Hello KES! We have been celebrating success lately! KES was recently awarded PBIS Gold for the wide variety of positive behavior supports we have in place for students. We are also very proud to announce that we earned 5 stars on the State Report Card, which indicates that we significantly exceed state standards. All of this success is the result of a very dedicated staff, hard-working students and supportive families. Thank you!

We hope you are enjoying this beautiful October sunshine! There are still some days left to complete the October Family Checklist of fun experiences together. Your child should turn those in to Miss Burwell next week to enter a drawing for some fun prizes. A reminder that we do not have school on Friday Oct. 27 as teachers will be participating in professional development. Halloween is just around the corner! We are all very excited. More details are shared below.

• Students will come to school in their costumes. 

• We will have costume guidelines created and announced by Student Council reps. 

• We will have an outdoor parade at 9:00am around the playground fence area (weather permitting). If it is raining and we have to cancel, we will send an email that morning. 

• Parents are welcome to watch the parade from the grass area outside of the recess fence. 

• Parties will be a 2-part celebration (same as last year) part in the classroom and part in KES gym. PTA has schedule the volunteers and organized the activities. Thank you! 

• Schedule as follows:

  • 9:20-10:20 1st and 5th

  • 10:20-11:20 K and 4th

  • 11:20-12:20 2nd and 3rd 

• After the party, students will take costumes off and store them in a bag for the rest of the day.

• October 27 - No School for students (PD Day)
• October 31 - Halloween Parade and Parties
• November 1 - PTA popcorn party at lunch
• November 3 - End of the first grading period
• November 9 - Conferences (4:00-7:00)
• November 10 - Conferences (no school)
• November 13-17 - KES Book Fair
• November 14 - Student Council Meeting
• November 14 - PTA Meeting
• November 16 - 2nd grade Concert (6:00pm)
• November 20 - Board of Education Mtg. (7:00pm)

• Please be sure that your child knows how he/she is getting home each day. Be sure to indicate it on the calendar in the take-home folder as well. 
• For dismissal changes and to contact the KES office before 2:00 so that we can adjust our lists and let the teachers know.

We do routine vision and hearing screenings every fall for grades K, 1, 3, 5. We will only notify you if your child does not pass. If you have any concerns please feel free to notify us. -Nurses, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Razov and Mrs. Koch

If you've been following the Action For Happiness calendar, please fill out this google form for Mrs. Filla.

Kirtland Elementary School has to a new report card system (K-4), to reflect students’ learning progress. Our goal is to provide you with a report card that better reflects your child’s progress towards mastery of key skills in each grade and subject. We will print reports cards and send them home for the first grading period this school year. They can also be accessed through IC.

If you see a blank spot on the report card that means that specific standard was not taught/assessed during the current grading period.

Your child's teacher will communicate more specifically, but I am sharing the building-wide grading system for academic progress and general explanation/criteria so that you are aware as you begin to see graded work coming home with marks you may not recognize.

CM - Consistently shows Mastery - Met end of year grade level standards and may be ready to work at greater depth 

EP - Performance as Expected - Student demonstrates expected progress toward meeting end of year grade level standards 

MT - More Time to Develop - Student is developing and needs additional support, practice and time to develop mastery of the skill 

NS - Needs Support - Student does not demonstrate acceptable skill and will continue to receive direct support 

All Students K-5 will be given progress marks for Hornet Traits (behavior) in academic and Specials areas.