Kenwood - August Newsletter
Check each Sunday for updates at the top of this newsletter
August 30th
Sunday, August 30th
Below I have added what I call our decision making sheet of when students need to stay home. I hope this helps you understand why we send students home but also to help you make those tough decisions as well. Always know that you can call into school and we can help you with those decisions as well. I will also add a link on your email so you can download it for easier access.
Starting this week our staff will be conducting testing called FastBridge on students in grades Kindergarten through third grade. The assessment data will determine our students' needs in reading and math. If your child needs more support in the reading area, the teachers will share information with you during conferences.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held via ZOOM during these days and times: Tuesday, September 15th 4:00-9:00 PM, Thursday, September 17th 4:00-8:30 PM and Monday, September 21st 4:00-8:30 PM. A sign up genius will be sent out soon. Parents will need to use the zoom link to attend the conferences. You will be in a waiting room until the teacher lets you into the session so please be patient as we hold many conferences in these evenings. There will be no school on Wednesday, September 23rd through Friday, September 25th for professional development and teacher compensation days for conferences.
FACE MASKS REMINDERS
August 23rd
LAST WEEK FOR COLOR DAYS-Join in the FUN in helping Kindergarten with their colors
Tuesday, September 1st-BLACK/WHITE
Wednesday, September 2nd-BROWN
Thursday, September 3rd-GRAY
Friday, September 4th-WEAR YOUR FAVORITE COLOR
**see below for class pictures of color days
Birthdays for the week of:
Birthdays for the week of August 24-31st
24th
Breckyn K.
25th
Jaime A.
27th
Colton W.
Caiden S.
30th
Mekena Hazard
Jaxson Eggers
Stormey D.
Luke M.
31st
Ralston M.
August 17-23rd
18th
Kaden B.
19th
Brooklyn B.
Rosalie W.
Korbin M.
20th
Jadyn P.
Celestia C.
Ryan M.
21st
McKinnley S.
Leah S.
22nd
Connor H.
Birthdays for the week of August 10-16
10th
Brooks R.
Trinity A.
12th
Aiden P.
Barrett W.
13th
Dean P.
Zoey H.
15th
Vida M.
16th
Marcelino D.
Birthdays for the week of August 1-9th
1st
Devin C.
3rd
Liam K.
5th
Parker S.
7th
Liliann C.
9th
Brody B.
Autumn A.
Sunday, August 23rd
We continue to work on our safety procedures to keep our students here at Kenwood. Please know that we have your child's best interests at heart and want to be here as much as they do (maybe even more). Realize that even though everyone is happy to be at school, there are many emotions that come with this. They miss their parents (justifiably so) but they want to be here. They see strangers behind masks but hear familiar voices. They get hungry early because at home they may have had access to food no matter what the time. Just know that we are all working on our "stamina", the ability to sustain physical or mental effort. We understand and will be patient.
Thank you, parents, for your extra patience with our new systems. I appreciate it!
This week we celebrated RED day on Friday. We also had our first fire drill, staggered of course. The students did wonderful. We'll be having another fire drill this next Friday as well. Please look at the pictures below of all of the students who participated in RED day. Also, notice we are going to be wearing different colors this upcoming week as well. This should help in preparing your clothes the day before. Good luck!
RED COLOR DAYS-Thank you for participating!
Sunday, August 16--Welcome Back!
FIRE DRILL DAY--WEAR YOUR RED
WEAR YOUR RED ON FRIDAY!
We help support our little learners, our kindergartners, by wearing a certain color for the day. This Friday will be RED. If your child has any RED, please have them wear it. We will be taking pictures and sharing these in support of our kindergartners learning. Be on the LOOK OUT for next week's colors too!
LET'S STAY CONNECTED
Drop Off and Pick Up Changes
Kindergarten: Entry and Exit through kindergarten wing doors (Dismiss at 3:15)
1st Grade: Entry and Exit through East main doors by blue tile (Dismiss at 3:15)
2nd Grade: Entry through West main doors (flagside) and exit through west main OR west playground (Dismiss at 3:20), pick up on 16th Ave unless you have a younger sibling
3rd Grade: Entry and Exit through north vestibule doors near third grade (Dismiss at 3:20)
4th Grade: Entry and Exit through east main doors (Dismiss at 3:25)
5th Grade: Entry and Exit through east wing vestibule doors near fifth grade (Dismiss at 3:25)
*Bus/daycare students will be dismissed at 3:20
Kenwood School Song
Mrs. Clevenger
Email: jilclevenger@kearneycats.com
Website: https://kenwood.kearneypublicschools.org/
Location: 915 16th Avenue, Kearney, NE, USA
Phone: 308-698-8200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenwoodelementary/
Kenwood Staff Contacts
Principal:
Jill Clevenger-jilclevenger@kearneycats.com
Secretary:
Saralyn Feddersen - sarfeddersen@kearneycats.com
Social Worker:
Traci Hastings-trahastings@kearneycats.com
Counselor:
Counselor-Mary Fruhling- marfruhling@kearneycats.com
Kate Roehrich-katroehrich@kearneycats.com
Tori Fiala-torfiala@kearneycats.com
Sue Liveringhouse-sueliveringhouse@kearneycats.com
First Grade:
Jessika Lehmann-jeslehmann@kearneycats.com
Megan Szafrajda-megszafrajda@kearneycats.com
Barb Thompson-barthompson@kearneycats.com
Second Grade:
Allison Birdwell-allbirdwell@kearneycats.com
Tami Buss-tambuss@kearneycats.com
Holly Gilbreath-holgilbreath@kearneycats.com
Third Grade:
Melinda Hogeland-melhogeland@kearneycats.com
Beckie Luedke-becluedke@kearneycats.com
Kat Mundorf-katmundorf@kearneycats.com
Fourth Grade:
Megan Buerer - megbuerer@kearneycats.com
Rachelle Chamberlain - racchamberlain@kearneycats.com
Lynn Lebsack - lynlebsack@kearneycats.com
Fifth Grade:
Jane Bartee-janbartee@kearneycats.com
Broc Howard - brohoward@kearneycats.com
Janice Knispel - janknispel@kearneycats.com
Jayce Magnani (substitute for Mrs. Knispel)-jaymagnani@kearneycats.com
Specials:
PE-Hope Gillaspy - hopgillaspy@kearneycats.com
Art-Rivkah Raffaeli - rivraffaeli@kearneycats.com
Music-Jake Consbruck - jacconsbruck@kearneycats.com
Media/Library-Mary Roesler- marroesler@kearneycats.com
Counselor-Mary Fruhling- marfruhling@kearneycats.com
Title Reading-Janice Polk - janpolk@kearneycats.com
Title Reading-Lisa Martenson - lismartenson@kearneycats.com
Special Education/TLC-Amanda McConnell - amamcconnell@kearneycats.com
Special Education-Katie Butler - katbutler@kearneycats.com
Special Education-Brooke Modlin - bromodlin@kearneycats.com
Speech/Language-Trish Abels - triabels@kearneycats.com
School Psychologist-Ashley Carrier - ashcarrier@kearneycats.com
Permanent Substitute
Alexis Thiel-alethiel@kearneycats.com
Nurse-Sara Gomez--sargomez@kearneycats.com
About Us
Website: https://kenwood.kearneypublicschools.org/
Location: 915 16th Avenue, Kearney, NE, USA
Phone: 3086988200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kenwoodelementary/