What a great start to 2023! On January 13th, we hosted the 46th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. March. This was the biggest march so far! We were excited to celebrate Dr. King's legacy and the message of unity, community, and equality. Thank you to Porter, Baker, Balboa, Nye, Valencia Park, Chavez, Central, Lewis, Lincoln and Morse that joined us for this special event. Thank you to the Butterfly Project and the TKF Foundation for their partnership!

Our 6th grade students all had the opportunity to also take 4 swim lessons at the new Jackie Robinson YMCA. This was a great experience for our students. During February, our 7th grade students will also get the opportunity to take swim lessons at the YMCA.

Academic Focus:

Knox teachers participated in a Saturday professional development workshop at Knox with Dr. Kate Kinsella, author of our ALD curriculum. This professional development supported language acquisition strategies to scaffold instruction for our multilingual learners at Knox. We will be following up on this Professional Development with additional site coaching by Jennifer Finney.

8th Grade Promotion Ceremony Criteria:

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Attendance focus:

We are open for Saturday and Sunday school to clear absences. Students are encouraged to clear all days they miss. We are open from 8-12pm.

This month at Knox we have also have many awesome events happening on campus. These include:

• ASB School Dance (LOP event)

• 7th grade students will take 4 swimming lessons at the Jackie Robinson YMCA

• Winter soccer continues

• CPR certification training for 8th grade students 2/11 during Saturday School. Register with Coach B.

• Fun Friday lunch for students sponsored by Positive Movement.

• ELPAC testing

• IAB testing in Math and English classes begins

Reminders:

• Our Parent Circles and Food Pantry events will continue for our Knox families. We hope you will join us. These events are also open to our 5th grade families.

• ELPAC testing begins on February 1st. All of our ELD classes will be preparing students for the test. The ELPAC test is an important way in which our students can reclassify.

• 8th grade students must pass all of their classes Second Semester by the cut off date to participate in the Knox promotion ceremony held at Lincoln. Students that have F's at the cut off date must follow the appeals process to be considered for participation in the ceremony.

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Parents- please continue to monitor Power School Parent Portal for your students grades and attendance.

Thank you for your continued support of Knox and our students.

Sincerely,

Principal Potter