It was a wonderful week as the energy of our students filled the Kingsley hallways to start off 2022. Winter benchmarking (MAP and Aimsweb) began this week and will continue throughout January.
Please remind your children to dress warm. Morning arrival and outdoor recess will remain outside unless the "real feel" temperature is below zero degrees. The temperature this week fluctuated often. Recess in the morning may have been indoors when recess in the afternoon may have been outdoors. Please know this is all due to the timing of recess and temperature at that given time. Our priority remains to get kids outdoors as much as possible.
Don't forget we are back to early dismissal on Monday!
Have a great weekend,
Mel Hackett and Eleni Gajewski
Volleyball Intramurals: Grades 3-6
Intramural Volleyball will take place after school until 3:40pm. The dates below are the days of the sessions different grade levels will have. If your student would like to participate in volleyball please fill out the grade appropriate Google Doc by January 14th!
3rd Grade (January 18th, 25th and February 8th) -- 3rd Grade Sign Up
4th Grade (January 19th and February 2nd, 15th) -- 4th Grade Sign Up
5th/6th (January 20th, 27th and February 10th) -- 5th/6th Grade Sign Up
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| Kingsley's Occupational Therapist helped students with their fine motor skills by playing a game! | Mrs. Saladino's students learned about Whole Body Listening. | Students used their collaboration skills during P.E.! |
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| Students got to lead their class in stretches in PE. We are always looking for ways to give students leadership opportunities! | Creative collaboration and engineering during indoor recess. The cold weather may have kept us indoors, but it didn't keep us from having fun... | Chess is another example of how we had fun during the frigid temperatures this week... |
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| Shh! Don't tell Mrs. Gallagher, but her students are conspiring to write her a surprise book. | Students engineered obstacle courses during indoor recess. | 1st Grade students got time with our friends at the Downers Grove Fire Department to learn more about fire safety! Thank you, DGFD! |
Save the Dates...
Jan. 10 Board of Education Meeting - O'Neill Middle School 7:00pm
Jan. 14 Fun Lunch
Jan. 17 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
Jan. 22 District 58 Science Fair - O'Neill Middle School
Feb. 1. Parent Teacher Conferences (Registration Coming Soon)
Feb. 3 Parent Teacher Conferences (Registration Coming Soon)
Feb. 14 Classroom Valentine's Day Parties
Winter Weather Recess Guidelines
Grade K-8 students can go outside if the combined temperature and wind chill is 0 degrees or above, barring special circumstances, such as excessive ice.
Please be sure to dress your child warmly! Students should always bring hats, gloves/mittens, scarves, and coats. To play in the snow, snowpants and snowboots must be worn.
Students may want to bring a an extra pair of socks in case theirs get wet. Please label these items with your child's name!
Read all District 58 winter weather guidelines here.
