Kenmore West School Newsletter

Dear Kenmore West Students and Families,

It is hard to believe that next week we will begin the fourth marking period! We are looking forward to a strong and exciting end to the 2022-2023 school year!

Marking period 3 report cards will be available for families on Friday, April 21st. I encourage students and parents to carefully review the marking period 3 reports. If students have learning gaps or are looking for ways they can improve their learning and grades, please email or see your teacher as soon as possible.

Extended Learning Time:

• Monday: 2:25-3:05 PM

• Tuesday: 2:25-3:05 PM

• Wednesday: 2:25-3:05 PM

• Thursday: 2:25-3:05 PM

The faculty and staff at Kenmore West are committed to our students' success. Please let us know how we can help!

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

Mr. Johnson

All students have completed the course request process for the 2023-2024 school year. This process included the following components:

• December: Electives Expo Program
• December: Teachers make recommendations based on current course grades and student skills and aptitudes
• January-February: Counselors meet with students individually to discuss interests and post high school goals. Students finalize a list of course requests with their counselor on the Infinite Campus Academic Plan.
• April: Parents may view the Academic Plan on the portal.

** Students may make changes to course requests until July 31 by meeting with their counselor.

After July 31, no requests for a class change will be honored**

June-August: Schedules are finalized by the School Counselors Late August: Schedules are available for student view on Infinite Campus Portal

The school cannot guarantee any student his or her choice of a specific teacher or class period for a course or for lunch. We are committed to providing everything necessary for students to complete requirements for graduation successfully; however, the size of the school and complexity of the schedule make honoring personal preferences impossible. We appreciate your understanding.

Honors Course Requests & Prerequisites:

Please note that honors course requests are conditional and based upon earning a 90% or higher final course average in the prerequisite course. Students who requested an honors course and have an average less than 90% in the prerequisite course will be enrolled in a non-honors/Regents level course.

1. Safety

We are committed to maintaining a school environment where all students are welcomed, celebrated, and allowed to feel socially and emotionally safe.

2. Community

We are committed to fostering positive relationships with all students through daily interactions, learning experiences, and school activities.

3. Engagement

We are committed to providing all students academic and extracurricular experiences that advance learning, social skills, and student agency.

We continue to make progress with addressing the social and emotional impact of the pandemic. Our school discipline data and Satchel Pulse survey data for 2021-2022 as well as the first semester of the 2022-2023 school year, have allowed us to identify student conflict avoidance and resolution skills as areas for improvement.

This school year we have increased our work with modeling and teaching positive social skills and conflict resolution skills. During the time we have implemented several of these interventions, we have seen a significant reduction of physical student conflicts and an increase in positive conflict resolutions. Some of the initiatives that are in action include:

• Foundations & Neighborhood Initiative
• Satchel Pulse Surveys
• Community Building Circles
• Restorative Practices
• Trauma Informed Practices

All of these initiatives relate to our 3 Core Values: Safety, Community, and Engagement. We have been working very hard to increase community building opportunities through positive and respectful social interactions. We are excited about this work because it is making a positive difference for our students, staff, and school!

• Teaching & Modeling Positive Interactions and Behavior
• Ensuring Positive, Proactive, and Engaged Supervision of Common Areas
• Recognizing and Celebrating Positive Behaviors

Special thanks to Mr. Warchocki and the Business Club for organizing and leading the Spring Slam

event! We appreciate all the faculty, staff, and students who worked in so many different ways to

support the success of this community building event!

We want to recognize and thank the entire cast and crew of the musical Fiddler on the Roof! The acting, singing, music, lighting, sound, set, choreography, stage crew, and production were outstanding. It was also wonderful to see how many students, staff, families, and alumni attended and supported this production!

Special thanks to Mrs. Gruninger (Director), Mr. Belote (Music Director), Mrs. Leary (Vocal Director), Mr. Chris George (Lighting Designer), and Mr. Leary (Choreographer). We commend them all for this truly impressive production!

As a school community, we are all very fortunate to have such hard-working and talented students and staff! Congratulations to the entire cast and crew of “Fiddler on the Roof” for this wonderful production!

Special thanks to our School Counseling Department for organizing and leading the KW Career Expo! We appreciate all of the businesses that supported this event. This was a wonderful experience that allowed our students to learn about current work and future career opportunities!

Reminder: School Day Begins at 7:35 AM

Please carefully review and follow our student drop-off procedures. Thank you!

• Please ensure your student has all of their belongings and is ready to exit the vehicle promptly before entering the school parking lot.
• The first vehicle in the drop-off lane should always pull all the way forward to door 1 before stopping their vehicle.
• When all cars stop in the drop-off lane, all students should exit the vehicles promptly and walk to door 2.
• DO NOT stop your vehicle by door 2 unless all of the the vehicles in front of you have stopped. This allows us to ensure all students exit the vehicle at the same time and get all students into school before 7:35AM.
• After all students have safely exited vehicles, you will be directed to pull forward and exit the parking lot.
• Parents should only make right hand turns out of the parking lot onto Delaware Road.
• REMINDER: Only staff are permitted to enter the main parking lot area color coded in red (below).
• Please remind your students to always use pedestrian crosswalks when crossing Delaware Road and Highland Parkway.

Thank you for partnering with us to keep our students and staff safe!

• Outstanding Scholars Recognition......................................................April 26

• Spring Play............................................................................................May 11-13 (7:30PM)

• KW Jazz, String and Vocal Concert.....................................................May 16 (7:00PM)
  

• Wind Ensemble Senior Spotlight and Big Band Concert....................May 17 (7:00PM)

• Art show.................................................................................................May 18 (5:00-7:00PM)

• Orchestra Concert..................................................................................May 18 (8:00PM)

• Junior Prom............................................................................................May 20

• Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble..May 22 (8:00PM)
  

• Choral Concert..............................................................................................May 24 (8:00PM)

• Senior Awards Night.....................................................................................May 25 (6:30PM)

• Academic Recognition..................................................................................May 31 (7:00PM)

• Vocal Recital..................................................................................................June 6 (7:00PM)

• Chamber Ensemble Outdoor Concert..........................................................June 8 (7:00PM)
  

Complete School Calendar (click link)

Special thanks to Mrs. Owzcarzcak and Mr. Panepinto for their leadership efforts with West Fest!

We want to thank all of our students, staff, and families who came out to purchase food from Jersey Mike's on March 29th.

Thank you Jersey Mike's for supporting Kenmore West!

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Location: 33 Highland Avenue, Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone: (716)874-8401