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Your Weekly Kingsley Update | October 8th
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Activity-filled October!
This week Kingsley, along with all D65 schools, is honoring LGBTQ+ Equity Week. To learn more about the lessons and activities planned, click here. The PTA is also celebrating the week by donating a selection of new books to Kingsley's library that include LGBTQ+ characters and themes, and teach about LGBTQ+ history. Watch for these books to enter circulation as part of Kingsley's permanent collection.
This week is also the last week for the Boon Supply fundraiser, which closes this Friday. Find the link to shop further down the Contact. Thank you to Lauren Weiss for heading up this effort!
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Key Dates
| Date | Time | Event | | 10/7-11 | All Week | LGBTQ+ Equity Week | | 10/9 | All Day | No School (Yom Kippur) | | 10/16 | 6:30 PM | PTA Meeting - pizza and childcare provided
| | 10/22 & 10/23 | TBD | Parent Teacher Conferences
| | 10/23 | All Day
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Unity Day - wear your orange
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10/25
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10/30
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Kingsley Halloween Party
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October is Bullying Prevention Month
October is Bullying Prevention Month and now is the time to talk about these issues with our children.
Click here to read more about Kingsley's participation in Unity Day, Wednesday October 23th. Students are encouraged to wear orange in support of standing together against bullying while unifying for kindness, acceptance and inclusion.
Click here to check out Bullying 101, a great resource for parents to spark discussions to supplement the conversations kids are having in school.
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Boon Supply fundraiser orders are due this Friday, October 11th. Please remember to send your catalog orders to school with your students and they can give them to their teacher. We have not met our goal yet, so please shop and share!!
40% of every product sold will go directly to the Kingsley PTA to support Kingsley enrichment activities as well as scholarships for children to participate in school enrichment. Help us raise $2,500 for Kingsley!
Click here to start shopping!
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Parking 'Directors' Needed for NU Football Games
The next home game is Friday October 18th, and parking is going to require some extra coordination, so we need all the help we can get! We need volunteers from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM (or sooner if parking sells out). Sign up here to help.
If you can only help out for part of the time, please email Paula Casas at pcasas@me.com to let her know your availability.
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Math Olympiad Club - Adult Volunteers Needed!
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| The nationally recognized Math Olympiad for 4th and 5th graders is back at Kingsley this year. Meetings will be once a week (day TBD) before school from 8:00 AM - 8:50 AM at Kingsley, from mid-October through March.
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For more information, please click here.
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Save the Date - Halloween Party October 30th!
Plans are well underway for this fun-filled evening for our Comets and their families! There are lots of ways to lend a hand, from serving treats to helping with crafts to setting up the spooktacular Haunted Hallway.
If you'd like to get involved, please sign up here. |
Green Team Lunchroom Help
Sign up here to help with the Kingsley Green Team efforts at lunch time. It's a great opportunity to help our Comets compost and recycle to reduce lunch waste.
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EPL Book Mobile
Now the Evanston Public Library (EPL) is coming to us! Join the EPL every third Tuesday from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM on Prairie in front of Haven. Don't miss the first event on October 15th! Learn more here.
Raising Readers (for 1st graders)
Please come with your 1st grader before or after your fall conference to learn all about the Kingsley Library. Tuesday, October 22nd Wednesday, October 23rd 4:15 PM - 7:00 PM
Kingsley Library
Click here for more information.
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Everyday Shopping Supports Kingsley
Box Tops
New feature for box top collectors- DOWNLOAD the Box Top App on your phone and SCAN your receipt so that your Box Tops purchases are recognized. We will still accept any unexpired physical box tops, so please keep sending them in!
Did you know that you can earn Kingsley a percentage of your purchase at Amazon? If you shop with your smartphone and want to raise money for Kingsley, open a browser and open amazonsmile.com and select Kingsley PTA as the beneficiary. Purchases on the app will not link to the PTA. Create a shortcut on your phone today and watch the money add up for our school.
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Kingsley PCAR & Next Step Series: How to be an Antiracist in Evanston
Join Kingsley Parent Conversations about Race (PCAR) on October 17th at the first session of Next Steps: How to be an Antiracist in Evanston.
| October 17, 2019
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Nichols School library
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Free child care provided, with pizza for the kids.
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To carpool with other Kingsley parents, please RSVP here.
Click here for all upcoming dates.
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Register for Girls Play Sports
Girls Play Sports (GPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering leadership skills and confidence in girls through participation in a wide variety of sports. The program engages girls, grades 3-8, in multiple sports without a long-term or expensive commitment. GPS engages girls in meaningful conversations about current topics that affect young women today.
1. 3rd-5th grade FREE GPS After School Clinics: ETHS female athletes come to each elementary school one a month and introduce girls to 2 new sports. October sports are basketball and lacrosse.
2. 5th-8th grade Team GPS (October is Basketball and Lacrosse): this session meets October 13th, 20th and 27th from 4-6pm @ETHS. Led by the ETHS female athletes, Team GPS exposes girls to two new sports each month.
Financial aid is available. Select 'YES' for a 100% scholarship on the registration form.
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Calendar
Please click here to view/download the latest version of Kingsley's annual at-a-glance calendar (updated 9-16-19).
We encourage all families to click here to sign up for D65's weekly Fast 5 email blast. It includes important events relevant to all district parents. You can find the D65 calendar and dates here.
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District 65 Digital Backpack
Looking for information about activities and events for D65 students and families from District 65 and the City of Evanston? Check out the Digital Backpack (formerly Friday Folder), which is created each week by District 65.
Click here to stay informed.
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