DECEMBER

1 - 10 - 10 Days of Giving Food Drive

19 - Monthly PTA Meeting (Kennedy Media Center 7:00 pm)

22 - 4th Grade Kennedy Cougar choir concert with HHS Jazz Band 9:00 - 9:30 am

23 - Jan 2 - NO SCHOOL - Winter Break

January

2 - NO SCHOOL - Winter Break

16 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Day

23 - NO SCHOOL - Teacher Workshop

27 - Kennedy Family Movie Night

30 - Monthly PTA Meeting (Kennedy Media Center 7:00 pm)

This year’s food drive benefits Hastings Family Service. Merchants Bank and area schools will collect monetary donations and non-perishable food items.

Through December 10th, students may fill a plastic or paper bag with items and drop them off in the green bins at school! A bin will be located near the main doors and in the cafeteria at Kennedy Elementary.

• Monetary donations. Hastings Family Service can turn a $10 donation into 10 pounds of food. If each student at Kennedy brought in $2 we could provide 1,000 pounds of food to families in need!
• See most needed item list below.

The school with the most food and cash collected will win one scoop of Culver's Fresh Frozen Custard for each student, compliments of Culver's of Hastings.

Upcoming Dates to Remember:

December 19th - Monthly Meeting, 7:00 pm, Kennedy Media Center

January 27th - Kennedy Family Movie Night

January 30th - Monthly Meeting, 7:00 pm, Kennedy Media Center

It is important that you have accurate phone numbers on file for your student with the school district. Although we are using a calling system to contact families in case of inclement weather, the district will still continue to post school delays or closings in the following ways:

Official school closing announcements will be made on Hastings KDWA Radio 1460, WCCO-Channel 4, KSTP-Channel 5, KMSP-Channel 9 and KARE-Channel 11 television and Hastings Public School Website.

Click HERE for instructions on how to update contact information in Infinite Campus Parent Portal

Please be sure your child is dressed appropriately for winter weather. Students spend twenty minutes outside for noon recess. Winter coats, gloves or mittens, and hats are required to make their time outside more enjoyable.

If the temperature is below 0º fahrenheit, or the wind chill is around that level, we will keep the students inside during recess.

If there is ever a change to your child’s normal dismissal plan, please contact the main office at 651-480-7220 by 2:30 pm.

If you are picking up your student early for an appointment, bring your ID. If someone other than the parent/guardian is picking up, office must be notified in advance and their ID also is required.

Please continue to monitor your child every morning for symptoms of COVID-19 that could indicate that they are not well. If your child has any COVID-19 symptoms or they have been exposed to a person with COVID-19, please keep them home and call the attendance line. Symptoms of COVID-19*

● Fever or chills (T = 100.4 or higher)

● Cough

● Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing

● Fatigue

● Muscle or body aches

● Headache

● New loss of taste or smell

● Sore throat

● Congestion or runny nose

● Nausea or vomiting

● Diarrhea

*This list does not include all possible symptoms (see Symptoms of Coronavirus for more information).

We learn more about COVID-19 every day, and as more information becomes available, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) will continue to update and share information with us. As our knowledge and understanding of COVID-19 evolves, this guidance may change.

During the school day if your child develops illness symptoms we, the school, will notify you and help you and your family take needed actions. Students who develop illness symptoms during the school day will be sent home.