Website: https://www.ksb.kyschools.us
Location: 1867 Frankfort Ave, Louisville, KY 40206
Phone: (502) 897-1583

Fax: (502) 897-2850
Facebook: facebook.com/KYschoolfortheblind/
Twitter: @KSBWildcats

• April 18-19-Senior Trip A
• April 27-High School Concert (details below)
• May 1-2-Senior Trip B
• Thursday, May 4-Founder's Day
• Monday, May 8-Summative Testing Window Begins
• Thursday, May 18-Prom, 6-9pm
• Friday, May 19-Field Day (make up day May 22)
• Tuesday, May 23-8th Grade Promotion; HS Awards and Junior Ring Ceremony; Graduation
  
• Wednesday, May 24-Elementary Awards; LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
• May 30-June 2-KSB Elementary and Middle Summer Program
• June 5-9-Summer Program-Statewide Elementary and Middle
• June 12-16 Summer Program-Statewide High School; Summer Work Program
  
• June 19-23 -Summer Program KSB High School; Summer Work Program

If you have any change in phone numbers, home address, a change in bus routine or you need someone added/removed from your child’s safe pick-up list; please contact Beth or Linda in the front office.

Are you signed up for OneCall? KSB uses OneCall to send school information, including our Weekly Wildcat. If not, please contact Beth Baker at beth.baker@ksb.kyschools.us or 502-897-1583

The 2023-2024 KSB School Year Calendar is now available. Click the link below to access either the PDF or the Word version of our calendar.

High School 🎤

What: Recital featuring KSB high schoolers who take lessons one/one or in a group format.

When: Thursday, April 27th 1:15 P.M.

Where: KSB cafeteria

Attire for performers: Dress nice please!

If there are questions about the concert in general, please email Ms. Roark. If you have questions about what your child is playing or if they are going to be featured as part of a group or solo, please email Mr. Honey and/or Mr. White.

High School

Middle School

Middle School Science students have been surprised by how exciting it is to study rocks, and geology, and, of course, rivers. Everyone is very excited about taking a tour of the Big Four Bridge and eating our lunch beside the river at Kingfish of Louisville to practice our ECC skills.

Our rock study started with the 60 Minutes piece on the Webb telescope where we learned about how the earth and everything on it started with stardust. Here is the link in case you want to take a look at this and talk over with your student.

Elementary

K-2 students are learning about light. They are learning about reflection, light sources, and how light travels.

Fifth grade students are learning about Earth’s water distribution. They have researched saltwater, fresh water, and frozen water percentages. They are starting to show these percentages with graphs and in labs they have completed.

This week in library we have been learning about different types of rocks and how they are formed. Specifically, the differences in igneous, sedimentary & metamorphic. We explored how rocks that were plucked recently from nature felt compared to those out of a tumbler. We identified tactile graphics of the three types of rock formations and discussed what type of rock is prevalent in KY - sedimentary. We concluded by reading a book called Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor. We then took a walk outside and each student collected a pet rock just like Ms. Unker had in the 70s😊

• Even after dark times, it’s possible to thrive.

• Plant the seeds you want to see grow.
• Challenges are required for growth.
• Take time to notice fleeting beauty.
• No rainy day lasts forever.
• Even positive changes can be scary.
• Not everyone will bloom at the same time.
• Growing takes time and patience.

• April 25-29- Forensics NCASB Conference Championships
• April 28-29-NCASB Swimming Conference Championships, Ohio

The Office of Vocational Rehabilitation is accepting applications for Coca-Cola Merit Scholarships through May 31st

The Kentucky Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), in partnership with Coca-Cola, will be awarding four $5,200 merit scholarships for entering freshmen, undergraduate and graduate students, who will be enrolled in an accredited college or technical program for Fall 2023. OVR, who administers the scholarship program, will award the scholarships to four consumers who are legally blind, to help with educational financial needs such as tuition, fees, room and board and assistive technology.

To be eligible to compete for a scholarship, applicants must be an OVR consumer with an IPE, be legally blind, have maintained at least a 2.75 GPA, and be enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited educational program for the 2023-24 school year. Students must submit their application and all required materials by May 31st.

For more information about the scholarship program, and to obtain an application, please visit Coca-Cola & Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Scholarship - Kentucky Career Center.

Lions Youth Camp for children who are blind or visually impaired began in 1982. For over 40 years we have devoted ourselves to helping children who are visually impaired have amazing experiences. Camp this year will be July 3-7. For more information, view Camp Brochure and Flyer Here

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