Principal Message December 5th, 2022
Dear Kennedy Families,
I cannot believe how fast this school year has gone by. We only have two weeks until winter break! Students began their second round of i-Ready assessment last week. Families, please remind students to charge their devices and remind them to do the best that they can.
We should experience some rain this week, so please remind students to prepare for it. Remember: the gates open at 8:00 a.m. every morning. If it’s raining, please try to make sure you drop your students off as close to 8:00 as possible. We do not want them waiting in the rain.
Below is the Cougar Connect for the week of (December 5th - December 9th)
Attendance
Attendance is very important, no matter what time of year, as every instructional minute counts. If students are sick, please keep them home. However, when possible, please schedule vacations and appointments when school is not in session. Parents and guardians should be notifying our office staff when students are absent. Truancy and attendance letters will be sent home to students who have excessive absences. Doctor’s notes are required for three or more consecutive absences.
Winter Concert Preview
Intermediate and Advanced Orchestra will be performing at the Hillsdale Shopping Center at 6:30 pm this Friday December 9th. Show your Cougar support and come by.
Principal's Coffee (Link)
Thank you to those that were able to attend Principal's Coffee via Zoom. We will return to our regular time and in person meeting next month.
COVID/ FLU Vaccines Redwood City
Redwood City School District (RCSD) invites its community to vaccination clinic events the District will host this fall. The COVID vaccine or booster as well as the flu shot will be available for RCSD students and their families and for RCSD employees and their families. Either or both vaccines are available for children (5-11-year-olds), youth (12+) as well as adults (RCSD employees and RCSD families).
The event details are as follows:
Date(s) of Clinic: Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022
Location: Hoover School, 701 Charter St., Redwood City
Clinic Hours: 4-7 pm
Individuals interested can sign-up in advance via MyTurn using the following link (Link)
Hang tight! There are only two weeks until winter break, everyone!
Nikolaos Fanourgiakis
Principal
Kennedy Middle School
Below is the schedule:
Reading Assessment Nov 30th- Dec 2nd
Math Assessment Dec 7th-9th
Make-ups Dec 12th -16th
National Computer Science Week
December 5-11, 2022 is Computer Science Education Week. Computer Science is not just coding, it's everywhere among us. CSEdWeek gives us an opportunity to create career awareness for our students in various STEAM fields.
Students can engage in these STEM activities using the link below!
Have fun coding! (Link)
Kennedy school provides a variety of academic support for students. Some of the academic support are provided in person but there are also many that are online. Attached is a document that provides details of some of these supports. If you have questions please contact me or our family center director Elizabeth Calderon.
Elizabeth Calderon, ecalderongarcia@rcsdk8.net
Nick Fanourgiakis, nfanourgiakis@rcsdk8.net
Winter Concert December 14th
The Winter concert is just around the corner our music director and students have all been working hard and are excited to perform for all of us. Families of performers please see link below.
Winter Concert Message from 12/4 (Link)
Math Information Night
Kennedy will be hosting a math information night at Tuesday December 13th 6:00 pm (in-person) in the Kennedy library.
Goal of Meeting:
To provide families resources in order to support math at home
To give some general grade level math expectations for families
If you are interested in attending please complete this short ticket. (Link)
Musical 2022-23 School Year
See message from Ms. Rosenbloom sent on 11/23 (Link)
Rehearsals schedule:
Rehearsals will be every Tuesday in the drama room from 3:15 to 5:30. Families of students participating please try to be on time for pick-up.
Meeting Presentation
Please contact Ms. Rosenbloom if you have any questions: srosenbloom@rcsdk8.net
8th Grade Families
8th Grade Families - PLEASE READ the update below. You will find important information on graduation, high school enrollment and end-of-year activities.
SUHSD 8th Grade Parent Letter - November 2022
Below is a link that was sent to each of you on Sunday, 11/13 and was shared with students on
Monday, 11/14
Grand Canyon Trip Update
Students were informed of the Grand Canyon to-go list and wait-list during the week of November 14th. If you have questions regarding the trip please feel free to contact trip director Maestro Alfredo.
Practice Hike
- Saturday January 21st, start at Kennedy at 8:30 am
Maestro Alfredo Oropeza (aoropeza@rcsdk8.net)
Trip Website (Link)
Winter Sports (Redwood City Parks and Recreation)
It is basketball season!. Kennedy gym will be used for games and practice from now through February. Below i the schedule for practices and games. If there are any changes we will announce it during morning announcements.
Practice Schedule (Link)
Game Schedule (Link)
Student Store
Store will open up again the week of December 12th.
Cougar Cash is awarded by staff via the Positive Behavior Intervention System (PBIS) app found in on students Clever Dashboard.
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Kennedy Middle School Redwood City