Cougar Chronicles
Kent Center School's Monthly Principal Newsletter
March 2019
100th Day
Visitors
Regional Band and Chorus
Learning Targets
Is your child coming home and talking about learning targets?
KCS teachers are using learning targets to help students understand the purpose of a lesson. When a lesson is introduced with a learning target, students have a focus and tend to be more engaged in the activity. Many teachers post their targets in student-friendly language using the phrase, "I can," or "I will be able to." Some of our students are also learning about the "keys to success" or success criteria. This identifies the criteria or examples of what mastery looks like. Many of our teachers use rubrics to help students understand the success criteria.
There are three questions our students should be able to answer during a lesson:
- What are you learning?
- How will you get there?
- How do you know when you have arrived or are done?
When teachers identify learning targets and criteria for success, our students have a focused travel route which guides them towards proficiency.
Read Across America
Our book swap was a huge success. Over 125 books were brought in by students who then took new books home. The book table stayed in the lobby for three days as students kept bringing in books! All of the books left were donated to the Kent Memorial Library for their summer sidewalk sale. Thank you to all of the students who participated!
Read Across America Gallery
Hat Day
Green Eggs and Ham
Read Aloud Day
Scenes from February days
Rigamajig Engineers
Rigamajig Engineers
Reading to Rory
Board of Education
Chairperson: Martin Lindenmayer
Vice-Chairperson: Gonzalo Garcia-Pedroso
Secretary: CiCi Nielsen
Member: Dana Slaughter
Member: Melissa Roth-Cherniske
Member: Jenn Duncan
The February Board of Education meeting was held on Wednesday, February 6.
Melissa Cherniske recognized former KCS student Maddy Stevens and her colleague, Lily Moreno-Sheridan, for their work with students to promote recycling at KCS.
The board discussed the approved Regional calendar and voted to move back to 1:00 dismissals next year during early release professional development days. Two days will remain a 12:10 dismissal to account for inter-regional professional development.
Region One Athletic Director, Anne MacNeil discussed the investigation into regionalizing middle school sports. Some board members shared their concerns with travel time for Kent students. The proposal was going to the ABC committee and Region One Board next.
**Update: At the March board meeting, it was presented that regionalizing middle school sports would be on hold for the 2019-2020 school year.
Budget workshops began in late February and will conclude in early March.
The March meeting was held on Wednesday, March 6. Updates can be found on the BOE website and will be in the April newsletter.
*Social Media*
There are two Kent Center School Facebook pages- @KCSCougars is the best way to find the right one!
Coming to a school near you in March!
- March 5 - PTO meeting @ 5:30
- March 6 - Board of Education meeting @ 5:00
- March 13 - Trimester 2 Ends
- March 13 - Grade 4 Arts Day
- March 20 - Inventor's Fair
- March 27 - 12:10 Dismissal
About Us
Website: www.kentcenterschool.org
Location: 9 Judd Avenue, Kent, CT, USA
Phone: 860-927-3537
Facebook: facebook.com/kentcenterschool
Twitter: @KCSCougars