Renner Family Newsletter
January 7, 2022
Renner Information
Renner Elementary School
School Phone: 816-359-4350
Office Hours: 7:15-3:45 PM
Student Hours: 8:15 AM-3:05 PM (students are late after 8:15)
Principal: Sasha Kalis
Assistant Principal: Allison Page
Social Worker: Tara Davis
Counselor: Kevin Bland
Important Dates
January 10: Report Cards Available in Parent Portal
January 13: Board of Education Meeting at 6:30 PM
January 17: No School - MLK, Jr. Day
January 20: PTA Meeting in Renner Libary at 6:00 PM (or join virtually)
Early Dismissal at 1:05 PM (Once a Month on Wednesday)
January 5
February 2
March 2
April 6
May 4
The Renner Character Education/Spirit Leaders for November and December want to thank you for donating to the Giving Tree!
News and Information
Attendance and Tardies
Please help us by having your child ride the school bus if they will be late as a car rider.
COVID Communication Clarification
Below is updated information about our new COVID process for notifying families:
- All staff and families will receive an email, like they did last semester, stating the total number of confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.
- If you receive an email stating that someone in your child’s classroom tested positive for COVID-19, it does not mean that your child needs to quarantine. We are sharing that information with you so that you know your child may have been exposed sometime during the school day and so that you can monitor your child for symptoms.
- For privacy purposes, we cannot give you any information about the person that tested positive, including but not limited to, where your child sits in relation to that person or whether the person wore a mask or not.
- The Kansas City Health Department (KCHD) has taken over the process of contact tracing. If they gather information that someone needs to quarantine based on an exposure, they will reach out to those people individually. If you believe your child was exposed to someone that tested positive for COVID-19, you can contact your child’s doctor or the KCHD (816-513-6008) to get guidance about quarantining procedures.
Please reach out to our school nurse at 816–359–4354, if you have any questions. We appreciate your patience as we work through these new protocols.
Curriculum Connections for January
Health and Safety Updates for 2nd Semester
Inclement Weather Option: AMI Days
If there were to be a "snow" day this year, students would continue to learn from home by having an AMI day. The state allocated five AMI (alternative methods of instruction) distance learning days, which means that on bad weather days, all students will learn from home from 9 AM-3:40 PM. On the sixth bad-weather day, we will call a snow day, which would mean all students, even Park Hill Online Academy students, will not have school.
Here are specific details for AMI Days at Renner:
- Students will learn from home from 9:00 AM-3:40 PM, with a lunch break from 12:00-1:00 PM.
- Mrs. Kalis will email all Renner familiies at 8:00 AM with informaiton.
- Classroom teachers will communicate learning plans for the day, including information for Microsoft Team meetings, by 9:00 AM.
- Renner Adventure Club students will attend Adventure Club at Tiffany Ridge.
Inclement Weather Option: Late Start Day Information
In addition to the option to hold AMI Days in case of inclement weather, Park Hill may announce a two-hour delayed start for students if there are dangerous weather, temperature or road conditions in the morning that are forecasted to improve later in the day.
On a later start day, school will start two hours after normal time at every school, and morning bus pick-up times will be two hours after the normal pick-up times. School will end at its normal time, and afternoon bus drop-off times will be the same as usual.
Here are specific details for Late Start at Renner:
- School will begin at 10:15 AM and dismiss at 3:05 PM. There is no early drop-off.
- Breakfast will be a grab-and-go option.
- Students will have a regular lunch and recess time.
- Bridges will be canceled on late start days.
- Adventure Club will be available at Renner for families who have already signed up.
Park Hill Star
Our employees are the reason we are so successful here in the Park Hill School District. If you would like to recognize them for all they do for our students, please click on "Nominate a Park Hill Star" button below.
PTA
Joining Renner PTA is a terrific opportunity to support our school! Please visit the Renner PTA Website for membership info. We look forward to working together to make Renner the best it can be!
Next Meeting: January 20 @ 6:00 PM in the Renner Library or through Microsoft Teams
Renner Roadrunner Awards for Quarter 2
Congratulations to our Renner Roadrunner Award Winners!
Specials Newsletter
Spelling Bee: Registration Open for Park Hill Spelling Bee
The Park Hill spelling bee will be Saturday, February 19, 2022, at Park Hill South High School. Park Hill is now sponsoring our own spelling bee, so the winner of the district bee will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland.
Students in fifth through eighth grades may sign up for the spelling bee through the link below between Monday, December 20th through Friday, January 28th. Different from years past, this link will take you to the Scripps site to register for a computerized online school level assessment that will allow you to advance to the oral portion of the bee. This assessment can be taken from home anytime between February 14 – 18 2022.
The top 60 students after the computerized exam will advance to the spelling bee at 2 p.m. February 19 at Park Hill South High School. The top ten finishers will earn medals, and the top three will receive trophies. The winner will receive a trip to the national bee.
Spirit Wear: Now Only Online
Please fill out this form to purchase items from our spirit store. Once you have filled the form out, please Venmo our Renner PTA account @RennerPTA. Once we get notified that your payment has gone through, Mrs. Vutich and her 5th Grade leaders will deliver the items to your student that day! Thanks for shopping! If you have any questions, please call or email Mrs. Vutich at 359-6928 or VutichH@parkhill.k12.mo.us
Yearbook Orders
***Please note, we do not order extra yearbooks, so you must order before the deadline.
Resources/Information
Renner Elementary School
Website: https://renner.parkhill.k12.mo.us
Location: 7401 Northwest Barry Road, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: 816-359-4350
Facebook: www.facebook.com/RennerElementary
Twitter: @parkhillrenner