Campaign

The 3 day total for the Money for Malachi's Storehouse 2012 campaign is an
amazing $117.22!  Second grade currently Rules the School with a total
$78.54.  Great job, students!  K-Kids will be collecting money for another
week (through Friday, December 7), so send in your money!  You can learn
more about Malachi's Storehouse at http://malachisstorehouse.org/

Proposed school closures and attendance line changes

From the Atlanta Journal Constitution

The DeKalb County school board will meet Thursday at 2 p.m., first to go behind closed doors for a personnel and legal matter, then at 3:30 p.m. for a public discussion on proposed school closures and attendance line changes.

Superintendent Cheryl Atkinson recently recommended the closure of a dozen schools that were slated for renovations while using the savings to accelerate work on other projects. She also recommended issuing $80 million in bonds against future sales tax revenue to fund work earlier.

The board is scheduled for a final vote at 6 p.m. on Dec. 10. Both meetings are at 1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd., Stone Mountain. 

Details are online at www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/www/documents/splost-iv/proposed-organization-facilities-presentation-and-binder-(2012-11-12).pdf

Holiday Shopping at Amazon Earns Cash for Kingsley

Use this link to click through to Amazon to earn cash for Kingsley every time you shop.

D E C E M B E R 
 6    All Pro Dad Breakfast - 6:50 a.m.
10   McDonald's Spirit Night - Jett Ferry - 5 to 8 p.m.    
13   Holiday Program Grades PK-2nd; 6 pm
14   Accelerated Reader Goal 2 Ends
17   Finance Action Team - Media Center -   5:30 pm
20   Holiday Program Grades 3-5; 6 pm
21   End of Fall Semester
       Dress Down Day
       Class Parties

Class Photos Dec. 5: New option -- 5x7 for $10

Class photos will be Wednesday, December 5. An additional purchase option has been added that is not on the printed envelope sent home in the courier.  In addition to the option of an 8 x 10 for $12, you can also purchase a 5 x 7  for $10. Simply write in this new option and include the appropriate payment if interested.

Questions?  Contact Heidi Neuman at dwn2hwn@gmail.com.

Vote; K-Kids Project; Yogli Mogli Spirit Night; All Pro Dad; DC Parent Council; PDA; Class Photos

Kingsley Weekly News

Clorox Power a Bright Future Voting Runs through December 19! 
PLEASE VOTE DAILY IN TWO FORMATS to help Kingsley win $50,000!

TEXT: 1913pbf to 95248
ONLINE: https://powerabrightfuture.clorox.com/nominees/detail/?nid=1913

The winner is determined by numerical voting, so VOTE DAILY online and via text.  
THANKS for helping us bring new technology and iPads to our students!  

Class photos will be on Wednesday, December 5th.  Order forms for class photos will be sent home in this week's courier.  This is also individual make up day.  If your child was absent on Individual picture day, please remind them that they will need to have their individual photo taken that day as well.  If you were unhappy with your original order, you may return them and have a re-take on that day as well.  Contact: Heidi Neumann

Money for Malachi’s Storehouse 2012 

Sponsored by K-Kids December 3-14

Who Will RULE THE SCHOOL?

Bring money to your homeroom and put it in the Money for Malachi’s Storehouse bucket!

For more information, see http://malachisstorehouse.org/

Holiday Shopping on Amazon.com?  Simply click through to Amazon via this link and Kingsley earns cash!  This link is also on the home page of the web site.

Yogli Mogli Kingsley Spirit Night is December 4, 5-8 p.m. Orchard Park/Kroger Shopping Center.

All Pro Dad Breakfast is Thursday, December 6. More info

Dunwoody Chamblee Parent Council (DCPC)

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Time:  Meeting @ 9:15-10:30 AM (Refreshments @ 8:45 AM)

Meeting Location: Chamblee Middle School

Topic: “Updates on Chamblee High School & SPLOST”

Speakers: DCSD facilities construction representative TBA

DCPC meets monthly on the first Wednesday of the month (unless noted otherwise), starting with refreshments at 8:45 am. The meeting starts at 9:15 am. and ends by 10:30 A.M. Meetings are held at various public venues within the Dunwoody Chamblee area.  Meetings are open, and topics are geared toward the interests of parents and guardians with children in Dunwoody and Chamblee schools in the Dekalb County School District.  There is no charge for attendance.  All Parents are encouraged to attend.  For more information, go to http://www.dcpc-dekalb.org.

Public Display of Affection (PDA)

Parents Tell them how proud you are!

 Send a Message of Congratulations to your child in the yearbook

A Picture and short message to say CONGRATULATIONS, You Did It!

$15 for 1/8 of a page

Must have picture and message by January 25.

Email to Allegra at ajwigwam@bellsouth.net

Sally Foster prizes will be sent home this week. Every student who participated in the fundraiser, regardless of the amount, will receive a prize.

December 2012

 4    Council Meeting
       Yogli Mogli Spirit Night, 5-8 p.m.
 5    Class Pictures
 6    All Pro Dad Breakfast - 6:50 a.m.
10   McDonald's Spirit Night - Jett Ferry - 5 to 8 p.m.  
13   Holiday Program Grades PK-2nd
14   Accelerated Reader Goal 2 Ends
17   Finance Action Team - Media Center - 5:30 pm
20   Holiday Program Grades 3-5
21   End of Fall Semester
       Dress Down Day
       Class Parties

Vote for Kingsley Daily; Cookie Dough Pickup; Dress Down Day

Kingsley Weekly News: Early Thanksgiving Edition

Vote for Kingsley EVERY DAY to win a Clorox School Grant to purchase new iPads.  You can vote twice per day: once via the website and once via text (Text 1913pbf to 95248).

Cookie Dough Pickup: Thursday from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. and Friday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the gym.  Volunteers are needed to staff pickup on Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 2 p.m.  Contact: Sharllene Knight

Grandparents' Luncheon is Thursday.  More info and sign up

Friday is Dress Down Day.  Students may choose to wear anything that complies with the DeKalb County School District dress code as referenced on pages 55-56 of the Code of Conduct.

Election Day Bake Sale was a success!  Thank you Kingsley parents for your wonderful baked goods and for working the sale.  We made $750 for campus improvements!  Please check the Parent HQ for any items that need to be claimed.

The Curriculum Action Team meets at 5:00 pm on Thursday in the Media Center.  The team is exploring math curricula and the encouragement of teacher and staff development.  Come be a part of this important action team!

Reunión de padres en Español; Meeting for Parents in Spanish

Reunión de padres en Español

Meeting for Parents in Spanish

Acompañemos!!! Nos encantará informarle más acerca de Nuestra Escuela y cómo puede colaborar en ella.

Las familias que hablan el idioma español son una parte importante en nuestra escuela. En esta reunión aprenderá como puede ayudar a nuestros estudiantes y cómo podemos tener un año escolar exitoso

* Recuerde que esta reunión cuenta como parte de las horas de trabajo voluntario que los padres tienen que cumplir durante el año escolar.

Día: viernes, noviembre 09, 2012

November 9, 2012 

Hora: 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Lugar: Kingsley Charter School, Cafeteria

Spirit Night Tonight; RSVP for Pizza BINGO and Grandparents' Luncheon; Book Fair Next Week

Chick-fil-a Spirit Night is tonight!  More info

McDonald's Spirit Night (Jett Ferry and Mt. Vernon Rds.) is Monday, November 12 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Pizza BINGO is Tuesday, November 13.  Reserve your pizza here.

The Grandparents' Luncheon is Thursday, November 15.  Sign up and more info here.

The Curriculum Action Team meets on Thursday, November 15 at 5:00 pm in the Media Center.

Dress Down Day is Friday, November 16.

Scholastic Book Fair Starts November 12

Book Fair hours are 7:20 am - 3:00 pm except Wednesday when the hours are only before and after school. Students are allowed to shop before school if accompanied by a parent as the fair is open all day for them to shop.

If you do not plan on coming to the Book Fair with your child but you would like them to be able to buy books, please send your child to school with money in a secure envelope. Do not send in more than you intend for the child to spend. There is no way for the Book Fair volunteers to know what the spending limit is per child. If the child comes in with a certain amount of money, we have to assume it is OK for them to spend it all.

There will be a grade level contest. The grade that purchases the most books wins a Dress Down Day. There will also be a costume contest. With each purchase,  a shopper  receives one ballot to vote for Dr. Smith or Mrs. Seabrook to wear a sports costume for one day.

Parents are welcome to stop by the fair and buy a  gift certificates for specific teachers. Just remember the last shopping day is Thursday, November 15 so you want to buy gift certificates early to give the teachers time to shop before we pack up the fair.

Box Tops Collection Update
Every last Box Top and Campbell Soup label has been sorted and counted for Kingsley! And the winning class who collected the most items this month is ... Mrs. K's Kindergarten class!! This group of families did an AWESOME job sending in thousands of clippings; beating the closest class by 550 items! The big treasure box of goodies for the whole class to share will be delivered next week.

Some families went above and beyond collecting items for our school so far this school year - here are our MVP's for this months collection campaign: The Sims family (Markey & Dougherty); The Nelson family (Henard); The Marks family (Lips); The Johnson family (Kundmueller) and The Crowder family. These families made a serious effort to trim, keep and send in thousands of Box Tops and Campbell Soup labels and we appreciate you SO MUCH

Kingsley Charter School will be receiving a check from Box Tops for over $850 this December! That's equivalent to 4 successful Spirit Nights! Great Job Kingsley!

The Clorox Power a Bright Future grant voting has been delayed and now begins Monday, November 12 and goes through December 19. Be sure to register on the web site and vote daily once via the web and once via text.  That's two votes per day per person!  

There is No School the week of November 19-23.

Baked Goods & Volunteers Needed on Tuesday...and more

Election Week Special Edition

4 Reminders Every Kingsley Parent Needs to Know:

1. There are TWO ways you can help with the Election Day Bake Sale:

Donate baked goods. Everything will sell for $1 so please package accordingly (all homemade - no store bought) and deliver to the Parent HQ (across from office) by Tuesday. Our goal is to sell 100 dozen items ($1,200!).

Work the sale. Polls are open 7am-7pm and we need workers all day! Sign up to help here:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/election32

Bake sale proceeds will go towards campus improvements.  Contact: Amanda Hensley

2. Start voting for Kingsley for the Clorox School Grant twice a day beginning today!  Vote once by the web and once by text EVERY DAY!  

3. Chick-fil-a Spirit Night is Thursday, November 8. More info

4. Pizza BINGO Night is Tuesday, November 13 from 6:00-8:00pm. Make your reservation here.

And to say it one more time, there is no school tomorrow, Tuesday, November 6!

Baked Goods/Volunteers Needed; Free $ from GNG; Spirit Night; All Pro Dad

This week's news:

Donate items or volunteer to work for the Election Day Bake Sale.  We need your yummy treats!  Proceeds will go towards campus improvements. Our goal is to sell 100 dozen items!!  Everything will sell for $1 so please package accordingly (all homemade - no store bought) and deliver to the Parent HQ starting Monday morning.  Click here for more details and to volunteer to work the sale.

Are you a Georgia Natural Gas customer?  How about your neighbors, friends, and family?  For each existing GNG customer that registers at www.trueblueschools.com and selects Kingsley, the school gets $5 per month!  Just this past quarter, Kingsley received $1,245 (wow!) from this program.  We can grow that number even bigger if more people sign up!

Chick-fil-a Spirit Night is Thursday, November 8. More info

The next All Pro Dad breakfast is Thursday, November 8. More info and sign up here

Get ready to Vote for Kingsley daily for a Clorox Education Grant beginning November 5! See our entry

Dunwoody Chamblee Parents Council meets Wednesday, November 7. More info

Key Dates in November
 6      Election Day – No School
 7      Walking Wednesday
         Accelerated Reader Goal 1 Party
 8      All Pro Dad Breakfast - 6:50 a.m. 
         Chick-fil-A Spirit Night - Info 
12-15 Scholastic Book Fair
12      Council Meeting
         McDonald's Spirit Night- Jett Ferry - 5 to 8 p.m.13     Pizza Bingo - Cafeteria
14     Walking Wednesday
15     Grandparent Luncheon
         Wellness Committee
         Curriculum Action Team - 5:00 pm - Media Center
16      Dress Down Day
19-23 Thanksgiving Break - No School
26      13 1/2 Week Progress Reports Issued
          Communications Action Team - 5:00 pm - Media Center
          Finance Action team - 5:30 pm - Media Center

Wear Red on Friday; Box Tops Deadline Approaches; Mandated Reporter Trraining

News to know:

• Red Ribbon Week continues through Friday. Your child should wear red on Friday for Rally for Red!
• There is no school on Election Day, Tuesday, November 6.
• Calling all Kingsley bakers for the Election Day Bake Sale!  Please mark your calendars for next Monday, November 5, to deliver your baked goods (no store bought, please) to Kingsley. Look for more details next week.  Our Election Day bake sale has become an annual tradition that the voters look forward to.  With your help, it can be a big success.  Proceeds will go towards campus improvements.
• Pizza Bingo Night is Tuesday, November 13 from 6 to 8 p.m.  Reserve your food here.
• Send in Box Tops by October 31 to earn cash for Kingsley! We are on track to beat last year's check amount.
• Mandated reporter training sessions for volunteers will be held on 10/30 and 11/1.  Sign up here.
• Last week's Yogli Mogli Spirit Night earned $200 for Kingsley.  Our next Spirit Night is November 8 at Chick-fil-a Perimeter Pointe.
• Remember to save your books to donate to the Kingsley Used Book Sale! More info
• DCSD Parent Roundtable Meeting at Dunwoody High 10/29 at 7 p.m. Email your questions in advance to lillian_m_govus@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us  - More info
• All Pro Dad Breakfast is Thursday, November 8. Sign up and more info

O C T O B E R 
26     Wear RED!  - More info
29    DCSD Parent Round Table - More info
31    Walking Wednesday

N O V E M B E R

 6      Election Day – No School
 7      Walking Wednesday
         Accelerated Reader Goal 1 Party
 8      All Pro Dad Breakfast - 6:50 a.m. 
         Chick-fil-A Spirit Night - Info 
12-15 Scholastic Book Fair
12      Council Meeting
         McDonald's Spirit Night- Jett Ferry - 5 to 8 p.m.13     Pizza Bingo - Cafeteria
14     Walking Wednesday
15     Grandparent Luncheon
         Wellness Committee
16      Dress Down Day
19-23 Thanksgiving Break - No School
26      13 1/2 Week Progress Reports Issued

Reminder: Square 1 Art Deadline is Wed.

The Square 1 Art ordering deadline is Wednesday, October 24.

Easy online ordering is encouraged!

Contact: Ms. Agee

Kingsley Weekly News

News to Know this week at Kingsley

• Yogli Mogli Spirit Night is tonight from 5 to 8 p.m.  More info
• Red Ribbon Week is next week 10/22-26.  Your child should wear BLUE on Wednesday and RED on Friday. More info
• Sally Foster Orders are due Friday, 10/19.
• Do a little shopping to support Kingsley! Thirty-One Gifts is donating 25% of sales to Kingsley on orders through midnight Friday, 10/19.  See the products here and www.mythirtyone.com/beckypaolozzi and email Becky at thirtyone@mindspring.com or call her at 494-626-6978 with your order.
• Clipping Counts!  All those Box Tops and Campbell Soup Labels are useless sitting in your kitchen!  Send in all your clippings to Kingsley with your student by month end. Our Box Top/ Campbell Soup Label Coordinator is anxiously waiting for the big plastic collection container in the Parent Room to fill up! Don't forget that your student's classroom is competing for a big treasure box full of goodies for every student to share. Ms. K's Kindergarten class is currently in the lead thanks to Amelia Crowder's family and their awesome contribution of labels and Box Tops last week - 174 Box Tops and 200 Campbell Soup Labels!
• Log your volunteer hours on K12Ambit.com.  Every. Single. One.  The more we have, the more we can show off how great our parents are and use this impressive data for grants.
• The Scholastic Book Fair is approaching. See the schedule and volunteer!  More info
• Square 1 Art - Your child's artwork on cool stuff - See the courier - More info
• Remember to save your books to donate to the Kingsley Used Book Sale! More info
• It's not too late to order individual pictures of your child.  Take your order form to the school office through next week to order pictures OR you can wait until you receive your child's proof.  Each child will receive a proof of their picture along with an online ordering code.  Contact Heidi Neumann 
• Communications & Community Relations Action Team - Next open meeting is Monday, 10/22 at 5:00 pm. in the Media Center.
• DCSD Parent Roundtable Meeting at Dunwoody High 10/29 at 7 p.m. - More info
• Thanks to all of the businesses who sponsored Fall Festival!

News from the community:

• Peachtree Charter Middle School Drama Club Fall Festival - 10/20 from 9 to 2 p.m. More info
• Quidditch Tournament at Dunwoody High - 11/10 - More info

O C T O B E R 
16 - 25 ITBS Testing Grades 1,3,5
17    9 Week Progress Reports Issued
18    Wellness Committee
        Yogli Mogli Spirit Night
19    Sally Foster & Cookie Dough Sale
        Ends
22   Red Ribbon Week 

       Communications Action Team Meeting -  5 p.m. - Media Center
        Accelerated Reader Goal 1 Ends
23    Accelerated Reader Goal 2 Begins
24    Walking Wednesday

        Wear BLUE! - More info

26     Wear RED!  - More info
31    Walking Wednesday

Kingsley Weekly Update: Fall Festival, Picture Day & more

Fall Festival is TWO days away!

There are many general volunteer slots available.  Click below to sign-up for a time slot.  We need families to volunteer beyond helping with classroom specific booths and activities:

• Set Up
• Clean Up
• Dunk Tank Dunkees
• Dunk Tank Ticket Takers
• Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Joust
• Obstacle Course
• Big Kahuna
• Jumpy House

Items Needed:  Organizers need to borrow cordless power drills.  A few 10 x 10 tents are also still needed. Contact Melanie Marks if you can loan one. 

Buy your Fall Festival Tickets in advance to get them for 4 for $1. They will be 3 for $1 on Saturday.  Send this form in with a check by tomorrow!

More info is available at the Fall Festival web page.

Individual Picture Day is Monday, October 15. Order forms and information sheets are being sent home in the Courier today. Please remember that your child must wear his or her regular uniform. Contact: Heidi Neumann

Por favor recuerde que las fotos individuales serán tomadas a los niños el Lunes 15 de Octubre en la Escuela. La forma para ordenar y la informacion esta siendo enviada hoy en el correo de cada estudiante. Por favor recuerde que su hijo(a) debe usar el uniforme para las fotos escolares. Si tiene alguna duda por favor contacte a Heidi Neumann.

K-Kids Club Starts today. K-Kids, a service organization for students in 4th and 5th grades, is looking for a few good helpers!  The elementary division of Kiwanis International,  K-Kids has more than 36,000 members worldwide. Students learn leadership through  service as they plan and carry out community service projects. All meetings will be from 2:45-4:00 p.m. If your 4th or 5th grader is interested in being a part of K-Kids, please have your student see or email Ms. Keel  (nan_h_keel@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us) for a registration form. More info

Yogli Mogil Spirit Night is Thursday, October 18, 5-8 p.m. More info

Earn cash for Kingsley by clipping Box Tops and Soup Labels. The classes are competing for a giant treasure box of goodies for the class that submits the most clippings in the month of October! The collection box is in the PARENT ROOM.

So far, Mrs. Hash's 2nd grade class and Mr. Snyder's 4th grade class are neck and neck for first place!  Special thanks to the Kaiser family (Pre-K) and the Voynich family (3rd) for sending in big, stuffed ziploc bags full of Box Tops and Campbell's Soup Labels last week. More info

RunDunwoody 5K-1M-Tot Trot. Support Kingsley in the team challenge on Sunday, Occtober 21. Sign up at rundunwoody.net. When asked if you want to participate in the Team Challenge, click yes and select Kingsley.

The Finance Action Team meets on Monday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the Media Center.  Have an interest in fundraising or grant writing for Kingsley?  Come to this open meeting!

5th grade parents: Please don't forget to drop your case of bottled water and any baked goods at Parent Headquarters by Friday afternoon.

Key Dates

O C T O B E R
13    Fall Festival
15    Individual Picture Day (new date)
          Finance Action Team Meeting - 5:30 p.m. - Media Center
16 - 25 ITBS Testing Grades 1,3,5
17    Walking Wednesday
17    9 Week Progress Reports Issued
18    Wellness Committee
        Yogli Mogli Spirit Night
19    Sally Foster & Cookie Dough Sale Ends
22    Communications & Community  Relations Action Team Meeting - 5 p.m. - Media Center
        Accelerated Reader Goal 1 Ends
23    Accelerated Reader Goal 2 Begins
24    Walking Wednesday
31    Walking Wednesday