Keeping Up with Kipling!
January 7, 2022
I hope you had a wonderful week!
Kipling was a bit crazy as we welcomed our students back, filled staff vacancies and re-established routines. However, crazy doesn't always mean bad. There were many, many great things that happened this week as well! We look forward to building on this week and getting back into the swing of things. When I was a teacher, this was always my favorite time of the year. The first few months of school are consumed with getting to know each other, the expectations and the routines. Once the students come back to school after break, the seem like they are feeling, "Hey, I remember what to do here!" They can bounce back into the learning flow and become active learners and risk takers all over again. That is when you start to see the real growth and, as a teacher, that is super exciting.
I hope you have a wonderful week! Stay safe and be healthy!
Here are some important dates:
Monday, January 10th - MAP Test Begins
Tuesday, January 11th - Shield Testing Day
Wednesday, January 12th - Early Release
Friday, January 14th - Spirit Day -Tie Dye Day
As always, please let me know if you have any questions.
Mr. Elbert
Principal
Kipling School
Upcoming MAP Test
Between January 10th and January 28th, our schools will again administer the Math and Reading MAP assessments from the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA).
As a reminder, winter MAP data provides us with a mid-year, point-in-time snapshot of a child; however, a triangulation of data gives us a deeper understanding of each individual student. For example, classroom assessments, mastery of standards, and day-to-day performance also inform our instructional practices.
While absolutely no preparation is required/needed, you may view this practice test if you have any desire to see what the assessment looks like. The username and password are both the word “grow”.
Afterschool Enrichment Activities Offered by the Deerfield Park District
After school enrichment activities offered at the elementary schools will resume on January 10th. These programs are run by the Deerfield Park District, so you do not need to fill out a DPS 109 consent form for these programs.
Kipling Park District Winter Enrichment Activities Include the Following Afterschool Classes:
- Basketball (Monday)
- Chess (Tuesday)
- Karate (Tuesday)
- Ceramics (Wednesday)
- Amazing Minds (Wednesday)
- Floor Hockey (Thursday)
- Young Yogis (Thursday)
- Hip Hop (Friday)
- STEAM (Friday)
Kipling Clubs
If your child is part of the
Kipling Choir
or
Kipling Student Lighthouse Group
Please make sure you fill out the form in order to give consent for your child to participate in Shield Testing. This form needs to be filled out even if your child already has consent for Shield Testing.
Middle School World Language Night Zoom (Save the Date)
Thursday, 1/20/22 at 6:30pm: The Caruso and Shepard World Langage Teams are coming together to share information about our wonderful language programming for our incoming Bluejays and Spartans. Drop into the Zoom session to hear from the teachers and learn about our curriculum highlights in Mandarin, Hebrew, French and Spanish.
A Zoom Link and Q&A Document will be shared prior to the meeting.