Dear Kingsley Families,

Thank you to all of our families who donated time by volunteering or attending today's Pancake Breakfast and Holiday Shop! The support of our community never ceases to amaze us!

Our first Fun Lunch comes back next week! A big thank you to all of the volunteers working behind the scenes to make that happen as well!

Finally, today concludes our Anderson's Book Shop Book Fair! Please read the flyer found in the PTA Corner of our Kingsley Connection.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mel Hackett and Eleni Gajewski

We are excited to celebrate our Kingsley staff and the hard work they do on behalf of our Kingsley students. We are looking to you for help to make this happen in two different ways:

• We will be hosting a staff luncheon and are seeking supervisor volunteers during lunch/recess so staff can eat lunch with each other and the food while it's hot
• We are putting together a gratitude surprise for each staff member from our Kingsley families. We are looking for notes of gratitude that can be submitted on the form below.

Please submit your volunteer availability and/or gratitude notes by using THIS form by Monday. (Feel free to have your child(ren) help you write the note(s).)

Where: O'Neill Middle School

When: January 22, 2022

How to Register: Click Here

Additional Information: Click Here

We have received some questions so we wanted to clarify. Our 2021-2022 Winter Break is from December 20th - January 2nd. January 3rd is an Institute Day. School will resume for students on Tuesday, January 4th.

Dec. 13 South Side 5th & 6th Grade Orchestra Concert, 7pm @ O’Neill

Dec.14 South Side 5th & 6th Grade Band Concert, 7pm @ O’Neill

Dec. 20 - Jan. 2 No School - Winter Break

Jan. 3 - No School - Institute Day

This is a reminder that we ask all families to not parking in any staff parking lots during arrival or dismissal. We are seeing an increase of parents using the parking lots. This a safety concern for our students. If parking is required, we encourage families to utilize Powell (North of Norfolk) or Barrett (North of Norfolk). Thank you for your help!

Please remind your child(ren) of our District 58 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 remember to bring hats, gloves/mittens, scarves, and coats. They may want to bring an extra fleece to wear, as well as an extra pair of socks in case theirs get wet. Please remember to label these items with your child's name! Read all District 58 winter weather guidelines here.

To decrease the number of students required to quarantine at home for 10-14 days due to being a close contact, District 58 will keep bus windows cracked open through the winter. If your children are bus riders, please ensure they are dressed for cold weather. The joint guidance was recently released from the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois State Board of Education. The guidance says that when a student bus rider tests positive, fellow bus riders who were 3-6 feet from the infected student will not require exclusion if both the positive case and the close contact were consistently masked AND the windows were opened or HEPA filters were in use.